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Henrik9979

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  1. Yes the cable will be fine, also your heatsinks will fit too. Also if you need help with bios, and vbios you can always ask. I have upgraded multiple Alienwares.
  2. The throttling will come soon or later. But it will not be thermal throttle it will be powerlimit throttle. Both the Alienware m17x r3 and R4 and Alienware m18x R1 and R2 has a bug. I have tried them all both with gtx 780m, 880m, 980m and now 1070. They all powerthrottle in those systems. Gtx 880m was the worst. If your computer crash or you force it to shut down by holding the power button. Then you will get the powerthrottle issue. There is too ways to fix it. 1. Go to bios and switch to IGFX then restart and enter bios again and change it back to PEG. 2. When your computer is up and running then put it to hibernate for 3 second and wake it again, then the problem is gone until next time. (It needs to be hibernate, sleep will not work.) While I am here. There is a bug with the combination of windows 10, Alienware m17x r4 and sleep mode. If you put it to sleep and wake it again, the sound card will still be at sleep and not being detected. The fix is putting it back to sleep again and then wake it.
  3. You can make a thread with a mod or idea you have. It could be custom painting your Alienware or experimenting with cooling. You can see if some of my threads could give inspiration.
  4. https://www.techinferno.com/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=11973 This is the download link. If you can not use it, it is because you have not made enough quality posts yet. (Read the rules) A think you can try is pressing FN+F7 The exact function is unclear, but it should switch between IGFX, PEG and SG. You need to restart each time. Also you need to have installed Alienware OSD (on-screen-display) and Alienware command center for it to work.
  5. 1. What link is not working? 2. What graphics card are you using? 3. Have it been working before? 4. If you are going change the bios, change it to an unlocked bios and set the primary display to PEG and see if it works.
  6. He talks about these links. But for anyone els, head over to the same guide for the unlocked bios for the m18x r2 it's the same tools and the links is working.
  7. What is the difference of the A11 unlocked bios and A14 unlocked bios, and why is the A14 unlocked bios not a public download like the A11? About my alienware: Alienware m17x R4 10GB Ram 1067mhz MSI GTX 1070 i7 3920xm Watercooled Dual PSU mod The problem I am having is, I just installed my new i7 3920xm and was excited to start overclocking but it overclocks like shit! I am also having an alienware m18x R2 with unlocked bios and watercooled with a i7 2960xm and it overclocks up to 4.9ghz with flex set to 50 without a problem. In games it runs smooth but a stress test will cause a crash. fair enough. My m17x r4 with 3920xm in other hand will overclock up to 4.4 ghz with flex 15, if I go up to 4.5 ghz I have to set flex to 70!!! This is very weird behavior. My problems does not stop here. The TDP is limited to 68 watt no matter what I adjust. I can not run a stress test with all cores running 4.3ghz, they will stay on 4.1 ghz. My 2960xm does not care It will try reaching 4.9 ghz on all cores under a stress test but it will crash after few seconds. My last problem is the 2960xm will not even work in my m17x. Also I have tried copying the bios settings using in my m18x but I noticed at the power page, the menus are different. When looking under: POWER -> Advanced CPU Control on m17x there is no: Long duration PWR limit Long duration timewindow Short duration PWR limit (picture from the m18x bios) instead there is: Config TDP Configuration (picture from the m17x bios) I suspect it might be the issue. I cannot figure out how to use config tdp configuration. Does anyone having the same problem as me?
  8. The only thing good about the Dell systems is, it is very hard to do a power short. The hole thing, both the laptop and PSU will shutdown fast! When I was making the dual PSU mod I made some mistakes resulting in big sparks! But nothing was damaged, Even the alienwaren did not take damage. Clevo on the other hand. I had a p170em and a friend borrowed it to watch YouTube while I was working on something else. The battery came down to 10% and he panicked and ran for the charger. In his rush I managed to connect the PSU UP-AND-DOWN to my clevo, resulting in + and - to be switched around, killing the motherboard instantly! I was pretty pissed at him! But also for clevo not making it idiot proof.
  9. You will get an extra option inside bios. Here you can choose between Auto, iGFX, PEG and PCI. Do not select PCI, it will cause 8 beep error and you will need to reset bios.
  10. Just ask rmsmajestic he gets some cheap cards from time to time. https://ebay.com/usr/rmsmajestic He is also to fine on techinferno and notebookreview
  11. I fixed the issue using MSI afterburner, there is a setting that locks the core clock at max. I just can't remember what settings you should use. Something about the ULPS. Also go to RegEdit and search for everything called EnableULPS and change it from 1 to 0
  12. What you can do is look at the small sticker on the fans saying how much CFM it has. There is made different types for the m18x. For the m18x you can upgrade your CPU fan from around 4.5 CFM to 11.5 CFM if I remember correctly. Another Idea is to make my watercooling mod.
  13. I made a small experiment. I connected the Y90RR PSU together with my two XM3C3 PSU'S to get 990 watt. But it seems like the Y90RR do not work together with XM3C or just don't like multi-psu-mods. Anyway it will only deliver 90 watt max. When connected alone it can deliver 330 watt. It would be nice if someone can confirm that 3x XM3C3 PSU's can deliver 990 watt. Because 2x gtx 980m and a i7 2960xm can pull way more than 660 watt. Even though hwinfo64 measures like this: Gtx 980m 140 watt Gtx 980m 140 watt CPU 100 watt If I overclock the CPU to 4.9 ghz and keeps the GPU at stock it pulls 810 watt. If I want to keep the watt at 660 watt I need to set the CPU to 3.2 ghz. So if you have a i7 QM CPU and gtx 980m SLI you will not gain anything in games by upgrading to a XM or K CPU.
  14. Then download the modded bios version A5 from the first post. Remember you only have access if you give 5 quality post or something like that. If you need some interesting threads, or inspiration here is three:
  15. You may want to flash a vbios too if it does not work right away. Here is some tips: Do not completely put the Alienware back together before you know for sure the card is working. Install the modded bios before anything else. If you just get black screen after mounting the graphics card, unmount it again, turn on the laptop, go to bios and set the video setting to SW (switchable graphics). Now put back the graphics card and flash a new vbios. When finished see if you can switch the video setting to PEG now.
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