how hard/expensive is it to replace your video card in a laptop?

[zcs626]

anyone?

[Stang2be]

not even possible with many laptops. not uncommon to see the video integrated into the main board. post up the model or check the vendors site

[jakesford]

[QUOTE=Stang2be]not even possible with many laptops. not uncommon to see the video integrated into the main board. post up the model or check the vendors site[/QUOTE]

yup I only know of a small handful that ever offered user upgradable video... you're probally SOL

[zcs626]

well i have the 3 year warranty through best buy, but its already been sent out to their service dept once, and it took 2 1/2 weeks. they just "blew the dust out of the video adaptor" b/c it was getting too hot. but i still am having blue screens when i use it.

i just dont want to be without my computer again for another 2 weeks, b/c im in school......and i dont want Vista since that shit doesnt work with anything

[scott442]

A blue screen could also be a driver issue. What brand laptop is it? If you have a hardware diagnostic disk run that and see if it reports anything.

[ceyko]

Yup, no help can be provided without a make and model number.

[Roliath]

Video cards can be upgraded, but it will just void your warranty on that certain part (per dell's policy). It really depends on what mobo/gfx combo you have as most are integrated. If the video card is integrated, than i can guarantee that your fucked. If its not integrated with the mobo than you "may" have some luck but your options will be limited.
Be fore warned, that laptop video cards are crazy expensive and may require additional mods to get them to run correctly.

If its a blue screen issue post your laptops specs along with the error your getting and what your doing before it happens. Could be a number of things.

edit: I upgraded my dell's 7900GS to a 7900GTX and it wasn't that hard but I did have to get a better PSU for it and flash the bios (which wasn't necessary)

and side note, firefox's spell checker sucks balls.