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I sent my laptop AMilo 3438G to a pc shop, i ordered the 7600 go , supposed to be MXM type 3 card, but he said it wasnt compatible
so he 'heated' / 're-flowed' my graphic card (he explained to me that the solder under the gpu chip has been heated)
before the solder was brittle and wasn't functioning well
heat/high temperature cause my graphic card to malfunction and heat again has been used to fix it.
its a small simple process, with many amilo 6800 go laptops going faulty maybe most have this same problem?
mine stopped working just 10 or 11 months after i bought it. most would say u need motherboard replacement other new graphic card.
i suspected it was easy to fix
How to fix your 6800 go AMilo m3438g
got mine fixed working perfectly well
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MultiQuote#2 Guest_khawarizmi_*
Posted 13 June 2008 - 03:25 PM
been using my laptop for a week now , no trouble with graphic cards, tested card using Half life CS source,
though its very slow due to my 512mb ram, which is not good
i have 1 month warranty/guarantee on it
Anyone else fixed their amilo m3438 graphic card or replaced it without reflowing it like i did?
though its very slow due to my 512mb ram, which is not good
i have 1 month warranty/guarantee on it
Anyone else fixed their amilo m3438 graphic card or replaced it without reflowing it like i did?
#3 Guest_skyos_*
Posted 18 June 2008 - 11:09 PM
hi ,
in what country are you ?
how much did you payed for those repair?
in what country are you ?
how much did you payed for those repair?
khawarizmi, on Jun 13 2008, 03:25 PM, said:
been using my laptop for a week now , no trouble with graphic cards, tested card using Half life CS source,
though its very slow due to my 512mb ram, which is not good
i have 1 month warranty/guarantee on it
Anyone else fixed their amilo m3438 graphic card or replaced it without reflowing it like i did?
though its very slow due to my 512mb ram, which is not good
i have 1 month warranty/guarantee on it
Anyone else fixed their amilo m3438 graphic card or replaced it without reflowing it like i did?
#4 Guest_Guest_*
Posted 19 June 2008 - 07:17 AM
khawarizmi, on Jun 13 2008, 03:25 PM, said:
been using my laptop for a week now , no trouble with graphic cards, tested card using Half life CS source,
though its very slow due to my 512mb ram, which is not good
i have 1 month warranty/guarantee on it
Anyone else fixed their amilo m3438 graphic card or replaced it without reflowing it like i did?
though its very slow due to my 512mb ram, which is not good
i have 1 month warranty/guarantee on it
Anyone else fixed their amilo m3438 graphic card or replaced it without reflowing it like i did?
Plesase can u give to us more information about the repair of the geforce go 6800, precisly who is the component that make the vga card no boot???
Thank you.
#5 Guest_Radeon_*
Posted 24 June 2008 - 05:27 AM
Hi!
First of all, excuse my bad english, i´m spanish.
can you explain a litlle process of repair of your 6800go???, my amilo3438 start malfunction 2 months before and the official support only want change the grapics card, at the modest price of 422.00 EUR =656.257 USD xDD
Obviusly i prefer, try to repair it , anyway i contact with ebay seller of fujitsu siemens for 7600GO for my laptop, plug in and works i think.
Thanks for all and best regards.
First of all, excuse my bad english, i´m spanish.
can you explain a litlle process of repair of your 6800go???, my amilo3438 start malfunction 2 months before and the official support only want change the grapics card, at the modest price of 422.00 EUR =656.257 USD xDD
Obviusly i prefer, try to repair it , anyway i contact with ebay seller of fujitsu siemens for 7600GO for my laptop, plug in and works i think.
Thanks for all and best regards.
#6 Guest_Guest_*
Posted 24 June 2008 - 02:27 PM
Guest_skyos_*:--- hi , it cost me about 80 euros to fix it, i was lucky i found a small computer shop that was able to fix it.
