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Sadly, without access to the gpu (invisible) no flashing is possible, not even blind. Last option is to desolder vbios eeprom and flash with programmer. Question is 'which vbios?'. MSI is tricky and there's likely no non-enduro MSI vbios, which is what you'd need to make this work. A non-enduro Clevo vbios might do, but better use a non-enduro Clevo driver then (see P370EM driver page). The '015.021.000.002.042768' vbios on the TPU site is fine. See spoiler below for location of the eeprom.

 

 

See here:

 

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-Brian

 

Swap the gpu and cpu fan. Won't fit, but all you want is to swap their connectors. Sounds like the gpu fan can't deliver the necessary rpms requested by the EC. Mmh ... you could also aim a hair-dryer at the gpu fan to boost it a bit, see if that clears the problem. Or better; a vacuum cleaner, except at a different angle, obviously.

- Should we expand use of MXM desktop GPUs?

Maybe

Bang:buck = good? Quadro/FirePro? Professional, mobile power base has deep pockets and the world's only SLI Quadro offer does have its perks. Especially when there's no competition ...

- Should we use MXM 3.0b with Mobile onboard CPUs?

Come again?

As in 'dual cpu'? Hell yes!!! Or is this an alternative to bga; swap cpu board instead of cpu itself? If so, then simple socket interface would suffice, no?

- Should we launch 13" super monster?

Yes

Coding beast on-the-go or portable gaming station (if coupled with external monitor or 1080p mini-projector, respectively).

- Should we make 18.4 model?

Yes

With so little competition this is a no-brainer; movie-galore and plenty of room for properly cooled power. New first-time Clevo customers, too.

- How critical is storage? Shall we implement more of M.2 drives and drop 2.5" altogether?

Depends

If M.2 at 1.5TB or more, then yes; ditch 2.5". Only, do provide a cooling solution then; ambient temperature is too high, so throttle takes place when under load. Simple heatsink and fan would do wonders. Maybe tap into S.M.A.R.T. for temperature-report -> fan control?

10DE -> nVidia, manufacturer of the chip.

13D8 -> nVidia's particular chip, 970M here

1028 -> Dell, subvendor of the MXM card with the 970M on it

Since 10DE is listed twice (as subvendor too) with the new vbios, this means it'll replace Dell. It would also replace a Clevo-labelled MXM, so you'd get the same warning. Bit strange that current Adapter does not match current vbios (1028:0551 vs. 10DE:110C), no? Probably a good explanation for that ...

Perhaps it isn't 'toned down' per se, but the base model for the series. Intel doesn't actually make a 2690V3, after all, they make a bunch and give each a final label after testing. Found another L0 (E5 2630V3, QEYW), which does exactly what your L0 does, only clocked to 2200/2700 (should be 2400/3200).

Microcode downgrade is unlikely to help then. Issue was with the Asus bios, btw, not the tools. Maybe ThrottleStop?

Try UEFITool, that seems to work: Z10PE-D8-WS-ASUS-1001_mod.7z

Replaced rev. 14 in Z10PE with rev. 13 of the X99:

If that did the trick then it doesn't bode well ... the only difference between the two is that it's an older revision. What if Intel started cracking down on us ES/QS users ?

It's an AMI, so MMTool would've been nice. Doesn't work here, though; the .bin may be packed with rompaq ... try ADDCC v3, that can decompress it. Combined with RWE (PCI Option ROMs) it may be possible to find out the vbios section.

But really, it's fairly impossible task to mod it. If you have F.20 version bios it's even worse; 'enhancements' ... pure evil, right there.

Best bet is to extract the bios as it's been written to the chip, bypassing all HP shenanigans. Ran into this gizmo (SOIC8 clip), hook to programmer and you should have the unadulterated bios, including NiBiTor-editable vbios. Extract vbios, mod it and insert back to bios. Then simply program the chip in situ. Procedure also nullifies the F.20's 'no downflash' policy.

If any, it'll be the Atmel (AT88SC0808C, "U1"). For one it's the standard location and second is elimination; the other two SOICs are clock and ... something else (forgot). The weird thing is that it's the 8kb version, so 1kbyte, whereas Dell version vbios needs 64kB ... the spec-sheet is ominous; Atmel CryptoMemory, 8-Kbit .

So ... wouldn't have guessed they did this with MXM, but seems you're right; no vbios on board. Of course, it could be in a non-soic8 eeprom, but that'd be highly unusual and still begs the 'why?' for the secure eeprom (nefarious purposes, of course).

Might try bios extraction tool or RWEverything and pull from memory.

Hmmm ... if assumption is correct, that also means it wouldn't run on any other system. Test?

Cheater !

Seriously, not so good news then. Flashed Quadro vbios?

For the memory; hopefully there's a non-Samsung 680M somewhere ... or, actually, any identical ***M MXM with different brands. That'd show soon enough where these are identified.

Very nice !

How did you find out the required resistors and values? You went from '11A0' to '11BC', right? So ... is mobile different from desktop or does each core have a specific R->Hex table?

