Upgrading P170hm to gtx 680m Step by Step help....

I got a friend running gtx 470m + 2630qm in P170hm

he is interested to buy my gtx 680m 4 gb (clevo version - running dell bios ..its currently in my m18x running now)

so can he upgrade it?

1. does he need new heatsinks?

2. Any need to update the system/mobo bios in p170hm?

3. my gtx 680m is running dell bios now...though it is a clevo version...so can i just take it out from my m18x and install in his p170hm? will it be just plug and play and fine?

or do i have to do sth before that? can i flash the clevo vbios in my 18x?

so please help me out guys

 

You will want to flash it in the M18X to the clevo system bios and make sure it's the original clevo/sager version as later ones wont work.

 

any other good tips bro? is there any general vbios that runs universally on dell and sager? like for example...i flash it to prema's bios or svl7 bios?

 

1. Heatsink should be fine
2. Yes update motherboard bios to latest
3. You will need clevo vbios on 680m. Flash this onto the card before removing it from m18x. The vbios is this one 80.04.29.00.01

Make sure you paste with icd7 correctly and then grab a beer sit back and hope she boots up ok.

 

Is your friend living close to you, or out of state? The reason is because you can just pull out the card and test fit into his laptop and verify the heatsink.

 

Im not sure if it will be worth the upgrade and all the headache that comes from it.
There is also a great risk involved (every time you swap hardware in you laptop, new cooling paste jobs, blind flashing bioses and stuff).
The price of a gtx680m is not gonna be low enough, then you have to worry about selling the old gtx470m.

Just sell the old laptop (its working fine, so it should sell fast) and buy a new one with something like a gtx760 or gtx765m, this should be better alltogether.
Why would it be better:
1.) new generation card, lower power consumption vs the gtx680m
2.) new processor, definetely faster than the sandy bridge 2630 he now has
3.) new chassis, possibly with backlit keyboard if he wants it
4.) PROFIT!!

 

The 765M is only half as fast as the 680M though :/

 

80.04.29.00.01 this bios the default one can anyone help me with it please ...

where can i find it ?

here i found one

NVIDIA Kepler VBIOS mods - Overclocking Editions, modified clocks, voltage tweaks

is it correct?

also this one from techpowerup

VGA Bios Collection: Clevo GTX 680M 4096 MB | techPowerUp

 

i think my gtx 680m does not need to be flashed... guys please chk it

http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/13/10/24/5f8.png

its subvendor shows dell but bios version is 80.04.29.00.01 (P2051-b002) isnt it the default bios of clevo? or for p170em?

because if it was flashed to dell wouldnt it be 80.04.33.00.01 the default gtx 680m dell vbios?

so what should i do guys? keep it as it is? or can someone pm me the default clevo bios for gtx 680m?

 

Original clevo 80.04.29.00.01 vbios (no mod)
https://hotfile.com/dl/245780438/73321d2/Backupgtx680.rom.html

 

hi bro thank you so much

can you show me a gpuz of your bios please? is it (P2051-b002)

 

Do you have a picture of the card we can see?

 

this is my gpuz of the card http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/13/10/24/5f8.png

the is installed and running in my m18x...i cant take it out now i hired a technician to install 780m sli soon then i can take it out. Just waiting for my sli cable delivery.

my gtx 680m is confirmed clevo 4gb gtx 680m. the seller of my m18x told me....

can you help me out...and check my gpu z screenshot to let me know whether it needs bios flasing or not?

please because my friend wants to buy my gtx 680m to use in his p170hm

 

Here 's mine.

 

ok i took out gtx 680m...but it seems like i dont need bios flashing right ? its in P2051-b002 with bios version 80.04.29.00.01

http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/13/10/24/5f8.png

 

Can you take a picture of the card itself? I mean physically?