Solo wing

On 3/9/2017 at 5:42 AM, EMZimm said:

Hey guys, so I have my AW M17x R4 running the 980m but my fans are not running properly CPU and GPU. I tried using HWiFNO but it is only able to control the GPU fan. Plus it is annoying to keep having to manually turn on my fan. Right now I have a house fan under my laptop as a temporary fix. Any suggestions? I'm desperate. Also, when I try to boot diagnostics I get a black screen with 8 beeps.

Sorry can't help you with the fan issue. 
Connect it to an external display and then go to diagnostics, that's how I got mine working.

13 hours ago, Unreall said:

NICE Work and anjoy ur beast

What do i Need to replace the fan ?

only the fan just plug and Play?

The fan is not p&p. you have to mod it, cut the tabs, and find a way to secure it.

On 5/14/2016 at 3:04 AM, Mavericky2k said:

Hello good evening, the latest NVIDIA driver you use is 353? I use the 359.06, mod for myself, but starting from this version, I can not do the mod, to install the driver hangs, someone knows something?
Alienware m17 RX4, I7 3610q, 32Gb Ram, 980M 057B1028

Sorry about the late reply mate, did you find a solution?

On 12/3/2016 at 10:49 PM, motorherz said:

Hi, do you still have 3dvision with the 980m on the internal laptopscreen available?

3Dvision will not work with the internal display. However It DID WORK with an external 3D screen.

It's very disgusting what's happening to the computer industry. We have one company controlling GPUs, other controlling CPUs, and OEMs who's only wish is cutting costs and filling their pockets.
I won't hold my breath for AMD either, It's a lost cause brothers. Lost cause indeed. (4870x2 was my last AMD product, it performed great,  doubling the  E bill and almost setting the house on fire )
I SAY LET IT ROT/RUST. 
Desktop is the to go, until they start forcing BGA down our necks, and ditching standard/reference designs and extesnions.
@Mr. Fox @J95 @ssj92 @Prema & other mates. My condolences guys, it's an outrage owning an ultra expensive machine that lost it's potential in less than a few months.  

I believe it's locked, so no editing. Copyright protected unless he grants you permission to modify it.

Also, If you don't know much about vbios modding you could easily brick your GPU.

On 7/31/2016 at 1:31 AM, Mr. Fox said:

Very nice! I love bright/canary yellow colors. It is so uncommon. Is that your car, bro?

Nope  
Always admired the concept of US muscle cars, enormous amounts of unshackled power like Clevos, and perhaps pre AW17/18 Alienware.
I own a Mercedes E55 AMG, a muscle car from Europe, Wolf in sheep's clothing....

As far as I know it's an issue with mobile Maxwell GPUs, Prema told me it has to do with MOSFETs reaching their limit.  More over, the 980M was supposed to have 6 MOSFETs instead of 3.
Max I could get was 1402Mhz where I was able to barley pass the Steam Oculus VR tool. Firestrike seemed more sensitive and black screened more frequently. 

On 7/29/2016 at 10:44 PM, Mr. Fox said:

And, from a few years ago... my Alienware M18x in Corvette Yellow Pearl...

 

 

 

Perhaps a 1970 Challenger?  
 My R4 is stock black.  Nothing to showoff. 
El cazador makes me want to get a Clevo and repaint/decal the sh*t out of it! Perhaps when they offer SLI desktop cards??

1- You have to download a driver with a modded inf. ->>>

Since yours is a 120Hz display, get the PEG inf.
2- Disable driver signature enforcement , then install driver.

On 5/26/2016 at 4:41 PM, J95 said:

GTX 1080 368.25 (r368_20-5).

 

Best driver since v350.12 (Modded)...delete the following folders as shown below (don't skip this step)  >>flash  @Prema's v2 980M & 970M (Please consider donating to Prema)

Feedback appreciated!

@mariussx, , @Infini, @N!IGHTHAWK!, @tony7755333, @Nikos4Life, @Solo wing,

 

Cheers mate, I don't know what Nvidia did this time but for me it's the best driver for my setup. Better than 352.84.
OC'ing is more stable with this driver, temps are ~2°C cooler.
Also both CPU/GPU fans quit on me, waiting for replacement  

On 4/26/2016 at 4:24 PM, umbrellacorp said:

literally jus call dell and order how much is it ? is it big and bulky ?

send me the part number of the one you have to make sure it is 100% the one I buy please.

I bought it from their website. Part number is 0Y90RR

2 hours ago, umbrellacorp said:

did you have to mod it to work with the r4 ?

Nope, Plug & play, no modding, nothing.  Just make sure to get an original adapter, got a fake/defective one from Amazon then I bought the original from DELL.

My 240W PSU couldn't power the 3940XM + 980M for long sessions, the computer shut down on me also PSU would get very hot to touch. The 330W is great, huge OC potential.

14 hours ago, umbrellacorp said:

Just got mine working today I was using the 60hz first trying fallout switched to 120hz screen running 30 fps.

