On 8/13/07, Arnold Krille <arnold@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Quoting this "private" reply here as I don't see any reason to have it > private. Probably one of the victims of the Good-Bye-ReplyTo-Munging... > > And I didn't know the facts state, so I think others are interested in this > too. > > Am Montag, 13. August 2007 schrieb Thomas Ilnseher: > > Am Montag, den 13.08.2007, 15:01 +0200 schrieb Arnold Krille: > > > I have the very strong feeling that you are fixed on your graphics > > > device as I > > > have never seen a laptop that could make use of an extra video card. > > > Except > > > with a docking station that has a pci-slot... > > Newer PCIe based Notebooks use a special video-card standard called MXM. > > if you have such a notebook, it should _IN THEORY_ be possible to > > exchange the video card. BUT: > > > > a) there exist at least 4 different sub-formfactors of the MXM spec. > > b) The cooling solution must be "good enough" for the desired video > > card. This applies to the power subsystem as well. > > c) you might run into troubles with the bios ... > > d) replacing the card may be difficult and invalidate warranty > > e) there might be notebooks with discrete PCIe graphics that is not obey > > the MXM standard > > f) it is very likely that notbooks with integrated graphics lack MXM > > slots, and it is even more likely that such notebooks at least lack the > > required cooling solutions. Thank you Arnold for forwarding this. Interesting indeed. I might have a look on my laptop to see if I can get rid of this ATI card. This would eliminate some frustration ;-) The BIOS might be a problem though... > Hi, I am a .signature virus. Please copy me into your ~/.signature and send me > to all your contacts. > After a month or so log in as root and do a rm / -rf. Or ask your > administrator to do so... Hi, I'm an anti-virus. BOO ! You're screwed. :-) ________________ Marc-Olivier Barre. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/linux-audio-user
