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Update: Ordered a new motherboard and recieved it today, installed everything very carefull but when booting I get no display.. Pulled out the gpu and cpu and memory chips, harddrives etc, and reinstalled cpu and gpu and tried to boot without RAM, then one RAM stick and then both but still no luck. Could the BIOS be the problem? Should I try to blind-flash to the latest version? This truly sucks, I payed 300 dollars for the new mobo

Make sure the thermal pads are all in place, if one is a bit off the heatsink and gpu might not make sufficient contact.

Make sure to apply AS5 correct, spread it very thin with a razor or creditcard and screw it back on tight, screw it off again and see how it spreads and when satisfied clean, and redo.

No way to open? :S Just don't try to power it on it may only cause more damage. If you get the part and bring your stripped down mobo to a repair shop or someone with the expertise it wont cost you too much. Good luck!

It's a Mosfet, the brand is alpha and omega and the model is: 4932 If no luck finding any feel free to PM me.

It's a shame really, a scam to lure the consumers to purchase the same stuff wrapped up in a new shiny package. A waste of resources.

I've got the same motherboard lying around, if you shine a flashlight from the side onto that chip there will be a brand and nr on it. When replacing components on it make sure not to heat for to long or the epoxy holding down the pads will loosen and you'll end up with lifted pads. Maybe I can desolder it from mine and send it to you for free if you pay the postage.

In avance menu there should be an option named Video configuration where you can disable IGPU. Change primary display from SG to PEG, do not choose PCI though!

Hi there! A powerfull rig that is somewhat more portable is this one from msi for example MSI GE60 0ND-257US - XOTIC PC - MSI 15.6" Custom Gaming Notebook or this sager (clevo) which I find has a awesome looking design too Sager NP6370 / Clevo W370ET - XOTIC PC - Sager 17.3" Custom Gaming Laptop

I would'nt say a repaste will do wonders because it's a fairly new laptop and thermal paste can only do so much.

yeah I would go with the 6990m, the 660m wont be a big upgrade at all.

my bad sorry

Like svl7 said, and it's never a good idea to run a bios update thru windows because there's so much that could go wrong. Format a usb drive with fat32 and put like freeDOS on it.

Awesome!

To disable it I think you´ll need unlocked BIOS.

how are the temps on the gpu? others have had artifacts, flickering and bsods on that model due to high temps. Some vga cards have also gone bad.

aight. No do not use any gt series bios on an whitebook. Contact msi and they should send you the BIOS or search the net for them.

seems like a driver problem, have you tried reinstalling them?

clearing the cmos only sets your bios settingd to default, it doesn't restore your original bios. blind flashing is only for when your computer doesn't post. you can find your original bios at msiwhitebook.com

no you need to make a bootable DOS usb pen drive or cd and run it.

Seems like your drivers are crashing, this normally happens due to too high clocks. But if it's not OCed try uninstalling the drivers and erase all Nvidia folders on your hdd and reinstall.

It did not work, ah well I've already taken it apart and waiting for my gear to arrive. Thanks everyone for all of your help.

Thnx dude, I'll try it when I get home. Been searching my arse off for key combos.

AHCI is prefered if supported, you'll have to enable ahci in windows and then in BIOS.

the gtx 675m would give you a nice performance increase compared to the 560m. the gtx 675m is almost the same card as 580m.