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That looks like a good fit. It's 9:30 PM Japan time and getting late, so I'll try installing it in the P570WM tomorrow. Thank you for providing the photos.

Look at my Google drive picture, it's the V1 and I have good thermals. Next step is to modify the fan blades on the weak 5V fan. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1t6qw10VFocoxQ2xFBCUk4W9FMblCOLLh/view?usp=drivesdk

Given that there are no complaints from others, I simply ended up with a defective unit. The factory likely didn't test-fit the part against the actual card—instead manufacturing it based on SuperMG's blueprints—and I just happened to receive a unit with a slight misalignment. Since there are no companies in Japan that will modify metal parts owned by private individuals, I plan to file it down myself. It’s only off by about a millimeter, so I think I can manage it. I do regret not buying the Heatsink V2.

You use them without thermal pads... With thermal pads, it fits. You also need to modify your fan mounting as the factory for the v1 didn't respect my needs. V2 fixed the mounting but I sold them out. I sold 4 v1 and got 0 complains tho.

I haven't tested these while installed in the P570WM. Mounting them in the unit might solve the issue, though...

This card and the heatsink aren't a match. If you try to fit them together, part of the heatsink gets in the way. You'll have to shave off a section of the heatsink.

Mine v1 fits, try again. I have it on my P570WM3 installed right now. You need to use 1.5mm thermal pads for the VRAM. I was selling v2 but they all sold out.

never do reflow... it only stress cpu, vram and all other component. and it's not a proper reballing. send card tto someone that has the right equipment to do a proper job hard part is to be able to test the vga .. if they dont have an mxm notebook to try after they do rework and reballing. 3080 available on ebay for like 330€.

https://it.aliexpress.com/item/1005007954536564.html maybe this one ?

Oh, so the ACPI Error is on Pascal regardless of the display type. I have 2 vBios'es to work with, one from Techpowerup archive and engineerng sample one from here.

100% I do think Nvidia came up with this new standard because they could see: A> The writing on the wall in regards to power consumption and the idea of running 4+ 8 pin connectors wasn't feasible space wise which leads into... B> The rise of AI and multiple cards all using a single power cable for arrays of AI equipped Nvidia GPUs... The issue is the connector is problematic but again how many connectors do we see blowing up in AI farms running thousands of these cards? Too many variables on the end user front and I'm not saying the connector isn't chock full of fail (it most certainly is), but it is a big Venn Diagram of problematic connector to the left and user error to the right.... Best bet, again, is to run the tentacle or at least get a PSU that is the same brand as your card so if something blows up, the company can't point fingers elsewhere. It pains me to side with PNY on this one, but since PNY doesn't make PSUs, running the tentacle would have kept the warranty responsibility on them. Unfortunately in today's market it really is a good price and that is why they sold out ASAP. 😞 And yes, for personal AI work, I would take a 5060 Ti 16GB over a 9070 XT atm.... As for cables, while that sucks, the warranty chain is entirely on MSI and yet again a reason to make sure to use the included adapter with your card or at least use a PSU that is from the same 5090 AIB so any melting connector issues are entirely on them. If you are using a 5090 with a third party power cable for vanity sake then things can get muddled when something melts down. Many times it isn't even the 12vhpwr connector itself but cable that blows and takes your connector with it. Again, I ran the tentacle religiously on my 4090 and 5090 till the WV2Pro AND getting an MSI 1600w PSU. How ya feeling these days @Papusan? Health on the mend and getting better? ---------------------------------------------------------------- Somehow Gigabyte shanked it with their 16" 9955HX3D 2026 laptops (they opted to replace Intel with this refresh from their 2025 variants). Insanely loud fans, subpar performance..... But as the game performance charts show, when X3D shines, it insanely shines. Part of this is due to some games loving that cache. The other part is the absolutely atrocious memory settings and adjustability on 15th gen Intel laptops.... Some OC controls in the BIOS but no CO offset like MSI and Asus.... Timestamped for 9955HX3D vs 275HX

Hello. I brought the modified heatsink, FPC cable, and X-bracket from the mainland warehouse. When I try to fit them together, the holes on the heatsink and the X-bracket do not align. Also, I haven't applied a thermal pad to this heatsink. Would applying one resolve the issue?

Yes, you can use any RTX 3070/3080/4060/4070/4080 on this laptop with the backlight mod v2 in PEG. I use RTX 4070 on my M4800. The P5000 won't work in your laptop unless you have the eDP DP_D VBIOS that patches the ACPI error.

Hardly matters at this point. You'll get what you'll get, and you'll evaluate it then. Stress test or benchmark if you like; I didn't bother with mine, just went straight to using it. Pass/fail regardless. Pass=keep, fail=physical undo.

Windows 10 exposes Windows 11: nine months of updates reveal more flaws in the OS Microsoft wants you to use Microsoft has a rather worrying problem with Windows 11, one it hasn't quite resolved, at least if it wants to convince us to switch operating systems. The first thing they should be looking at in Redmond is ensuring their updates inspire confidence, and the 2026 update history certainly doesn't help matters. A review of the patches released between January and September of this year shows Windows 10 ahead in stability compared to Windows 11 in 2026, with fewer documented issues than its successor. The system that should justify the upgrade is giving us too many reasons to stay put.

Windows 10 exposes Windows 11: nine months of updates reveal more flaws in the OS Microsoft wants you to use Microsoft has a rather worrying problem with Windows 11, one it hasn't quite resolved, at least if it wants to convince us to switch operating systems. The first thing they should be looking at in Redmond is ensuring their updates inspire confidence, and the 2026 update history certainly doesn't help matters. A review of the patches released between January and September of this year shows Windows 10 ahead in stability compared to Windows 11 in 2026 , with fewer documented issues than its successor. The system that should justify the upgrade is giving us too many reasons to stay put.

Hello all, New to this forum, but have had a sager gaming laptop since 2016. Years ago the graphics card and motherboard overheated and now both need replacement. I cant seem to find the motherboard anywhere with part number 6-77-P750ZMGA-N03A-3#30. From what it seems they are no longer available. The graphics cards, however, are able to be purchased on ebay. Any advice or knowledge is greatly appreciated! Tia

Hi, this might sound a little weird, but I’ve already encountered something similar a few times and when I wasn’t completely sure if reballing would help, I put the card in an electric oven for 10 minutes at 180 °C. Maybe the artifacts will disappear then. But it’s also possible that one of the memory chips is defective. The GPU core temperature might be very low, but that doesn’t mean the VRAM temperature is the same.

Okay i think i have good news, i disassembled the laptop, took out the heatsinks(to dremel tomorrow) and my K4100 gpu(dell service tag component site lied about that too i guess), after that i saw some suspicious looking cable labeled eDP going from my screen into the mobo, i pulled it out and it goes into the JEDP1, so i guess i do have eDP and Dell service code components page lied to me. Is that good news? should the P5000 (which is already on the way) work even better now? (here is my board model if thats maybe revelant at all)

can be bad chip, but so many of them went bad ? maybe core problem.... try reballing it.

Hi @Vladka76, thanks for the guidance, i will definitly run back this Test with parameter you said. In fact the test was not so long, then i think it's as you say, it did not test everything like it should have for this type of problem. Thanks a lot and good luck to me!

I have a clevo p870tm with a modded vapour chamber heatsink with the 4 arms adapter to support rtx 3080 it’s a second gpu which i bought from the same seller on ebay the first one worked without no issues before i cracked it