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On 2/8/2023 at 3:24 AM, TheSin said:

Removing MXM GPU will lead to beeping and emergency shutdown after a minute or two. The problem is in firmware of EC controller, which periodically requests temperature of discrete GPU. If MXM card is not installed, EC can't get data from SMBus thermal sensor and enables 'emergency mode'. To fix this problem you need to flash a specially patched BIOS. This BIOS is based on the latest Eurocom one, if you prefer Sager BIOS - please PM me with your firmware, I'll apply patch to it.

Took me a long time but today I've flashed the bios and removed the discrete gpu.
Laptop is working perfectly!
Thank you for the help.

Ok.
I'm in Brazil and will be hard to find a compatible card.

This weekend I'm going to flash the bios and test it without the discrete card.
I might get a cheap nvidia gpu from aliexpress. Will have better performance than the intel integrated gpu.

Again, thanks for the help!

1 hour ago, TheSin said:

In case of AMD cards, you can easily get problems with beeping because different vendors use different thermal sensors. For example, AMD cards from Dell are not compatible with Clevo laptops. Of course, this also can be patched in the firmware, but it's better to use Nvidia cards instead.

But if you don't need a discrete GPU, just flash the BIOS from the previous post and enjoy. Less power consumption, less heat, more battery life and no problems with card incompatibility . Create a bootable DOS flash drive (for example, using Rufus), copy the files from the link to the root of flash and boot. Execute "step1.exe", notebook should reboot with activating full speed of fans. Don't worry, in this mode boot from the flash drive once again and execute 'step2.bat', then press any key to start flashing. After the 1st stage of flashing you will be asked about your keyboard type. So, if you have a keyboard with Win key in the left - enter L and press Enter. If your keyboard has right Win key - enter R and press enter. After flashing is completed, the notebook will turn off. Disconnect power adapter, remove the battery, wait 30 seconds - and turn the notebook on.

Oh, the amd card I can get is from dell. So it won't work, right?

I don't really need a discrete gpu. But would be nice to at least try one and diagnose what's wrong with this notebook. If the current gpu is dying, or there's any other problem.

5 hours ago, TheSin said:

Removing MXM GPU will lead to beeping and emergency shutdown after a minute or two. The problem is in firmware of EC controller, which periodically requests temperature of discrete GPU. If MXM card is not installed, EC can't get data from SMBus thermal sensor and enables 'emergency mode'. To fix this problem you need to flash a specially patched BIOS. This BIOS is based on the latest Eurocom one, if you prefer Sager BIOS - please PM me with your firmware, I'll apply patch to it.

Grabbed the file. Thank you!
I don't have any bios preference. Just want to "revive" this pc.

It's a normal procedure to swap the card with a random one? Or must use some specific models?
It's super hard to find a mxm card where I live but I've managed to find an ATI FirePro M6000 near that I can grab. There's chance of it working?

Hi, @Klem,
If you still have the files, could you please send me acopy?
I'm trying to fix my notebook as posted here:
 

Hi,

I have a sager NP9170 with a nvidia card (675m?).

Years ago the notebook started to beep and crash. I think it's a gpu problem.
On linux it crash just after booting into desktop.
On windows I've got to disable it on Device Manager and it works with the onboard intel gpu. I also got it to work on windows using an external gtx1060 via pci-e adapter.

The real question is: It's safe to just remove the mxm gpu?
Or it would require a modified bios?
If it requires a card to work, I could just grab a cheap one from china? even an mxm2 card would work?
I don't need "gaming performance". But as it's currently, I can't even use it.

Edit:
I might have access to a ATI FirePro M6000. Would it work?