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The least you can do is let us know how you fixed it. Did the 3d start working again, what are your temps? etc.

Yes you should to avoid unnecessary risks. Yes it wipes and rewrites so no problem. Make sure you are cautious and do not trip the power off in the process. Remember, flash at your own risk.

Yes. As you know all motherboards are not the same. It so happens to be that your limit is 267 as mine so I'll tell you what I did. At that 1250 I left the voltage at 267 and always played with the back elevated and like I said turbo boost off in bios for cpu. However with an i5 this option is negligible. I was using an i7 from the 2xxx series before switching to i5 3xxx series so your case may vary slightly. If you experience game freeze the trip off then increase voltage back to 267. If your laptop should just shut down without freezing then you have to reduce the core clock of either the gpu or cpu. Hope this helped and good luck. Don't forget repast in with a good thermal paste will help a lot if you haven't already done that. I used ic diamond 7c but i hear 24c is better

Would also like to ask. Is it possible to revert to a non 3d screen from a 3d one? Are the two connectors even functioning on each models? And really, any ideas on y the board fries cuz I really wanna know...it's weird .

First off I think you should settle for 1250 @ that voltage. Secondly, gpu is doing hard throttling IMO due to heating or instability. Did you elevate the back of the system for better airflow? Also remember to disable turbo boost on cpu to reduce bottleneck and heat to allow gpu maximization via OC. The gpu temp throttles at 97Oc flat. Also, if you decide to use 1250 mhz, u may reduce voltage to 250 and increase memory to a max of 3000. It's still stable at that but a bit less heat due to lower voltage

Anyway i have officially moved to m17x r4. It seems it is possible to upgrade the gpu to even an 880m if you are brave enough...

Hello. Please will this work if bios is set to uefi? I changed to legacy and system didnt boot in windows 8.1. Please can you help me ?

Oh, looks like I forgot to post this...

P3547 with 3dm11

NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3820QM Processor,Alienware M14xR2

hwbot infos here:

angerthosenear`s 3DMark11 - Performance score: 3547 marks with a GeForce GT 650M

Please can you tell us your voltage, core and memory offset, what method of extra cooling you are using and any other possible tips for us to attain that level? Did you disable turbo boost? Did you tinker with bios settings? Dude please share.

thanks man. Vbios works for me since bidirectional prochot wont be enabled as they both have seperate cooling. Thanks again man. Seriously, you made my alienware worth having.

...... .....ok.....so......Do you have any system in mind that you can recommend that allows for bios unlocking? I really love what you did with m14xr2 and i cant see myself living without these extra options

thanks so much svl7. Been awhile. Thanks for what you have done and what you are doing for us still. I will be getting the alienware 17 soonest, Hope to see you and yout awesomeness there too.

Meanwhile, NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2630QM Processor,Alienware M14xR2

and 3dmark11 NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2630QM Processor,Alienware M14xR2

Game on man.

did you do that with turbo boost on or off on cpu? and try the 3dmark 2013 with fire strike, cloud gate and ice storm. Thanks for sharing your score. Lets make the gt650m as awesome as possible.

Btw how come yours reaches 312mv? mine stops at 250

Thank you so much @Eats7 for your work on this. Running it with no issue. Only thing bugging me know is the 67C thermal GPU limit, any way around this? If you absolutely must have the thermal limit there, would it be possible to raise it to ~85C? It's about what my CPU runs at so it would be a nice even temperature.

Apart from that, great work!

I use nvidia game ready driver v331.82. I overclocked my rig as follows: 1181mhz for core and 3000mhz for memory and 200mv for voltage. I get 90 degrees on gpu with no throttling, lol and do not have any problems with games at high settings.

After checking, gpu only throttles at 97 degrees.

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/2733311

The funny thing is my scores in 3dmark 11, ice storm and the other one(cant remember name) were high on windows 7 than now on 8.1 and back then i was running at 1070mhz and on 8.1 the memory is seen as being on 1500mhz when running 3dmark but kumbustor and other games run it at 3000mhz.

Its working flawlessly for me. Did d swap awhile back...I think febuary and its still cool. You have to change to r2 heatsink too. Bought mine off of ebay for 600 dollars then. But u will have to reinstall windows afresh because of driver issues. My old 2xxxqm cpu worked well with the new board. Just played ghost recon future soldier on highest settings at 30fps with the new board and its gt650m card. Cheers

could you please help us with a bios and vbios mod of this firmware? And if possible can you help me with increasing or unlocking the voltage while on p5 state if that is possible?

Ok so I installed the bios and everything works perfectly except for one thing. The voltage remains at 975mv Max instead if the default 102xx whenever I force p state 5. But if I use nvidia inspector to adjust and don't force p state, I can set voltage to whatever I want. Can anyone help with this voltage issue I have? I really need to b on p state 5. Btw on unlocked a13 bios, voltage is at 102xx mv.

IMO, if you want budget laptop, I prefer buying an m14x r2 and overclocking the gpu to 1050mhz than buying the m14. However, if you want value for your money and raw power, you might wanna look at the clevo laptop series...though the best options are in the 15 inches range

I have an alienware m14x r2 and I can run most games at medium-high settings and some on ultra but I would recommend getting the New Alienware 14 which I regret buying mine without waiting but I am happy with my purchase and I know you will be to

The GPU in the m14 is just an overclocked gt650m with almost the same cooling options so i dont think there is much of a difference as my m14xr2 gpu is overclocked. The CPU is the only difference and its not that big a deal to me...its clear that we didnt buy this machine for its cpu

The only main issue I have with the M14x is the low, low throttling temperature on the GPU. 67 degrees Celcius is not very dangerous...

To fix the issue and also for safe overclocking.

http://www.**************/t/1267918/guide-nvidia-inspector-gtx670-680-disable-boost-fixed-clock-speed-undervolting

Read the guide carefully for locking pstates to prevent throtling

And the m14x r1 had overheating issues...fried my hdd twice, hence the upgrade

My understanding is that fpt does not flash the EC BIOS,

Pardon me asking sheepishly but whats the EC BIOS

get an m14x r2. I have used both n the r2 is better. plus if u unlock the vbios u can get performance of up to the gtx675m. I can testify to that as it's d case with me right now

and anyone know how i can undervolt my cpu? btw, tried throttlestop and it worked but when i minimise it and try a stress test app like prime, it reverts back to normal