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Cooling: Previous stages. To put things in perspective this laptop would hit 90s with T5750 (35W, 2GHz, 2MB cache, 667MHz FSB) and HD3470 (12W). Now - low 80s while both CPU (X9100 - 44W, 3GHz, 6MB cache, 1066MHz FSB) and GPU (HD4670, 35W) are overclocked (3.6GHz and 775/885). CPU: I've successfully upgraded to next-gen platform (PM45) CPU (X9100 E0) thanks to this mod. There's a wire inside which makes PLL unlock and enables FSB overclocking. I have a theory that a Quad is possible but it involves A LOT of work - A LOT of soldering and A LOT of pin isolation, as well as a small PCB board for some components RAM: Intel says 4GB max, but I had to try it and it turns out that 8GB are running just fine GPU: Well I've tried to get GT 550m and HD8850m working but sadly it's a no-go. The first (GT 550m) lacks proper designation on the board in order to swap some resistors. It's not that impossible mod given that I ever come across the ASUS GT 240m (M90GN) boardview (since there are almost no markings on the GPU itself, the only way to know which is which, is through a boardview file). The second one (HD8850m) is a definite no-go since the receiving board is M96 based and it's lacking couple of crucial connections. One of them is PWR GOOD, which is essential to get it running, since it tells the core that all is good, and it can run. So in the end I'll stick with my old, but trusty HD4670. HDD: I'm running an mSATA SSD through adapter board, because of the less heat it generates (I'm all in for shaving couple of ºC from this poorly designed machine) Speeds limited to SATA II of course. I have a theory that I can mod my vacant mPCIe slot to mSATA, since I have an useless second SATA connector on the MoBo. I've compared couple of schematics and everything that is different is the 4 data lines - in the mPCIe they are obviously PCIe lines, and in the mSATA - SATA. So all I have to do is cut the PCIe lines and solder the SATA lines from the connector which is conveniently placed right behind the mPCIe connector. I'm yet to try this mod, so so far it's just a theory. I'm also running an optical-bay caddy with Hitachi's 7K1000, probably the last 7200rpm 2.5" HDD. Yes, my ODD connector is PATA (limited to 33MB/s), but I'm using this drive's response time, than the transfer speed. Disply: I'm currently running Dual CCFL WXGA (1280x800) display on single lamp only, since there is no space to add second inverter. Also the Dual CCFLs inverters are requiring different voltages than what 5920G supplies. There is a link in my signature to mod your cable for Dual LVDS - which grants support for higher resolution displays. I've tried it and it works Oh, and the current display is absolutely stunning compared to the stock POS. Tried to get the best 15.4" display running M4400's WUXGA RGB LED - but sadly it doesn't work at all. Most displays would output picture even without back-light (you have to use flashlight in order to see it), but this one is totally dead Misc: I'm using 120W Cooler Master adapter and it's definitely needed! The Intel Ultimate-N 6300 WiFi card works fine and has a slight improvement from 4965AGN and it also gives me some space for the cooling mod I've swapped the keyboard (white) for a black one and in my opinion it looks WAY better.

As I dig deeper there are like 10~14 resistors that has to be changed. The problem is that I have all the schematics needed, the GPU one including, but it has no designations over it (so I don't know which component is which), and I can't find boardview of it. So it might be doable if one gets his hands on the boardview or component placement sheet or whatever. The GPU project code is M90GN, that's how I found the schematics.

Don't waste your money! The problem is VERY electrical. The BGA is 1:1, but there are pins that are not used in M96 (HD4650) and there are no traces on the board but are needed for newer chips. So simply put - it wont work. If you have tons of money to throw at, and you are willing to deal with a lot of soldering and troubleshooting, go ahead

All kind of mods, but I think it's electrical.

Sadly this project is dead as well Even custom vBIOS didn't helped. Unlike the 550m, this one didn't get any kind of activity, let alone picture. Well it was a long shot, but I had to take it. Maybe there are better chances with HD6730m, since both HD4650m and HD6730m are Terascale, but I wont be the one trying it. I had enough of it.

Very nice mod! You used solder, right? How you did the soldering? It's easy to unsolder, but the reverse process is PITA. That's why I ended-up thermal-gluing mine. BTW You asked me long ago what a guy uses to lift BGA chips - tweezers. I guess you have to be really careful not to mess the BGA.

Yes, I've tried it, and no, it's not working as well. I have better hopes for the ATi

8740w with DreamColor 2 display Why? 1. 16:10 17,1" WUXGA RGB LED 10bit IPS 2. Still need more?! 3. MXM-B 4. Awesome design and built quality 5. That glorious display! Yes, it's that good! Or I'll build one more like the one above, but with more recent CPU power.

Have you guys tried EVGA Pixel Clock OC? It's part of EVGA Precision tool.

As far as I know only on ATi/AMD GPUs is possible.

