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Enlarge laptop video memory


I have got an Toshiba Tecra 9100 series laptop, with S3 SuperSavage 16 MB Video Card. But 16 MB is a little too less for me.



Is there any way i could enlarge the memory?



Sorry for my english, i am dutch

    
taakberg

You have a look in the BIOS to see if there is an option to set the onboard video memory higher. Usually the maximum is 32MB

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Praetor

I have a laptop with 16mb ATI Mobility Radeon, it would be great if i could crank that up

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b3n

I dont think youll be able to do it with the Mobility Radeons as they use discrete memory but hunt around

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Praetor

I have taken a look in the BIOS, but there was nothing about the video memory there.



Isn't there just a chip to be replaced by a larger one so I have more memory?

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taakberg


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Originally Posted by taakberg


I have taken a look in the BIOS, but there was nothing about the video memory there.



Isn't there just a chip to be replaced by a larger one so I have more memory?

Replacing a chip in a laptop is almost impossible

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Bobo

replacing the video card with a faster one, or one with more memory (usually goes hand in hand) is usually pretty easy.

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Cromewell

I have already sent an e-mail to Toshiba, but they said no video card can be replaced, because the video card is simply an on-board video card of the motherboard. So I probably have to replace the entire motherboard, or buy another laptop.... both quite expensive.

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taakberg

That's odd. I changed the video card in an HP laptop a couple months ago and that Toshiba looks to be roughly the same age as the HP was. But looking at the site (I should have done this before ) it only has battery and memory access panels on the bottom

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Cromewell

Maybe it is because I have two video outputs, 1 analoge, and 1 ...well... for a display.... I don't know the word for that kind of plug in english



Anyway, if the video card isn't replaceable, what other options do I have?

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