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Did you guys unlock your BIOS ? if so what does it add for us ?

On 10/14/2017 at 7:45 AM, Castiel said:

Confirmed. This official driver works with AW 17 (2013) + 980m 8GB (clevo) wtich Prema vbios. Even Optimus mode is working great. Can't believe it took so long. I have just downloaded and installed it- plug&play. No need to use DDU or modified .ini files.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME , I LOVE YOU MAN 

I LOVE YOU NVIDIA

5 hours ago, Tulius said:

Next time with new Nvidia drivers released I will try make a Optimus version too.

OH thanks !!! MAN that will be awesome ! I appreciate it !

12 hours ago, Tulius said:

Why did you use Optimus anyway? Would'n be better if you change to PEG in BIOS to fully utilizes your GPU? I think the only reason to utilize Optimus if you put the new 10 Nvidia series(1050, 1060 and 1070) in some nom eDP Alienware panels.

I just tried to do that yesterday and my laptop wouldn't post , and here is why something happened to my laptop last year it BSOD and then BIOS settings were all wiped .
I thought that was wired after that my laptop no longer sees any of my hard drives !!! I freaked out and to this day it won't POST, UNLESS I Disable UEFI and enable BIOS and enable RAID (even though my drives are not raided ).

As you know BIOS windows 10 modded driver = NO POST 



I am going to be stuck with old driver forever now without @J95

7 minutes ago, Tulius said:

Sorry this file is dedicated for PEG(no optimus) version.

will that's a shame  thanks anyway man what happened to @J95

On 8/26/2017 at 9:33 PM, Tulius said:

Again now I'm uploading new mod drivers for Alienware win10:
 
GeForce driver 385.41

Game Ready
Provides the optimal gaming experience for Destiny 2 PC Open Beta, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, ARK: Survival Evolved, F1 2017, Pro Evolution Soccer 2018, and Quake Champions Early Access.

Alienware: nv_dispi.inf (including nvdmi.inf) PEG/Dedicated All Models: M15x, M17x, AW17 R1, M18x, AW18 R1 (including Optimus/M17xR4).

 

 

nv_dispi.inf_v385.41_Win10_PEG_Dedicated_Alienware.zip

which file is for the Optimus version ?

Did @J95 stop uploading deriver mods ? :/

@J95 Thank you sir for your hard work again

1 hour ago, noctiswwy said:

@J95    Can I solve the problem by just using your moded driver instead of flashing a vbios ？ Do I have to get a 240w psu. Thx!!

 

Yes you need 240W for 970M I tried it with 180w it will throttle 

@Mr. Fox & @J95 I had a werid problem just today , I had a BSOD   "IRQL_GT_ZERO_AT_SYSTEM_SERVICE"    the problem happened after , as soons as I restarted the laptop BIOS autamticly switched to RAID ( I wasn't on raid and seems like the BIOS resetting it self but not totally since the clock was correct ) and could not boot ( obviously ) so I switched back to AHCI .

But now the BIOS doesn't see any drive AT all UNLESS I switch to RAID ( and only raid ) I was able to boot back to windows with Legacy Boot is on , if I turn Legecy boot off the BIOS will not see any drive .

I tried to load default settings but didn't work 
I tried to remove my 3 HDD ( except SSD ) still didn't work 
ePGA did the see the drive with AHCI on 

I think my only solution is a BIOS reset with removing the CMOS Battery ( I cant at the moment )

What do you think anybody had this before 

TL DR 
Laptop hade BSOD the bios messed up the settings by it self and now cant see any drive if I have UEFI and AHCI on  

Please help 

12 hours ago, MATRIXAD said:

Ok problem sorted it was me as i could not fully understand the cmd commands, I have found a much easier way to disable the driver signature as follows

 

click start then settings

click update and security

click on recovery

click restart now under advanced startup

then when the blue box appears click troubleshoot

click advanced settings

then click restart

on startup you will get a blu box select by pressing 7 the comp will now startup with the driver sighning disabled

install driver and when you restart the driver sighning will automatically go back to normal.

