Asus G50 - 260M Swap Procedure

[bense]

The 9700 is a completely different card compared to the 260 or the 9800. The 260 will not work in the g50's, I have tried. I am currently using my g50vt with the 9800 swapped for a 260.

I was originally trying to swap the 9700 card into a g51 because the 9800 card was failing but it didn't work so I was left with a g51 that has a failing gpu. I did play around with the cards and found that the 260 and the 9800 are interchangeable but the 9700 isn't with either card.

The 9800 and 9700 are physically different cards, they are not swappable. I have yet to find any card that will work in the g50.

I am currently running the 260 in mine overclocked and I have yet to see over 195 with it stressed, I do have a NZXT cooler though.

I'm confused. Isn't this thread about putting a 260 into a g50???!?

[dtd00d]

Out of curiosity does the fan ever slow down on battery power or does it just keep going full on?

[viceless]

thanks for bringing this up dtd.

forcedinductionz:

do you think you could please give me the part number for the G60 fan? I'd like to do as much as I can for the life of this investment. ^_^

[forcedinductionz]

I replied to your PM. I don't have the part number any more. Maybe a call to Asus Tech Support? Good luck!

[ncc1701k]

nope, fan still on full power when on battery. It kicks in as soon as you hit the power button.

[dtd00d]

Thanks viceless and ncc1701k!

[antonio10n]

Hey guys....i have swap the my 9700m gt with the 9800m gs.....now, i have swap from 9800m gs to 260m gtx.....it's ok....but i have one problem....the fan!!!!!!!!!!my fan is at max 5100m rpm with Everest.....have yours resolved this problem problem....???

[antonio10n]

Excuse me for my english im italian......

[ncc1701k]

Wait, you went from a 9700gt to a 9800gs and then to a 260gtx? The 9700gt and 9800gs are not interchangeable cuz they have different physical layout right? How did you get it to fit?
We currently don't have a solution for the fan getting stuck on high, It's probably a bios issue that the motherboard cannot properly recognize the 260gtx.

[antonio10n]

nono....the mobo of g50v is same og g50vt...when i have install the 9800m gs the laptop screen i see :"asus g50vt series"...i see also in the everest and in system information utility of windows 7....believe me ..... when I installed the 9800M GS i had installed the original drivers but Windows recognized the card automatically!!!!! the solution is in addition to the heat sink must be installed above the bottom plate "which is under" the video card the piece is "bottom plate" i buy in ebay... et Vuile !!!!!!...... but now driver dox ..... I think I'll be able 'to find the solution x fan .... you help me no one has tried to swap the bios?? g50vt to g51vx ?????