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    P170SM GPU upgrade problem

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Christian Skatt, Jan 28, 2019.

  1. Christian Skatt

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    Hi all!

    Got an old Clevo P170SM with MXM GPU, original with ati 8970m. I wanted to bring new life to it so i got this:
    https://www.ebay.de/itm/254023406552?ul_noapp=true

    But I can´t get it to work. BIOS says VGA: Unknown and Windows installs generic graphic driver. I have tried to upgrade to the latest laptop BIOS firmware from this forum, a bunch of different drivers and the MSI GPU firmware which was the wrong version for my GTX1060.

    Edit: When I got the card I noticed a scrath, maybe a crack, on one of the memory modules, so the card could be broken (Windows finds somethin though) but would like to confirm it before I return it.

    I´m I screwd or does anyone hav any suggestion?

    //Christian
     
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    Are you using a modified inf and have you disabled driver signing?
     
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    No just using plain original nvidia drivers. Any guide or link for modified drivers and disable driver signature?
     
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    Do an advanced restart (hold shift when selecting) and choose that diagnostic mode.

    Laptopvideo2go.com is the classic place to get nodded drivers.

    Also I find it funny people panic over the bios not knowing about a card that released years after it did, how is it supposed to know?
     
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    Thx, I´ll try that!

    Not panicing, just thought that BIOS was asking the GPU for model and then diplayed it. I been installing lot´s of new GPUs in old computers before and never come across this before, they have always displayd the right GPU model. But I figured that there was something fishy going on when windows finds a card, just that I couldn´t find out why. That´s one resone these kind of forums exists, right? :)
     
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    You dont want it trying to read too much from the card to keep compatibility as high as possible.
     
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    I finally got the drivers installed! Thanks for the guide.
    But, it seems that it wont switch from iGPU to the 1060. I've gone thru the settings, tried to set it manually to switch to the 1060 in nvidia controlpanel with some games and 3dmark but nothing. Started 3dmark with nvinspector in the background but it dosen't regestring anything when I run the benchmark.
    Any more ideas?

    Ohhh... And GPU-z says that the gtx 1060 isn't have UEFI could't that be the issue?
     
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    Christian Skatt, Feb 2, 2019
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