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AW M5500i-R3 video card upgrade issue

post #1 of 5
8/30/10 at 3:58am
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I tried to do a ton of reading about the MXM upgrades available for the M5500i-R3 model. I decided on a 3650 512MB since it seemed like the best option and I saw some success posts.

Everything appeared to go fine, but my laptop will not power on with the new card installed, period. If I put my old x1400 in, boom fires right up. I tried both the 2.06 and 2.07 Bios with no change. I'm running 2GB RAM, T7200, 250GB HDD. I think there are two versions of the MXM 3650, a red PCB and a green one? Mine is green. No known defects with the card, purchased as an OEM system pull 100% working. Does anyone have any insight? Thank you.
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post #2 of 5
8/30/10 at 5:34pm
The m5550 doesn't support the ati 3650. Where did you see these success posts??
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post #3 of 5
8/30/10 at 6:42pm
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Originally Posted by Spartan-117 View Post
The m5550 doesn't support the ati 3650. Where did you see these success posts??
This is one thread I saw.

http://forums.laptopvideo2go.com/top...are-m5500i-r3/

You do know that there is a m5500 and a m5500i right? They are not exactly the same in every aspect.
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post #4 of 5
8/30/10 at 7:03pm
Yeah, I used to have the m5550 and it's also known as the m5500-r3. Ask the guy who figured out exactly how he did it. Could be a wrong card, since you can't even boot your notebook.
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post #5 of 5
10/4/10 at 4:13pm

5500i-r3 and 3650 256mb

Trellabor
did you get the ati 3650 512MB to work? i'm just about to order that card but was wondering if the 512MB memory could be an issue. i read in another form suggesting only 256MB. maybe 2.07 bios required to address shadow ram on video card but then system limited to 2GB max.

my sys
5550i-r3
2.06 bios
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