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    m5500i-r3 gpu upgrade

    Discussion in 'Alienware Area-51/Aurora and Legacy Systems' started by contradude, Apr 18, 2012.

  1. contradude

    contradude Notebook Consultant

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    hey all,

    I know that most of its brothers can upgrade to the Radeon 4670 gpu but I haven't seen any reports of having tried it on the 5500i before. Anyone know if it works?
     
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    stephends Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have read that 4670s do work with the 1.19w bios installed (Also lets you put in 4GB of ram). Haven't tried it myself though as the 4760 MXM II cards are hard to come by on ebay anyway.
     
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    contradude Notebook Consultant

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    What's the difference between type a and type II?

    -- Sent from my TouchPad using Communities
     
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    protivakid Notebook Evangelist

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    The type A & II connectors are completely different.

    Your m5500i-r3 runs on the old mxm connector. Card examples can be seen below.

    MXM technical before 3.0
     
    protivakid, Apr 18, 2012
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