Sadly it's pretty much dead so far I've used this guide to integrate the vBIOS in the sBIOS. I've tried two so far, and the only difference is that the scrambled colors vary from vBIOS to vBIOS. It still boots and loads Windows. I have a few more as mentioned in the first post, but I don't have much hopes Hopefully the last GPU upgrade that I'm planing (HD8850m) would be successful

Here it is. You pretty much guessed them

Awesome machine and pretty awesome mod you got there! Is this of any help? If the connector is 30 pin, it should be

"A little" request, if anyone comes across another model than the ones above with either HD8830m, HD8850m or HD8870m DDR3 it would be greatly appreciated to mention it here. I know that if the BGA is different no vBIOS would be of help, but the more the better

Yeah it's much more scrambled than what we have now with MXM 3.0. I know that the connector is the same, and my laptop can provide up to 75W to the MXM connector. That's part of the reason why I'm going forward to try this mod Unfortunately 5920G is not designed with MXM-III in mind; even if I sacrifice say the fan and find some other solution for cooling, it also interferes with two of the CPU socket screws. It's pretty much next to impossible to run MXM-III while retaining portability. That's why I'm headed towards this mod A custom vBIOS would probably be needed I guess, but I first have to figure out how to get some cash to put it this way About the last request, I'll see what I can do, since he could protect his secret or whatever. Hopefully he would share the info

As I thought, all the DELL ones are GDDR5 Oh well, I hoped for at least one DDR3, since there were places that one of them was listed as DDR3. Since it is common for both, 6821 is the one. Now I wonder if it would matter if the RAM would be of a problem? The HD4650 uses hynix, while this Samsung most likely uses Samsung...

@svl7 - Thanks A LOT! Is there a way to tell if any one of them is DDR3 @Khenglish - I don't, someone else does it for me, payed service of course. I only have a heater. Controlled temp one, but still a heater, while the guy has a proper IR rework station. I know about the BGAs, but I have to take my chance Also HD4870 is MXM-III, much larger than MXM-II. If it was a fit I wouldn't have bothered... probably

A little back-story. I already have (so far) partial success with my GT 550m MXM-II Project. What I got from it is that with ATi (AMD if you preffer) I have better chances. So far I have 7770 Vapor-X GHz Edition, of which the cooling is used for another project. So I have 7770 GHz core (meant to see 1GHz and more) which translates to either one of the 88xxM variations - 8830m; 8850m; 8870m. All of them are meant to come with either DDR3 or GDDR5 memory. There are no GDDR5 MXM-II GPUs as far as I know, so I'm interested in DDR3 versions of them. Sadly AMD choose to focus more on the console market and this year's offerings are VERY few and in between, let alone the ones I'm looking for. I know that I'm shooting for the stars, and there tons of NOs on my way, but for me it is enough that they share the same BGA. Again, I know that it's not enough, but I have to take my chances My plan is to use HD4650 1GB DDR3 MXM-II (which I'm yet to buy) and the already mentioned 7770 GHz core and make a HD88somethingM. What I lack as always is a proper vBIOS to drive this madness I had plans about 6730m, of which vBIOS is found, thanks to @pchatzop, but I have to buy the HD4650 AND the 6730 core, and it's weaker I found couple BIOSes so far - a Samsung NP780Z5E (supposed 8850m DDR3), and 2 DELLs 3537 and 5537 (one of them has to has 8850m DDR3, but from all of the digging it's not clear which). All I know about them is that the Samsung is AMI, and the DELL's are probably Insyde. Here are the .exe files, hopefully someone would make something useful out off them - vBIOS extraction. I'm jobless at the moment, but I'll give what I think is fair for any contribution about this craziness Thanks for looking

I don't think that it's exactly fair to compare Acer with Clevo. For example there are tons of HP and DELL notebooks more expensive than given Acer, yet they still have the same "userfriendlyness". And that's of the new ones. In the MXM era (Acer's one, they no longer have MXM notebooks) most with dedicated GPU were pretty nicely done and easy for servicing, just like the Clevos. Yeah, I got butthurt, but here's my opinion nonetheless.

OK we have some ground for 6730m now! Awesome work! This project is currently on hold, but this doesn't mean canceled at all. Just that I've concentrated on other supposed to be successful mods I hope that I'll call it dead/successful by the year's end.

My place - eBay. Definitely ask prior buying if don't want another compatible one As for would it work - it probably wont since your cable most probably is 1ch LVDS, where for anything above 1366x768 you'll need 2ch LVDS. You have to physically check the cable if it has all the wires and if not, you'll have to add them or look for a compatible one that's 2ch LVDS.

Acer has beefed-up lately so I don't know what are you talking about My 5 year old 5920G is still strong, and they have improved the quality ever since. They do happen to have some odd-ball once in a while, but who doesn't really? They are still the best bang for the buck. As for the OP, it seems that it wasn't very active in 2011, neither it's now, but I hope that I'll bring some improvement soon

That's what I wonder as well. It would be pretty awesome if AMD let all of their CPUs to be overclocked. But then, most of their CPUs end-up in cheap machines with even cheaper cooling, so I can see why

There's ES A10-5750M with unlocked multi, but 1/ it's hard to find, and 2/ It's ridiculously expensive.