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  1. martin778
    Weird, after installing the M5000M and 3940XM, my machine refuses to even POST if I connect the ribbon left on the palmrest labelled "media". It goes into some kind of failstate with the CPU fan going to 100% and then the machine reboots. + OK, found out the problem, one of the contact pads in the ribbon was bent backwards, fixed. Runs like a champ now with the 3940XM / M5000M combo. Installed the latest driver using NVcleaninstall and adding the device ID: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/126318780 This is with +135MHz on the core clock, can't go any higher in Afterburner. The temps are amazing too, card is running inthe 60*C range under full load. I repadded it using 1.5mm Arctic thermal pads and also repadded the CPU VRM part and added some thermal putty between the PCH and the heatsink. No idea what they were trying to achieve by having a bare bit of aluminum hanging above the PCH without a thermal pad inbetween. I've seen it on both of my 6700's already. I was also looking at swapping the screen bezel for a one with the webcam and it looks like there must be some interconnect board in the lid itself as the webcam model doesn't have any extra cables going to the mainboard.
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    So the M5000M just came in, they also included the X bracket. Do I have to use that one or salvage one from my k4000m? I know some folks mentioned reusing the old one
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    Could also be a 210W one, I have one here like this and a smaller one that's 240W. There is also a newer 240W with rounded edges. By the way, are the lid and palmrest interchangeable between the M6700 and M6800? I'm going crazy trying to find a mint lid w. webcam. I'm also looking for a palmrest with fingerprint and NFC, the full spec one.
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    Not a fan of such solution (pun intended) - gaming laptops in general have a short lifecycle and finding a proprietary replacement fan will be a major PITA. At least ASUS used to apply LM from factory so you'd never have to pull the heatsink assembly apart.
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    Do these work 1:1 in an M6700?
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    To be fair in the past we had CPU's running with more damage than that. If the silicon is damaged, the CPU should be either working or dead, not degrading over time.
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    Sounds rather impossible these days with almost no parts for these machines. Might as well try to find one that already has the IPS panel 😞 So it's the same as with the DreamColor HP's - they also have a separate interposer board screwed down to the inside of the lid.
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    Perfect. By the way I think I will be dropping the HP machines in favor of M6700's. Already set my first M6700 to multiboot on 2x 1TB SSD's, booting everything from XP, through Vista x64 to Win 11. The 8770W has a nicer touchpad, better CPU temps and is way easier to work on but the M6700 has 2 advantages - both HDMI and DP outputs as well as Optimus. Dell also doesn't need dismantling for cleaning the fans and heatsinks. I howerver despise that plastic frame around the keyboard on the M6700, very prone to breaking. Is this the "RGBLED" screen upgrade for the M6700 some folks are talking about? https://nl.aliexpress.com/item/1005001717835178.html What would I need to do to install it, buy a different screen cable only, or is it the same LVDS cable? I plan to keep only one HP, my 8760W that I built from 3 different ones and only just lately managed to score the Dreamcolor panel, which is indeed quite gorgeous.
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    What is the thermal pad thickness on the M5000M vs K4000M, everything the same? Or should I just leave the old pads where they are and repaste the core only?
  10. martin778
    That 970M is going to make a nice coaster, no idea what is wrong with it. Currently gone back to the K3000M and everything is fine. Also finally managed to score a Dreamcolor HP, but it's a 8760W, not 70. Upgraded the old 4000M Fermi to K3000M Kepler and it's dandy without modding drivers. Wanted to replace the lid and the screen separately but gave up when I saw that DC has another control board screwed into the lid around the illuminated HP logo... It also doesn't overclock even 1Hz. I bet that control board has something to do with it. Even 61Hz already causes gibberish on screen. By the way, I have a trashed Zbook 17G5 I'm parting out and it has a P2000 in it. Do these also need a heatsink mod?
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    ESD? I always zap things when it's cold outside.
  12. martin778
    I will check for shorts, but no idea what could be wrong, I've already rebuilt the whole thing with a different mainboard and the result was exactly the same. It only shuts down when the GPU is under load. I also used K5 Putty for VRAM and VRM and coils so that's not that either, especially that it sometimes shuts down the moment I start any benchmark. I have an HP K3000M laying around, gotta try it. By the way, could it be the X bracket is somehow wrong / different?
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    It says "HP" in GPU-Z so it most probably has a modded BIOS. Since the 8770W doesn't have Optimus, isn't it rather risky to flash MSI vBIOS on it? I don't want to strip my M6700 to be able to reflash it and I think the BIOSes on TPU are modded already 😞 Does anyone have a stock vBIOS for the 970M 3GB model?
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    Eww, Intel. Gimme Zen5 X3D 😄
  15. martin778
    I don't have a picture of the board, but it was a green PCB with MS-xxxx markings so most probably MSI. Maybe @Maks0098 knows more.
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