T400 Graphics Card question

My parents got me a new laptop (T400) for Christmas it has the Intel graphics card in it but I have theATI Mobility Radeon HD3470 Graphics card. Can I just swap them out or not? I would really like to use this card as I feel it is better just looking for some help on what to do. If I can swap it out it would be great I do know how to change it out or should I have Lenovo do it for me since they got all the onsite warranty and stuff. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Nomad

Hi NomadA32,
Welcome to the forum!
It is not possible to swap out or replace graphics card on T400, the graphics chip is part of the motherboard. There would in fact be only few handful of notebooks in market that have user upgradable graphics modules.
Hope it helps.
Maliha (I don't work for lenovo)
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