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    Installing 8600m Sli into X205 S9349

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by HPabst, Oct 23, 2010.

  1. HPabst

    HPabst Newbie

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    Hey, I've purchased an 8600m sli card set for a X205 SLI, but when I replace it with my old 8700m the display turns on, but the computer does not start up. I replaced it back with my old 8700m and then everything runs fine. I was reading somewhere that the 8600m sli and 8700 were interchangeable. Does anyone have any experience with this?

    It could be that the card is dead, but then I'm screwed. :(


    Thanks for any help.

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    I've removed the second card from the SLI set, and simply plugged in the one 8600m. No luck with that, still no bios boot.
     
    HPabst, Oct 23, 2010
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  2. Priest-King

    Priest-King Notebook Consultant

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    I would say the main card in the 8600 sli is dead or both, I have done that upgrade with an X205-9810. They all used the same motherboard, so it has to be a dead sli. In case you are interested, the X205's can support up to 8 gb's of ram too. I used the same memory that is used in a Qosmio G55-804 in mine and it works great on windows 7 Ultimate 64bit.




    This is exactly what I am using in mine.
    SAMSUNG DDR2 4GB 6400 800 MHZ SODIMM
    Genuine Samsung 4GB,1 stick,DDR2, PC2-6400S,SoDimm,NEW - eBay (item 220678941464 end time Nov-04-10 08:27:56 PDT)... I have 2 sticks installed for a total of 8gb's
    The memory will run at the chipsets max rated speed.
    You will need to be running a 64bit version of windows to uitlize all 8 gigs.
     
    Priest-King, Nov 1, 2010
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