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    P151HM + 7970M(MODDED version)

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by kolias, Jul 26, 2012.

  1. kolias

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    kolias, Jul 26, 2012
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    great news my friend!!! +rep
     
    johnnyman27, Jul 26, 2012
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  3. kolias

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    So it your turn now budy. ;)
    thanks :)
     
    kolias, Jul 26, 2012
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    You lucky ^$&%#"@! :GEEK: :D
     
    psarrism, Jul 26, 2012
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    By the way P151EM BIOS 05 adds GTX680M/HD7970M to P151EM so I guess 75W MXM can run 100W card ;)
     
    hackness, Jul 26, 2012
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    Wow nicely done!

    +1 ;) have fun
     
    jaug1337, Jul 26, 2012
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    yehaw, its the greek 7970M invasion! :D
     
    jaybee83, Jul 27, 2012
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    I can confirm this, already running a 7970M in a P151, but i didn´t mod anything, just plug and play and straight forward stock driver installation.
    As for the AC adapter just get the AC Adapter from the P150EM (the 180W one).
    Also be sure to update the BIOS to latest before replacing the card.
     
    John@OBSIDIAN-PC, Jul 27, 2012
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    LOL,yea now you talking.... :D
     
    kolias, Jul 27, 2012
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    its not necesary to update the last bios,i have the second version of bios in my system(which is old)and plays like a charm.
    just plug &play. :)
     
    kolias, Jul 27, 2012
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    When i said latest bios my point is that the first stock bios does not support the 7970, same happened with P150EM and P170EM, the first units with 675M, then with the first bios update the support for 7970M was there (version 03 i think). In the P151 the exact same thing happens, if you have one with the very first BIOS 01 or even 02 (i think) it won´t support the 7970, you will get image on the screen but the fans will go Max and you will listen the system Beep until it turns off.

    So it will work with any Bios from 03 and above, but since you´re updating why not simply update it to the latest? :p
     
    John@OBSIDIAN-PC, Jul 27, 2012
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