Precision M6800 questions and upgrades

[Annihilator]

5 hours ago, aleksandar said:

Hi everyone, I've been following the upgrade paths for the M6800 here. Has anyone experimented with using an MXM 3.0 to PCle x16 adapter to connect a full-sized desktop GPU?

If this is possible, then our possibilities are truly infinite. Lol

 

I've actually found some forums where people successfully pulled this off with other laptop models.(2nd and 3rd pic)

Https://notebooktalk.net/topic/1196-clevo-p775dm3-mxm-to-pciex16-gpu-adapter-mod-project/

 

 

 

 

i had a eGPU on my HP 2570p connected via expresscard slot, just for "whats possible" was nice, but really useless, bcs i never took my eGPU with me 😄  n at home i prefer a real PC 

[AaronD]

7 hours ago, aleksandar said:

Hi everyone, I've been following the upgrade paths for the M6800 here. Has anyone experimented with using an MXM 3.0 to PCle x16 adapter to connect a full-sized desktop GPU?

If this is possible, then our possibilities are truly infinite. Lol

 

I've actually found some forums where people successfully pulled this off with other laptop models.(2nd and 3rd pic)

Https://notebooktalk.net/topic/1196-clevo-p775dm3-mxm-to-pciex16-gpu-adapter-mod-project/

 

 

I imagine that that would be more along the lines of, "I have this machine already, it's not actually going anywhere, and I want to put something in it that doesn't fit.  So instead of buying a whole 'nother machine, I'll put this in what I already have."

 

I can't see it being easily portable after that mod, because of the heavy brick on a captive cable, the case mods to get that cable out, and the required stand so it doesn't sit on that cable and rock like a 4-legged stool that's missing a foot.  But beyond all that, I can see it being useful for someone.  Doesn't have the hard stop on support like the internal slot does...or at least not until the industry decides to use something other than PCIe...

[aleksandar]

Can someone guide me regarding vBIOS? Is it required for GPUs like the GTX 970M, GTX 980M, Tesla M6, etc.?

Where can it be downloaded?

[Aaron44126]

1 hour ago, aleksandar said:

Can someone guide me regarding vBIOS? Is it required for GPUs like the GTX 970M, GTX 980M, Tesla M6, etc.?

Where can it be downloaded?

Maxwell GPUs don’t require any vBIOS work. Note that Tesla M6 doesn’t support direct display output and can only work through the Intel iGPU via Optimus. Also, you do have to do a little mod to the GPU heatsink to get these cards to fit.