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jononew22

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Does the toshiba satellite PSM40U-07X001 Laptop have a video card slot, or just the integrated graphics chipset? I tried to look it up but didn't get a definite answer, I was curious because I was looking in the system under hardware and somewhere under devices I saw PCI-Express. So yeah, just wondering.

Edit : under device manager and system devices it says Intel(R) 8280 1FB/FBM PCI Express Root Port - 2660 and there is another one that says 2662
 
Look here.
The Intel Graphics Media Accelerator, or GMA, is Intel's current line of graphics processors (GPU's) built-in to various motherboard chipsets. These "integrated graphics" solutions allow a computer to be built without a separate graphics card, which can lead to dramatically lower overall costs. GMA chipsets are commonly found on low-end machines and laptop computers.
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You hafta get an expensive laptop for a seperate video card.
 
Originally posted by: Old Hippie

You hafta get an expensive laptop for a seperate video card.
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Yup. I'm in the same boat, got a Dell without any gfx card because Grandma surprised me instead of asking what exactly I wanted; it's an otherwise nice machine, but I do wish I had a slot to stick something in later when its age is beginning to show.

I suppose, if you have mad soldering skills, that you can try to add in your own PCIe slot along with all the capacitors etc.
 
Originally posted by: ADDAvenger
Maybe we should tell him how to change the title, I would, but I don't know myself.
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You hit the EDIT button and if you EDIT the original post, you can change the Title and Summary as well.
 
For others that are looking: the laptop model is Toshiba Satellite M45-S2652.

The fact that you have a PCI-Express controller does not in any way indicate you have a discrete video card. Your system may have integrated video that operates over the PCI-Express bus but is not removable. The other PCI-Express root port is most likely for the ExpressCard slot included on some members of the M45 series.
 
If you don't already have discrete graphics, I'd highly doubt it.

If all else fails, pull out the manual and a screwdriver and see for yourself if there's a PCIe connector in there.
 
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