Nvidia geforce 9500m GS Replacement?

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In the DR Congo, limited resources. I have an ASUS Aspire 8920 to repair with an Nvidia geforce 9500m GS card. It will run only in safe mode in Windows or from a linux boot disk without GUI desktop. If I boot to Windows or Linux, shortly after the desktop is displayed (within seconds) it goes into a reboot cycle. Since the behavior is the same in both windows and Linux I assume that drivers can be ruled out and since it works fine in Linux command line or safe mode I am suspecting the video. Is there a way for me to test the video card? Can I disable it and go to low graphics mode? Am I on the wrong track? Because of where I am replacement parts are a challenge to say the least, main goal is to get this operating again.
 
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Have you managed to replace it?
I also have a 9500m gs in my laptop and I am wondering if I could upgrade it with something newer?

Thank you for your anwser in advance and kind regards,

Matic
 
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Upgrading the video card in a laptop is not easy, a faster part will run hotter, and the laptop would not have been designed to deal with the extra heat. If you look at your laptop model, see what video options it has. If there is one faster, and the card is connected in a removable slot, you should be able to swap it out for that other model. You may need a BIOS update before doing that. Doing that could cause the laptop to crash unless you provide extra cooling.
 
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I have an Asus A7Sn laptop with the 9500m gt installed, if that helps any?
 
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Well, it should help you. Look up that model specs and see if it came with any other video cards as options. All that info would be available online. If there were no other video cards offered, see what connector the video card uses (it may be in the specs (or at least the technical documentation), but you may need to open up the laptop and look at it). Then you can do a web search on video cards with that same connector. The trick is that they may not all work with the laptop, if any would, and would probably cause heat issues which can kill the system.
 
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I think you mean an Acer, not Asus, Aspire 8920.

I have the same, in Nairobi, with a related but different GPU problem.

There seem to be a lot of issues with the NVIDIA chips becoming disconnected from the motherboard over time with heat, due to a change in solder to avoid lead-based solders. Perhaps your GPU chip is heating up, so check your laptop fans aren't blocked with dust.
 
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