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Looks like Nathan at Parts People decided to hand off the repair to Tony at Northwest Repair.

I just treat digital games like long-term access, not real ownership, so I always assume they could disappear someday. Backing up saves and keeping receipts helps me feel safer about it.

@ Vladka76 Hi , I am wondering if you can help , not sure if this is exactly the right place on your forum but I see you are discussing the HP Elitebook 8570/8770 w and Video cards with Dreamcolor displays. I have a HP Elitebook 8770w , i7 3920XM , 32GB RAM , Dreamcolor screen , BIOS F71 , Win 10 x64 I am running Legacy boot not UEFI if that matters . Initially I had an AMD Firepro M4000 video card and have changed it to a Nvidia M3000M with appropriate heatsink , however I cannot get past POST , I get no HP logo or " esc " choice to show BIOS on the Dreamcolor screen , it seems to stall at end of POST and waits , as a quick tap on power button turns it off . There is no VGA or DISPLAY PORT output , I have tried disconnecting the video cable to screen to force a VGA output but that gives me a hard stop and shutdown at end of POST. Reverting to old AMD card everything is fine. This is all the info I know about the video card , it looks perfect physically even the stickers are white and show no signs of heat : Nvidia M3000M from ZBook 17 G3 Video BIOS version : 84.04.8D.00.04 ( 900-52754-0300-000 G ) or ( 699-52754-0501-400 N ) Quadro M3000M S/N 03238 16027699 N16E-Q1-A1 HP Assy No : 806269-001 SPS 827226-001 ( Date Code : 7J16A0 ) My question is simple , should I be getting at least the HP logo or BIOS screen with this card on this VBIOS , I appreciate that I will have driver issues for Windows , but at the moment I am at a loss how to fault find what I have . Hoping someone can shed me some light on this or at least give me some pointers. I see there are ways to flash the VBIOS from a USB key using nvflash ( https://www.techpowerup.com/articles/overclocking/vidcard/34/10 ) and a VBIOS file here ( https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/220986/220986 ) But I am not sure if this is my problem , or if it will work as I can't get display . .

so awhile ago I had this problem where my "D" button wouldn't work unless I long press it, or pressing it right after another button that was working eg, quickly pressing "D" after "S". didnt really try to find a solution for it but recently my "D" button started functioning properly and now the problem shifted to my "W" key. what's happening to my laptop? whats the fix? laptop is asus rog strix g16

Back to the seller it goes! How did you pay for it? Zotac warranties are non-transferable last I checked so hopefully you can return it.

True, i discovered that after seeing the schematic on every gt60 revision

Well, that sucks. Can you test it in a different computer to see if it behaves the same? That would tell you for certain. Worst case scenario, Tony at Nortwest Repair could fix it for you. Does it still have the factory tamper sticker on the screw head or has it been taken apart by the prior owner?

I think my 5080 is defective. Been trying to play some games longer than a couple minutes. And it just hard locks my entire PC up after about 10 minutes of playing. Tried different drivers, reseating the GPU in a different slot, tried DDU. Nothing helps. I have completely reset my PC bios to all stock settings. I Flashed the 5080 back to its original bios, no difference at all. Same crashing no matter the game. 3Dmark stress test fails at 0.00% every time.

Thank you for the update, brother. You will continue to be in our thoughts and prayers. We are reaching an age where things like this can really be stressful (emotionally and financially) for us and our loved ones. Our mortality becomes more evident to us and we become thankful for small things we once took for granted. Circumstances like this have the potential to strengthen our faith or produce uncertainty, fear and doubt. Keep the faith, brother. We are standing with you in spirit as you walk through this thorny pathway.

You have our support buddy! We hope everything turns out well for you! I'm happy to see that you avoided a much worse situation.

check using 425.31 driver or older if setup stereoscopic is in nvidia control panel. if it is, then the dump will work

Hi, everyone. Back from the hospital but I'm still not in good shape as before. It will take some time. Slower talking and the right hand (mouse hand) not exactly where it should be. But hopefully it will be better. Stroke is and have been a terrifying experience. And it scares me. Yep, I am really scared this illness. It takes life and can push you into a wheelchair without you notice it where you can't speak or hear. Not even move yourself. Still a small chance to get second one within the next 3 months. After that a bigger chance to get on live again. I was very lucky as the doctors said, not Being Hit harder. Medication for this shit will help me move forward. And I'll probably have to take it for the rest of my life. And thank you all you good friends for the kind and warming words🙂 Intel Nova Lake Samples Reportedly Begin Shipping With Huge Multi-Core Gains

I saw similar on pro max 16 plus, more like 120-125W with the RTX Pro 4000 IIRC I tested where as in the 18 inch chassis the RTX Pro 4000/5000 ran at 175W sustained in my tests and the fan noise was reasonable in my opinion. Actual performance wasn’t linear though so maybe 10-20% lower for ~50W difference not many options out there in workstations the equivalent HP Zbook fury 16/18 throttled heavily even in the 18 inch chassis I tested and the fan noise was very high! Lenovo have gone backwards with the P16 Gen 3, only equip it with a 180W power supply so never going to do sustained high power