Guest_Guest_*:-- in my case the laptop was working just at like safe mode or lowest resolution with everything pixilated. As i mentioned above, the solder was heated (turned to liquid i guess) and solidified again. That solder/material was brittle and soft and broken (thats what the shop owner said) and so it was re-flowed. thats how my laptop was fixed and i imagine most have that same problem ...
it depends on the expertise of the laptop repairer, maybe it just needs chip replacement but for me the above was done.
Guest_Radeon_*:- If u still have your warranty , use it and let them change the graphic card, some changed the motherboard as well. 422 EUR is too much better just buy new laptop and sell the one u have, but try to shop around find a computer shop that will do for the same price as me from 50ERU to 90 EUR
Guest_Guest_*:-- in my case the laptop was working just at like safe mode or lowest resolution with everything pixilated. As i mentioned above, the solder was heated (turned to liquid i guess) and solidified again. That solder/material was brittle and soft and broken (thats what the shop owner said) and so it was re-flowed. thats how my laptop was fixed and i imagine most have that same problem ...
it depends on the expertise of the laptop repairer, maybe it just needs chip replacement but for me the above was done.
Guest_Radeon_*:- If u still have your warranty , use it and let them change the graphic card, some changed the motherboard as well. 422 EUR is too much better just buy new laptop and sell the one u have, but try to shop around find a computer shop that will do for the same price as me from 50ERU to 90 EUR
#7 Guest_Guest_*
Posted 24 June 2008 - 02:33 PM
Forgot to mention , the shop had 7600 Go graphic cards which is what i have chosen, he said it wouldnt fit in, i thought it was MXM type 3 card just like my laptop , so then he just fixed it as above
i was quoted 100 Euros for a refurbished 7600 go. Good price .
IF u decide to use the 7600 go and pay for it pls tell me about it and if the 7600 go will work on it.
when did u buy your laptop? mine malfunctioned 2 years ago or 3 and just fixed it 1 month ago.
Good luck
i was quoted 100 Euros for a refurbished 7600 go. Good price .
IF u decide to use the 7600 go and pay for it pls tell me about it and if the 7600 go will work on it.
when did u buy your laptop? mine malfunctioned 2 years ago or 3 and just fixed it 1 month ago.
Good luck
#8 Guest_Radeon_*
Posted 01 August 2008 - 04:15 AM
Guest, on Jun 24 2008, 02:33 PM, said:
Forgot to mention , the shop had 7600 Go graphic cards which is what i have chosen, he said it wouldnt fit in, i thought it was MXM type 3 card just like my laptop , so then he just fixed it as above
i was quoted 100 Euros for a refurbished 7600 go. Good price .
IF u decide to use the 7600 go and pay for it pls tell me about it and if the 7600 go will work on it.
when did u buy your laptop? mine malfunctioned 2 years ago or 3 and just fixed it 1 month ago.
Good luck
i was quoted 100 Euros for a refurbished 7600 go. Good price .
IF u decide to use the 7600 go and pay for it pls tell me about it and if the 7600 go will work on it.
when did u buy your laptop? mine malfunctioned 2 years ago or 3 and just fixed it 1 month ago.
Good luck
Hi everybody!!
First, thanks for the answers, the warranty ended in febrary, but i find a repair parts customer in ebay, and its from my city!!
He offer me the 7600go for my desktop, i buy the card and put myself, total operation: 140 xDD
Thanks again,
Best regards from spain
#9 Guest_Boomshanka_*
Posted 27 January 2009 - 01:57 PM
BOW*
omg thank you soo much for saying about the solder. ive had my M170 XPS repaired twice now at cost of £120 a time when i opened it up and had a look it was blatent this is how they fix it, woped out my iron and heated up the solder were it looked the most new and walla works again
total Epic repair thanks man saved me 100's
omg thank you soo much for saying about the solder. ive had my M170 XPS repaired twice now at cost of £120 a time when i opened it up and had a look it was blatent this is how they fix it, woped out my iron and heated up the solder were it looked the most new and walla works again
total Epic repair thanks man saved me 100's
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Posted 10 May 2009 - 01:46 AM
First of all,sorry for reviving this very old thread and hi.
