elixer33 Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 I have a m17xR4 with a gtx 680m. I bought a 780m and now I find out that you have to flash your bios with a modded version. To make matters worse only one person on the whole internet is offering the modded bios. cudos to you guys but it's not easy to do. Anyone out there know a great site that teaches you how to mod bios? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wipper138 Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 I am running into a simulair issue with tring to upgrade my monitor to 3D. I am a bit worried about trying a modded bios to be honest but I dont have to many options at this point. from everywhere I was looking it was sopost to just be some driver updates. But honestly with the 680m, there is not to much better your able to go. The 680m is a pretty darn good card I wouldnt worry about upgrading for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
descent Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 I'm sure this is Dell's idea on how they can sell more laptops. To bad it 'Alienates' most of their primary users. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo14 Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 I think you are making it more difficult then it really is. I upgraded my m17xr3 to a 680m (not capable) but with a modded bios from the nice guys on here and an .inf file as well, I've never been happier with going beyond the boundaries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itaa55ass1n Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 I actually just did this to an M17x R4, actually wasnt difficult at all. The directions that are on this site are very easy to understand, the only thing I really had to do was to downgrade the BIOS back to A05 then upgrade to A11, then unlocked A11 BIOS. After that it's all installation stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leithals Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Have to agree with Leo14 here. I have upgraded my M17xR2 to a 770m from a 5870. Required a modded bios, some settings to be changed and the correct driver. I also had to mod the heatsink to improve cooling. But the pain was immediately lifted when the beast cranked into life. Couldn't be happier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loafer987 Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Does this mean no optimus or hybrid graphics on the R4 with newer gpus? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zarabadja1 Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 hi, i instaled 770 on r2 but i have no sound can samebudy help me please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradleyusm Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 I'm running into this as well but it seems like the bios upgrade process is pretty painless even for a novice like myself. I'm just glad someone else is doing the hard part for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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