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    P150EM Upgrading from 675M to 680M!

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by hackness, Jun 28, 2012.

  1. Bejeebus

    Bejeebus Newbie

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    Working in software as a test engineer this made me lol! Breaking stuff is my life. As we like to say:

    “A great tester, has the heart of a developer…” pause
    “…in a jar on their desk.”
     
    Bejeebus, Jul 16, 2012
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  2. simbeane

    simbeane Notebook Geek

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    Can you use gtx 675m heat sink on the gtx 680m? I see the 675m chip is wider than the gtx 680m
     
    simbeane, Oct 7, 2012
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  3. hackness

    hackness Notebook Virtuoso

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    Die on the GTX675M is wider but the heatsink can be installed on the GTX680M without any fitting problems as both MXM boards' design is very similar.
     
    hackness, Oct 7, 2012
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  4. Silverfern

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    one question, when upgrading from 675m to 680m, is it just plug and play or do i have to mod bios or something?
     
    Silverfern, Oct 20, 2012
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  5. sirana

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    Lol missing 12 pages ?
     
    sirana, Oct 21, 2012
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  6. hackness

    hackness Notebook Virtuoso

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    It's just plug and play, nothing further except installing the driver.
     
    hackness, Oct 21, 2012
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  7. Prema

    Prema Your Freedom, Your Choice

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    Prema, Oct 21, 2012
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    says nvflash is not a command...
     
    Silverfern, Oct 21, 2012
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  9. hackness

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    hackness, Oct 21, 2012
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  10. aeneas1

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    hackness - i just received a 675m with an x-bracket which, like you, i would like to remove. i read that you accomplished this feat but that it wasn't an easy task! would you mind telling me how you went about doing this, the x-bracket on my card seems to be attached very firmly. thanks for your help!
     
    aeneas1, Jan 31, 2013
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  11. hackness

    hackness Notebook Virtuoso

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    Press on where the screws are secured at until the corner at the backside of the bracket raise up a little, then grab something like a tweezer/forcep with the tip shape like slightly curved, insert it between the PCB and the x-bracket and give it some force like in the following picture:

    [​IMG]

    And work your way to the center, do this for all 4 corners with care and it should come off.
     
    hackness, Jan 31, 2013
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  12. aeneas1

    aeneas1 Newbie

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    to be clear, we're talking about removing the x-bracket pictured below, right? your instructions are great, i'll give it a stab... btw, what's holding the bracket in place... glue, two-sided tape? thanks again!

    GTX.jpg
     
    aeneas1, Jan 31, 2013
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  13. aeneas1

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    hackness - mission accomplished, went a lot easier than expected, just pulled carefully, firmly and evenly once i got a foothold! knowing that it could be successfully done, thanks to your post, was a great help, thanks again....
     
    aeneas1, Jan 31, 2013
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  14. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    The type of adhesive depends on the manufacturer, some are a complete nightmare to remove!
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jan 31, 2013
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  15. aeneas1

    aeneas1 Newbie

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    yeah, the adhesive on my card was pretty burly, very thin double-sided tape in the shape of the x-plate, very impressive grip. btw i managed to pull off the thermal ram tape in the process, by accident, which tore, it's now unusable. is this stuff readily available? is it called ram tape?
     
    aeneas1, Jan 31, 2013
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  16. Meaker@Sager

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    Thermal pads are pretty common, you just need the right thickness.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jan 31, 2013
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  17. hackness

    hackness Notebook Virtuoso

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    No problem, and yea it's 2 sided tape.

    By the way is that a dell card? Its x-bracket looks a bit different unless Clevo has changed the x-bracket they are using...

    For thermal pads, 2mm thickness works well in mine. Not sure about dell though, might want to take one of the thermal pads that came with the card and measure its thickness.
     
    hackness, Jan 31, 2013
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  18. Meaker@Sager

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    The thickness is the same across the brands in terms of component height, it's only the heatsinks they use in the system that will introduce differences.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Feb 1, 2013
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  19. Ajfountains

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    How difficult will it be to swap out a 675mx for the 680? What will I need other than the new card, a screwdriver, and some thermal paste?
     
    Ajfountains, Feb 1, 2013
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  20. Meaker@Sager

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    Same card physically so very, very easy.

    Yes just everything you need to remove it and some paste.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Feb 1, 2013
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  21. Ajfountains

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    So hardware side, just the tools for the job. On the software side, apart from the drivers for the 680, will i have any issues (Bios, etc)
     
    Ajfountains, Feb 1, 2013
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  22. Meaker@Sager

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    680m is an older card so your bios will be fine.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Feb 1, 2013
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  23. goussama

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    What do you mean by thermal ram tape btw?
     
    goussama, Mar 11, 2013
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  24. jaybee83

    jaybee83 Biotech-Doc

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    hes talking about the thermal pads on the vram chips.

    Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
     
    jaybee83, Mar 11, 2013
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  25. goussama

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    ah ok thanks buddy
     
    goussama, Mar 11, 2013
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  26. Meaker@Sager

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    Yes thermal pads, and any will do so long it's the right thickness.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Mar 11, 2013
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