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Not a problem, Tesla. You must make money for your work. Just share it when you pull a plug I hope my laptop will not be fried by then ;D

Awww.... Basically it's for my personal use. And it have several flaws to fix and I'm gonna do som improvement. Maybe I will sell them later, but it depends.I'm busy these days after all...

Hi guys, first of all i want to thank Prema for his great work To my Setup: - P170SM with i7 4700MQ - 16Gb Ram - GTX 770M - 120 GB SSD (Samsung Evo) I used the Bios P170SM Prema Mod v2 i found on this adress https://biosmods.wordpress.com/p170sm/ and followed the commands step by step. Everything worked fine and my Bios and EC got updated nicely. Nevertheless did i get some troubles configurating the Bios Options because i simply cant click any of them. Almost all of them are greyed out (not selectable) like you can see on the photos. Do you have any advice for me what to do or what i maybe did wrong? I would deeply appreciate any help. Thanks

HELP - EMERGENCY! BLACK SCREEN on P170SM (except in Safe Mode), but I know Win7 is otherwise running fine (except I can't see anything) I don't know where else to ask; this forum (I've lurked here for ages and learned much) has the most knowledgeable experts, especially Maha-Guru Prema-ji . I've a P170SM 32Gb Windows 7 Ultimate and NVIDIA GeForce GTX780M. I didn't have any demanding games, so only the Intel HD Graphics 4600 was being used. The original Clevo-supplied BIOS didn't allow hyperthreading (which is counterproductive for the main use I have for the laptop) to be switched OFF, so, two years ago and using a Rufus-prepared USB stick, I successfully flashed the laptop with the P170SM Prema Mod v2 BIOS. I then switched hyperthreading off and left everything else default. All worked great. The first problem (which I could live with): A few weeks ago I tried to install DOOM 4, which reported the laptop graphics were wholly inadequate. DOOM didn't "see" the GTX780M, even though Win7 Device Manager reported the GTX780M fitted and having 'no problems' (further, DM showed no problems with any device) I then found that right-clicking on the Win7 desktop did NOT offer any NVIDIA options (it did use to) but only Intel 4600 ones. Also, invoking the NVIDIA panel in the Control Panel resulted in an error message like this display is not connected to an NVIDIA device. Trying to fix this relatively minor problem: I guessed some NVIDIA update of past years (they'd all been uneventful, each apparently completing normally) had screwed things up, so, cleaning up using Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) each time, I tried installing different, earlier NVIDIA drivers, as the internet suggested doing. These didn't fix it. SFC, Win7 diagnostics (got via F8-spamming) and several other utilities reported no errors. De / reinstalling the Intel HD 4600 graphics driver, resetting the BIOS with F3, even disconnecting the system backup battery for 30 seconds (no battery or PSU connected), didn't fix the issue. Guessing - solely on the basis of what others who'd reported a similar problem had discovered, it seemed possible the fault might be in wrong hardware ID numbers within .INF files, though I don't know how it could have happened. Now, the MAJOR PROBLEM comes about: I didn't try to solve this minor (I can live without Doom) issue because the laptop still had limited support from its supplier, whom I contacted a few days ago. A B...I...G mistake... :-( They ran a remote diagnostic utility session, putting them in command of my laptop over the internet. Over an hour they then remotely re-did most of what I'd already done (e.g. with graphics drivers and DDU), uploaded some files (chipset, Intel HD4600 etc. related), did some deinstalls/installs and finally ran a program from tweaking.com which required a reset after it terminated. On rebooting, it got to the usual Windows 7 startup screen - the four coloured objects whirl and fuse as normal - but that is then replaced by a black screen and it stays blank forever. No cursor. All the things they tried (in Safe Mode) to fix this had no effect. They were certain the problem was software only. They then found I'd got a modded BIOS in the P170SM, and so washed their hands of the problem that THEY had caused... And that problem still remains today, though I've torn my hair out trying to fix it (see below). So, I can only use Win7 in Safe Mode, where I can set the resolution to the native 1920x1080, but where I can't do much of my work due to Safe Mode restrictions. I know it's "just" the display that's not working - Win7 is otherwise booting successfully. How am I so sure about that? Because I can hear all the right clicks/tunes and see the HD LED activity finally ceasing, all while the screen stays black. Also, because I can press ("blind") ALT/F4 + <Enter>, and the laptop will exit Win7 and shut down. Finally, because I wrote a little, beeping, batch file to run right at the end of Win7 startup, and this program audibly executes. So everything is working, but I cannot see it. I don't have access to an external monitor. Device Manager shows zero problems and lists both the graphics cards (but status is not available in Safe Mode), with the Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600 shown first. Safe Mode works as I would expect it to (alas, no sound, but I think that's expected in Safe Mode). Trying to fix this MAJOR PROBLEM: What I've already tried to fix it, without success, is: * All the things I'd tried above to solve the minor problem, including no end of deinstalls, DDUs, reinstalls, diagnostics, system battery disconnects, etc. * Restart using last known good configuration and from earlier System Restore points. What I have not tried is to re-flash the BIOS (either reinstalling Prema Mod v2 or reverting to the original, which I've downloaded from the unofficial Clevo archive and hope is OK) as that seems irrelevant. Also, I've not done much with selective startup (in MSCONFIG) because the problem is obviously display-related. Please help me, I'm desperate. I'm very good at following instructions and am software-competent (assembly-language programmer). You will get heartfelt thanks and blessings, expressed both in English and Hindi. Thanks!!