Lee James Wood

Why would you need it to change GPU ? You mean changing SG to PEG ? (Can't that be done in a normal bios? Or automatically)

I had an unlocked bios for a long time, I can't think of much if anything it did for me to even have it/use it. Most the menu's were redundant versions of the menu's and then some stuff you'd never change anyways.

I also get great prices on 970M if anyone needs. Lets me know.

so, wait, Optimus would allow an m18x-r1 to use a 980M GTX ? Just no SLI , obviously.... that not a bad idea..SLI takes up alot of power.

best cpu 3940xm. pretend the 880M is a 580m/680m/780m and get the mod desktop driver from NBR or a driver from the one selling you the card or edit the .inf file to accept the driver. as for the heatsinks, its pretty much the same as i mentioned

Oh sorry for the late reply. I had the machine o my lap with the battery (CMOS) at my finger tip, and kept draining it and unplugging it, and trying to start the machine in every combo I could think of. With battery without, with cmos, without, by holding the power button for 2 minutes, by not doing it.. it would atrt but be totally dead.. as in not posting, but obvious power started and then dies.. but a few days later some how, it just started. Its been awhile, im sorry I didn't remember. I made sure to subscribe to feeds, so i get notified when someone quotes me not, by email.

I will ask a third time, anyone have any experience using the 880m gtx in a m18x-r2 laptop ? With or without mod vBios? does it run at stock clocks better then 780m GTX ?

Any experience using m18x-r2 and a 880m GTX , anyone ? Will it wokr, can I expect it to work better at stock clocks, thena 780m GTX at stock clocks. With or without a vbios mod. ANYONE have any experience here, doing this yet ?

Question : If I have both a 780m , and a 880m to use in my m18x-r2 (Not SLI, single card in the 18'' laptop..) Should I use the 880m ? or is the 780m's still performing better at stock ? Is anyone having any issues running stock clocks for the 880m gtx ON AN M18X-R2 ? With or Without mod vbios. I am using the 780 now, and its great. I could be using a 680m SLI but, with my CPU OC'd I get better performance with a single card at stock and cpu at 4.5Ghz I do not mind if I have to use a different vbios, I tried one for the 780, worked great for awhile. Burnt one card, still have a spare (which I'm using). I just want to know if it will work 100%..... and if at stock its better performing then 780m stock.. or does the 880m's throttle all the time on an m18x-r2 ?

good work. Didn't know upgrade monkey was on T|I haha.

Oddly, I was waiting for tech to come over and replace motherboard, and I kept playing with the computer over the weekend, hitting the power button and such over and over.. whatever, 2 days later, the system POSTed again, from being bricked. I didn't in the end have anything replaced, DELL suggested keeping what I have as is, instead.

680M secure boot bios someone asked me to share the file for the bios here, hope no one minded. if so tell me, ill take it down etc...

There MIGHT be an issue using this on the latest/ newest alienware refreshes from this year. If anyone has tried it, please tell us your experience (on this years models), please.

bump. still now word. Also, where is the bios chip itself on the mobo ? And anything think using some thermalconductive paint to hold a new on be okay ? shouldn't have more then like >100 Ohms resistance... probably single digits too...

sent awhile ago, but haven't heard back from you. Any news? Did you get my paypal ?

we all love you guys for making the unblocked vbios. Any way to make an unlcoiked AW 18 bsystem bios so we can fix the worngs of Alienware, i.e their limited current settings for the XM cpu..?

May I have this, and what would it cost you to provide me with this please. We're talking some small microcontroller or the bios rom itself on ic itself ?

anyone have any comments after using the 780m vbios on an alienware 18 ? Do the fans work like normal, any issues at all , or does it only unlock potential but otherwise keep all settings the same? Any information would be welcome, thanks

is this the version from DELL strictly or a modified bios, from one of the other downloads on other pages in this forum ? I ask, because in the information supplied by one of the more prominant members of the forum sv or something, mentioned issues with going from an unmodded bios to a modded bios if using a07-8 version, specifically meaning, choose ahead of time what you are gonna use, mod/unmodded, (if that counts as a TL/DR). think it might break if I try it, since Im using a modded version of an earlier bios, can anyone confirm this or not ? im sure there are others on this fourm, interested in this awnser, if any of you have had any experience with it, going back and forth and such. anyways, good work, i downloaded this file, just reluctant to use it as of yet, without learning abit more from some possible testing/details.

whats the difference between the a07 and a08 version of the bios anyways, for the m18x-r2. I read somewhere it was one option or something difference, but nothing specified afaik/read. thanks for your time and reply, just curious if we should even bother with the a07 (which I was going to try before a08, mind you).

if you are logged in, your a TI member , no ? I still don't see it, or any attachments, i dont know why either.. sorry. someone PM or something if im being an idiot, i would really like tp test this bios out, considering I have windows 8 now, and this has some functionaility for it AND the unlocked options (which Im using, from an early bios)- James

I disagree, he would be better served with the kingston set.

you would be faster, as the bak refresh time is faster with the kingston at cas 9 if you want some manual timings that would work, for the kingston that are better then cas 9, im gerat with memory timings, and can give you a very general guideline, and few rules of thumb to follow. I run mine at cas 8 no issues, and with 16GB I get a throughput of like 28000mb/s to like 33000mb/s but, I also bought cheap RAM, from kingston, loaded it in anouther laptop before hand, played aorund with its timings via a spdtable editor and created my own profile on it.

whats the 11.5 orom thing you speak of ?