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Is the PNY RTX 3k any different to the one I shared from Fleabay? The one on Fleabay seems to be standard mxm layout. So the only question is why it didn't work in the M6800. Maybe a vBIOS issue?

Which version is your RTX 3000? HP or ?

Here are the pictures as promised @AaronD It shows as "Unknown video card" with a weird amount of vram. By disabling the switchable graphics, it also switched to showing the bootup sequence on my external monitors. I remember seeing my old instructions for flashing using Linux Mint archived from NBR. The link is in one of the posts here. Let me dig around... and there we go! https://www.nbrchive.net/forum.notebookreview.com/threads/graphics-card-upgrade-for-m6800.806352/page-17#post-10748094

Interesting that I cannot find any ADLINK RTX 3000 for sale on Taobao or Aliexpress but there are heaps in Fleabay and the sellers are all from China! 2025/09/02 - Update from eBay seller of the RTX 3000. He says it is not compatible with the M6800? I'm sure it's the ADLINK RTX 3000! @sliderfra Update - ok seller said he had a customer that attempted it and it did not work. Here's the listing: NEW Dell Alienware HP Clevo Quadro RTX3000 6GB MXM 3.0 Type B VIDEO CARD | eBay Oh I've forgotten to take screenshots of the BIOS screen. My bad... I'll get to it tonight!

I have switchable graphics enabled though. You want me to try and turn switchable graphics off?

Gimmie a minute to boot up the M6800 to get to the BIOS shot for you.

Thanks! I might give it shot for the fun of it! 😆

Anyone tried a Quadro P5200 in the M6800? Does it need an Engineering vBIOS to work as well?

Yeah noticed it too. Just doesn't really align up. Only that generic RTX 3000 that I found fits the bill because it is the same size and physical screw holes are in the same place as my P5000 mobile. However, it's performance is lower than my P5000 mobile so really no point.

Looks like the HP cards are a good fit too! There's even RTX 4000 and RTX 5000 cards but the dimensions are a bit longer on the right side of the card where the memory modules are and not sure if it will be a problem fitting (I remembered this was discussed in NBR but could not remember the conclusion). And also it draws 110W versus 100W max for our MXM 3.0B slot. My P5000 mobile works fine but not sure if RTX4000 or RTX5000 will fry the slot. Maybe RTX 3000 is the maximum we can fit for the M6800 due to the dimensions and power consumption? Found a version of the RTX 3000 that is the same dimensions and size as the P5000 Mobile / GTX980M. That one would definitely work I reckon!

Is the HP RTX 3000's performance any better than the P5000 mobile? From the looks of Internet comparisons and benchmarks P5000 mobile beats the RTX 3000 hands down but not the RTX 4000 or 5000. RTX 3000's dimensions do look a tad bigger than the P5000 mobile / GTX980M (just found a version of the same size and setup as the P5000 mobile / GTX980M). Will it cause any issues in fitting into the M6800 (shouldn't be a problem for the RTX 3000 with the same dimensions as the P5000 mobile / GTX980M)? How about the HP RTX 4000 or 5000? The dimensions are a bit bigger on the right side where the memory modules are. I think this point was visited before in NBR... but I cannot remember the outcome.

I still have the P5000 working in my M6800

Are there any examples of a Turing card that's a similar layout to the Pascal cards?

Pray tell, where did you get your RTX 3000? Did it work upon replacing your existing GPU without having issues like the P5000 where it will not work with Windows unless you flash the engineering vBIOS?

Thanks for the heads up! I bought the AX210HMW which is a WiFi 6E card... now getting the BE200HMW from Taobao to upgrade my M6800 to WiFi 7! Time to put the WiFi 7 router to good use now! I can order a few more parts for the M6800 at the same time. The LCD screen is showing its age and seems to be falling apart...

Wow... finally found this forum! The notebookreview forum is no longer around and I was trying to see whether my M6800 can be upgraded again to maybe an RTX3000 or better! Yes I still have the P5000 in my M6800 and it is working fine in Window 10. It will need to be flashed to the "engineering sample" vBIOS for Windows and does not need it if using Linux. If you have no other way like me and needs to flash the vBIOS using the M6800, you need to do it under Linux. Look like the link to my archived post in notebookreview showed how I did it! Wow... brings back memories!