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Prema to the rescue! Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

I pulled that sucker and put a 4790k in. 4.8 stable but really stresses my H100i so I run it at 4.7GHz 24/7 Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

That's retarded. As long as you put the lid back on and store it properly, you can use the same tube for repastes. Especially ones like IC Diamond. Liquid ultra is another story though, it all squirts into the cap and is really a mess to deal with but any normal high grade paste will not go bad sitting in an air sealed tube. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

If it becomes public knowledge how to circumvent it, I wouldn't put it past nVidia to change it and cause people to brick their cards by hex editing the wrong area. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

Man nVidia really made a mess of Maxwell for us modders. Thanks Prema! Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

You can use anything that transfers heat as a thermal paste, its just unlikely to be as effective as a real paste. The key is to make sure you don't have any gaps or air bubbles. Highly recommend using a real paste though for obvious reasons. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

My notebook isn't exactly thin though. I locked framerate at 60 with little drop in temp, turning SSAA to medium instead of high the fans don't even kick on... 74/69 right now with the fans on their first tier (which is dead silent). Still, I'd like to be able to undervolt because these cards can run at 1v, some run with even less. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

@Prema, this vbios can't be undervolted? Every time I try with Inspector, it resets but it will let me overvolt. I'm having temperature issues with Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition. Throttles to 810MHz once it hits 88C and that's just during the benchmark. I was hoping to undervolt and see if I can have lower temps.

Maybe someone around here has one they can give you. I hesitate to give you Clevo vbios as I don't know if it works with that card. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

Is it Dell or Clevo card? Always make a backup (although I've done the same error myself before). I have vbios for Clevo card but not for Dell card. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

Did you check it before flashing the modded vbios and is this a Clevo or Dell card you got from them? It's a pain but the surefire way to find out is to work backwards on anything you have done with the machine until you find the problem. If last thing you did was flash mod vbios, flash back to stock, reboot and try and work back from there. It's possible the machine doesn't like the 980M or the vbios when it comes to the display port. Drivers can do it too. I can't use Mr. Fox's modified drivers because they break HDMI on my machine. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

Is the port dead by chance? Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

What files do you have in the directory? You should have 2 DLL files, one 32 bit and one 64 bit along with the executable and the ROM. Not at my computer at the moment but if it has that error I'd imagine you're missing those. Also make sure you disabled any and all security software on your machine to make sure it's not blocking it. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

Are you using administrator command prompt? Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

See the post I quoted above. They're cheap too. If I didn't have 32GB I'd pick them up but I don't want to downgrade to 16GB. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

If your temperatures aren't too high, bump the voltage up. I've noticed that Maxwell has really odd throttling behavior when it needs more voltage than its getting and it gets stuck doing that... I watched a 1222MHz core run twice without issue in 3DMark Firestrike and then suddenly throttle both cards on the third run to get the average and I've seen it in games. I'm on 344.75. If that doesn't fix it, it's possible it's a game issue. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

Figured MSI will remove any blocks from their machines just like they do with their desktop cards. Clevo and Dell just take whatever nVidia feeds them. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

Man I haven't heard about shader unlocking in a long time. That's crazy if true. Interesting things to come I guess lol. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

Shaders can be unlocked? That's going to start a fire. NVidia doesn't like us overclocking, they're gonna shit bricks if that is true. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

Because the vbios is modified via hex, not using the tweaker. It likely doesn't like some of the changes. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

Careful pushing the memory so high. Like the VRMs, we don't have a way of knowing how hot the chips are getting and if you push memory too far you'll kill the card in the blink of an eye and have permanent artifacts. I've done it on two cards, one from ATi (Radeon 9800XT) and one from nVidia (260M GTX). Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

Anything they throw at us this generation can be worked around, its next generation we should be worried about. Just don't upgrade drivers or wait for someone to mod them. Next generation they could ship with an encrypted vbios or worse, an efuse type mechanism but they can't do either with already shipped cards. Even nVidia wouldn't be stupid enough to release a driver update that force flashes a secure vBIOS when it's installed, the brick risk, not to mention the legality of intentionally crippling something that was already purchased would be their worst PR problem in history. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

Just get it and get a stock vbios dump or use the mod. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

First time for everything Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

You can flash the mod or a stock pre-lock vbios to get around the block. The scary thing though is that if nVidia keeps down this path, all new card launches will be locked with no bios to roll back to. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk