Hp Envy 17t-j100 Quad Edition Notebook PC Graphics Card Upgrade

I bought the Hp Envy 17t-j100 Quad Edition Notebook PC a while back and i was wondering if i could upgrade the graphics card on it. When you buy the laptop if gives you an option, you can either buy the Intel Deticated Graphics or the Nvidia Geforce GT 740 and i decided to buy the Nvidia GT 740 because i heard the integrated graphics were not that good for playing games. So i was wondering if i could somehow take out the NVidia Geforce GT 740 and replace with a better graphics card, Would that be possible?
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Sorry; no dice. The video card is soldered to the motherboard. The point-of-sale options are for laptops with different motherboards. Buying a laptop is like buying a house: think about what you need now and in the future because they are not easy to change.

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Installing driver for Envy 17t-j100 Quad Edition

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The CPU is not soldered in place but you are going to find that there is not a lot of improvement possible. That is a 4th gen i7 processor and even if you could get one a tick or 2 faster the price would be astronomical not to mention you would void the warranty. Not worth it.
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Would like to upgrade WLAN on HP Envy 17t-j100 Quad

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HP ENVY 17t-j100 Select Edition CTO Notebook

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Your manual: http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c03943414.pdf
Unfortunately you can't upgrade graphic. NVIDIA is soldered on to the system board. Moreover there are no compatible boards with GTX 900M listed even if you're planning to change out the whole board.
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HP Envy 17t-j000 Quad Edition.

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Recently purchased above system with 16GB RAM which left no option for installing an mSATA drive given the options. I'm reasonably certain (according to other websites that talk about this laptop) that I can install an mSATA drive. However, I also wanted to include a second HDD and found the hardware kit necessary to do it, popped the HDD enclosure cover open only to find that there's already something in (what appears to be) the mSATA slot. The device in the slot has a sticker on it that would make one believe that it's a wireless network adapter.
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I have the same basic model computer in my possession. The mini-pcie slot you see indeed has the wifi adapter. It is not for an mSATA drive. The mSATA port is not accessible through the service door. It is under the system board and the system board has to be removed to access it. The best advice if you want to enhance the speed is to do as suggested and install a 2.5 inch SATA SSD in the main bay and put the original mechanical drive in the second bay. If you are determined to get at the mSATA slot, here is the Service Manual:
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