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I want to buy a new motherboard for my laptop. Its a lenovo Y550 (second gen i think, if it helps-black keyboard)

i want one with a nvidia or ATI on it. please.



go get em! oh! ehr, uh *please*

You can't. Your laptop case will not support another motherboard but the one that was specifically made for that model (Y550). Sometimes, you can place the upgraded version of that particular type of laptop motherboard into and older case and retrofit it. I'm making a model number up here, but let's say there's a version of your laptop with a faster processor and an extra RAM slot called the Y580, sometimes that mobo can be put in the case that you use for your other laptop, but almost never without issues or ports not lining up.

If you want to update a motherboard casually, you NEED a desktop PC.

-DarkPacMan77-

What I meant was, the the motherboard of another Y550 but that one with a diffrrent GFX card, not a mobo from some random one. I have no money to rebuild my ancient desktop.

It doesn't exist. It can't happen. That model didn't ever have a motherboard produced with a more powerful integrated or dedicated video card.

-DarkPacMan77-

Yes it did. There's one on newegg. And on lenovo's site.

My advice: Buy a new laptop.

i havent had it a year yet.

That doesn't mean it doesn't suck though. Most laptops have bad video chips as far as handling graphics go. I have a 3 year old xt5000t that can probably rape most games that yours can't even run at all just because it has a dedicated graphics card, a nvidia 7600GO with 256mb GDDR2. Now, that's not even that powerful, but I'm sure it's more powerful than whatever chip you have sitting on your motherboard.

I just wish I knew what was wrong with my laptop lol

-DarkPacMan77-

Your laptop motherboard and graphics card take up a huge chunk of the price of a laptop. And they don't necessarily have tons of those laying around since these are never sent to consumers. Your only bet is to contact a computer repair shop and see if they can get one in, and even if they can that doesn't mean it's going to fit. Chances are some of the laptop's case may have been reworked inside to accommodate a dedicated card vs an integrated chip, especially when it comes to cooling.

Integrated graphics aren't always a bad thing. If you're a light gamer or don't really play games, you can have power savings and reduced heat from going integrated vs dedicated. Especially with integrated chips being able to pump out 1080p these days.

I'm buying a new laptop in July so I've been looking a lot at mobile chipsets and video cards. If I had to buy now, this would be my purchase:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6834220700

Not a big fan of the gay outer case, but I can live with it since it's what's inside that I want. Hopefully it will come down in price of a better model for a comparable price is out in July.

hey, go to new egg and look up my laprop. the one they have there was what i was aiming for...

Yeah, that exact model number should have a 1gb GDDR3 Nvidia GeForce Gt 240 (mobile version). That would run everything on the market. You need this one, (41865GU). I highly doubt they've made it so that you can just add the card that they didn't include. It's likely you don't have the model laptop that you're claiming you do?

*EDIT* ~ Ok, here's the Lenovo USA Tech Support line. I'd call them and ask if your particular version can fit a dedicated card. I guess it's POSSIBLE that you bought that MODEL but without a graphics card... lol. Seems like a stupid thing to do but... here's the phone number so you can ask. 1-800-426-7378

-DarkPacMan77-

he has an intel chipset on it..

It seems as though there might be a slight chance that he can still ADD a dedicated graphics card. The Y550 seems to maybe have variant models in which some are weaker. Who knows. I can be completely wrong but contacting Lenovo is the best option. There might be dedicated graphics cards that you can buy through them at replacement cost (expensive) but heck, I'd at least see.

Tell me, airplanes18, does your laptop have a large vent on the left-hand side? One about 1 1/2 inches long to about 2 inches long? That would be where the typical exhaust would be had you had a dedicated graphics card.

-DarkPacMan77-

left side, but id say around 3/4 inch tall, 3-4 inches long.


thanks DPM, i will def! give it a try.

id like to, if this isnt possible, get the Motherboard the the other one.



(do you approve of the other version newegg holds?)