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Thanks for both of your replies. @Tonrac When I bought this GTX 680M card it already came with 80.04.29.00.01 VBIOS - laptop was having the same sleep & reboot issues it's having right now. @Prema Well...thanks for letting me know the reason - at least now I understand it's not something I can fix myself by tweaking OS or trying different graphics drivers...Any chance you'd be able to help?

Since upgrading the video card in my Clevo P150HM to GTX 680M my laptop is not able to wake up from sleep mode or reboot - it just shuts down every time I initiate reboot, regardless of how I do it. In order to upgrade video card, I had upgraded my system's BIOS to 1.01.14 and EC to 1.00.13, and I'm using the modded "MSI 680m - 80.04.33.00.24_'OCedition'_revised_02 - OV 1000v.zip" VBIOS and latest 344.48 WHQL driver available. I spent a about a month worth of time trying to resolve these sleep and reboot issues, but to no avail. Tried a bunch of NVIDIA stock and modded drivers, system power option tweaks, disabling and tweaking hibernation mode and many many other things. Finally, when nothing worked I gave up and restored a clean OS image, made by Norton Ghost, where everything worked perfectly. To my frustration, after the restore the sleep and reboot problem didnt go away, which leaves me with the only possible conclusion it's either BIOS or VBIOS or a combination of both, that is at fault. I also had to upgrade my PSU from stock 180Watt to modded 240Watt version, but I don't think that matters, because the laptop has the same issues when on battery, not connected to power supply. If @Tonrac or anyone else have any suggestions how to fix this, or what BIOS/VBIOS combination to try - it would be greatly appreciated. I'm absolutely sick of having to restart my system every day because I'm not able to wake it up from sleep, and shutdown instead of reboot is very annoying as well

The good part for me is that you don't have to believe in it, for it to be true I did a decent job with arctic silver thermal compound and I got high quality heat sinks. It's true that I'm in Cali, but it's not a sauna in my home - we do have air conditioning, and outside temperature has no merit to the argument. It was tested with Elder Scrolls V Skyrim, Divinity Original Sin & Might and Magic X Legacy, last 2 released this year. All of these games were getting my old GTX 580M up to 90C when overclocked, and this card stays more than 35C cooler.

I used the 1000v one, and it worked like a charm. Running smooth as butter at 960mhz core and 2600mhz memory. I used your +190mhz for core, +500-800mhz for memory recommendation from another thread. In idle state card temperature stays at 39-40C, when running pretty decent new games it goes up to 52-53C, never above that...To my credit, I did go the extra mile with these thermal pads, purchased the thick ones with 5.0 W/m-K heat transferring power, and I put them on every memory module on both sides of the card, not just the top, where they connect with heat sinks...Thanks again for linking the working VBIOS for my Clevo P150HM

After this personal recommendation of yours I'm a lot more confident about my upcoming 2nd attempt to flash custom VBIOS to my 680M. Can't go wrong with trying VBIOS, which is proven to be functional for someone, who had the exact same hardware I do. Oh, and I noticed you're still on just FHD screen, despite having GTX 780M. That's like buying a Bugatti Veyron and driving it on 25mph speed limit country roads I have this monitor and I highly recommend it - it's great for gaming and everything else. In fact, no other monitors I've ever had even come close. It also comes with 2 Thunderbolt 2.0 ports, and the significance of that is that Thunderbolt's 2.0 10Gbps bandwidth throughput is enough to support gaming through port replicator/docking station. Previously, if your manufacturer didnt make a docking station for your laptop and you wanted to buy an aftermarket port replicator - you would not be able to play games with it, because USB 2/3, FireWire connectors didnt have enough throughput to support high bandwidth communication between GPU and monitor - not the case with Thunderbolt 2.0.

this MSI VBIOS doesnt have the +135mhz OC limitation? Can you get the core clock on 680M to 1Ghz with it, or do I need overvolting VBIOS for that?

That's very helpful, thanks. Do you happen to know if "Clevo 680m - 80.04.29.00.01 'OCedition' revised_01" VBIOS, available for download in the 2nd post of this thread uses one of these 2 versions you listed as a base?

Next time you will be my backup plan [emoji2] I dont expect this to happen twice, but push comes the shove - if after I flash that bios I referenced in previous posts there is another brick - ill just grab the card and drive to OC and buy you a grande mocha and bluberry muffin. Also my laptop wasnt purchased from Clevo - it's actually Origin PC's EON-15S. They just use Clevo laptops as a base for customizations they do

I have the full list of nvflash commands from the other thread, and I've read the detailed guide. I have flashed before, knowing the syntax was never an issue. Knowing how to do it doesnt help if you already have VBIOS, incompatible with your mobo, and can't boot any devices, including windows...

