Where is the graphics card?

[vmartelle]

Sorry for the stupid question (And I probably posted in the wrong forum, ugh), I've never taken apart a laptop. Picture: http://imgur.com/lQx8FaB

I think its the black square in the center right, but there is no way to take it out it seems http://imgur.com/0JTfHmQ shows the other side, upper right shows it held down with that grey metal square with no screws or anything. Any idea on what I should do?

 

[blazorthon]

There doesn't seem to be a graphics card that can be removed. Most laptops don't have removable graphics. What is the laptop's model number?

 

[vmartelle]

There doesn't seem to be a graphics card that can be removed. Most laptops don't have removable graphics.

Fudge! Are you sure?

 

[ffg7]

yes & that is your video chip.

 

[Saberus]

Yeah, most laptop GPUs are BGA packages permanently affixed to the board.

 

[boosted1g]

Most laptops don't have a separate graphics card, for the last 5 years they have been integrated into the CPU, and before that it was a chip that was part of the motherboard (soldered in and not able to be replaced).

From your image I see no sign of any removable dedicated GPU.

If you tell us the make and model of your laptop we can check it, but 98% sure it only has integrated graphics or a non-removable dedicated graphics card.



ALSO: IF you removed a heatsink or anything from that chip, you will need to remove the old paste and apply new paste. It will overheat if you just leave it as is and put the heatsink back on top of it.

 

[Benkberg97]

Most laptop graphics cards are soldered onto the motherboard and therefore, aren't changeable. This sounds like one of the many. If your laptop manufacturer makes another graphics chip that is compatible with your system motherboard, you could, theoretically, replace the chip with another supported one, but you would have to completely desolder the old one, solder on the new one, and obtain the correct driver for it. In the long run, it is simply not worth the time trying to replace a soldered component.

 

[blazorthon]

Yeah, that's not feasible. You'd need very specialized equipment to stand a chance of succeeding.