Stacey2911

Can you please mod the latest bios for my Alienware 17? I haven't been able to find anything on here that works, as I did not realise Alienware 17 was a specific model. I thought I had an m17x R4, but apparently it is an Alienware 17. I am not aware of the difference, but none of the bios mods for M17x R4 work.

As per instructions, here's a link to the bios I need modded. Driver Details | Dell Australia

The .bin dump from flashChk is attached as a zip also. I apologise if this has already been done, I couldn't find much info regarding the Alienware 17 and bios modding, and whether there is a difference between this and the Alienware M17x R* range.

FLASHGEN.zip

I've got a desktop and a laptop. I originally boycotted laptops due to there expense vs performance against a desktop, but since starting university I have required the portability of a laptop.

Alienware M17x R4

CPU: Intel i7 4900mq 2.8 Ghz, 3.6Ghz all-core turbo

RAM: 32GB 1600Mhz (stock)

GPU: Dell GTX 780m 980Mhz/6000Mhz

Panel: Samsung 120Hz Stereoscopic 3D 1080p (downsampled from 3880 x 1620)

SSD: Liteonit 256GB mSata

HDD: WDC 1TB

ODD: Matshita Blu-Ray Drive

WiFi: Broadcom 802.11 AC wireless card

LAN: Killer e2200 Gigabit Ethernet

OS: Windows 8.1 64 bit

My desktop:

CPU: Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 3,4Ghz @ 1.37v

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3L

RAM: 2 x 2 GB G.Skill 1066 Mhz w/heatspreader

GPU: EVGA GTX 750 Ti FTW Edition 1400Mhz/6000Mhz

Panel: Medion 31.5" 1080P TV (Downsampled from 1880 x 1620)

SSD: Samsung 840 Evo 250GB

HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2 TB 7200RPM

HDD: WDC Caviar Blue 320GB 7200RPM

PSU: Coolermaster PCAR 430W 12CM Fan Built In

CPU Cooler: NZXT Havik 140

CPU Fans: 2 x NZXT 14cm Push/Pull Config

Fans: 2 x Bitfenix Spectre Pro 14cm PWM @ Front

2 x Xigmatek 12cm w/white LED Side and back

Mouse: Razer Naga Hex

Keyboard: Tt eSports Challenger Ultimate

WiFi: Asus N10 USB wireless adapter

OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64

I have the m17x R4, i7 4900MQ, GTX 780m and 32GB of 1600Mhz Ram, reporting 1333 Mhz in XTU as well. I know it's running at 1600, cpu-z reports it as that, so do various other programs.

Anything Maxwell should show substantial power efficiency clock for clock compared to Kepler, Nvidia have done quite well with Maxwell. There's still a bit of ambiguity around how well it will scale to larger platforms, but the 860m should be quite a beast for it's market point.

I would say stick with the 780m, you won't need 8GB of VRAM, not at 1080p. I have the 780m in my R4, I haven't even hit 3GB of usage in even the most demanding titles, and I downsample everything from 1620P.

I couldn't see there being any problem running 16GB, i think the limitations would be more physical then anything, if any.