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  1. Thank you very much for info ZapCord, very nice to see that you've managed to make it working under Windows 10! In my case I didn't have enough time for testing, since had to leave home for the next month due to work and my goal was to bring with me 100% working e-GPU and avoid re-installing OS and games while abroad. So I've sticked with Win 8.1 for a moment but for sure upon return I will give Win 10 another try. Would be very nice to figure out what is the cause why sometimes Optimus is not working under Windows 10. Any ideas is it something that was fixed recently with latest NVidia drivers or problem is somewhere else? BTW, here is my box. I know, there are a lot of unnecessary stickers on it, but that was done on purpose to avoid questions like "what is that black box with plenty wires" when passing security checks at the airports. However, looks like that didn't help much since had to pass separate check at Frankfurt yesterday when Akitio was placed on X-Ray scan's belt. Not sure if it's worth to make a separate post for it, since it is not brining anything innovative to already well described guides from pioneers of DIY e-GPUs, but anyway I would like to give a huge thanks to Dschijn, HammerFET and other folks on this forum for posting their builds and answering my often silly questions during assembling.
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  2. Two new modified BIOS for M14x R1 users. Both based on A08, but with the same SATA performance as in A05.This allows GF106 users which are still on A05 to benefit from the fixes included in A08 while keeping the SATA performance of A05 and it allows GF116 users to get the benefits of A05 SATA behavior.It's actually the result of trying to bring GF116 support to A05 in order to change the SATA behavior (as requested by he_yincheng), since this didn't work as planned I tried it the other way around - bringing the SATA performance of A05 to A08, which succeeded. Thanks @he_yincheng for testing! Check here to see some screenshots he posted to verify that it is working as intended.There are two versions of this mod available, one is the standard A08 with only the SATA tweak and the other is the unlocked version of it.In the M14x R1 voltage mod thread you can also find both versions with an increased GPU voltage, GF106 and GF116 supported.As always with such mods, use at your own risk, I don't take any responsibility for possible issues. You are responsible for the changes you make on your system.Feedback is welcome!Donate link - feel free to buy me a beer if you like this mod M14xR1_A08_[unlocked]_incl_SATA_fix.zip M14xR1_A08_SATA_fix.zip
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  3. Hi everyone, i hope to help somebody with this post. i bought recently a mbp retina early 2015 with only 128 gb ssd, the internal ssd was too tiny for running both os, so i decided to buy an external ssd, in my case a samsung t1, cheap and fast enough. i followed this guide --> http://bleeptobleep.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/mac-install-windows-7-or-8-on-external.html ok all nice, until the step 3: deploy the windows installation image.. when i typed : o:\windows\system32\bcdboot o:\windows /f ALL /s b: i came across in a error, the first thing i thought it was to burn everything , i was stuck in this error 16 hours the error was : The program can't start because api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-1.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem. don't burn down anything, is very simple, go back to the downloaded files by the aik Tools inside temp folder, copy the bcdboot.exe(32 or 64bit) and paste it in your c: drive. it will finishes the step 3 and finally you can start your installation of win10 in your latest mac.
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  4. Your 3dmark06 result is showing 48fps (average). This does not mean your lcd is limited to that. The more informative request would be for a y410 owner to provide 3dmark06 results. Then can deduce if they too are below what's expected due to x1 pcie compression not engaging for some (as yet) unknown reason.
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  5. This is my barrel and is working really great, thank you anyway for the support Inviato dal mio iPhone utilizzando Tapatalk
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  6. @davide445 Comparing the two shown devices you should've noticed that the one that you showed isn't looking the same as the one in the latest video. If it's really the Thunder3 shown in the video I'd be disappointed. I thought about an enhanced device similar to the ones Razer and Asus are going to launch but the one in the video would most likely be a simple upgrade to TB3 and a color change. Especially as Akitio was asking us what we'd like to see in the next product. Still, maybe they're going to launch a TB3 Thunder Box for simple PCIe expansions and a dedicated eGPU Thunder box. That'd be nice. Waiting for the release it is, I guess.
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  7. Love SwiftKey and hoping that msft won't destroy it. Sent from my XT1572 using Tapatalk
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  8. around 40 games. An interesting question would be what percentage of those games are untouched
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  9. 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
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