Laptop GPU upgrade

[Funjai]

Hi guys, I need help from somebody who understands well pc hardware.

I was wondering is it possible to upgrade gpu on MSI GT780R laptop. Original one is GeForce 560m and now I got GeForce 780m gpu, so if I just replace the gpu will it work?

Both cards seems to be physically identical, so there should be no problems with heatsink.. ?

Thx

[Omega]

Only one way to find out. Open it up and see if it fits.

[Funjai]

It fits perfectly. But after gpu replacement, when I turn on the laptop, screen stays black and nothing is happening..

Guess this motherboard is not compatible with this gpu :(

[Omega]

Check if there are any BIOS updates available that add support for "new" GPUs.

[Funjai]

I already have latest version of BIOS :(

[-=SOF=-WID99]

also find out if the laptop has an upgradeable GPU //few do and the upgrades available = cost a ton o cash

see your laptop manual

[xSOSxHawkens]

You probably need to flash a VGA BIOS to the 780m that is compatible with an MSI board.

Sadly, as laptops are OEM built 98% of the time, they almos always lock both the motherboard and VGA bios, thus if you have a card from a different vendor you will often have to flash it to a new one.

There in lies the hardest part, flasing a card on a non-working system without access to a working system with said card...

Best bet is to google your specific model of laptop and see if anyone else out there has run a sucessfull GPU upgrade, and if they did, did they leave a guide.

If you cant find anything on your model laptop, look at the MSI produc line of the time, look up reviews on different laptops, and look for any other models that feature a dedicated nvidia GPU, but also have the same CPU as yours and prefferably same chipset. Look up any posible GPU upgrade guides for those. Next go to the next newer and last older model revisions within the same product teir as yours and do the same. Finaly look up any competitors to yours fetureing same hardware, and look up same.

As a hail mary look up anything that features a 580m to 780m upgrade and just read.

Read. Read. Read.

I cant stress that enough.

Anything you do here will likely pose a risk to brick the GPU or even the device in question. Read, research and KNOW the steps in and out BEFORE you start, as you will likely only get one chance if you screw up, it will cost you hardware.

That said, good luck and have fun! You enter into rarely vetured lands young hero.

[Funjai]

Thx everybody for your posts, I got answer from offical MSI support, and sadly it is not possible for this gpu and my motherboard to work together..

Also, it's very unlucky that every nvidia gpu up to gtx770m works perfectly with my motherboard but not the 780m :(

@xSOSxHawkens It really is uncharted teritory, I really don't understand why is so hard to find info around web about upgrading laptop gpu's and cpu's 'cos those gaming laptops are clearly build with the idea of upgrading. But again, mobile gpu's are so expensive and not even close to the performance of desktop gpu's so I guess that's the reason.

[OLDMAN]

Try GOOGLE Upgrade my MSI GT780
http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/upgrade-my-msi-gt780.713341/
If I'm not mistaken the GT780 can't handle cards higher than the gtx670m. It's 150W powerbrik and motherboard revision can't handle 100W cards.

[Funjai]

This guy claims he successfully upgraded GT780 with geforce 770m, and that's what I've been told by msi support so I guess it is possible to upgrade to 770m

http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/upgrade-my-msi-gt780.713341/

@OLDMAN can you send me pp, I've been trying to send you a pp but looks like I can't, thx