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


GuitarG

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3 hours ago, GuitarG said:

What 27 dollars can give you..  now fun begins! 

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Nice work for 27$, 8770W? 

What screen did it come with?  now you can try the full size cards. 

 

Oh, Managed to track down a 965M A finally so im almost catching up. 

The 965M card is from a Clevo, should that cause me any issues in working with the HP? i dont think its got whitelist issues?  N16E-GR-A1 is the GTX core. has N16E-GR V2.1 4gb -77-P75DL-D02 on sticker. just wanted confirmation before i order. 

 

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On 8/11/2025 at 7:52 PM, panda_zzz said:

Waiting for detailed instructions on how to modify it)

 

 

Sure !
 

20 hours ago, Vladka76 said:

@GuitarG Let me clarify: what type of eDP screen? FHD or 4K?
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I am very glad that you managed to mod the cable.
Excellent and important work!

That was FHD LCD, and thanks!

 

19 hours ago, Daedalus said:

Nice work for 27$, 8770W? 

What screen did it come with?  now you can try the full size cards. 

 

Oh, Managed to track down a 965M A finally so im almost catching up. 

The 965M card is from a Clevo, should that cause me any issues in working with the HP? i dont think its got whitelist issues?  N16E-GR-A1 is the GTX core. has N16E-GR V2.1 4gb -77-P75DL-D02 on sticker. just wanted confirmation before i order. 

 

No, only 8560w. 8770w is very rare "pokemon" in my place. And cost waay too much, like 300-400$.
With MXM cards, if it fits heatsink, then it is matter of correct vbios, which you need to find out yourself, propably. Or look for info in NBRChive (old forum)

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About eDP Panel! Some good news, some bad. Good is my 4K cable works ! Panel is damaged, though. But I saw backlight working and content (bios logo). 
Bad news is those cable work only without installed GPU drivers. Also UEFI is a must, otherwise LCD won't even turn on.
I experimented on spare HP and I could set up even FHD resolution, but after installing drivers laptop don't even shows internal panel connection. Only external output works.

This is problem I had in my Clevo before, I tried to upgrade screen to 4K and it also worked until installing drivers. Seems like I need to troubleshoot another problem. I heard about EDID, now I need to check out how to program them or something..
So we're halfway to success...
 


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