Hello,
I have an HP Pavilion dv6 quad edition (Product number: LM720AV) that I had custom-built through HP for college. I have a 2nd Gen Intel i7 2820QM processor, and switchable graphics (Intel HD Graphics Family 3000 and AMD Radeon 6770). Recently, my Radeon GPU failed, so I had to disable its driver through device manager, as well as the switchable graphics option in bios. So now I'm running solely on my power saving GPU, which is frustrating when I want to play graphics-intensive games.
So my options are to get the computer repaired because it is under warranty, or to replace the Radeon card. Generally speaking, I have been led to believe that upgrading GPUs on notebooks is not possible because the GPU is normally integrated into the motherboard. However, I read here that if you have a switchable graphics enabled notebook, then you can remove the non-integrated GPU from what is known as a "PCI-E bus" and replace it with another one. I'm wondering if anyone can confirm this and give me more specific instructions on how to go about doing this, so I don't destroy my computer by accident!
Thanks.