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Go here to get the latest driver and modded inf that will allow you to install the 280.19 beta driver that works with SLI (460m/580m verified) D. \

I really should have taken pics when my system was apart (had it taken apart and put back together 3x in my 460m to 6970m fiasco). I may repaste the gpu's and if so, I will be sure to take pictures this time (I can take this thing apart in about 5-10 min now). Right now I am just seeing how the gpu's do at stock and once I hear word that my 6990's are on their way I may do it then. D.

One thing to keep in mind (I have just learned about this myself) is that the current version of hwinfo32 seems to cause m18x's to lock up. Some say that if you disable LPC & EC support that it should work fine but I have not tested that yet. I am not sure what exactly your symptoms were (your post was pretty vague) but at least keep what I said in mind when you are testing your system D.

Also, try a dual layer disk (at least that is what mine said to use) D.

Thanks again. I only asked because the 460m top heatsink had all kinds of small thermal pads on it (some thick, some thin etc.. along with the one for the vram) I think the graphic problem was from one of the "thick small square" thermal pads was slightly on one of the coils which should have only been covered by one of the "thin small squares" which made the gpu core not get good contact. There may have been other issues, but that is the one I noticed most. If I do not get the replacement ones in today/tonight I may try taking the heatsinks off again and see what I can do for pad placement etc.. and just see if it works. Thanks again for your help and all the pictures!! D.

THanks for the pics svl7! The r3 back bracket is exactly like the master cards back bracket that I had on the 460m, so I am sure it is the same for the m18x. One question regarding this, is there a thermal pad under the long metal piece? Also, the secondary vid card back bracket has 2 of those (to cover both set of ram chips) but I assume it will also work for the 6970's. My next question is regarding the thermal pads under the front heatsink..... do you have one apart so that I can compare where they are located? I am assuming that since the back bracket appears to be the same, that there must not have been good contact on the top due to the thermal pads not in the right place (due to differences in the 460m and 6990m resistor etc. placement). Thanks!! D.

As the title says...... I am trying to get some pictures of the 6970m and if possible the 6990m with heatsink and back bracket (hopefully both on and off). Reason is.... the dell tech came over yesterday to replace my 460m's with 6970's and he only had the cards. After him ruining all the thermal pads and me putting on some of my own, we attempted to boot the system and got awful graphical distortion and a total green color. He called dell and told them to send the entire assembly (vid cards with heatsinks and back bracket) but I wanted to try and compare the 2 as I removed the cards again (since he left the system in pieces) and looked at how the back bracket is from the 460m's (460m has ram on the backside as well as the top while the 6970m only has ram on the top.... so the back bracket from the 460m's had a metal piece with a thermal pad to cover the ram). Any help is appreciated. They guy should be back with the parts today or tomorrow but I was hoping to satisfy my curiosity in the meantime. TIA D.

"ON MY HONOR IN EXCHANGE FOR FREE COMPOUND I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO TEST AND POST MY RESULTS".... because Chuck Norris commands it

I find the 11.4 beta drivers with the 11.3 CAP1 to run great myself (better in games than the 11.3 drivers). It may be in your interest just to give them a go and see what happens (if it fixes your issue and you still get good gameplay than it is win/win in my book). As for cleaning your old drivers... I do not think driversweeper is "necessary" (I use ccleaner myself) but it does not hurt to use driversweeper AND ccleaner. Good luck D.

Awesome!! I built one of these almost 10 years ago. Ran that thing OC'd (dual AMD Athlon MP 2400+) 24/7 for years until I moved out of country. Used 2 motorcycle heater cores in series and an eheim 1250 (which pumped over 1000L/hour). I also used industry grade mineral oil (got it from work cheap) as my liquid. Kept everything housed in a custom made (at home by me) acrylic case so you could see everything. Was compact and COOL (both temperature wise and wow factor wise). Only problem with it was changing components could be messy Damn.... now I miss that thing (lol) D.

I think that is possible (ie add voltage options for non xm cpus) but I also think one of the best we could/should do (in addition) would be to disable the power supply check in the bios. This way we could use a higher power PS (300W or more) so we could run full tilt without the power supply tripping. There is not much more power we could run through the system when running a 940xm, 2x5870etc.......but we cold increase stability. Its like when I had my Inspiron E1705 and was able to use a XPS M1710 power supply. That thing would OC like crazy and be super stable. D.