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‎11-22-2015 07:29 AM - edited ‎11-22-2015 07:30 AM

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I just realize, isn't it possible that your graficscard is from ATi (amd) instead if nvidia?

http://www.amd.com/en-us/products/graphics/notebook/8700m-8800m#

 

 

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‎11-22-2015 03:12 PM

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Just make sure you apply the thermal pads!

Don't leave everything else except the GPU exposed to the air without active cooling.

Your card would die pretty soon if your VRAM chips and MOSFET are not cooled down actively via the thermal pads.

Get 1.5-2mm thermal pad and custom cut it to fit all VRAMs and all MOSFET or any other parts that generate a lot of heat.

 

The center square bump is actually glued with epoxy and it takes a lot of effort to take it off.

This is not mandatory.

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‎11-22-2015 03:20 PM

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Can't be that.

HD88xxm was introduced Q1 2013 and his laptop most likely has old HP with a 8800M GTS or GTX.

It's a MXM 2.1 GPU and the only improvement may be GTX260M, if it is not blacklisted in HP BIOS.

 

What I can suggest is a current Win 7 driver mod. Google nvidia driver mod and you will see what I'm talking about.

I've used this method to have the latest drivers installed on legacy devices.

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‎11-22-2015 05:06 PM

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El Beano. I have 3 Dragons. 1has an ATI card and 2 have nVidia cards. The 2 nVidias were bought specifically for running Mastercam. Mastercam does not play well with ATI cards.

Thank you.

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‎11-22-2015 05:08 PM

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Thans Xenon. I'll check it out.

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‎03-23-2016 01:50 AM

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Did you managed to finish your project successfully? im in the same situation but didnt bought the video card yet, so i want to know if the computer accespted the gtx980m and the drivers are ok.

 

Thanks

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‎03-23-2016 02:02 AM

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well the project was on hold for a while, i did measure the thickness of the pads to be needed everywhere on the heatsink, but i  first need to remove the coppper plaque, little square ontop of the surface. and replace it with  a wider one, because the gpu surface is bigger then the copper plate right now.

so to answer in short, not yet 😕

 

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‎03-23-2016 03:18 AM

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thanks for the quick answer, ill stick close to this topic because im very curious about this mod. have you tried booting the system for testing with the gtx980m inside to check if the system recognize it? or you wait for the full mount?

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‎03-23-2016 05:15 PM

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The 980M works well in the Z1. I don't think you'll get an AMD card to work.

 

Removing the copper square is not enough - the X-bracket built into the back of the cooler you attach to the card is designed for a NVIDIA card - AMD cards have a slightly larger X so this part won't sit properly.

 

Also, conisidering NVIDIA designed the entire MXM cooler for HP and the fact I tried an AMD card in the Z1 (with a crappy cooler rigged up) with no luck.

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‎03-23-2016 05:37 PM

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Who in their right minds would want to use an AMD card?  :indifferent:

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