M6600 Owners Thread

On the contrary, it is that easy.
You just remove the M8900 and plug in the NVidia card. The heat sink and cooling is the same for both. I just suggest relocating the thick thermal transfer pad/spacers to match the slightly different outer component layout (memory and regulators) and then just use a good thermal paste before reinstalling the cooling assembly. On this specific HP card I received, it had the same back plate as the AMD so the default fasteners worked perfectly (unlike the consumer GTX card I tried few weeks ago that did have a different back plate).

All temps are averaging in the 40’s and 50’s C with the max under heavy load being 72C so I think it is good to go.

Scott-

 

It is not as easy as swapping a video card in a desktop. You are talking about removing the card, removing the heatsink, cleaning it, swapping thermal pads, applying thermal compound, reseating the heatsink, and reinstalling the card. not even going to mention the 30+ screws you have to spin and 10 or so cables and ribbons you have to remove. All while avoiding static or dropping screws and shorting out the mobo.

 

True... but I thought that was a given.

Yes, Bokeh is correct; if you do not have the tools and technical experience, do not try this at home, kids.

Scott-

 

just ordered one of these beasts!! found a steal for one on ebay and decided it's better to get the machine you really want than get something smaller and have to keep making sacrifices you're not really thrilled about making. Thanks for all the insight in this thread and the great user reviews here for helping make this decision finally come to a close

 

I am torn between the convience of the mSATA and the speed of a SATA-III. The bigger SATA-III is faster, but takes up a drive bay slot. Anyone here have the mSATA? Do you regret the slower speeds of SATA-II for your O/S? Thanks for the insight.

 

Wow that's a great deal!

 

Thanks guys, I appreciate it! I do understand all that processes that would be involve and have done so in the past. Not a GPU on laptop but CPU on desktop and taking apart other laptops for various reason.

But I don't understand this part --> swapping thermal pads (I know applying thermal paste) in Bokeh's list. Is that a special part? I need to do more M6600 Service Manual reading.

 

swaping thermal pads improve temps I also find out cutting individual pads for each ram is better to maintain better air flow between the card and the heatsink here is a screen shoot of my 6990M installed on the precision after a vantage run and flashed 815-1000 clocks is stable for everyday use


if you want to replace the thermal pads get at least 1.5mm thick pads anything smaller just won't do any contact

 

Did you miss this intel on November 18?

 

Thanks for the reply. It's a little bit disappointing that the Quadros only support two displays without optimus. I wonder if the upcoming kepler generation will be different in that regard. Anyway this notebook generation look increasingly less appealing to me.