Can I take my old laptops GeForce GT 540M and install it into a desktop computer?

wtj4

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I recently managed to snag a free computer from the office, and I am trying to give it a few upgrades on the cheap. I have a broken laptop with the afore mentioned GeForce GT 540M and I was wondering if I can take that out and put it into the desktop. Thanks.
 
Solution
Sadly no, if the GPU is not soldered to the motherboard, which yours probably is, it dosent run on a PCIe x16 lane like desktop cards do. It would be too easy otherwise.