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MXM graphics card upgrade (heatsink)

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Polo:
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Here is the beast

kat:

--- Quote from: Polo on May 18, 2021, 08:41:37 AM ---So I just got my Nvidia Quadro M2000M 4GB GDDR5 MXM 3.0 vga card and... well... the computer boots but neither the original driver works nor can I boot on the new VGA... can't even access the bios...
Did I make a mistake in ordering the VGA ... was something wrong in the specs of what I ordered?
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TL:DR - guessing you've got a 'Dell' board and not one of the more generic Quadro's available (from China). If that's the case it looks like there's some onboard component, or something about the firmware, that's essentially 'bricking' the device if used in non Dell hardware. Upshot of this is it's not going to run on the HP.

Long answer: Recently got one of those Quadro M2000M (Quadro 2000M) MXM boards and had the same issue in the HP. With BIOS set to 'UEFI' instead of 'Legacy' - also reset the BOIS a couple of times and tried a batter pull but they didn't work either - initial boot gave 30 long beeps then Windows appears as normal. No monitor output on the display-port linked to the MXM though (top one iirc).

In Windows 10 the card is seen initially as a standard graphics device so its loaded with Microsoft's generic drivers. Updated these using Windows update, which briefly recognises the board correctly as a Quadro before reverting back to the generic drivers on reboot (still no dual output). Installing Nvidia's drivers also fails no matter the version; the process either can't find any compatible hardware or just fails - did manage to get installation to complete by 'hacking' the various *.inf files (nv[..].inf etc.) but that only allowed the process to complete to the point of the 'failed' message - this doesn't solve the fundamental problem of the system recognising the Quadro correctly so this is not a suggested course of action.

Installed GPU-Z to check the system and that does see the device but again lists it under a generic name, it did show the card as being branded for Dell though. With that in mind installed their drivers but that didn't work so there's a sneaky suspicion Dell includes something either on the boards or in firmware that 'fails' the cards when used in non-Dell devices - suspect that even a mysterious 'gpu firmware edit' won't fix this (and given how much these boards costs it's not worth doing). Ended up returning this board (replaced with a less powerful but working Radeon R9 M200X (mis-sold as an Firepro M5100 - these work as well)).

Not seeing the heatsink images :(

Polo:
Yeah... I tried to upload them last week... didn't work... trying again now...
Heat sink ugly as heck but working like a charm... made 2 and installed in both computers...
I will buy the same card you recommended...
Cheers
Polo

kat:
Oh that is quite a monster! Be careful not to screw the plate down too hard, especially if you're not using silicone heatsink pads to offer some compression resistance, it's way to easy to fix the plate unevenly which will cause the board to fail due to overheating.

If you replace the card the R9 M200X seems difficult to get hold of so the M5100 is the better option.

Polo:
I got an AMD FirePro M5950 and an M5100... waiting for the heatsink... ordered the blue one... from what I read not all heatsink foams should be used for GPU's... any thoughts?
So far I must have screwed it in evenly... as I said it is working well. Nice thick 2mm 'armor plating'. lol   ;  )

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