rsgeiger

ichmime, i bow down to your brilliance in getting this project done! When you can, could you update your sig with all of the alterations you have made? It would be very cool to see a full list on what you have done so far at a glance. What I would be interested in seeing you do, is how would would go about replacing the glass plate and make the screen matte texture again. I think that would look excellent with the right border material around the LCD itself .

I wanted to update everyone on my status. Given the problems I was having, and given that there was a large set of cards not immediately working with the R2, I really wanted to be sure it was a defective card. I wish I had the time to explain the step by step process, but in the end I got it working in my R2 via a custom vbois that was floating around this forum and notebookreview. The story is that the 7970m was causing black screens in the R2 LCD because, I believe, the refresh rate was set too high by default. I have a hunch that somehow the RGBLED was interpreted as a 3D 120mhz screen. Thus it burnt out a portion of the LED and created the whitescreen effect I was having. After testing this theory with a brand new LED I then moved on to the new vbios and together I get crisp RGB color again. I just wish I didn't have to lose a screen to gain this interesting knowledge. The bad news is that now I need to disassemble the LCD assembly to swap panels. And I hear it is a pain in the but. So if anyone can give me an assist with a link to another thread or video on how to do this, I would be appreciative. And let this be a lesson to everyone: If a new video card doesn't post or gives a black screen, don't force it or it may damage your screen.

I have an interesting update to my m7970 adventure with my R2. As a last resort I tried applying various VBIOS I’ve been finding along the web. The first VBIOS I applied was for an over volted Dell bios (1.075 volts). This resulted in a black screen on boot, so I needed to blind flash it back. Then I tried flingins Eurocom VBIOS. I was surprised to see that it had the same version number and checksum as my original bios! After flashing I still had the same white-out problem as before. I guess this means I’ve had a Clevo card the whole time. Still, long story short I could not find a bios that would work. So I think I have to send the card back to RMA or find another way to get a new card.

Thanks for the warm welcome! I#m on the A09 bios. Others have been able to use bioses as old as A07 so I havent gone to the unlocked A10 yet. I'm also just using the standard SVGA driver from microsoft in windows 7 and windows 8. However, I can see all of these artifacts in the dual boot screen as well so this is well beyond driver related. If I try to boot up without a backplate (I was using a 6990 clevo backplate), I get less artifacts by far. Still, the entire screen is very white and the computer will only run for about 2 min before crashing. Edit: Just a small update. I swapped back plates and now I have a back plate on with still the same white-out effect. I have to believe it is either a connection problem in the MXM bracket or I have something shorted out on the card. Unless something in the port is bent, I doubt it is MXM as it sits very well in the system.

Greeting everyone, I've also hopped on the m7970 bandwagon for my R2. However, I get some serious artifacts/white screens/black screens. This is an unmodified Dell card. should i try flashing svl7 vbios first, or go strait to a replacement?