R9 M290x dead confirmation?

I tried installing an R9 M290X from an Alienware 18 in my M15x and it did not post, just a black screen with Num and Scroll locks flashing. I put my 460m back in and it is working as normal.

Does this mean the M290x is dead? If so what is the best course of action?

 

New card or bake it.

 

I know this may be implied but I am guessing the m290x didnt work in the AW18 either?

 

Get your money back, if you cant or had gotten for free you can either sell it or bake it and hope that it works. Wish that modern electronics had better build quality.

 

I would test the card in a " compatible " laptop before making any assumption. When you buy a card that is not made for that laptop , you are taking a risk.

 

M290x works fine in M15x except that fans run full speed I think.

In fact right up until pascal/polaris cards all mxm 3.0 cards work. The only issue is heat on a few of them.

 

I don't have a m15x , is the card plug and play for that laptop ?

 

Pretty sure the card is plug and play

 

It is yes just the aforementioned fan issues (one can control the fans with hwinfo is need be)

 

The card was confirmed working in the AW 18 R3 alongside its counterpart by the seller, would it be possible that I fried the card by installing it with the backplate too high thus not making contact between the die and the heatsink?

 

Okay so I used a VGA cable to output to an external monitor, and whilst there was a bit of artificating the system manged to POST and I installed the driver through device manager. I am currently downloading the AMD drivers. I assume the next step would be to flash with a dell vBios as I heard SVL7 say that this is required on the TI forums.

I used my 460m backplate which I think is putting too much pressure on the underside of the card, the hollow square barely fit around the componentry underneath the core and only 3/4 of the screw holes sit naturally.

 

Flashed the vbios with the only dell vbios I could find and the card will still only output to VGA, any suggestions?

 

I have now flashed the card with multiple vbioses, still artifacting and only outputting on the VGA monitor and only running at 300mhz core clock, What is going on here?

 

What version system bios are you running. Latest is A09. Make sure you are up to date.

Edit: do not use your 460M backplate! Get a compatible backplate and install properly!

 

I am using the unlocked A09 bios, Thanks KOI I will get the backplate out immediately