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Just thought I'd mention they don't all have Samsung RAM as default, mine came with Hynix branded sticks. Never had a problem with them, and they're back in at the moment as the 8gb 1866mhz HyperX kit is in my X220 where it REALLY makes a difference (SC2 at high settings on integrated graphics!).

Thanks. Good luck with the mobo. Hint: from what I remember talking to them on the phone if the mobo gets replaced > 1 time, you can start asking for replacement. Ofc doesn't mean you'd get it, but its definitely becoming a more realistic option. So I think its a win-win situation. You have nice specs on that R2 anyway.

After more hours and arguing with dell tech support here's what I got: M11x-R3 black refurb Intel Core i7 2637M 1.7GHz (2.8GHz Turboboost) 8 GB RAM 1333 MHz 750 GB HD (7.2K rpm?) nVidia Geforce GT540M Gonna be some benching tonight fellas.

Actually they didn't and I'll tell you why. Dell strictly adheres to thermal limits set by the MXM standard and because of that, the 580M is meant to throttle once it reaches some arbitrary TDP (way below 100W). After that point, it throttles even more. Initially this was a big problem with the 580M until Dell pushed the ceiling on the TDP since they were operating below MXM standards and because the generous cooling setup for the M18x allowed it. Now if you look at the M17x-R3 on the other hand, their cooling isn't much worse than ours but because of a combination of inferior cooling + less tolerance in the MXM circuitry, they are stuck with a 78C throttle limit which sucks. If we had lesser cooling, there's no doubt we'd be screwed as well. I really wish Clevo would step it up with better designs because I really like the way they do things. While they don't support overclocking via bios like Dell, everything else is just done way better. From cooling to not being overly strict with TDP limitations which end up just crippling a system. The M17x-R3 + 580M/675M is a crippled system because of Dell's lack of foresight. Anyway I've gone way off tangent but the point is, be glad we have abundant GPU cooling.

Thanks Nando and Stamatis Zotec of China working on a 2ghz core Nvidia GTX680, though most often Zotec releases are limited to China only we can always hope there is a release in the US ZOTAC Working On 2 GHz Core Clocked NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 - Legit Reviews

what about GTX 685 NVIDIA Kepler GK110 Approximate Specs Leaked - Legit Reviews

Here are the steps for recovering the current M14x BIOS: Did you follow these steps? If not, try again. If it still doesn't work and you're out of warranty I still might be able to help you, but it'd require a hard flash or replacing the BIOS chip. Edit: I attached the recovery file for flashing the unlocked A08 BIOS, just unpack it and copy it to the root of your USB drive. M14x [unlocked] A08 recovery.zip