Acer Aspire 8940g, trying to upgrade graphic card.

Hey , i own 2x 8940g , one of them bought it new since it came out and the other got it recently from ebay.de USED(for testing and parts) .

So far i tried an Nvidia Quadro M1000M 2GB GDDR5 (from DELL laptop) - laptop is booting normally (i can hear the windows startup sound) but the screen stays black .

Second try , with an Nvidia Quadro M1200 4GB GDDR5 (DELL laptop) - same thing as the first card .


My aim is M2200(if i'll find one to buy) > M1200 > M1000M .

Any advice or help to get this done ?

Thank you .

 

Have you tried using an external screen? The issue seems to be an issue initializing the internal screen

 

yes , i tried and no signal .

Going to try one more M1200 and M2200(seems like i found one) , and i think both of them and the other 2 will go to sale 50% off.

 

I can't any real info on upgrading this, as its a rare machine but here http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr...g-gpu-upgrade-firepro-m4000-or-nvidia.794779/

 

That is where i got the info for Nvidia Quadro , it was supposed to be a "plug&play" , but it pretty much seems like not .
gonna come back after trying the other 2 cards .

 

Just tried another card . Nvidia GTX 460M , this time the screen does turn on , but the laptop doesn't seem to detect it .

 

Wow, that's a really old card

 

Well I did get the fire pro m4000 to work and I have just sent an offer on a w5170m on ebay that I am going to try on my 8935g,
also I found a website http://www.tulembedded.com/products_detail.asp?id=68 which looks interesting about mxm upgrades.

quick update just got the W5170m (dell bios) off ebay so I shall post back once I have it installed

 

yep yep it installed just fine boots and shows in BIOS works in Windows but for the life of me I cannot get anything on the internal display, it only shows on HDMI out
I'm wondering if there is someway of forcing the card to initiate the internal display? the m4000 worked p&p

 

Maybe it needs a modified driver, thats what seems to be the issue, as it posts in BIOS. I don't know where to get one or how to manufacture a modified driver, but maybe someone can help you out