What to do? e1705 video card

Well reliable maybe a hard one considering there is a known issue with the 79xx cards.

The cheapest option is a ATI x1400 but it no where the same is GPU performance,but it will at least give you a working laptop.

you video card options can also include the FX series below.

fx-1500
fx-1600
fx-2500
fx-3500


You maybe lucky and find one of the fx1500 or fx1600 cards at a reasonalble price.

my only warning is be careful where you buy these cards, there seems to be many duds being sold on places like ebay, etc.

Its a combination of Nvidia card "defects" with Dell's cooling. Personally, I'm fine with the method of cooling in Dell's but the BIOS control is just way too oriented to keeping the system quiet rather than cool.

Your cards are worth at most $30 a piece.
The most you'd get someone to pay for them (without being a scammer) is $50.

i feel your pain.

FYI one member here just reporting picking up an X1400 for $ 50.00 if true a great bargin, keep checking around you may land a GPU at a decent price

The card might, but you will most likley need to change the heat sink assy

If it looks the same as your old video card (minus the two heatpipes) then its probably the same. Its all about appearance in this case.

E1505's video card won't work in the E1705.

Based on what? I love answers that says It doesn't work... Heat sync? - Can be modded to fit Heat Pipe? can be modded Screws? can be modded. Pin-compatibility, connector? Bios issue? Please be more specific!!!

physically its a different card. the 1505 is a much smaller notebook than the 1705 thus it wont fit for various reasons otherwise people who own 1505s would try to force higher end cards from the 1705 down there throats.

Yeah but what I am saying is to put a E1505 x1400 INTO a E1705, so from smaller to bigger.

Basically if it's the same PCI-E connector on the motherboard, the rest could be compensated by modding the heat sinc and the position of the screws could be something easily modifiable in order to secure the card a little better.

So this is my question, is the E1505 video card pluggable in a E1705. no way in hell I am paying 300$+ for an obsolete video card, and I don't want to lose my 1705 just yet.

Tried baking my current 7900GS 5 times at 5degree higher each time (started at 395F@10m) it changed the grarbble pattern at boot up the first time, but stayed like that even after the other baking. I think it won't be saved.

Just sad that nobody know exactly what area is screwed up on the board, would make it easier to reflow manually.

You had the answers from a few that actually work on the systems.

It is good that you are willing to tweak and mod to get something to work. We are all here as amateur weekend tech repair person, trying to help (and learn from) each other out with what we know and do.

It is sad that you are not trying to tweak and mod yourself and share knowledge, but rather fishing for answers that one has yet (nor care for) to figure out, then get upset about it.

cheers ...

I am asking prior to doing it myself, why do you see any wrong intention behind this? Why doing it again if it doesn't work and someone would have done it prior to me. I tried searching the threads and didn't find anything on this specific (and I am not saying I couldn't be mistaking).

If you didn't like my "sad" part, it wasn't meant as an insult but as a general observation, if you interpret this any differently, I hope that this end any misinterpretation.

And as for spending the 300$+ well, that's nuts, especially if it's for a used card that will soon or later exhibit the same problems!

I was both lucky and not lucky, my E1705 was on about 18 hours a day for 3 years in a row without any problems, so in that respect it serve its purpose very well. But, it broke 3 weeks after my complete care warranty went out... got to love that

truth is no one knows if the 1505 gpu will fit the 1705. the pin connection looks the same but the heat pipe and the general shape of the gpu are different so it is impossible to use by the advantage person. anything will fit anything with enough knowledge and modification so your question is ridiculous.

Your answer is not helping at all but thanks anyways...

Of course anything is moddable on anything but, would go go down to modifying the connector and reroute the board? probably not.

HOWEVER, I saw some people here modding a laptop in order to get a dual heat sink to fit on a E1705 so while some people aren't willing to go one step further, some other will.

I agree that rerouting is crazy, but fitting a connector-compatible card and adding a little support eventhough it's not screwed thightly in place, and placing an heat sink, is not that complicated, if the connector does a good enough job of putting this card in place (like I see with the 7900GS, the only thing needed is to add SOME support for pressure on the keyboard.

Anyways I'll see if I can score a E1705 ATI card for under 100$, else I'll just try it out myself with a E1505 and post the answer once I find out.

The only thing I know so far is the screw placement is not the same and heat sink either, but I can probably do something with the 7900GS heatsink as the groove could possibly fit the 7900GS radiator and copper. My worry was more around the PCI-E connector, but I'd think it would be safe to assume it's the same since the 9400 and 6400 share, in part, the same chipset and base reference design.

all you can do is attempt it yourself. never heard of anyone taking things that far. the dual heat pipe version fit in because the chassis is so similar so it was only a matter of trimming some of the plastic. filing down the gpu heat sink and bending or replacing the heat pipes to fit and possibly extending or modifying the connection is above most peoples level. i could do it i think only because i have access to the tools necessary. most people dont