Acer MXM Models and Cards

[EchoShade]

The 9300 GS should be a MXM-II card so the upgrade to a 9600 GT would be possible but I'm not too sure what teh suigi means by the question marks. It states that your 8730G is an MXM-III so you can get the ATI 4850 Mobility or the GTX 280M. I've heard of users Clevo users upgrading their 9800 GTX to GTX 280M, so it should be MXM-III.

[kisetsu17]

Originally Posted by EchoShade

The 9300 GS should be a MXM-II card so the upgrade to a 9600 GT would be possible but I'm not too sure what teh suigi means by the question marks. It states that your 8730G is an MXM-III so you can get the ATI 4850 Mobility or the GTX 280M. I've heard of users Clevo users upgrading their 9800 GTX to GTX 280M, so it should be MXM-III.

I think it was because my 9300M GS is an MXM-I. Although, in my case and I think most of 14.1" laptops with this card and MXM, an MXM-II card would fit in. PM me if you need photos or something, but I'm pretty sure that's the case.

[EchoShade]

Sorry to break your hearts everyone but the

MSI 4670 Mobility DDR3 is INCOMPATIBLE with the Acer Aspire 6930G with BIOS V0.3204.

The laptop WILL boot for about 5 seconds but then shut down. I can get into BIOS and I was able to verify that the VGA BIOS was indeed ATI.

I would actually like to see that card work though. Any suggestions?

[triturbo]

Originally Posted by EchoShade

The laptop WILL boot for about 5 seconds but then shut down. I can get into BIOS and I was able to verify that the VGA BIOS was indeed ATI.

WHY Acer?! Should I understand this like the MSI's BIOS is not working? You should know that Acer doesn't has similar model. Their HD4650 is DDR2 and their HD4670 is MXM 3.0 so in both cases there is something different, something that wont work. So it would either boot with MSI's vBIOS, or it wont. Which Acer vBIOS you had used?

[moelda]

Originally Posted by kisetsu17

I think it was because my 9300M GS is an MXM-I. Although, in my case and I think most of 14.1" laptops with this card and MXM, an MXM-II card would fit in. PM me if you need photos or something, but I'm pretty sure that's the case.

I think I'll open the laptop and take the measures as well as have a look at the pins just to be 100% sure.
My laptop is a 18.4" so it is likely to be the MXMII, am I right???
I am so confused...lol

[Kallogan]

Originally Posted by EchoShade

Sorry to break your hearts everyone but the

MSI 4670 Mobility DDR3 is INCOMPATIBLE with the Acer Aspire 6930G with BIOS V0.3204.

The laptop WILL boot for about 5 seconds but then shut down. I can get into BIOS and I was able to verify that the VGA BIOS was indeed ATI.

I would actually like to see that card work though. Any suggestions?

If you aren't able to make that gpu work in your lap, i'll probably die of sadness. Life wouldn't make sense anymore

[EchoShade]

Like I said above, BIOS version 3204. Would 3234 or 3124 (something similar to those numbers) work with tis card. My BIOS is dated from September 2008 or something.

EDIT: Oh vBIOS, how would I find that.

[TehSuigi]

Moelda, MXM sizes go in order of size, I being the smallest and IV being the biggest. And smaller MXM cards can go into larger slots.
The 9300M GS is an MXM-I card in an MXM-II or MXM-III slot. Going to the 9600M GT should be just fine, as long as it's got an Acer vBIOS. Going for anything in MXM-III might be a stretch because of compatibility issues; the only MXM-III card I've seen officially released by Acer is the 9700M GT, and that's just a faster clocked 9600M GT.

Echo, to find the vBIOS, you'd plug the Radeon back into the MSI it came from and run GPU-Z.

[kisetsu17]

Originally Posted by moelda

I think I'll open the laptop and take the measures as well as have a look at the pins just to be 100% sure.
My laptop is a 18.4" so it is likely to be the MXMII, am I right???
I am so confused...lol

Def MXM-I. Hah, waste of space/potencial, huh? Well that's marketing.

Originally Posted by EchoShade

Sorry to break your hearts everyone but the

MSI 4670 Mobility DDR3 is INCOMPATIBLE with the Acer Aspire 6930G with BIOS V0.3204.

The laptop WILL boot for about 5 seconds but then shut down. I can get into BIOS and I was able to verify that the VGA BIOS was indeed ATI.

I would actually like to see that card work though. Any suggestions?

*runs off crying his heart out*

Maan, so disappointing. Now if there was a way to make an MXM 3.0 -> MXM 2.1 adaptor....lol

So after all, the best MXM-II card for Acers would be the DDR2 4650, huh? Unless the vBIOS could be changed or something. Aww. That's just, awful.

[EchoShade]

Hmmmm. I'll check the vBIOS on the MSI when I have time but what if I phlashed the Acer vBIOS for their 4670 onto my MSI one? Would that just brick it or make it OCed and usable?