MXM-II in the Sager 2090 (Compal IFL-90) - Nice!!!

News from the "Master of MXM" himself, Ice-Tea.

Look what we found in the disassembly guide of the new IFL90...





Type II 8600GT 512MB.. Nice!
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So the future videocard upgrades for this "bang for the buck" notebook just got brighter.

Can you feel the 8800M possibility for this notebook.... sweet.

FYI: The only other 15.4" that has gotten notoriety for videocard upgrade ability (MXM-II) is the ASUS C90S w/ a future 8800M card.... looks like its not alone anymore.

 

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, I got the NP5790 over the NP2090 solely because it would be one of the few with MXM...T___________________T...this is a bad day for me my friends...

 

wait.....
does this mean its easy to upgrade to new graphics card on the 2090?!?!

 

dont take it that hard.

The Clevo M570RU has support for multiple MXM types (II, III, HE (IV))

... while the Compal IFL-90 (as well as other MXM-II notebooks) can only support a 25w MXM-II card.

You need to disassemble it.... so NO.... not easy...

If you are comfortable with notebook hardware, electronics, etc... this should be straight forward.

Definitely not recommended for the typical notebook user.

 

lol I'm just gonna come out and say it. But what am I suppose to be looking at with this? I guess that red thing? Are there any high res pictures?

ANd yeah, hooray.

 

I don't know about difficulty, but this means it's possible.

 

Every day this notebook seems to come with a new surprise...wow this is great news.

 

is it just as difficult as upgrading c90s' graphics card? (cause c90s is known for being able to be customized)

 

I no longer care how long I have to wait. This news fills me with joy! Now we'll just have to see if any cards come out as MXM II.

 

if this is the case, then the 2090 is more upgradable than the C90... the C90 doesn't support penryn w/ it's current chipset, but then again, the C90 is 'easier' to upgrade. lets hope the 8800 is 22W...

 

With this news... I am confident to find a MXM-II card in other notebooks with a 8600M GT.... like:
- Dell 1520/1720
- Dell Vostro 1500
- Asus G1S
- Qosmio G40
- maybe even the new MacBook Pro
...etc....

We will just have to wait and see if the pics for these notebook motherboards get leaked out.

 

Hmm, very interesting. I'll be dying to see the Dell folks upgrade the cards until they discover that Dell skimped on something in their motherboards, rendering upgrades impossible.

(They did that with my old desktop, it was missing the AGP slot. )

 

Well.... Dell support would not know this.... because Quanta and Compal design and manufactures their notebooks mainly.

Dell just sticks their brand on it, dumps bloatware in each system, and sells it.

These motherboards are too low-level for the typical Dell support pseudo-geek to discover... or understand.

 

Awesome. Simply awesome.

 

So it's probably safe to say that one of the reasons the NP2090 was delayed was because of Dell's 1520s?

I wonder if the two laptops are distant cousins.

 

Possible... VERY possible.... that Compal designed and manufactured both.

Someone needs to confirm the ODM for the Dell 1520.

 

I'm wondering if anyone can confirm this for me, because this is really based on nothing but, I imagine the 8700s produce too much heat and consume too much energy, and this would put the 8800s out of question as well. Does this mean that if we want to upgrade the system, our best bet would be with the 9000 series?

 

I would only say this, the 8700M is Nvidia's first (and some-what fast) attempt to release a "high-end" Geforce 8M card... thats why they did not use too much time optimizing power requirements... as for heat... its not hot at all since its only 35w.

They are working like crazy to release the optimal powered 8800M's (or whatever they might be called when its official). They already showed that this new and innovative mobile 8800 is looking to have a 22w+ power envelope... which would make it possible to have a MXM-II (capped at 25w) version of the card. And the higher versions of the card will be in MXM-III or MXM-HE(IV) cards.

Only time will tell though... pretty much by Winter's end.

 

I got a few fuzzy pictures of G1s... doesn't look like MXM..

 

With the confirmation that the Compal IFL90 has MXM a major hurdle to upgradability has been removed but there are other hurdles.

 

Its possible the that 512mg versions are MXM-II cards and that 256mb aren't. I'd be somewhat concerned with heat, but this sure is interesting.

 

Something to note that Iced-Tea also mentioned is that the MXM in the Compal isn't straight MXM (where you could by a general Type-II and simply pop it in). According to one of his posts the Compal version is modified, so that you would need to buy a Compal style card/board to change it out.

Also with regards to the question of how easy it is to replace compared to the c90s. The c90s is easier to replace with the need to only remove four screws and one panel. Meanwhile you have more to remove with the 2090/IFL-90 to get access to the graphics chip/card area.

Given that you will not be constantly replacing the card as long as you follow the instructions and take your time it might not be too much of a challenge.

 

Yeah, I would definitely not be surprised if the 1520/1720 was upgradeable, after all there are 3 graphics card options when configuring it, wouldn't the graphics card HAVE to be interchangeable for this to be possible?

And I too would LOVE to know what ODM makes the Dell 1520/1720.

 

wow. ive been looking over the way to disassemble the laptop to get to the mxm card.....thats going to take a long while. if anyone has the disassembly guide with them, so the mxm card is on the upper logic board that it is unaccessible? or under the thermal panel?

 

The disassembly guide is floating around this forum.

 

HUZZAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I knew it would be upgradeable. Haha naysayers, and i shall await my 2090.

 

It's linked in the Sager NP2090/COMPAL IFL90 FAQ thread stickied at the top of this forum.