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Clevo M57U built and grey screen when turned on.

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I recently purchased a barebone Clevo M57U from rjtech.com. I got all my parts put in correctly mainly following the guide on building one that is on the site. I go to turn it on and all I get is a gray screen. I was looking over the pictures in the guide compared to my case and I noticed that to the right of the processor/heatsink in the guide there seems to be something else, on my Clevo all there is is a black vinyl and slots.

Did I do something wrong when installing parts/booting or is that empty space on my Clevo where a video card is supposed to go? My Clevo didnt ship with one to put in so I just assumed it was already in there somewhere else.

Any help is appreciated.
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Nate is the notebook building guru here and he happens to be out of town right now... if no one else responds, I'm sure he will be able to help you out when he returns.

Without doing any research on this notebook, I would suspect it is either the wireless card slot or graphics slot... assuming you installed your memory.

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Welcome to the forums!

in this photo, where is the missing component(s)?
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Do you have the full specs from rjtech.com? Did you choose a GFX card when you bought it?
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Sorry for the delayed response, but I am out of town at Comic-Con in San Diego for the week. I have my Clevo M57U with me and have used it every day for months, so feel free to ask me any specific questions.

If you don't have the big brass square seen in the picture that Ken posted you would be missing the video card!
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Yup, it would be the video card im missing then, atleast rjtech is acting fast, sending it out on monday with one day air shipping.
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What card did you get?
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Post by pastorjay »

That is great service on their part! Hope it is a great vid card!
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The card is a nVidia GeForce Go 7900 GTX 512mb. It is pretty much the exact same laptop as the article. 2 gigs of RAM, T2600 processor, etc.
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