I have a video card question that has me stumped. I have an ATI 9000 64mb in my dell notebook. The card DOES have flexfit- dell could at least tell me that- the problem is that this is the best card they make and will not make a better one. I am thinking about swapping out VPU's from another ATI card with mine. I can afford to mess this up because I have a 100% working ATI 9000 32mb for a "spare part". From everything I have read the mobile ATI VPU's have onboard memory and both my 32mb and 64mb boards look EXACTLY the same. I am looking for a 9600 (i dont need a 9700 and the cost would be higher than I would wanna deal with). How can I remove a VPU? Could I swap the 9000 VPU for a 9600? My last question is cooling... There is only passive cooling on the 9000 and from what I have seen the 9600 uses passive cooling in other dell models so I dont FORSEE an issue as far as heat but maybe someone can shed some light. I AM NUTS but if there is a chance that it would work I am all for it. Someone even told me that the mobile VPU and the desktop versions were the same... just that the desktop was clocked higher and had a heatsink/fan. I am open to all suggestions.
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help me remove a mobile ati VPU- flexfit
- Thread starter higney85
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WHAT THE FUCK?! You want to remove the processing chip from your onboard Dell notebook computer? Don't do it. You'll end up with a dead notebook and a ruined radeon 9xxx card.
No possible way. Completely different pcbs, completely different architects etc.
DONT DO IT!
No possible way. Completely different pcbs, completely different architects etc.
DONT DO IT!
so there is no way to get a descent video card? Dell makes me really mad- You can buy a laptop w/ a 3.2GHZ P4 HT but you get terrible graphics.... Anybody have any ideas? From what I was getting from Dell the board and the VPU will work with flexfit- its a pin thing?- and I would need to find a way to get a different VPU and could do it myself. I was thinking to just swap the VPU- even if I do not get more memory at least the video card would work much better? Am I wrong there too? I am desperate for DESCENT video!
*the video card is a seperate card- this is not onboard the motherboard. I have a seperate card just like the desktops, I just took the heatsink off the spare and the memory is not set up like a desktop model.... leading me to think that swapping the VPU could allow for the old card (in the correct form to fit the laptop) could have a new VPU allow for OK graphics.....*
*inspiron 5150.... http://docs.us.dell.com/docs/systems/ins5100/en/sm/palmrest.htm#1105456 *
*the video card is a seperate card- this is not onboard the motherboard. I have a seperate card just like the desktops, I just took the heatsink off the spare and the memory is not set up like a desktop model.... leading me to think that swapping the VPU could allow for the old card (in the correct form to fit the laptop) could have a new VPU allow for OK graphics.....*
*inspiron 5150.... http://docs.us.dell.com/docs/systems/ins5100/en/sm/palmrest.htm#1105456 *