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Awesome work guys, installed the Bios and ran a few runs of 3DMark11. Here's the results so far which aren't even the roof of the performance with the modded vbios. P1,914 GPU: 1,698 CPU: 5,852

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Hehehe, great work guys!! Exclusive at T|I, the most powerful M14x systems I modified the first post of the thread and linked to the BIOS, also adjusted the thread title.

1900k.. still climbing... NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2630QM Processor,Alienware M14xR1 score: P1900 3DMarks

So... let's see how good you are How to submit your scores 1. Make a post in this thread that will contain a screenshot, provide a link of your results if it is a 3DMark Vantage/11/06 run and post anything else you feel like mentioning for that particular run, i.e ambient temperatures, cooling method, etc... 2. Go to Forms and locate your laptop and then click on the benchmark you want to submit your results 3. Complete the form. The last question of the form will ask you to submit the link of either your post or the link of the screenshot you took (i.e [ URL]http://forum.techinferno.com/alienwa...g.html#post519[/URL] ) Note: You must type those tags (don't copy-paste them from this post, must be in capital letters, no spaces,) like the example above in order for the link to be clickable. In case you want to edit or delete your submission or need assistance on how to submit your score check the guide here ************************************************** ************************************************** Submit your Scores HERE M14x League 3DMark Vantage (click on the link to see the full list) 3DMark 11 (click on the link to see the full list) [FONT=Times New Roman][FONT=Tahoma] User Name Time CPU Graphics Card GPU Clock (in MHz) GPU Shader (in MHz) GPU Memory (in MHz) 3DMark11 Score ▴ GPU Score CPU Score Link to screenshot or forum's post Nekojin 09-20-2011 09:42 AM i7 2630QM nVidia GT 555M 1.5GB 865 1730 1260 2062 1829 6630 http://3dmark.com/3dm11/1859570?show...txccZmPDndNuyp Nekojin 09-14-2011 10:27 AM i7 2630QM nVidia GT 555M 1.5GB 862 1725 1255 2055 1823 6589 NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2630QM Processor,Alienware M14xR1 score: P2055 3DMarks Nekojin 09-14-2011 07:47 AM i7 2630QM nVidia GT 555M 1.5GB 860 1720 1250 2041 1818 6085 http://3dmark.com/3dm11/1824957?show...nnv6LU2wNAPeer DaneGRClose 08-16-2011 02:08 AM i7 2630QM nVidia GT 555M 1.5GB 815 1630 1070 1914 1698 5852 http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images...1698c5852.png/ Stevenxowens792 08-15-2011 07:44 PM i7 2630QM nVidia GT 555M 1.5GB 825 1650 1080 1900 1696 5157 http://3dmark.com/3dm11/1673807;jses...W4URfFLN38yU6H Stevenxowens792 08-12-2011 10:18 PM i7 2630QM nVidia GT 555M 1.5GB 805 1610 1080 1872 1667 5274 http://3dmark.com/3dm11/1659338;jses...tEqm7NM2a4ffCy Ninjahunter 08-15-2011 06:51 PM i5 2410M nVidia GT 555M 1.5GB 835 1670 1000 1838 1684 3389 [URL]http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/2278/unledkon.jpg[/URL] mmskate13 08-12-2011 02:43 PM i7 2630QM nVidia GT 555M 1.5GB 770 1540 930 1783 1575 6158 http://forum.techinferno.com/attachm...k770mem930.jpg Ninjahunter 08-12-2011 08:18 AM i5 2410M nVidia GT 555M 1.5GB 800 1600 1050 1773 1618 3404 [URL]http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/4728/3d11max.png[/URL] [/FONT][/FONT] 3DMark 06 (click on the link to see the full list)

Edit by svl7: BIOS is tested and confirmed to work, pictures of the menus will follow. Big thanks to @DaneGRClose for being the guinea pig (once more, lol). Here some pictures of the main menus, thanks @n3ocort3x for providing them! ____________________________________________________ Original Post: Free File Hosting Made Simple - MediaFire member of teh bios-unlocking team has made a test file.... it is in that shared folder with Alex 6ix in teh title..... any takers? http://forum.techinferno.com/alienware-m14x/561-bios-voltage-unlock-nv-gt555m.html this is the tread that started it all, i went and posted on Bios-Mods.com and got a response. he seems legit. Alienware M14x bios unlocking help/request. <--- this is the bios mod reqest i made with his post. PW is 'donate' minus the ''

yeah see what you can do... i can smell the 2000 Points in 3DMark11... xD No hurry slv7... I´m sure when we can code the 1 Volt setting in the BIOS 880 - 900 on the Core are possible... other question: How dou you extract the VBIOS from the .exe... ?? I modified BIOS for ASUS Boards (but only Microcodes for CPU support and "easy stuff") I would be interested how you extract it and how the strings are changed ?? (maybe the name of the program...) As I said... there is so much potential in this M14X and now we have unleashed it... xD I can´t say how happy i ´am... xD

I just repacked the unlocked BIOS A03 with the modified VBIOS file, as requested by @DaneGRClose. The package can be downloaded in the main post, here. Credits for unlocking the A03 BIOS goes to camiloml @bios-mods.com

Here's my brief overview of the NP8130 vs DV6z. Bunch of benchmarks, all with DV6z and NP8130 at stock: Bad Company 2 DV6z vs NP8130 (GTX 560m) at stock speeds at 1080p First graph is performance on same 32 man server with similar action - click it for full size image Battlefield Bad Company 2 DV6z vs NP8130 at 1080p min/max/avg from above chart Just Cause 2 Concrete Jungle DV6z NP8130 Just Cause 2 Dark Tower DV6z NP8130 Just Cause 2 Desert Sunrise DV6z NP8130 Lost Planet 2 Max Details Lost Planet 2 Benchmark DirectX 9 1080p Test A DV6z NP8130 Lost Planet 2 Benchmark DirectX 9 1080p Test B DV6z NP8130 Lost Planet 2 Benchmark DirectX 11 1080p Test A DV6z NP8130 Lost Planet 2 Benchmark DirectX 11 1080p Test B DV6z NP8130 Section 8 Prejudice 720p (all details at 4/5) DV6z Section 8 Prejudice 1080p (all details at 4/5) DV6z NP8130

Confirmed working, i just hit 825,1050 (stable) and thats just my first test. After some testing im maxing around 835,1000 any higher memory causes massive instability.