 

It look drawn out but it took me about 2 minutes this way.

I always do this , TIP : you can simply press and hold SHIFT and click on restart it will show the same options

@J95  GeForce 372.54  Installed correctly BUT when i try to play and game or 3D app Nvidia GPU simply won't activate ! (as you know i am on optimus )

I tried to go in dedicated mode but when in the mode Device manager says  "microsoft generic GPU driver" installed so something is wrong I am not sure what it is the problem,  kinda remind me when I installed the PEG mode on optimus almost the same happened at that time .

PLEASE help me

3 hours ago, J95 said:

NV reduced power draw w/ latest drivers, check clocks & TDP using GPU-Z.

I did although the TDP is around 25% the Clock speed and Memory clock are all at the highest and I am not experiencing any FPS decrease in games 

@J95 Man you are awesome , It worked perfectly no problem and I didnt even use DDU for install I simply upgraded

I should really do some benchmarks 

Did some benchmarks I got 12306  in firestrike v1.1 720p <<<<<<<is that good ?

I got 7100 in 1080P


PS: something interesting I noticed that TDP usually before was around 35% but now it's only around 25% ( maybe the new vBIOS ?) ? although the Clock speed is full I dont think there is throttling ? what is a way to know if my card is throttling ?

Not really because when it didnt work I tried to install the older one and it worked without restart .

I tried with the folder with everything , like the screenshot + optimus and just like the screenshot nothing worked .

I feel is something related to windows but again the older one worked I must be done something wrong :? I am not sure what it is

@J95HWID "PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13D8&SUBSYS_05AA1028&REV_A1
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13D8&SUBSYS_05AA1028
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13D8&CC_030000
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13D8&CC_0300"

Hardware BIOS name "\_SB.PCI0.PEG0.PEGP"

not really but @Prema had to make a special bois for me because I had different Board ID 

Please let me know if you need more info 

@J95 I tried to install the new forceware but I always get " Installation failed " so I tried with 369.39 and it worked immediately so something must be wrong with new mod or something else 

I have Win 10 970M with Optimus ( do you think optimus is the problem ? )

How can i Help you to fix it ?

Anyone else having problem with "Stub received bad data" , its probably for the latest Forceware driver , just as FYI 

@Prema we love you here 

@J95 I am happy to report that I was able finally to update the vBIOS thanks to @Prema he actaully made a special bois for me becasue my card was differant

I tip my hat for you too with you guys,without you our monsters will be nothing 

2 hours ago, Zoldago said:

Do you use the "-6" Option in command line?

Yes but it didnt work for me ID borad mismatch

18 hours ago, J95 said:

Just don't install precisionx, try out 368.33. >>Throttling workaround<<

GFE is buggy as hell.

 

 

....... disable secure boot and keep it disabled, incl fast boot...

I didn't work man I feel ashamed taking so much of your time @J95

In safe mode I still get unable to start service no matter what I do .

and again everything else Board ID mismatch  

On 6/10/2016 at 2:57 AM, J95 said:

 

BIOS Full UEFI? latest Prema's modded nvflash (included) should work fine in safe mode.

@J95I tried man same thing in safe I get Unable to start service  0x0000043 ?

Is it because I have secure boot on ? I choose number 6 "Enable Safe mode" is it the correct option ? 

This image below is when I tried in not in safe mode but with dedicated more  

6 minutes ago, J95 said:

No problem...

Try PEG MOD v368.25  ↓↓↓

 

 

Glad it all worked out in the end...nope?

 no It didnt work in safe mode I got " Unable to start service this of course while I was in safe mode 

@J95

I tried to flash in dedicated and then reboot safe mode but ..... I get Unable to start service   ( though it might be worth noting I don't know why Driver was not recognized in dedicated mode ) is that important ?

It work fine when I switched back to Optimus mode