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Well, we're talking about a specific laptop that has a specific processor socket for which there are no Xeon processors.

And what Xeon processors are on the laptop socket g3? Just as I haven't seen any ECC memory in the DDR3 SO-DIMM format.

This is not a problem with the laptop itself, but a problem with the Intel processor. The 3rd and 4th generations do not work with modules larger than 8 gigabytes per channel. We tried this on different models and different laptops, and the result was the same everywhere. Even with modifications such as coreboot. It is rare to find mentions that someone has succeeded, but for some reason, there are no screenshots or videos to accompany these claims.

16GB modules will not work. If you want, here is a working option with the m4800 model:

I understand this, and the video BIOS of native cards is pulled directly from the system BIOS, similar to HP laptops, but there is nothing stopping you from adding the necessary video BIOS to the system if necessary and letting the laptop take the information from there instead of reading it from the MXM card's flash drive.

Hello. Unfortunately, I don't have the m2010 itself, but I do have its younger brothers, the m170 and m1710. Perhaps it would be easier to use not video cards from newer Dell models with their proprietary connectors, but to take the conditional mxm3 standard and build on that? Then the adapter board would only need to have a connector for connecting the matrix and for installation in the motherboard (and the mxm connector, of course). I would also like to note that in the T7600 era system BIOS, there were problems with using Nvidia cards newer than the 7*** series. A specific example is the Alienware m5500i-r3 (also known as FUJISTU AMILO) — with the older BIOS version, the new Nvidia cards did not work, but 3.5 gigabytes of RAM were visible and Radeon cards worked. With the later version, the new Nvidia cards worked, but there was a limitation on the amount of RAM to 2 gigabytes.

something like this

Don't forget that with this processor, you will be limited to 2 RAM slots and a maximum of 16 gigabytes.

Hello. I purchased a modified radiator from cicichen. It used to be directly listed in his lot list, but now it seems to be gone. However, I am sure that if you contact him, he will assist you. I am attaching a photo that was included in the lot at that time.

Good luck with that. I got tired of playing around with the 4060 from x-vsion and sold it. The video BIOS was flashable, but the card didn't work properly with any other BIOS.

For this card, I am using the native heatsink from the m17x r4, but I had to modify it and add a recess for the resistors on the right - they are too tall. And yes, the mxm-a card itself - I originally wanted to use it in the m4800, but unfortunately I couldn't reduce its power consumption.

Yes, the card performs quite stably. Initially, it was purchased for another laptop, but I am currently using it in this one. The BIOS version was downloaded from this forum; you can search for it - there is a separate thread. The video card was purchased here: https://www.x-vsion.com/product-category/mxms/mxmn/ Of course, there are certain risks, but several people have bought from there and everything is fine. No modifications were made except for attaching the heat sink, because the card originally did not have one. My laptop uses LVDS and therefore Optimus. I may get an EDP cable and display later, but I have no plans to do so at the moment.

It depends on how much money you are willing to invest in this project. The absolute maximum at the moment is 4090m. My option is as follows:

I think we should start here https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/

Yes, the m2200 works without any problems. The only thing that is highly recommended is that the version be from a Dell laptop (green), because versions from HP sometimes do not have a soldered vbios.