Is it constant 30Fps (capped/limited)? try changing vsync settings. If the fps keep going up & down then you have throttling. Report back.

@J95

 Found this http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/use-at-your-own-risk-widespread-bricks-nvidia-geforce-drivers-v364-72-findings-fixes.789930/
364.72 causing bricks.

1 hour ago, Uness said:

 

@Solo wing thank you again ^^, Can you please explain to me why the 3d feature is not available when we upgrade the gpu, knowing that when I searched on the nvidia website the gtx 970m & 980m support 3d?

http://www.geforce.com/hardware/notebook-gpus/geforce-gtx-980m Mobile Maxwell GPUs (& 880M) do not support 3D. Perhaps OEMs or NVidia decided to discontinue 3D vision for notebooks. 

On 4/8/2016 at 2:39 PM, Uness said:

Thank you for all the informations ^^, So to sum up  all the steps I have to do when I get my GPU:

1) Since I will already be running on win10 with my current GPU (AMD7970m) I will start by uninstalling the AMD GPU driver and Intel integrated driver + reboot 

2) Disable  Driver Signature Enforcement  on win 10 + shutdown

3) Unplug power cord

4) Remove battery

5) Hold power button for 30 seconds

6) Remove CMOS coin battery 

7) Unplug the old gpu and plug the new one (GTX 980M) + unplug the old screen (60hz) and plug the 3D in the EDP port (
I will skip meeting some minor details like putting thermal past and heat sink on the gpu...etc.)

8) Reinsert CMOS battery + Plug power cord

Did I skip the part when i should put boot list option to UEFI in the boot menu??

10) Install the new gpu with moded inf files

11) reboot and everything should work??  

Please correct me if I forgot any important step, I am sure I made a lot of mistakes:/

Thank you guys again for all the informations

Perhaps a clean install would be better.

If you decide to start new:

1- Change Bios settings to UEFI / disable fast start/ disable legacy rom / disable secure boot.

2- Install Win 8 or 10 from a media of your choice.

3- Since you booted with pure UEFI, Windows setup will probably format your drives to GPT.

4- After the setup completes, shutdown the computer, unplug the adapter and battery. (no need to remove the CMOS)

5- install the 980M

6- install the new display

7- turn on the computer, disable DSE

8- install modded drivers

9- Enjoy!

I'm running stock A13 BIOS. Why do you want an unlocked BIOS?

1 hour ago, Uness said:

Thanks for your reply, the main raison i wanted to stay with win 7 is because of this  https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/862417/geforce-drivers/windows-10-geforce-drivers-are-killing-samsung-and-lg-notebook-lcd-display-panels/1/  (thank you @Mr. Fox) since nobody reported the problem with alienware m17x R4 120ghz screen  I guess I will upgrade to the gtx 970m (not enough money for the 980m) I already bought the 3d screen all that's left to buy is the gpu, If i may ask which version of the gpu driver you're using  ??

I don't think you should worry about damaging your screen, It was  mostly caused by EVGA Precision. Driver 352.84 is  best for Windows 10 (throttle-free), same thing for 353 on Windows  8. If you can wait a bit more to grab the 980M you won't regret it , the performance is extremely good and overclocking headroom is huge.

1 hour ago, Uness said:

Thanks for your reply, It's too bad  that the 3D feature does not work with 880M GTX or newer gtx cards, do you know if 120Hz screen can be used with 880M on Windows 7 without having to upgrade to Windows 8 or 10?

Only Maxwell cards (9XX series) need Win 8 / 10 + UEFI.

Kepler cards will work fine with Windows 7 under Legacy (no need for UEFI). My advice is to stay away from the 880M it's a disaster. 

Yes  

The 3940XM will work with the R4. I'm using the original 2-pipe heat sink + IC diamond paste + M14x R2 fan mod. OC'd @ 4.1 GHz on all cores and temperatures are below the 90c Mark.

4 hours ago, The Daninator said:

My apologies for the late reply.
I only have 60hz and yeah I have been reverting back to them as they are the most stable, but when I run heavy games like Assassins creed Syndicate, the game goes fine for a little bit then screen goes black following a force reboot from a BSOD thats not coming up?

Are you overclocking?

I used to have crashes every now and then, GPU-Z showed PCI-E x2 instead of 16 so I re-seated the card, cleaned the MXM socket on both MB and card. Everything is great now , running SVL7 vbios + 352.84 ( OR 353 for win8)

21 hours ago, willoc said:

what did u do to keep ur system cool??

SVL7 vbios runs undervolted  + IC diamond 7 paste +  HD3 Gaming cooling pad.

3 hours ago, willoc said:

idle temp of 34? Ur GPU runs super cool, mine idle is around 55. How u did it?

Mine idles around 29-30 but only with fans on full blast  with the fans off I get 47c. I'm running SVL7 vbios 1.000v