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    Area 51 m5500i-r3 GeForce 9600M GT possible?

    Discussion in 'Alienware Area-51/Aurora and Legacy Systems' started by pizzathehut893, Dec 30, 2010.

  1. pizzathehut893

    pizzathehut893 Newbie

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    I am looking to replace my radeon x1400 with a GeForce 9600M GT that I found. I am new to laptops and am not sure if it will fit. Does anyone know if this will fit in my computer?
     
    pizzathehut893, Dec 30, 2010
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    Nick Professor Carnista

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    Alright, the link says something about requiring Bios Mods. How do I do that?
     
    pizzathehut893, Jan 2, 2011
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    niffcreature ex computer dyke

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    If their fujitsu really is the same barebone as the m5500i-r3, then yes it will definitely work.

    The BIOS modding they are talking about is basically 2 things that are not essential to the cards functionality:
    1. bypassing a 30 second long warning message that happens at ever bootup
    2. running the card at full performance clocks rather than the power saving ones

    so basically you could get the card and try it and worry about the rest later. I know both of those can be done, the 2nd one especially easily. You use a tool called nibitor and flash the VBIOS of the card after deleting the power saving modes.

    BTW I have more than a few of those 9600m/770m cards.
     
    niffcreature, Jan 7, 2011
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    Hi i was just about to get new graphics card for the alienware m5500i r3 it has nvidea 7600go card now and then it acts up shows red squares

    after reading posts here i saw that i can put in nVidia GeForce 9600m GT DDR3 MXM II Laptop GPU in istead of 7600go

    i recently flashed bios to allow laptop to run on 4 gig of ram

    now my questions this i have read your previuos posts re,changing bios of 9600mis there anyone here can give step by step instructions as how to do this
    i have downloaded nibit

    and is the 9600m better than the 7600 for this laptop
    your helps greatly apreciated many thanks
     
    Rab2011, Jan 28, 2011
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    and can anyone tell me whats the better card for alienware m5500i rev 3, 4 gim ram

    nvidia 9650m gt
    nVidia GeForce 9600m

    and are they easy to set up
     
    Rab2011, Jan 28, 2011
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