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    Sager NP5793 with dead 8800m gtx

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by kutthoat5150, Oct 11, 2010.

  1. kutthoat5150

    kutthoat5150 Notebook Geek

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    Hey guys I am wondering if the Nvidia Quadro FX2700M MXM III is compatible with my Sager 5793. My 8800m gtx died and now am looking for a cheap replacement that will work in the laptop. My screen does not even turn on so I am sure its the video card.
     
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    When you say MXM III do you mean MXM 3.0 or MXM 2.1 Type III?
     
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    2.1 type III

    And I think it should work, but am not 100% sure
     
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    What is the consumer counterpart to the FX2700m?
     
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    You can try and bake your gpu, it really works!
    (Altho I have done that with a desktop geforce 7900 GS)

    But since its a 8800 its almost sure you can bake it.

    How to bake:
    Pre heat your oven at 200 degrees celcius for 10 minutes.
    Remove the cooling/plastic parts of the card, put it in for 10 minutes and let it cool off.

    If you have an oven that you can put easy outside you should do that because baking a GPU smells TERRIBLE :rolleyes:
     
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    he's already tried baking it and its a temporary fix at best. kutthoat5150 I will be selling two 8800m gtx in the next day or so, they will work in your laptop. Planning to sell them for about 200$ shipped.
     
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  7. kutthoat5150

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    thanks Rorschach, ill definitely be buying one to replace mine thanks for the heads up. I'm scared to pull the trigger on anything other then an 8x00 series nvidia card in fear it does not fully support it. Thanks for the help guys
     
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    The fx 2700m will work. Its a pretty good card too.

    consumer counterpart is the 9700 gts so it has 48 shaders.
     
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  9. kutthoat5150

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    If I were to buy my own card video card instead of paying $800 dollars from sager for one, could I send it to them to have them install it for me? My laptop is out of warranty so I'm trying to save as much money as possible.
     
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    Where are located in CA?
     
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  11. kutthoat5150

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    modesto, which is central valley about 30 min south of stockton
     
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    Ouch was going to offer to install it for you, but that's quite a drive lol.
     
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    haha thanks anyway man, is it that hard to do? I've taken it apart before to clean it out and such so I know the basics on where things go. With the screen already not even turning on I guess there really isn't much to lose since the card is already fried lol
     
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    so once I swap them out, should I expect the screen to turn on if it is just a video card problem or would there have to be some drivers or bios I need to flash to get it to boot? and what are main tools I would need to replace it? screwdriver, thermal paste, etc?
     
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    Assuming the graphics card is the issue and you swap it with another 8800m gtx. You wont need to do a bios update at all. If you never uninstalled your graphics driver, you won't have to install those either. You will need a small screwdriver and some thermal paste, rubbing alcohol to clean off the previous paste.
     
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