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    Buy Parts etc.?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by zaidbaby, May 24, 2010.

  1. zaidbaby

    zaidbaby Notebook Consultant

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    Hello guys

    Where can i buy extra parts for laptops, like mobile gpu,cpu,laptop rams

    i tried new egg but there is no GPU.
    I'm specially looking for mobile graphics card ati,nvidia both.
     
    zaidbaby, May 24, 2010
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  2. trikster

    trikster Notebook Evangelist

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    eBay.....?
     
    trikster, May 24, 2010
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  3. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Swapping out graphics cards in laptops is something that cannot be done on most laptops. Therefore, you will find very few and highly priced mobile GPU's that will only work with a very small number of specific laptop models.
     
    usapatriot, May 24, 2010
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  4. laststop311

    laststop311 Notebook Deity

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    alienware m15x and m17x can accept mxm 3.0b graphics cards and are upgradeable. I dont know which other laptops can be upgraded.
     
    laststop311, May 24, 2010
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    AndroidVageta Notebook Evangelist

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    Look here in the FS/FT forum?
     
    AndroidVageta, May 25, 2010
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    BruBoo Notebook Evangelist

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    Probably the best part to buy first is the service manual. That may list for example a Blu Ray drive that fits and was supplied as a top end build, larger capacity memory modules and processors that have been verified to work etc. saves a lot of wasted cash
     
    BruBoo, May 25, 2010
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  7. TofuTurkey

    TofuTurkey Married a Champagne Mango

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    I've just recently found this site: Octopart - Electronic Parts, Electronic Components, Datasheets

    It's sort of like a site that gathers info from multiple component providers and you can search from a single place.

    I did a search for Nvidia and some stuff showed up. I know some of those are boards with the chips on them (stuff you get from BestBuy, NewEgg), I don't know enough about chip naming conventions to know when the item description is for a single chip.
     
    TofuTurkey, May 25, 2010
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