This is my experience..If you feel uncertain..dont do the steps i did
So my laptop slowly started to die on me while playing wow (yes i still play).
I got these red dots all over the screen and browned my pants. Shut the game down usually and was a bout to turn the computer off by normal procedure in windows xp.
During the logoff i got the blue screen of death telling me that nv4_disp something failed and then it started dumping some memory.At this point i browned my pants again and panicked and pressed the power button and pulled the battery.
After a good hour i inserted the battery and powered it on.Horror struck my eyes as i saw blue artifacts during POST and the same blue artifacts on the windows logo.
Computer wouldnt boot into windows, so i rebooted,pressed F8 for failsafe to remove drivers.Removed drivers and rebooted
Sure,the computer starts normally into windows,no artifacts in windows only.
I started to sweat like never before.Didnt know what to do.
Started scouring the web for solutions on my desktop computer.
I found this thread and thought could this be true. I even went as far as to bother the head of mxm-upgrade.com with my issues and asked if this is true.
Yes he said...One can re-flow the BGA which very little effort in fact.
And all this about a week or so ago.
Luckily i didnt sleep the past night so i scoured some more and found a few vids on youtube about how to re-flow just about anything with a BGA. So i gathered courage and dismantled my laptop and pulled the mxm card.
I didnt have the equipment as shown in the youtube vid so i pondered for a while and thought it should work in the oven as long as it gets hot enough.
Very well..aluminum foil would be easy as i ate a cheeseburger yesterday.
So i wrap the card in the foil and locate and expose ONLY!! the gpu core.
Heated oven to 75c at first.. 2 minutes at 75c
Cranked the heat to 100c and went outside with doggy ..so about 4-5 minutes
Came in and cranked heat to 150c ..approx 2 minutes
Even more heat at 180c ..approx 2 minutes
Final heat at 200c .. approx 3 minutes
I then left the foiled card in the oven at 75C for about 4 minutes before i took it out and left it on the table allowing cooling ~25 minutes.
Assembled the computer and what do you know..it worked.
Artifacts are gone,windows boots with drivers instead of giving me the dreaded white background.
I have yet to flex the card once again before i can make a final statement.
Nevertheless i see this as a temporary solution, not a final.
Just wanted to let someone know that for once in life i succeded at something on my own
Remember this is just me. If you feel uncertain then dont do this,in fact dont even think about it.
If you do try this method i take no responsibility if you burn your home to the ground.
This is my experience..If you feel uncertain..dont do the steps i did
So my laptop slowly started to die on me while playing wow (yes i still play).
I got these red dots all over the screen and browned my pants. Shut the game down usually and was a bout to turn the computer off by normal procedure in windows xp.
During the logoff i got the blue screen of death telling me that nv4_disp something failed and then it started dumping some memory.At this point i browned my pants again and panicked and pressed the power button and pulled the battery.
After a good hour i inserted the battery and powered it on.Horror struck my eyes as i saw blue artifacts during POST and the same blue artifacts on the windows logo.
Computer wouldnt boot into windows, so i rebooted,pressed F8 for failsafe to remove drivers.Removed drivers and rebooted
Sure,the computer starts normally into windows,no artifacts in windows only.
I started to sweat like never before.Didnt know what to do.
Started scouring the web for solutions on my desktop computer.
I found this thread and thought could this be true. I even went as far as to bother the head of mxm-upgrade.com with my issues and asked if this is true.
Yes he said...One can re-flow the BGA which very little effort in fact.
And all this about a week or so ago.
Luckily i didnt sleep the past night so i scoured some more and found a few vids on youtube about how to re-flow just about anything with a BGA. So i gathered courage and dismantled my laptop and pulled the mxm card.
I didnt have the equipment as shown in the youtube vid so i pondered for a while and thought it should work in the oven as long as it gets hot enough.
Very well..aluminum foil would be easy as i ate a cheeseburger yesterday.
So i wrap the card in the foil and locate and expose ONLY!! the gpu core.