To answer your question - no, unfortunately it no longer goes to Windows. To answer your other question about the location of my card - here it is: https://tools.usps.com/go/TrackConfirmAction!input.action?tRef=qt&tLc=0&tLabels=EI327211837us As soon as you posted about the possibility of flashing in windows I consulted the almighty Google about it and found this: NVFlash download version 5.163.0.1 The 163 version contains all 3 platforms - Windows, Dos and Linux and it is newer, than the 151 version, posted here on Tech Inferno

I'm just one hour drive away from you bud - San Diego here And no - I had no idea it could be done in windows. All i know is nvflash, 16bit DOS utlity. Would appreciate some tips how to do it in Windows next time. Also, believe me - I have done my homework and researched a bunch of threads on this and other forums and I have a list of OC frequency combinations of core/memory/shader for stock VBIOSes and overvolted ones people have been successful with. It definitely goes higher that +135mhz - stock frequency is 720mhz and users like @Tonrac have been able to push this card to over 1ghz without overheating, on overvolted VBIOses

675m is an older, fermi architecture card, not kepler....I have it in my laptop right now and it won't do you any good to have custom VBIOS with increased clock limits. Fermi cards overheat much more and much faster than kepler and you won't even be able to use the max overclock frequencies stock VBIOS allows - your machine will overheat and reboot. I tried nvidia inspector, and precision x. You can go to 730-740mhz core clock tops, and then the temp will start climbing above 110C - - - Updated - - - I'm proud to say I'm no longer a member of flashaholics anonymous - went through rehab years ago and I no longer get the cramps, associated with lack of flashing. Therefore, the term "quit flashing" doesn't really apply to me - I'm not really into experimenting for scientific curiosity - once I find a working VBIOS, which will remove that native +135mhz OC limit kelper cards have and unlock higher voltages - I'll be done, until I buy a new laptop with new GPU. To my knowledge, GTX 680M is the newest GPU my old Clevo P150HM can take.

are you suggesting I invest thousands of dollars and buy another high end gaming laptop, such as alienware, as a fail-safe for the remote possibility of having another soft-brick, for the 2nd time in a row? Because if you are - for the cost of alienware I could send soft bricked card to vendor repair about 20 times, or just buy 4-5 spare video cards....

Thanks for your reply. I do accept the risks of flashing vbios and that's why I flashed it. I'm not blaming anybody, but I do need to have an idea how much risk exactly am I taking because as I just found out it is costly to fix....In my experience, firmware devs are always super-careful and cautious about the stuff they release and they put it through very thorough testing before release, because they understand bad firmware can permanently brick an expensive chipset. The flash I did was successful, it did not fail and the VBIOS I used is indeed listed under Clevo and GTX 680M, which is the hardware I have. Despite that my card was bricked, and that is why what happened to me caught me by surprise and raised a red flag, making me ask questions before I attempt flashing mods from this thread again. I just need to understand what is the amount of risk I'm taking, because if it goes south again, it's another $150, 2 weeks and like you said - the vendor may not even agree to help me out anymore. To answer your question - I have not changed any BIOS settings at all, boot logo or otherwise. The only thing I did is change the boot sequence to set USB stick to be first boot device, before I flashed. I'm also not quite sure how you concluded my BIOS didn't POST - there was a couple of beeps on startup and then it went to NVIDIA MXM VBIOS screen. Normally my BIOS doesnt display much besides the same initial screen I'm still getting and goes straight to Windows logo after that. Anyways, I would appreciate a comment from the dev about risks of flashing "Clevo 680m - 80.04.29.00.01 'OCedition' revised_01" VBIOS to my Clevo P150HM, instead of 80.04.29.00.01 stock, which is what I'm considering trying when I get my card back. Also, if there is an alternative way to get out of this - please share.

My GTX 680m is new, so I got RMA and shipped it back. Had to pay for shipping both ways and a service fee to reflash the good VBIOS - will cost me well over $100 to get this fixed. @svl7: it proves to be very costly to try these custom mods and I want to know what fail-safe I got if I want to try another mod??? How safe is it to flash "Clevo 680m - 80.04.29.00.01 'OCedition' revised_01" VBIOS to my Clevo P150HM, instead of 80.04.29.00.01 stock??

