svl7 Posted August 9, 2012 Author Share Posted August 9, 2012 I'd love to be able to flash with a .209 file, but alas, I cannot Referring to the G55VW zip file you've uploaded, it contains said file, and, well, it either speaks for itself or I'm ignorant... Well, what did you do? Did you use the tool Asus provides on their support site? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iaTa Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Thanks for the unlocked Clevo 680M VBIOS svl7.Going to test it now along with the MSI VBIOS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pau1ow Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 I tested the unlocked Clevo vbios (stock voltage) - you will hit a wall with over 867mhz+ on the core, the performance will significantly decrease which means a voltage bump is necessary 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svl7 Posted August 10, 2012 Author Share Posted August 10, 2012 Okay, check back later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killerinstinct Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 I wonder why the gtx 680M behaves differently with the msi bios on the p150hm vs the p170hm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svl7 Posted August 10, 2012 Author Share Posted August 10, 2012 It does? What exactly is different? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killerinstinct Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Thanks SVL7i test quickly the bios mod based on clevo :The idle bug (caused by msi vbios) seem to disapear ... but i made some test and the card seem to throttle when i break the wall of 853 Mhz (3dmark11 score goes down)maybe a light overvolt could fix this i presume ...BTW good job, it help me determine that the idle bug is msi vbioses fault on P150HM/gtx680m combo.Tonrac stated it there , i'm hoping soon to get the GTX 680M , im overseas so im can't get it delivered yet, also tonrac said that they were both stock voltage but unlocked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svl7 Posted August 10, 2012 Author Share Posted August 10, 2012 Ah, okay, didn't know the 170HM doesn't suffer from this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HrKristian Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Well, what did you do? Did you use the tool Asus provides on their support site?Do you mean ASUS Winflash? But that can't be used to flash the vbios? I planned on using a DOS bootable and nvflash to flash, but, no? (I actually tried, too, thinking maybe the newer versions had .209 support or something) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svl7 Posted August 10, 2012 Author Share Posted August 10, 2012 No no no... the vbios is part of the BIOS, so I extracted the vbios, modified it and put it back into the BIOS. The file posted is a BIOS. So just go ahead and flash it like a BIOS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HrKristian Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Well, ironically I tried using WinFlash just for the heck of it yesterday, and all I got (and get now) is "Invalid BIOS file."Tested to see if the program was at fault by adding the stock BIOS, but that went fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svl7 Posted August 10, 2012 Author Share Posted August 10, 2012 Put it on a USB drive, boot into the BIOS, go to the advanced menu and choose "Start easy flash" and then flash it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HrKristian Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Done, didn't work, same message - different wording. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svl7 Posted August 10, 2012 Author Share Posted August 10, 2012 What the heck is up with those Asus BIOS files... Make a DOS bootable USB drive, put the utility which I attached to this post to the root of it along with the BIOS and flash with afudos G55VWAS.209 /B /P /NAFUDOS.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HrKristian Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 3 - ERROR. File does not match BIOS file sizeor something very similar to that, quoting from a shoddy short-term memory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svl7 Posted August 10, 2012 Author Share Posted August 10, 2012 Damn Asus... seriously, I've actually been trying to flash a modified file on my Asus ultrabook all day long and got a whole batch of errors myself. Never messed with AMI BIOS flashing before, I'll see whether I can figure out a way.First of all let me mod one which has the same size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svl7 Posted August 10, 2012 Author Share Posted August 10, 2012 I checked again, and the BIOS files are the same size... so not sure what's going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electric_chook Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 HiI am trying to download the above msi vbios files but I don't have permission to access the page. I have just registered on your forums, is that enough or is there something else I have to do to be able to download these files.ThanksBrett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder Brian Posted August 11, 2012 Founder Share Posted August 11, 2012 HiI am trying to download the above msi vbios files but I don't have permission to access the page. I have just registered on your forums, is that enough or is there something else I have to do to be able to download these files.ThanksBrettRefer to the Forum Rules. You need 5 quality posts before you can download or PM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electric_chook Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Hi EveryoneI am trying to get a Clevo GTX680m to work in my GT70-OND. The card works fine and runs in VGA mode but I cannot seem to be able to install any drivers. I keep getting the error message "This graphics driver could not find compatible graphics hardware". I am assuming its a Clevo card because I bought it from Eurocom. Do I have to flash the MSI vBIOS for it to be able to work? My machine has the latest BIOS and EC versions which are supposed to support the 680m so its weird that I cannot install the drivers. I've tried heaps of versions including ones with modded inf's and still no luck.If anyone is able to help me it would be greatly appreciated.Brett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iaTa Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Ok here are my Clevo 680M OC VBIOS test results: Core/Memory/PScore/GScore 859/1000/6806/6839 869/1000/6882/6941 879/1000/6919/6976 889/1000/6921/6973 So it looks like my maximum core at stock voltage is somewhere around 885. Also a huge jump in performance going from 859 to 869. Would be great to have some OV versions of this BIOS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killerinstinct Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Hi EveryoneI am trying to get a Clevo GTX680m to work in my GT70-OND. The card works fine and runs in VGA mode but I cannot seem to be able to install any drivers. I keep getting the error message "This graphics driver could not find compatible graphics hardware". I am assuming its a Clevo card because I bought it from Eurocom. Do I have to flash the MSI vBIOS for it to be able to work? My machine has the latest BIOS and EC versions which are supposed to support the 680m so its weird that I cannot install the drivers. I've tried heaps of versions including ones with modded inf's and still no luck.If anyone is able to help me it would be greatly appreciated.BrettIt looks like your bios isn't recognizing the GTX 680M properly , go into device manager and see what it says under hardware_ids , you might need modify inf to install drivers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HrKristian Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 I checked again, and the BIOS files are the same size... so not sure what's going on.Yes I noticed that, too...Googling like a pro (well not really) I found this, but I'm not going to try that just yet in case the error is there for a reason, but in the spirit of progress I figured I'd ask (and I don't expect a guarantee, that'd be silly) if there should be any reason the BIOS would not work if forced to flash? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killerinstinct Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Ok here are my Clevo 680M OC VBIOS test results:Core/Memory/PScore/GScore 859/1000/6806/6839 869/1000/6882/6941 879/1000/6919/6976 889/1000/6921/6973 So it looks like my maximum core at stock voltage is somewhere around 885. Also a huge jump in performance going from 859 to 869. Would be great to have some OV versions of this BIOS You have p170EM, you can try to flash the MSI vbios to get Overvolt , as far as I know the MSI bios work well with the EM series, also it is the one everyone at NBR are using to get over 8000 3dmark11 scores 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iaTa Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 I have a P150EM flashed with a P170EM BIOS and EC firmware to enable Intel XTU for my 3740QM I will try the MSI VBIOS next. Were the idling issues with the MSI VBIOS only on the HM series then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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