Can I remove on board GPU of a Laptop?

[John Shane]

Hello guys, I am new to this forum so yeah. Anyways, my question is that if its possible for me to remove the on board GPU of my laptop as its messed up. Probably it needs to be reballed but I dont have the money at the moment to do it. Now, if I remove it. Will I still be able to run my laptop normally, and play games and stuffs? Or would it have effed up graphics? Is there any other solution in alternative for reballing.

PS: I've already heated it and it worked for 2 weeks. So I dont want to keep doing it and destroy the GPU.

Thanks in advance.

 

[quilciri]

Unfortunately, no. Integrated GPU's cannot be removed by definition. If your laptop has a pci-e slot (highly unlikely, sorry to say), you could add a discrete card.

 

[John Shane]

Well I know the GPU can be removed by desoldering it. But I was wondering if my laptop would still run without the GPU. I just dont want to spend money on this laptop again as its really old. :\

 

[james77]

If you remove an integrated graphics processing unit (which I don't think is possible) your computer will not work.

 

[jinayhvora]

the Integrated GPU is inside the CPU, so it can't be removed

 

[quilciri]

Well I know the GPU can be removed by desoldering it. But I was wondering if my laptop would still run without the GPU. I just dont want to spend money on this laptop again as its really old. :\

Does that distinction really make a difference to you? I assumed "No, you can't remove it" and "You can physically remove it, but your laptop won't work when you do" amounted to the same thing in your case.

 

[quilciri]

Any computer must have a video solution (i.e., discrete, onboard, or integrated graphics) to send a video image. without it, your screen won't even get a signal, much less be able to play games.

 

[sam002fc]

yes so it is called igpu