I flashed the overvolted 1.025v vbios from the 2nd post for my GTX 680M and it screwed up my system. It goes to the black initial boot screen with F2 Setup F7 Boot Options menu but it doesnt respond to either of those keys and laptop doesnt proceed to boot into OS. It shows MXM Nvidia vbios screen with vbios version for a few seconds and then screen goes black and thats it. I did backup my working vbios before flashing, but I cannot boot from USB drive to restore becuase I can't get to boot menu. Would appreciate some help, this is my primary PC and I'm pretty bummed right now UPDATE: if I dont press any keys during boot im actually able to get to windows, but cant install any graphics drivers and nvidia inspector gives blank screen with some error code. I cant boot into bios , so does anyone know how to change device boot sequence from windows or is there windows based version of nvflash, so I could flash back a working vbios? UPDATE2: I tried removing primary SSD with bootable OS on it, hoping the bios would try next available boot device, which is USB stick with nvflash on it, but it didn't boot it. When I put the SSD back in it now stopped booting into OS as well. Just shows Nvidia MXM VBIOS screen and goes black I need help reverting back to 80.04.29.00.01 VBIOS and I cannot boot the computer or even get to the BIOS to change the boot sequence to USB drive. Already put my old GTX 675M back in...Any suggestions would be appreciated

Since we got the same CPU, mobo and GPU now (2960XM, P150HM and GTX 680M) I can try the same settings you used and let you know how it goes, if you let me know your exact CPU overclock values. I already changed the plug on that Dell 240 watt PSU and I'm using it right now with my Clevo P150HM, so I'm hoping power should not be an issue.

there ya go: Video Bios Collection | techPowerUp

First, I hope you really mean 680M and not 680 because it's gonna be tough to squeeze a desktop GPU into a laptop. If you plan on using the stock frequencies and no overclocking - you don't need to do anything else hardware wise. If you plan to OC - you're gonna need at least 230 watt output power adapter.

Can anyone please post overclock values recommendations for stock voltage and 1.0v/1.025v/1.050v overvolted VBIOSes? I want to squize as much as possible out of my GTX 680M and the goal is to find that ultimate VBIOS + core & memory OC values combination, which gives max performance while still keeping the GPU reasonably cool.

Yeah I'm aware of the hardware solutions for power consumption measurement, like the amazon meter you linked. Won't work with my home setup. It's a long story, but bottom line is power outlet my laptop connects to is buried behind the furniture and piles of other wires and stuff. I would have to spend 15 minutes to move stuff around, just to look at the reading at any point of time....That's why I am looking for a software solution - was hoping the mobo has some sort of sensor, installed close to PSU plug in port, and there is a way to take a reading from it. When you say your tests resulted in power failure - what exactly do you mean, how did it manifest itself? I also have 2960XM and with my current GTX 675M on default frequencies I was able to get CPU multipliers to x45 using XTU and 170HM's BIOS, without any overheating, failures or other noticeable consequences. About the dell adapter - I'm aware plug needs to be changed and I watched the Spanish videos you posted in another thread on how to do it. Looks messy, I'm not into soldering and don't have the tools anyway, so I already got a quote from a local repair shop - they said they can do the plug change for me in under an hour and it'll set me back only $25-30 bucks. If anyone knows of a software, capable of real time power consumption reading of different chipsets, or system as a whole - please let me know. Thanks in advance.

hey guys....long time reader, first time poster. I was wondering if anyone could recommend a software to monitor CPU, GPU, etc' power consumption in real time. I have Origin PC's EON-15S laptop, which is essentially Clevo P150HM and I'm about to install GeForce GTX 680M card in it. Been reading up on how the stock 180 watt PSU isn't gonna cut if I want to overclock both, GPU and CPU (and I do), so I want to measure power consumption peaks in high end games, to decide on modified PSU. Would appreciate some software recommendations. I have been inspired by Tonrac's heroics and what he's been able to do with his P150HM and I have my eyes set on this adapter as the base for modification: Amazon.com: Dell PA-9E Family Power Adapter For Precision Mobile WorkStations M6400 M6500, E-port Dock PR02X, Alienware: M17x: Computers & Accessories Just need to confirm 240 watt is enough juice for elevated CPU multipliers using XTU on cross-flashed P170HM BIOS and something like 1.025V, 1050Mhz core, 2.5Ghz memory GPU configuration on svl7's extreme OC VBIOS from here: http://forum.techinferno.com/general-notebook-discussions/1847-nvidia-kepler-vbios-mods-overclocking-editions-modified-clocks-voltage-tweaks.html