RTX 5060 MXM Images and one small Idea

[janepa]

Luckily I managed to get this GPU card through a barter trade at the local market.

 

I'm not sure if I'm seeing correctly or if I'm going to mad, but take a look at the NVIDIA GBxxx chip number.

 

I also bought a damaged M17x R3 motherboard very cheaply, so I will repair it and try to get running that card on this platform by modifying the BIOS. I will use a 14" 2K 165Hz eDP LCD display since that's the only one I have. That's the little idea.

 

 

Does anyone know where I can get a cheap 40-pin eDP cable for the R3 or R4? I'm assuming it's the same for the R4 model. 

[SuperMG]

17 minutes ago, janepa said:

Luckily I managed to get this GPU card through a barter trade at the local market.

 

I'm not sure if I'm seeing correctly or if I'm going to mad, but take a look at the NVIDIA GBxxx chip number.

 

I also bought a damaged M17x R3 motherboard very cheaply, so I will repair it and try to get running that card on this platform by modifying the BIOS. I will use a 14" 2K 165Hz eDP LCD display since that's the only one I have. That's the little idea.

 

 

Does anyone know where I can get a cheap 40-pin eDP cable for the R3 or R4? I'm assuming it's the same for the R4 model. 

Hello.

 

This card looks like an early sample or ES of the 5060 by looking at the VRMs. They took the B design rather than the A design.

 

Did you take a look at the VBIOS? To see the TDP and the display tables?

 

Since it's an embedded card.

 

You need to enable the backlight pins and add PWM brightness control if possible.

 

Is the 5060 = 4070 level? 

 

I think sliderfra has a R3/R4 eDP cable.

My R4 has an RTX 3080 16GB in PEG, no need to upgrade because of the CPU and its lack of recent instructions.

[janepa]

On 10/12/2026 at 3:37 PM, SuperMG said:

Hello.

 

This card looks like an early sample or ES of the 5060 by looking at the VRMs. They took the B design rather than the A design.

 

 

Did you take a look at the VBIOS? To see the TDP and the display tables?

 

Since it's an embedded card.

 

You need to enable the backlight pins and add PWM brightness control if possible.

 

 

Is the 5060 = 4070 level? 

 

I think sliderfra has a R3/R4 eDP cable.

My R4 has an RTX 3080 16GB in PEG, no need to upgrade because of the CPU and its lack of recent instructions.

Hello.

 

This card looks like an early sample or ES of the 5060 by looking at the VRMs. They took the B design rather than the A design.

 

Well, anyway I’m pretty surprised that they used a desktop core here. I’ve never seen anything like this not even in a photo.

 

Did you check the VBIOS? To find out the TDP and display settings?

 

It looks like it has a 145+5W TDP, 3xDP, and 1xHDMI.

The TDP power slider and fan RPM slider are available here too.

 

Since this is an integrated graphics card,

 

 

 

you need to enable the backlight pins and, if possible, add PWM brightness control.

 

That's no problem for me.

 

Is the 5060 model on par with the 4070?

 

Hard to say.

 

 

I think sliderfra has an eDP R3/R4 cable.

 

Thanks, I already have it.

 

My R4 has an RTX 3080 16 GB card in the PEG slot; there’s no need to upgrade it because of the processor and its lack of support for the latest instructions.

 

So what would you recommend? Is this a waste of time? I’m just pointing out that if the modification is successful, it could then be implemented on other platforms with newer CPUs of course.Maybe this could be useful for the people here looking to the future.

[ssj92]

2 hours ago, janepa said:

Hello.

 

This card looks like an early sample or ES of the 5060 by looking at the VRMs. They took the B design rather than the A design.

 

Well, anyway I’m pretty surprised that they used a desktop core here. I’ve never seen anything like this not even in a photo.

 

Did you check the VBIOS? To find out the TDP and display settings?

 

It looks like it has a 145+5W TDP, 3xDP, and 1xHDMI.

The TDP power slider and fan RPM slider are available here too.

 

Since this is an integrated graphics card,

 

 

 

you need to enable the backlight pins and, if possible, add PWM brightness control.

 

That's no problem for me.

 

Is the 5060 model on par with the 4070?

 

Hard to say.

 

 

I think sliderfra has an eDP R3/R4 cable.

 

Thanks, I already have it.

 

My R4 has an RTX 3080 16 GB card in the PEG slot; there’s no need to upgrade it because of the processor and its lack of support for the latest instructions.

 

So what would you recommend? Is this a waste of time? I’m just pointing out that if the modification is successful, it could then be implemented on other platforms with newer CPUs of course.Maybe this could be useful for the people here looking to the future.

If you don't want it, I can take it 😄

 

CPU generation is fine, even on sandy/ivy you can still use it fo rmany use cases. 

 

Note, because it is a desktop core, eDP backlight mod won't work either. Desktop cores do not have the eDP wired into the core. It can work as DP or in SG mode unless you do some hardware mod. 

 

I think it's a great idea to try this one, once you have finished repairing the R3, let me know and I will send you my updated bios and you can work from there.