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

[triturbo]

It’s probably me, but I can’t find the zip file with the vBIOSes. 
 

I don’t know the reason behind the lack of fan control but I’m relying on custom made external solution and it works great. 

[frelu]

Hey,

 

I meant this fan, please check picture, numer 2. Does it spin like that without body? (I dont know how to describe it)

Also where did you get gpu heatsink 1 in the picture.

 

I was thinking about to put ODD BAY SLI GPU from Lenovo y510p because it fits perfectly in DVD bay, just do some work with extra heatpipes

[Mashcar]

On 9/8/2023 at 8:59 AM, triturbo said:

It’s probably me, but I can’t find the zip file with the vBIOSes. 
 

I don’t know the reason behind the lack of fan control but I’m relying on custom made external solution and it works great. 

Here you go. All bioses from Dell folder works.

No fan control could be just not compatible data exchange between KBC and GPU because of vBIOS not completely compatible with 8570w.  I would need zbook g5 for being 100% sure 😄 or another card.
When I put original K2000M card in laptop, it starts in 1 second from black to HP bios logo. With P5200 it's few seconds more before POST...
GTX980 didn't had fan control problems at all, don't remember if startup time was same.

 

On 9/8/2023 at 11:24 AM, frelu said:

Hey,

 

I meant this fan, please check picture, numer 2. Does it spin like that without body? (I dont know how to describe it)

Also where did you get gpu heatsink 1 in the picture.

 

I was thinking about to put ODD BAY SLI GPU from Lenovo y510p because it fits perfectly in DVD bay, just do some work with extra heatpipes

 

You need to get GPU heatsink from 8770w and you will get fan I used. You just need to saw a little bit of metal.


For fan you carefully cut 4 plastic parts and use some good 3M double sided tape or cyanoacrylate glue for center circle part, carefuly center it so it doesn't hit body with blades and connect 5V from ODD port, GND and tacho pin from original fan to PWM so it spins as fast as original one. Second fan adds some noise to work, but it decrease temp efficiently for GPU side. I not sure about Lenovo GPU ODD, because GPU board takes a bit of space outside motherboard.

[Mashcar]

Good news everyone !
I have recording material ready, I even did editing.. but sony vegas trial version allows for 2 minutes of .mp4 only....  and I have 24 minutes of benchmarks and games..

Can anyone recomend free video editing program with GPU acceleration ?
Openshot takes 20 hours to decode 23 minutes of 1080p material... and uses GPU acceleration in linux only..

[triturbo]

The free version of Lightworks outputs 720p only, so I'm not sure whether or not you are going to like it. And then, there's this:

 

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First off, LightWorks has remarkably efficient engine, and it’s largely CPU based rather than GPU based. It does use the GPU for effects, via pixel shaders, much like a game engine does.

 

In any case looking forward to your video.

[Mashcar]

 

[Will]

On 9/5/2023 at 7:48 AM, Mashcar said:

I took Zbook G2 fingerprint reader and retrofitted it into my system - now I can log in win 10/11 with one touch 😄 Reason for this is 8570's fingerprint reader driver is too old and it doesn't work in windows newer than Win7.
Ordered some 5v amp board and usb audio dac for some experimentation - since I don't use secure card reader, I can use it's usb data+ and data- along with 5V line to have better built-in audio. I wonder, if internal speakers can sound better with that. My phone have tiny stereo speakers, that are louder and better quality vs those in notebook..
I had bought second keyboard for emergency, I used rivets in other one to finally have all 3 screw holes used. Now it sits firmly finally, like finished product would!

Hey bro, could you please tell me how you retrofitted the ZBook G2 fingerprint reader into the 8570w?

[Mashcar]

8 hours ago, Will said:

Hey bro, could you please tell me how you retrofitted the ZBook G2 fingerprint reader into the 8570w?

I will try to send photos later, basically you need both original 8570w fingerprint reader and zbook. You have to desolder flex cable from both and solder original flex cable to zbook reader. There is a little glue holding said flex, but it comes off easily with little heat. Pinout is same for both readers, mind flex orientation.
After soldering I recommend using a little glue pistol to secure connections. Lastly, download fingerprint drivers from zbook G2 page and voila, Windows Hello works perfectly 😄 
 

[Will]

18 hours ago, Mashcar said:

I will try to send photos later, basically you need both original 8570w fingerprint reader and zbook. You have to desolder flex cable from both and solder original flex cable to zbook reader. There is a little glue holding said flex, but it comes off easily with little heat. Pinout is same for both readers, mind flex orientation.
After soldering I recommend using a little glue pistol to secure connections. Lastly, download fingerprint drivers from zbook G2 page and voila, Windows Hello works perfectly 😄 
 

Thanks. I appreciate if you can send some photos later

[Mashcar]

Here is Zbook palmrest

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Cable is totally different in means of lenght and shape from 8570w

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All we need to do is take out reader board from Zbook, solder flex cable from 8570w and it just works 😄
You need to be careful when desoldering flex, because of that glue here

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After soldering check with multimeter if there arent shorts between pins and you're good to go.

About my laptop, my original keyboard died week ago because it had damaged from too high humidity before, traces were gradually corroding and few keys stoped working. I had to remake previous riveting job - at least I have photos this time 🙂

 

 

I had also spotted Quadro RTX 3000 mxm on selling platform, but I think it's too weak compared to 5000, which I would want to retrofit. Soo, we wait more