ihazshuvel Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Hello, About a year 1/2 ago I bought this awesome gaming laptop from Xoticpc with a 3 year warranty. Here are the specs: sandy i7-2860QM (Not OC'd) 16gb 1866 ram 4x4gb GTX 570m (OC'd 700/1700 from day 1) - 46c idle 87c load 100% fan Crucial m4 256gb ssd (primary/OS) 500gb 7200rpm hdd (backup) About a month ago the gpu started to artifact and slowly but surely got slightly worse though games were still playable. 2 days ago I was mid game full load and the laptop shuts off by itself. I turned it back on and tried to get back in my game, upon loading the game screen the pc shuts off again but this time it rebooted itself. Nervous, I didn't load a game and just surfed the internet for some answers and BOOM shuts off again after about 5 minutes! Temps were 40's but it still shut off! I thought it was the GPU at first but now I was thinking the CPU or mobo could be fried. I left it alone that night. Today I ran it in safe mode disabling the 570m in the device manager and performed a full system virus/malware scan. Results came back 100% clean-nothing found. I let it sit for an hour with no windows or programs open to see if it would shut off again and thankfully, it didn't. I've been on my laptop now researching for a few hours still in safe mode. My conclusion is what I originally thought, the 570m is fried or the thermal paste needs reapplication because wear. What a perfect opportunity to upgrade my GPU!!!! I called XoticPC and asked them if my mobo was compatible with a GTX 780m and they said no, the coding is different blahblahblah. He said my options would have to be fermi based, GTX 580m/670m/675m. ^Is this true?^ Is there no way I can trick the bios into accepting the 680m/780m? Is there a way to possibly frankenstein it physically if it's not possible? From the symptoms described above, do you think having them upgrade the GPU/repaste will solve the shutting off problem? Do you think I OC'd too much for a 570m? BTW! I did a full chassis clean out of dust last December. (I KNOW I probably should have done it again at the first signs of artifacts) DOH! Additional thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatant Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Yes. I tested 770m in my 1761, it works very fine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihazshuvel Posted May 31, 2013 Author Share Posted May 31, 2013 If what you're saying is true... then in theory a GTX 780m should work with an HM67 chipset? That's what Xoticpc uses in their FORCE 1761... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatant Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 If what you're saying is true... then in theory a GTX 780m should work with an HM67 chipset? That's what Xoticpc uses in their FORCE 1761...No. 780m in 1761 dose not post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xonar Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 If what you're saying is true... then in theory a GTX 780m should work with an HM67 chipset? That's what Xoticpc uses in their FORCE 1761..."In theory" is the key phrase. It's basically trial and error. No one can pin-point a reason as to why it works or doesn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihazshuvel Posted June 2, 2013 Author Share Posted June 2, 2013 Screw it, I'm building a desktop! Will probably get the cheaper 580m to suffice these new games coming out. The 570m just wasn't cutting it. Thanks for your input guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xonar Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 You can always get a 7970m and mod the heatsink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugii Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Yes. I tested 770m in my 1761, it works very fine.Can you confirm this ? 770M in 1761 ? really?I know 670M works, but I read all over the internet that Kepler cards dont - something about optimus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator BAKED Posted July 31, 2013 Moderator Share Posted July 31, 2013 The gtx 770m is confirmed to work in msi's sandy bridge gaming series. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator BAKED Posted August 1, 2013 Moderator Share Posted August 1, 2013 source???????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xonar Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Can you confirm this ? 770M in 1761 ? really?I know 670M works, but I read all over the internet that Kepler cards dont - something about optimus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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