Homer_S

When we can make this work for this card, I'm in!

Homer

4 hours ago, weztek said:

are you installing optimus or non-optimus?

I didn't know there was a choice for the M18xR2.

Homer

Anyone have an issue with the NVIDIA Control Panel vanishing from the desktop context menu? Concurrent with this it will not launch from the control panel, it is there it just crashes on launch. It comes back if you reinstall the drivers, but it vanishes again. This happened for 382.05 and 384.76.

See logfile attached, you will need this to view: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645

It looks "normal" to me until you see the BUFFER OVERFLOW errors during font linking...

9:40:24.8186378 AM    nvcplui.exe    7128    RegEnumValue    HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontLink\SystemLink    BUFFER OVERFLOW    Index: 0, Length: 220
 

I reinstalled and added a logfile where the control panel worked.

Homer

Logfile.zip

Logfile Working.zip

Nevermind... you freakin' rock! The download is active now. Now I just need a completely free weekend to totally redo my M18xR2.

Homer

What's the power draw on your 980 sli setup? And are you overclocking?

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I have a mild overclock on the CPU but the GPUs are running factory.

Homer

You might need the modded INF to add your AW / video card combination. Either download one from someone or mod it yourself. You'll have to search for it, I'm not certain I can post links.

Homer

Yes, they will fit. I just did the whole hog upgrade from M18xR1 to M18xR2 with 980M's in SLI. Still waiting on safe drivers to update to more current than 353.30.

Homer

Aw m18x R2 Dual 980m SLI upgrade!! | NotebookReview

I've only got one 980M right now, but so far so good. Hopefully I'll get the second sometime next month.

Ditto here, but with dual 980Ms. Staying stock yields no throttling (or at least minimal). When I really see an issue is when my power brick drops out. Must have a heat/current trip. I have to unplug it and plug it back in every so often.

Homer

My old Alienware M18x needs a need power jack and I'm thinking I could use this opportunity to upgrade because I love the palm rest, keys, and screen. Honestly, I'm just not ready to say goodbye to it yet so I'd like to try to breath some new life into it if possible at all. I've seen videos on Youtube of CPU, GPU, RAM, SSD and HDD upgrades for the M18x and I'm curious about upgrading but I have no experience at all with upgrading components myself.

Right now my specs are as follows

i7-2630QM

4GB RAM

750 GB HDD

GTX 460M

I'd definitely like to try upgrading the GPU but I'm afraid my CPU will bottleneck a newer GPU. If I have to, how difficult would it be to upgrade the CPU and what are my options? I want to upgrade the RAM and GPU at least. I'll probably give it to a laptop repair service for upgrading if I don't feel confident enough to try it myself.

I just did mine with similar specs but 8GB and 580Ms in SLI. I went all the way to R2 with 3920XM and dual 980Ms. I specifically was targeting being able to run Witcher 3. It runs well now with everything stock. Next up is modest overclocking, but I want to stay within a single 330W adapter. Nothing is too strenuous and there are plenty of videos available. Now that I have pulled it apart more than 3-4 times, I can undo all the screws from memory. I just keep them organized in little rows to help with getting it back together without spare parts.

Homer