EliteBook 8740w Ultimate Upgrade Guide (mSATA mod, GPU upgrade, cooling and etc)

I've fit a Logitech Unifying receiver in the display, on one of WWAN antennas' place.

 

Has there been Dream Color 8740w that came with WWAN antennas? Also what WWAN cards came with it?

 

As far as I know, no WWAN option as it is said to interfere with the display. There's at least one user that has retrofitted them however @KCETech1 and I think there were no issues.

No idea. I would guess that they were 3G modules as I was wondering whether 4G/LTE modules are going to work, because of the whitelist.

 

Try this vBIOS. Though even if it works I think you will lose the brightness adjustment

 

Thanks! It didn't want to flash though - PCIe ID mismatch. It's different version of the 1070. Tried -f and -j to force flash it, still no-go.

 

Hi there.

So I gather from this thread that there is generally a problem with upgrading the 8740w with more modern AMD cards, would one plucked from a newer HP Elitebook/Zbook be more compatible such as the M6100/W6150M/W6170M (all the same GPU, just rebrands) or the WX4170?

 

Where did you get the 90W vBIOS BTW?

 

Unlikely, but you are welcome to try and share the result.

Came like that stock.

 

Post The vBIOS here, I can try to mod one for you. Not sure if I can succeed with WX4170 though

 

W7170m vRAM overclocking vBIOS. Not sure if those ****ty elpida memory can handle overclock to 1350Mhz.