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  1. Infini
    This is very important to ANYONE who is currently using a modified system. I installed the 1803 update an hour ago and while i was setting up to edit the drivers windows update INSTALLED the nvidia drivers without any need for modification. I then restarted and tried installing the latest nvidia drivers..... they INSTALLED WITHOUT ANY NEED FOR MODIFICATION. As of 1803 the M18Xr2 is OFFICIALLY SUPPORTED WITH SIGNED DRIVERS FROM NVIDIA/MICROSOFT guys!
  2. Infini
    I used the earlier 382.05 modified inf file on the newest drivers to come out an it installed without issue. Seems to run fine as well. Just couldnt figure out what to edit exactly for my M18Xr2 so used the old one for the hell of it and it installed for me. Makes me wonder why we need a new version every time then if the old ones work....
  3. Infini
    376.19 driver just released there if anyone can make mods for it. :D
  4. Infini
    Just check the fan settings and make sure its set to 4500/5000 once temps get above 70'C that should kick the fans up to max power and stabilise your temps at the upper 70s.
  5. Infini
    The Prema vbios maxes the voltage thats the primary reason for the increased tempretures. The other thing I noticed as well is that when pushing the cards under load it looks like the fans aint kicking up to max power theyre at a setting a little lower. If your concerned about the temps just install HWINFO64. When I saw my temps hitting the mid 80's I used that to manually increase the fans to max speed and the temps levelled out at 77ish instead. Cards wont hit that high a temp anyways unless your really pushing the GPU load anyways but having HWINFO64 installed is also no harm.
  6. Infini
    I've a backup image of my win10 64bit uefi install to restore once Ive finished patching up my windows 7 installation and safely backed it up with the latest driver installed. I can retest later on when im free.
  7. Infini
    Yeah I'm using legacy windows 7 as well. Might be worth trying a legacy windows 10 install as well at some point to see if its actually a UEFI issue thats been the throttling bane of our lives.
  8. Infini
    Clevo version 2. Not using HWinfo at all 2nd fan works fine on my system. With no throttling and maxing the game settings I was topping out at about 80 to 81C.
  9. Infini
    Well I'm using a GTX980M SLI setup...... and can confirm that on my M18X-R2 with swicks bios, premas v2 vbios, win7 64bit and the 365.10 drivers and using the pharos sirius dungeon in FFXIV where I get alot of throttling that I can confirm that with 365.10 drivers and the setup above there is zero I repeat ZERO throttling whatsoever. GPU-Z doesnt detect even a hint of perfcap issues and im maxing out on max settings and no FPS cap a 96% average load and 80~81'C temps on the 2 cards. This config works with nothing more than the modded drivers themselves installed!
  10. Infini
    There no inf mod for the 364.96 hotfix drivers? https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/930978/geforce-drivers/announcing-geforce-hot-fix-driver-364-96/
  11. Infini
    Thanks for that I found the 2012 v8.1.65 ME thing and installed it fine. Dunno what it does lol but if its updated software wont complain expecially since theres no longer any official support for the M18Xr2 bar the drivers on the dell site.
  12. Infini
    Ive windows 10 on my m18x with dual 980m and the latest drivers. It works well for the most part tho its been a bit twitchy with 10. Suffered OS failures a lil while back but eventually it stopped with the latest drivers. Only occasionally burps on startup tho a simple restart gets it back to normal.
  13. Infini
    Got the bios installed last night. Its fully working on it now. Legacy mode confirmed working as well I even see premas bios text and the atheros display immediately on the screen on legacy boot as well. Really nice work and enjoy the case of beer i sent u money for! Definately deserve it for such dedicated work making a critical fix come to life. On a side note where and how do u update the ME thing? Ive only flashed the bios itself.
  14. Infini
    Only problem is it wont flash for me. :C Error 72 Unable to find fparts.txt and I even downgraded to the official A10 Bios.
  15. Infini
    Cant find in the downloads section atm just svl7s stuff have they yet to post it up?
  16. Infini
    Wheres the link for the bios? Also if you can post the instructions for what to do it would be helpful as well!
  17. Infini
    Just a little bump but swick over on notebookreview has managed to compile a new bios that solves alot of compataiblity issues with the 980m and has legacy restored as well. Possible fix for the throttling as well as early results seem to show its a driver issue rather than something with the bios. Cant link it atm but its in the m18x section of their alienware subforum.
  18. Infini
    https://biosmods.wordpress.com/ Look for your model/gpu here. Prema's v2 mod fixes the issues with the new 361.xx series. Isnt hard either to flash the cards tho can be a little unnerving the 1st time
  19. Infini
    Been runnin windows 10 on my m18xr2 for a month now. Apart from some occasional twichyness that can be fixed with a reboot and the odd occasion of having to manually disable and reenable the occasional driver that doesnt boot its working good. Just dont touch evga precision with a barge pole and your good. Only thing is you might be best off disabling the hyboot option in the power settings as it CAN be buggy and lock up on a cold boot. SSD makes it redundant anyways.
  20. Infini
    If your able to get your m18x back repaired for a reasonable price you should do so. Atm theres nearly nothing in comparison to it available right now (The sky x9 is close but its a little smaller at 17 inches) at least from what I can see on the market. While you can get 980ms as well be aware that it might not be the best solution because nvidia keep putting out below par drivers since early last year for that machine. Best to try and draw it out and see what comes out later this year. Alienware could possibly bring out a M18R2 since they brought the 18 back after hiding it last year. Wether the quality is up to standard tho is another story but its best to hold off right now until something comes along thats just as good.
  21. Infini
    OK after going through all the settings again I've found that disabling HBAO+ under Screen Space Ambient Occlusion seems to be the primary culprit with FFXIV throttling under newer drivers. Even cutting it down to strong is enough to stop it happening. The only area still causing it a bit was the start area of Pharos Sirius but capping the FPS at 60 seems to completely eliminate the throttling altogether. Dunno what nvidia broke or changed that caused it to happen but that seems to be the more specific cause I dont see it happening under other games in anycase for now.
  22. Infini
    Well considering their drivers in the last year or so seem to be one facepalm after another I dont know if itd be worth getting. Sadly theres not much competition these days
  23. Infini
    Theres a hotfix driver just released there 361.82. Removes the removable gpu issue. https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/914053/geforce-drivers/announcing-geforce-hotfix-driver-361-82/
  24. Infini
    I'll have to look at giving that a try. Heres a question but a user over on NBR posted this up http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/need-testers-m18x-r2-custom-bios.786965/ Basically he managed to get the modifications on the M18 A12 bios retrofitted onto slv7s unlocked m18x a10 bios and got it posting in legacy with a 7xxm series card. Hes looking for testers as this could allow maxwell cards like the 9xxm series to boot on legacy too but I havent tried this as I lack the experience on main bios mods but could this if it bears fruit could it solve the p1/p0 issues as well?
  25. Infini
    Clevo definetely is on my list of considerations for sure. Got my beloved M18XR2 a pair of 980m's last year to extend its performance life another 2 years. Pity nvidia and windows 10 arent the greatest tho Ive got it going for the most part bar some issues that I cant figure the cause of. Hopefully that guy over on nbr can make a reliable bios from the m18s bios for it and extend its life some more. If only they could make this laptop in a 18 or 20 inch variety.... would definetly buy one of those!

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