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    Need help identifying video card + replacement

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Finnam, Sep 27, 2008.

  1. Finnam

    Finnam Newbie

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    Hello all.

    I have a situation: My Widow PC Sting 517d (Clevo M570U) needs a new video card.
    It currently has the 512mb nVidia GO 7900 GTX in it and it crashes when playing. I've
    read that this particular card has/had a 50% + failure rate. My laptop was built in
    October of 2006.

    This is what can be found written on the video card as well as the heatsink/case-module:
    nvidia
    l603b639 0613a2
    s taiwan
    n41488.00p
    gf-g07900-gtxn-a2

    m570ug71m-u v1.0

    6-33-m57as-301
    06/08/02
    forcecon

    sys-bjjfkjh
    5tn71m126240774

    numbers on board
    671 d90tl-d31
    0616d7


    actual board size 10.2 cm x 7.7 cm​

    I need help identifying the connection type so that I may try to find a replacement
    card. Let me know, if you know, what is the best card that would fit this connection and
    where to possibly obtain one.

    I have not had any success getting any support from either Widow PC or even Clevo
    directly; they both want me to ship the laptop in for "analysis".. yea.. that'll happen.

    Here are some pictures:

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    Thank you kindly!
    LTC
     
  2. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    looks like an previous generation Clevo M570U videocard
    - Nvidia 7900 Go GTX 512MB

    You can contact (email and phone is best) the following vendors for a replacement card:
    - www.rjtech.com
    - www.eurocom.com

    P.S. the fastest card you can get for that generation of videocard modules is the 7950GTX.
     
  3. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    The fastest card you can install is the 7950GTX from nVidia (usually because of motherboard revision). I think the performance difference between the 7900GTX and the 7950Gtx is very small, but a working card will give you less problems than a defective one.

    It looks like the same video connection port as on my D900K.
    If thats the case, you can support up to a maximum of a 7950GTX / Quadro FX2500M

    K-TRON