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I've got a Sony Vaio VGNS1VP notebook. Recently I've been having some problems that I'm fairly confident will be resolved through replacing the graphics card. However, whilst I know it's easy to replace memory cards, I don't know if it's so simple with graphics cards. Is this a simple process you can do yourslef? The card I have is an ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 (32MB) card. Can this be replaced? Can I upgrade it? What with?
Thanks,
Steve
Nope, as it's soldered onto the motherboard
maybe if you get a new graphics card, a soldering iron, some soft-solder and one of those sucker-upper things, you could unsolder the old graphics card and fix in a new one. Just a thought.
That wouldn't work
That wouldn't work
LOL so am I Nick...........
ile spare you the wait
Please help me! can you get external things? i cant remember what it was
Hehehehehehehe - simple answer, no
Long answer no, sadly you can't as the technology isn't in place and the interfaces are not quick enough for display
Thanks very much for all the replies. It's a shame that the graphics cards are soldered onto the motherboard, as it seems like the Vaio S series notebooks have a problem with the graphics card. Fortunately for me Sony have agreed to fix the laptop, since the problem is common.
Thanks again for your replies,
Steve Romans
Glad to hear they'll fix it for you