Heated oven to 75c at first.. 2 minutes at 75c
Cranked the heat to 100c and went outside with doggy ..so about 4-5 minutes
Came in and cranked heat to 150c ..approx 2 minutes
Even more heat at 180c ..approx 2 minutes
Final heat at 200c .. approx 3 minutes
I then left the foiled card in the oven at 75C for about 4 minutes before i took it out and left it on the table allowing cooling ~25 minutes.
Assembled the computer and what do you know..it worked.
Artifacts are gone,windows boots with drivers instead of giving me the dreaded white background.
I have yet to flex the card once again before i can make a final statement.
Nevertheless i see this as a temporary solution, not a final.
Just wanted to let someone know that for once in life i succeded at something on my own
Remember this is just me. If you feel uncertain then dont do this,in fact dont even think about it.
If you do try this method i take no responsibility if you burn your home to the ground.
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Posted 23 May 2009 - 06:41 AM
Hi Mupp,
I have an Amilo M3438G with the same problem, blue dots, only VGA res... but...
Yesterday, I followed your steps and now my Geforce Go 6800 is working fine !!!
I've installed Windows 7 RC, all drivers updated with my 6800 working at 1440x900 !
I'm just curious to know where did you get that info to rework your graphic card...
Thanks a lot!!
I have an Amilo M3438G with the same problem, blue dots, only VGA res... but...
Yesterday, I followed your steps and now my Geforce Go 6800 is working fine !!!
I've installed Windows 7 RC, all drivers updated with my 6800 working at 1440x900 !
I'm just curious to know where did you get that info to rework your graphic card...
Thanks a lot!!
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zipper
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Posted 23 May 2009 - 08:01 AM
It has been pretty much talked on German Amilo forum - there's also an English version of the forum.
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Posted 01 June 2009 - 05:43 AM
Mupp you are the best ) The best ideea with the oven! I love u
I had the same problem and now it works like new after "cooking" my video card )
Today I read an article and I was curious if somebody tried to do that with an M3438G... I searched on google and I got here.
Thank you Mupp!!!
) The best ideea with the oven! I love uI had the same problem and now it works like new after "cooking" my video card
) Today I read an article and I was curious if somebody tried to do that with an M3438G... I searched on google and I got here.
Thank you Mupp!!!
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Posted 01 June 2009 - 07:51 AM
iulio, on Jun 1 2009, 02:43 PM, said:
I was curious if somebody tried to do that with an M3438G... I searched on google and I got here.
It was pretty much where it started - go6800 (especially in Ultra version) was a hot card and many of them failed in Amilos.
Not mine, it blew the backlight system...
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Posted 01 July 2009 - 10:13 PM
hi
i'm selling a 6800 go 256mb/256bit for 40eur with shipping worlwide
mail me if interested at: madaleno at gmail.com
i can send high res pictures if you want
i'm selling a 6800 go 256mb/256bit for 40eur with shipping worlwide
mail me if interested at: madaleno at gmail.com
i can send high res pictures if you want
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Posted 02 July 2009 - 09:43 AM
Hi, my video card doesn't display anything, i would change it, but your experience give me some hope. I have a question. do i have to remove all the pads on the video card (there is a black protection behind that is attached) ?
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Posted 03 July 2009 - 04:31 AM
thank you Mupp, i've resolved my problem with the video card
now i'm searching for something to keep the fan going always on
now i'm searching for something to keep the fan going always on
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Posted 03 July 2009 - 01:34 PM
These lines are used in Amilo 3438 to slow down the fan of go6800 - you could try altered values to
see if the fan can be forced to higher speed.
(fancontrol.reg)
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NVIDIA Corporation\Global\NVTweak]
"MXMThermalControl"=dword:00000001
"SilentModeControl"=dword:00000001
see if the fan can be forced to higher speed.
(fancontrol.reg)
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NVIDIA Corporation\Global\NVTweak]
"MXMThermalControl"=dword:00000001
"SilentModeControl"=dword:00000001