Voltage mod for the Nvidia GT 555m of the M14x This is an Alienware M14x BIOS containing a modified VBIOS which has a slightly increased GPU core voltage at 3d clocks. The increased voltage will allow you to overclock the GPU core a bit more. So far people got it up to 850MHz, but each chip is different. The system will draw a bit more power and run warmer than before. If you want to see some results, -voltage-increase-nvidia-gt-555m-8.html#post12013"]P1900 and -voltage-increase-nvidia-gt-555m-8.html#post12027"]even more is possible in 3dMark11, thanks to this mod. Since the VBIOS of this system is part of the BIOS, modifying it isn't as easy as playing with a vbios of a dedicated GPU. I had find and extract the VBIOS file from the BIOS. Since I don't have a lot of practice with modifying Nvidia bios files I needed some help there, so thanks to Saltius from MVKtech for identifying the voltage strings and modifying the VBIOS. Also thanks @n3ocort3x for starting this project and @Ninjahunter for testing it, and thanks to everyone else involved! INSTRUCTIONS: Attached is the repacked BIOS which contains the modified VBIOS. Extract it and simply execute InsydeFlash.exe and it the flashing procedure will start. Remember to close all applications in the background before doing this and make sure your system doesn't accidentally shutdown during the process. After flashing, I highly recommend going to the BIOS, load the default settings, apply and reboot. This will cause the system to reinitialize the hardware and can save you from some issues in certain cases. As already mentioned, overvolting always comes with raised temperatures. Make sure your system can handle the additional amount of heat. Check the airflow, a dust-free system is important and reapplying the thermal paste can lower your temperature by several degrees.And keep in mind that this only changes the core voltage of the GPU, not the memory voltage. So this will only affect the maximum overclock on the core. Update: Repacked the unlocked BIOS A03 with the modified VBIOS, check the attachements. Update 2: Repacked BIOS A05 with the modded VBIOS. Update 3: Repacked the unlocked BIOS A05 with the modded VBIOS. Update 4: Repacked BIOS A07 & A08 with the modded VBIOS, attached below. Update 5: Unlocked A07 & A08 with modded VBIOS added. Update 6: New version of A08 uploaded, volt mod now works for GF116 as well. Users with the newer 555m revision (GF116 - check GPU-Z) seem to have issues with the original mod. So please use the updated A08 version attached at the end of the post ("GF116 fix"). It will also work for GF106 systems. I will upload a fix for the unlocked version of A08 as well, as soon as I get around to do so. UPDATE: Two new versions of A08 added which bring back the SATA behavior of A05, so GF116 users can enjoy more SATA speed as well. Or for all GF106 users which want to use the latest BIOS but keep the SATA behavior from A05. Standard and unlocked versions added. *************** If you like these BIOS releases, please consider a donation to Tech|Inferno. *************** _____________________________ #As always with such mods: You are responsible for all the changes at your system and do this at your own risk _____________________________ M14x A01 voltmod flash package.zip M14x unlocked A03 with GT555m volt mod.zip M14x A05 incl VBIOS volt mod.zip M14x unlocked A05 incl VBIOS volt mod.zip M14x [unlocked] A08 with voltmod.zip M14x A07 - voltmod.zip M14x A08 - voltmod.zip M14x A08 - voltmod - GF116 fix.zip M14xR1_A08_voltmod_incl_GF116_support_&_SATA_fix.zip M14xR1_A08_[unlocked]_voltmod_incl_GF116_&_SATA_fix.zip

Yea, as soon as I can have regualr internet access, I will definately be updating. I also was walking through the grocery store yesterday and noticed, they sell dry ice for $1.09/lb. I'm getting in on that as soon as I get my 6970's back. I just need to insulate the cards pretty well. Thinking I may just coat them in gummy art eraser to prevent any moisture build up.

Hi, just installed them and run 3d mark 11, vantage and 2006. On all 3 benchmarks I got slightly lower scores than on 275.50 3D Mark 11 I had 3 Points less, 3D Mark Vantage about 90 Points and 3d Mark 2006 about 100. I used OC settings in MSI Afterburner (maximum settings 770 / 1540 / 1170) I keep testing and report back later.

The intelppm mod, see here: Analysis of slow SSD performance Intel HM55/PM55 chipset | Tech|Inferno

Awesome!! I've found a pic of the M14x mobo online, but unfortunately the heatsink is still mounted and even though the resolution isn't that bad, it's pretty hard to make out the details. Check it out: You can see the four big electrolytic capacitors, marked orange... the voltage regulator needs to be as close as possible to them, so it's on the other side of the mobo, I think it's the IC which I marked yellow, but I can't say it for sure, you need to check it. If you want to measure the core voltage, one possibility would be using one of the marked capacitors (the positive end). It's easy to solder a cable there. A more accurate way would be using one of the ceramic capacitors just below the die, but I can't tell you which of them would do the job since I can't test it myself.

Hi all wanted to post this here, my 3dmark Vantage run 23834 global 25589 GPU score