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    The feasibility to use Dell 7970M installed on P150EM/P150HM

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by imexth, May 3, 2012.

  1. imexth

    imexth Newbie

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    Someone had tried to use dell 7970m card on MSI 16F2 units. Is there anyone used P150EM/P150HM to try this?
     
    imexth, May 3, 2012
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    niffcreature ex computer dyke

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    Not yet we're all waiting around to see if Clevo really screwed up or not

    They claimed they are no longer adding support for newer cards in older models. However AMD cards rarely need support.
     
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    niffcreature ex computer dyke

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    Oh, to follow up, yes I'm 99% sure it will work on the p150em. The older p150hm, w860cu generations are the ones we're worried about.

    And btw, when I say waiting around, thats waiting for YOU to try it. :)
     
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    imexth Newbie

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    "The Dell cards work in the old Clevo HM P-series, but it shuts down quite soon, due to a difference in how the card reports temps to the EC.
    We will have to wait for Clevo 7970M (vbios/maybe even card)"

    From "prema"..... it seems that there is some problem to install dell 7970m on clevo units...
     
    imexth, May 3, 2012
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    jaybee83 Biotech-Doc

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    yup, thats why its advised to use a Clevo card for a Clevo laptop, makes sense right? :) Dell cards are for Alienware laptops :p mythlogic said that preliminary results look very promising on both the EM and HM series, so im not worrying all too much ;)

    cheers
     
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    imexth Newbie

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    Also waiting for 7970m...
     
    imexth, May 4, 2012
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    HeavenCry Notebook Virtuoso

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    Dell 7970M cards do NOT work on the Clevo P1x0EM series. Myth has been trying to get a Dell 7970M working on these machines without success for a while. The EC cant read the temps, thinks the GPU is burning up and shuts the laptop down.
    MABY a Dell card might work if it could be flashed to the Clevo vBios, but in the past thats how Dell cards got bricked so dont get your hopes up (ironically it worked the other way round - flashing a Dell vBios onto a Clevo card).
    Just get a Clevo card if you intend to use it in a Clevo (and vice versa). Sure the Dell cards usually have slightly better vRAM but overclocking that slightly more wont give you any real performance gain - its the core clock that matters most here.
     
    HeavenCry, May 4, 2012
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  8. imexth

    imexth Newbie

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    P150EM new bios and ec released, on bios and ec03, P150EM even can not install 6990m, when install 6990m into p150em, it will pop up noise and shut down. now after flash bios and ec 04, 6990m can be installed normally, So didn't know if anyone had dell 7970m can try it again....
     
    imexth, May 11, 2012
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  9. Red Line

    Red Line Notebook Deity

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    any news the dell 7970m can be installed into p1x0em series lapops after the latest bios updates on these models? i plan to install sager's 680m into m17xr4 and 7970m which i currently own into sager np9170, hope it works this wa...)
     
    Red Line, Aug 3, 2012
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