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    Lenovo FX3700M on a M570tu

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by luisqcosta, Oct 11, 2012.

  1. luisqcosta

    luisqcosta Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi guys, i noticed a nice deal on a Lenovo FX3700m on ebay described as faulty as there was the "shielding missing". We do not need the shielding as the m570tu has its own copper cage and heatsink for the mxm he cards.

    I just installed it and screen does not turn on. do i need to do any modifications? blind flash?

    Any ideas or should i return it ?


    Regards to all!
     
    luisqcosta, Oct 11, 2012
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    luisqcosta Notebook Enthusiast

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    Come on guys :p you can do better! I know some of you have experience with this card :p

    The card looks pristine.
     
    luisqcosta, Oct 12, 2012
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    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Well you could try blind flashing the 8800m GTX vbios onto it (if you have one from a sager card). Or even a 9800m GT vbios.

    Try blind dumping the vbios from the 3700m, if you can't blind dump the vbios then I think the card is completely dead.
     
    moral hazard, Oct 12, 2012
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    luisqcosta Notebook Enthusiast

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    Nice! Any ideas how can i blindly (joking) do that?
     
    luisqcosta, Oct 12, 2012
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    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I don't have an M570tu, but if it lets you get past POST and boot from a USB, then maybe you could just have an autoexec file with the nvflash commands in it ready to go?
     
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    luisqcosta Notebook Enthusiast

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    unfortunately it does not let me go anywhere past post :(

    What a pity :(

    Thanks for your help MHazard ;)
     
    luisqcosta, Oct 12, 2012
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