What are the chances of 7970M working in NP8150?

I'm hoping to upgrade mine.

 

Pretty high. It should work alright, it works just fine on a M15x, check it out on some of the others thread or on the Alienware forum

 

ill be able to tell you next week eurocom is testing the 7970M in the HM series (15, 17 and 18 inch models), starting monday

cheers

 

Really really good (Not totally confirmed because it wasn't a final VBIOS) but thats from our own testing

 

did u tried 7970m and its working???

 

That's what he said!

EDIT: I just saw that Clevo folks are ordering the DELL 7970M for their HM P-series boards.
It works for a short while but reports the temps to the EC in a way it doesn't like, which results in automatic shutdown. So you will have to wait for a Clevo 7970M bios or even card.
So as of now don't waste your money on the dell cards...

 

how u know its dell card??the 7970m that eurocom sells it is a dell card??

 

in any way, eurocom told me they wont ship the cards until they tested them on the HM series, so we should be on the safe side! all the 7970M cards benched so far are Dell cards from Table21 as far as ive understood

 

Hmm strange that worries me now. Will try anyway next week in my P150hm when I got my Dell cards. Could you be more precise about how it reports the temps to the EC ? Do you mean the temps reported were abnormally high which results in a overtemp protection shutdown ? Don't know many people who upgraded their HM with Dell AMD cards though

 

From what I heard the EC thinks its overheating and shuts the system down...guess it needs Clevo vBIOS or someone to modify vbios...It's not good news, but I thought it's better to post this before people waste their money...also heard Clevo cards only late May, sorry :'(

 

huh? i thought it was cleared up that eurocom sells clevo cards on ebay. or did u buy urs somewhere else pau1ow?

 

You mean Euroco n?

 

You're right, UYL or Eurocom only sell Clevo parts, I got them from Table21 as usual.

Will report back to you when I will try them out.

 

There you go! If it's a Clevo part JB can just dump the BIOS for you Pau1ow = everyone happy.

 

lol Prema@Euroco n lets hope it doesnt hold true in this instance, at least

and sure, id be happy to provide you with my dumped BIOS once i get the card running @Pau1ow

cheers

 

Not really sure if I want to flash one of them straight away with a 7970m Clevo vbios...

Let's see first how am I getting on !

 

Hi PAU1ow
I hope it will be a success

 

Be careful flashing a Clevo vBios on a Dell card... thats how people bricked Dell 69X0M cards. Worked the other way round though if memory serves me right...
And Dell 7970M really dont work in Clevos. Got info from a reliable source who tested it. The EC just cant read it and shuts the system down.

 

Im eagerly awaiting for some news from eurocom as well. If the card works fine then its a deal, at least i can upgrade to a better card using my old shell without selling the whole laptop again.
Plus i can still upgrade ram to 1866 and cpu to 2860qm. This will be a very nice and exciting summer indeed

 

EUROCO N

 

so the cards we preodered from them they are ES samples???

 

Apparently they send a few guys some ES, just to get people hooked in pre-orders.
Once they run out, you will have to wait till end May to get a Clevo sales version.
All apart from the Dell (ES or not) cards not working on Clevos at all (neither HM nor EM).

 

Prema is that true? So those who have been promised to have their cards shipped after 10th of may will get ES versions?
Because if youre so sure of that information we should contact eurocom about it.
Last time ive checked in with them i was reassured that those arent either ES or Dell cards, but genuine Clevo cards.

 

EDIT: GOOD NEWS!? OK, got some more input and can confirm that the info that Eurocon currently has Clevo ES cards and are expecting retail one to come arround 10th is correct... so your orders should be fine...as long as they get them to work...

 

Yep i told you so above (well i was wrong about the card being non ES, but that doestn change the fact) cause ive been in talk with them about availability and tests.
Im waiting their green line about HM line and then ill place an order, im already in the pipeline

 

i allrdy preordered 7970m from them but i didnt payed them yet!!although i have the invoice!!i just asked them if the cards they will ship are QS or OEM and im waiting for answer!!

edit:just got the message from them!!!!

Dear johnnyman27,

cards are MP version - MASS PRODUCTION final version of HD7970M silicon - we are not shipping any ES (Engineering samples) or QS (Qualification Samples) - so they don't need to worry - they can check with us!!

- upgradeyourlaptop

 

I think NP8690(W860CU) has a better chance to get dell 7970M work as it can take dell version 6900M while NP8150(P150HM) can't.

 

it would be great to hear that an older model like the w860cu could run the 7970m,makes one hopeful for the future!

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