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Laptop Video Upgrade

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the void-this dept.

captainstupid writes "The friendly folks over at GotApex? have a walkthrough of an interesting hack. They upgrade a Dell Inspiron's viedo card! It's cool to see the heat transfer mechanisms that they use to pull the heat away from the CPU as well as the GPU. Another fun way to void your warranty!"

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  1. The Dell "Brand" by dkresge · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've learned to never, ever, use my 7500 as an actual "lap top" -- after a while the hair burns off, your skin starts to melt, and you can read the word "Inspirion" backwards on your right leg. Interesting early engineering solution to dissapating heat though.

    It's wonderful to see they're handling the CPU/GPU thermal load much more intelligently in the 8500.