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    Would a Dell 6970 work in a P150EM shell?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by JohnnyFlash, Nov 28, 2012.

  1. JohnnyFlash

    JohnnyFlash Notebook Virtuoso

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    Thinking of buying bare kit + CPU and just moving everything over for now. Thoughts?
     
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    No, the clevo EC has major issues with any other brand of card and goes into panic mode, maxes the fans and shuts down after a short period of time.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Nov 28, 2012
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    Blah, should have just gotten the cheaper Clevo card in the first place. :(
     
    JohnnyFlash, Nov 29, 2012
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    Well I have 2 Clevo 6970M's for sale, since I upgrade my X7200 to a 680M :)
     
    sirana, Nov 29, 2012
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    Appreciate the offer, but that would kinda defeat the purpose. :)
     
    JohnnyFlash, Nov 29, 2012
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    It's always worth double checking compatibility first, nothing is ever sure when it comes to upgrading notebooks.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Nov 29, 2012
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    Dell has a history of being very finicky as well (you may have noticed if you've ever had to install a copy of Windows XP). I would really like to know if it can work as well, though.
     
    Prostar Computer, Nov 29, 2012
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