That actually makes sense. I’ll try disconnecting the new fan completely and test if the laptop powers on without it. The old fan was removed before and the laptop still worked, so maybe this replacement fan is faulty or causing a short like you mentioned. Thanks

oh...after my 980m died I did put the 860m back in but it has the 120Hz screen upgraded

If you have a 3d capable aw17 r1 running 780m, 880m or any 3d oem gpu, please help me with your acpi dump: https://github.com/acpica/acpica/releases/download/20260408/iasl-win-20260408.zip download this zip, extract, run: acpidump.exe -b then zip the folder and upload. Thanks

IDK how it's done on GT80 but screen is definitely LVDS (same screen as AW 18 - LVDS PLS/IPS). MB layout is different between ivy GT60 and haswell GT60. I think ivy is full LVDS whereas haswell has edp to LVDS converter. That converter is gone on the v3 version (2K/3K version).

Yeah 5090 is certainly fast in Forza, that’s really good though. But man +60% for triple the cost. I’m thinking 1K 5080. VS. 3K 5090. AI has pushed these things to crazy price tags. We got to beg to pay 3K cash for one on FB Market place lol.

Managed to get the tax liability down by 40% and since the mrs's Altima literally died in the driveway I gave my Rogue to the wife to drive for work since she commutes 90 min a day. I spent a considerable amount of time shopping minivans then realized I did not want another one (this would have been my third) I picked up a shiny new (to me) Nissan Armada because I've always wanted one. Thought about the 2025+ new design and did not care for it once seeing and sitting in one vs the 2021-2024 design along with how much value it would lose driving it off the lot (one reason I usually buy ~3-4yr old cars). Found a killer price on a certified pre-owned and the wife and daughter both said, "dad, you deserve it. You're always so frugal with yourself." I think they just want to ride around in it.... Thing is huge compared to my Rogue. Feel like I'm driving my old Lincoln Navigator from 25+ years ago again.... 🤣 --------------------------------------------------------- Anyone looking to dabble in ArrowLake, Amazon had ~50 Asus z890 Maximus Hero boards "like new" for $209 + 15% off for prime members yesterday + 6% rewards = ~$188 to my door for a board that originally retailed for $700+. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0DGWWRTPV/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A2L77EE7U53NWQ&th=1 They're currently down to 28 left in stock. You can pair this with the 270k which after the initial hype is back to realistic pricing and $319.99 on Newegg and includes a the game bundle AND an MSI 240mm AIO ($84.99 value) --------------------------------------- I was this close to making the swap to the Z890-A strix + 270k, but now I'll wait and dial in the Hero and see where it lands with the 270k and if all is right, sell off the Z890-A Strix + 265k before swapping it in to ride Arrowlake meaningfully till the fall as my main rig unless it gives me a reason ASAP to switch back to the Crosshair x870e + 9800X3D. Sounds familiar with my 34yr old daughter..... one moment no interest then suddenly they want some decent hardware and rediscover their steam library as if it were lost.... Trickle down Graphicsnomics that actually works! Pros of having a great dad/granddad at the helm @Mr. Fox! Crazy it was that close. Did he try to press for Zelle or F&F? I know he listed G&S too, but a lot of times they use that as an entry point. Then "something goes wrong" with the transaction on their end and they immediately refund you which gives you a sense of good faith and try to get you to resend it via Zelle or F&F and disappear with your funds.... Good call all around. Man, I would have LOVED to have been a fly on the wall when your wife caught wind and you almost caught hands! 🤣 Sold the Laptop for 1500, 5090 for 2350 so almost 4k in your pocket and a quarter of that lands you a nice Zotac 5080 which is a killer card on its own and 3k still in your pocket AND a happy wife? That is a win win.... My laptops at home are either for tinkering, aux usage when my desktop is down for tinkering/upgrades/needed files/ drivers or vacation. All other times, it is usually on the shelf which is 95% of the time. No way am I gaming primarily on a laptop when I can have a good desktop running. 5090 are still monsters though but the pricing now is insane....$1k 5080 slaughters it bang for buck easily. On a personal note, still amazed that WoW Midnight is giving the 5090 an actual workout with semi frequent dips into the 90+ utilization zone and the 9070xt is gasping at 100% utilization most times everywhere. This is all at 4k. I had to drop the wife's internal render back to ~1600p to get the 9070xt to spit out decent fps at 4k. You ended up with a fantastic scenario. Early verification purchase from Nvidia, used it for over a year and got back everything from it. Could you have maybe sold it for more? Sure, but sometimes you count your blessings and keep it moving. I'd like to think a lucky user is using it right now in their loop, but I have this sneaky suspicion that small PCB was torn asunder as they ripped the core and memory off and slapped it on a blower compliant PCB and it is churning away in an AI shop somewhere.....

After using my Pro Max 16 Plus for several weeks, I am disappointed by the performance. The 175W TGP on the RTX 5000 Pro is only sustainable for short periods of time. Under sustained heavy load it will thermal throttle to around 115W, which perhaps not coincidentally, is what hwmonitor reports as the base TGP.