[SOLVED]is it possible to change a laptop graphics card?

basically, I have brought a cheap laptop, Samsung 300E5A. it was cheap because the battery was suppose to be dead, however that was not the case, I updated the bios, restored default settings and installed windows 7 and the battery is fine. I brought a spare battery because I obviously thought it was knackered so now I have 2 battery’s which are good. both have 0% wear.
anyway, I have upgraded the CPU to an i7 2360QM, it’s running perfectly fine. I plan on buying a cheap sandisk SSD too.
anyway, is there a way I can upgrade the graphics? I’m not really “feeling” the Intel HD Graphics 3000 Family.
I have looked on google and some are saying it can be done where others are saying it can’t be done.
any help would be awesome.
Answer #1
Generally speaking, It’s only possible when the card is discrete (And even then the options are limited and it requires serious soldering work) so nope, You cannot upgrade it.
Edit: Your other user name is chipmunk, Right?
http://www.google.com?t=19473518&start=0
I thought the story sounded familiar, So I looked it up.
Answer #2
well, I was kind of hoping I could get one fitted but if I can’t, I can’t.
I can neither confirm nor deny that I am Chiipmunk. sorry.
Answer #3
<<<<<<<<<< couldn’t upgrade laptop….. so accidentally knocked coffee over the keyboard, very luckily I had just backed everything up the day before….. with insurance money I built my own tower top end……. bit heavy on the knee but the 27″ led monitor is superb.
not that I recommend knocking coffee over laptops…… but if you do make sure there is a lot of sugar in it.
Answer #4
^lmfao! we don’t have house insurance so no point in me doing that but funny nevertheless.