Does anyone here know how i can reprogram my eeprom?? i found this piece of hardware but i don't know if this works

USB Universal Programmer Support 13000 ICS EPROM Flash CPLD MCU 6pcs Adapters | eBay

Place your EEPROM in top left adapter (first photo), place adapter in programmer itself (mind the orientation of pin #1). Attach USB to computer, start the program (it should id the chip) and flash the rom/bin/hex you want.

The second listing you posted doesn't have a SOP8 adapter, so either get one separately or solder the EEPROM to the tiny pcb (which can be placed in the programmer).

For both; the specific EEPROM you have needs to be supported by the programmer.

Hmmm ... I'm thinking 'mesh-like casing'. No consecutive surfaces, just a bird cage-ish design that'll keep everything in place. Result would work like a giant heat-convector. Really like this concept, but there's no room for a thing called 'battery' (beyond 15 minutes worth, that is), unless you relocate it to the lid.

I'm looking to buy a new laptop with some decent hardware, but apparently many, it seems, refuses to allow us to disable the integrated graphics so that we can rely entirely upon our graphics card.

You want non-Optimus then; desktop cpu and/or dual gpu systems. Clevo has a few of those. No bios-anything necessary; only the dgpu is used.

Understand the issue; it's no fun to rely on software to do proper gpu switching. Games are mostly fine, but arcane software is a pain.

That Löthonig flux is good stuff; only thing that worked, in fact. Did have to run iron at 450°C though, which did result in some burn off. Better try sub-400°C first; they claim no burn/barrier at that temperature.

Sure, could do that for you. But why not just buy one?

(Klick on brother KYLE ):

Ahhh ... our hero! Kyle for president!!!

Come on, how can you not love a company like that??! Compare that with Disterrestrial, RottenFruit et al; they'll take your $$$, organs, children and screw you over with locked-down, half-assed, overpriced products.

it's basically soldering itself.

Thanks, will try as well. Having a little trouble with a project (leadfree = $%#^@!).

Schenker releases a new bios for P304/W230SS.

It is Version 1.03.08a, but it give an error 25. Flash size error.

http://www.mysn.de/secure/userarea/download.asp?flag=getfile&file=QQXMGQQXMG_P304QQBIOSQQXMG_P304_BIOS_1.03.08a.zip

Tried it; they've changed an afudos switch, perhaps that's the cause:

Funny thing is that it gave back my LAN and Card reader (they're on the same Realtek IC). These had disappeared ever since flashing to any other version than original stock.

Makes sense; why support something that would never be used on a desktop? Bit too much for a 9600 system, perhaps, but could use a VGA/HDMI -> LVDS adapter. May not be very useful here, yet if the other bga swaps run into the same issue ...

If used and quite a tad older is not an issue: HP Pavilion HDX 9000.

Afaik, there isn't anything larger, before or since ... explains the price tag, even today.

Otherwise; that 18.4" is it. The AW and the MSI are also the last of their kind since these panels aren't manufactured anymore. The MSI is using old stock and once that runs out; goodbye to anything >17.3" for now. Reason behind that seems to be the new IPS and eDP technology, rather than the TN and LVDS used in the 18.4". Could wait a while though; whatever issues are hindering the larger laptop displays, it's bound to be sorted some day ... bit unfortunate that laptops have slim margins/sales nowadays, that won't help speed up development.

Clevo isn't a brand like Dell or Apple, it's a systems builder. Just like Quanta makes laptops for Dell and Apple (and then some), so does Clevo for Sager, Eurocom, XMG et al. You could ask Quanta for a spare Macbook part, of course, but ...

Ask rjtech for the specific part, though preferably you'd inquire with your own reseller (=brand) since they'll likely be a fair bit cheaper.

Sure, there's lots of those. The same type/brand of ccd is used in wide range of laptops. Not sure if the y510p's camera would fit, but that $40 listing's too expensive anyway. Look at the type of connector at both ends and find a matching one (with sufficient length, of course). Cheapest go for $3,-, including the camera ... not a terribly expensive component, apparently.

Yes, according to NBC there are 3 varieties, but all are FHD, so that's good.

Both cable ends are 40-pins, the mb one is the simple 2x20 connector. You should be able to see whether it would interface with your y410p motherboard. One issue with that cable; there are 10 pins unconnected (no copper pins visible), which is not unusual, but a schematic of the y410p's lcd connector would be helpful: example of a 30-pin mb schematic (note; eDP type, not LVDS).

Thing is; you want to verify that those same pins are not in use on both the y410p and the y510p. Otherwise you're left with swapping the individual wires around, which is nitty-gritty business and quite impossible without schematics.

You don't, use the secondary connectors from the cable you already bought. That one has all (7?) wires, some of those power the backlight (similar as the cable in my link, but that one's not fully wired) and the remainder control the ccd. Webcam is not an integral part of an lcd, so all its wires are separate as well, they're just bundled together in one cable for convenience, that's why you could 'unwrap' them. Which you still might need to do if there's not enough physical room in the hinge.

Don't do any of that yet, just do basic testing first; simple procedure.