HP Elitebook 8570W - is it still good ? Hardware modifications

[Daedalus]

 @GuitarG interesting to see the zbook units can work, although we hit the same cable problem.  That said could we run the IPS version (dreamcolour equivalent) of whatever the zbooks have? Assuming Zbook cables are more plentiful of course. 

RE: Cooling  can never have enough fins.  Plan to run two fans (basically 2 8570W fan assemblies "with fins 🙂 " , just one flipped to point back towards GPU) similar to your idea earlier in post.  May unsolder the big heatpipe arm and try a custom shape or other machine heatpipe that fits (worst case raid Aliexpress for straight pipes (i know sintered ones are best).  once i have that it will be multiple to take either heat from CPU/GPU sources. intake will be via hole in DVD Bay chassis and a custom access panel vent then exhaust out a DVD drive cover with vent holes. Also looking at custom GPU spiders as 980M has VRAM underneath which doesnt connect to spider to remove heat, just the copper pads on the Mobo. Will share designs / parts used etc so anyone on here can duplicate as required.

[Vladka76]

20 hours ago, GuitarG said:

Feeling better, so if I get little more free time will make schematic for edp cable

It's very nice to read this!

[Daedalus]

@Vladka76 seen some apparently genuine 1866 hyperx sticks, never tracked down 2133 ones, not seen one in the wild (yet). Did you OC your 1866 ones to hit 2133?

[Vladka76]

7 hours ago, Daedalus said:

Did you OC your 1866 ones to hit 2133?

No, it's not possible OR not easy. IMHO. 🙃

[Daedalus]

On 5/3/2026 at 12:02 AM, Vladka76 said:

No, it's not possible OR not easy. IMHO. 🙃

No worries, i know Bios (.71) doesnt have OC options or an advanced setting page 😞 , not sure if CPU boost apps allow OC or MSI overclock for GPU) seen a few 1866 pop up since RAM got uber expensive. 2133 exist but not seen any for sale. would 2133 make a noticeable difference? i mean proper 1866 aint that bad. Did anyone manage to get Coreboot working (and did it unlock anything not already available in HP's version) , i know there was a 8770W build.

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@ Vladka76

 

Hi , I am wondering if you can help , not sure if this is exactly the right place on your forum but I see you are discussing the HP Elitebook 8570/8770 w and Video cards with Dreamcolor displays.

I have a HP Elitebook 8770w , i7 3920XM , 32GB RAM , Dreamcolor screen , BIOS F71 , Win 10 x64

I am running Legacy boot not UEFI if that matters .

Initially I had an AMD Firepro M4000 video card and have changed it to a Nvidia M3000M with appropriate heatsink , however I cannot get past POST , I get no HP logo or " esc " choice to show BIOS on the Dreamcolor screen , it seems to stall at end of POST and waits , as a quick tap on power button turns it off .

There is no VGA or DISPLAY PORT output  , I have tried disconnecting the video cable to screen to force a VGA output but that gives me a hard stop and shutdown at end of POST.

Reverting to old AMD card everything is fine.

 

This is all the info I know about the video card , it looks perfect physically even the stickers are white and show no signs of heat  :
 

Nvidia M3000M from ZBook 17 G3

 

Video BIOS version :  84.04.8D.00.04 
                     

                     ( 900-52754-0300-000  G ) or ( 699-52754-0501-400 N )
                      Quadro M3000M S/N 03238 16027699
                      N16E-Q1-A1
 

HP Assy No : 806269-001    SPS 827226-001 ( Date Code : 7J16A0 )

 

My question is simple , should I be getting at least the HP logo or BIOS screen with this card on this VBIOS , I appreciate that I will have driver issues for Windows , but at the moment I am at a loss how to fault find what I have .

Hoping someone can shed me some light on this or at least give me some pointers.

 

I see there are ways to flash the VBIOS from a USB key using nvflash ( https://www.techpowerup.com/articles/overclocking/vidcard/34/10 )

 

and a VBIOS file here ( https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/220986/220986 )

 

But I am not sure if this is my problem , or if it will work as I can't get display .

 

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