Modding the IFL90...

Anyone have an idea for a cooling mod on the IFL90/NP2090?

There's very little room in there, everything's very low profile, so it has to be small.

I have already cutted every other fan grill pins (don't what it's called) and applied Artic Silver 5 to the cpu (t7700, 2.4ghz) without any remarkeable difference. (One question, can also apply as5 to the chipset? I think there will be less contact between the core and the cooler, in result of removing the heat pad.

Undervolting though, gave me some results.

I think maybe an idea is to change the fan or cut something D ) for more flow, is there a website selling np2090/IFL90 parts, just in case?

I know there's not much that can be done, but I just love to mod, plz help

edit: Made an another thread too, http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?p=2798013#post2798013

 

Lol, you don't want to under volt anything <.<, so don't do that.

 

Please explain to teh intarwebz why..

 

Go ahead if you want, just a faster way to kill it.

 

There is nothing wrong with undervolting as long as you use a good utility to do it, and do a thorough test before using it regularly. It will allow it to run cooler, and longer on battery.

There are several utilities to do this mentioned in various threads of this Forum including for example Notebook Hardware Control and RightMark

 

But only RMclock works for ifl90/np2090 at the moment. (2.35 beta)

 

Paladin44, you seem to be in the know... Can you tell if I would have any issues putting an 8600m GT DDR3 card inn my compal ifl90?

 

cowai, are you asking if switching the card just to get GDDR3 would be worth it? In my opinion the answer is a very clear no...you don't gain enough from GDDR3 to make the expense pay off for you.

See http://www.powernotebooks.com/articles/index.php?action=fullnews&id=64 and be sure to go to the two linked articles there as well, then decide.

Then the question is if you still REALLY think it is worth it, and you can actually find one that will physically fit on your IFL90 motherboard, and you want to virtually take your IFL90 totally apart to get at the video card, and risk damaging the motherboard and/or other parts, and you have EXPERIENCE as a technician doing it...would I advise doing it?

That answer is easy...what is that old saying? "Fools rush in where Angles fear to tread"

 

lol, I fully aware of how much work it is. I will have no problem doing that.
The main reason is that it's fun + the gddr3 clocks better I think. ( My ddr2 clocks at 640/430, and having 640/780 would pay off. and yes, I know the timings are slower on the gddr3.

But will it fit? That was my intended question.

 

Since we don't know what card you are trying to use there is no way anyone here could tell you if it would fit. You would have to look at both cards to tell whether what you intend to use will fit and connect properly.

If you already have the card, and you are comfortable opening your IFL90 up to get at your card then you will know if what you have will work. If you don't have it, then I would recommend getting detailed pictures of it to compare it to your card.

Even if they look alike, in the end, they only way you will really know for sure is to install and test it. I would bet that no one has ever tried it so how would they know what to tell you?

Interesting project...let us know if you get it to work, and clock where you want it to.

 

Oh, sorry. I thought there was only one gddr3, but I was wrong. I think I won't bother

 

If only there were only one card. Right now, the notebook manufacturers are still manufacturing their own video cards based off of nVIDIA's specs, so size, voltage, cooling, memory, and clock speeds can be very much proprietary between systems. It's always possible that one notebooks GDDR3 8600M GT will work in another notebook designed around a GDDR2 8600M GT, but it's also always a risk.