svl7

That's odd. Did you test different benchmarks?

I dunno, I'm in Switzerland, check with your favorite shipping service. Shipping it back will cost about 16-19€, depending on the option and packaging.

I don't think anyone wants to buy a possibly dead card. If you want you can send it to me and I'll test it. Shipping should be reasonably from where you live.

Disable the Intel GPU in the bios and try again?

When it comes to vbios stuff, that guy is only copying other people's work... and charging money for it. Just saying.

Ok. So MSI vbios is working with raid and everything, the others you tested aren't, right?

Then I'd have to things you could test if interested.

As unlikely as this sounds, it might be worth a try... if you can test that, try to see whether it works without raid. It is not very likely to make a difference, but I mainly suggest this because I have experienced nvidia vbios messing with boot devices myself.

on closer look i dont see the card in device manager, unable to install driver. so maybe the vbios doesent work. bios sees the card thou.

Hmm, bad news then. At least that would mean that the vbios itself was not the issue, which would make more sense for me. Well, still odd that you would get the boot device error with the other vbios.

Did you already try disabling the IGP device and booting with PEG only?

Okay, thanks. Well it is pretty difficult for me to point down the issue without having a system to test myself.

It's interesting that the MSI vbios should work for you. That being said it would not be the first time I see a nvidia vbios messing with boot devices...

You say you have uefi boot disabled, I take it you have 'quick boot' disabled as well? As well as 'EFI Device First'?

Interested in testing some things?

Do you have a picture of your card?

Something's odd. I don't see why the other versions shouldn't work.

The MSI simply doesn't include the uefi gop driver, so the only possibility I can think of why it shouldn't work is related to secure boot / legacy boot settings.

So, wait a second, what was the original vbios on your card? Do you have secure boot activated?

Please prepare an USB drive that can boot DOS and dump the vbios with nvflash, then we know more.

Do you know which vbios is on your 880m?

Hey SVL7, is there a way you can possibly give me your vBios? Would it work on my card? Or would it be possible to modify my vBios somehow to undervolt and become more stable? Thank's in advance!

Well, yeah, both is possible, what do you prefer? I'd suggest trying the one I used, that should work fine.

Dear svl7, I Alienware M18xR1 video card HD 8970M 4Gb, vbios BR44618.005. There are problems at startup, the screen strips where the login screen in the BIOS (F2 and F12) in Windows 8.1 no problems and in games too. What I need to put vbios? BR44450.007 or another? Can I give it to download?

Odd, maybe try re-seating the GPU in the slot. But you can try BR44450.007 if you want, that's definitely an option, that's the one I used. But I don't think the problem is vbios related. Might be mistaken though.

Yeah, wrong vbios. Flash a Dell vbios. You can flash blindly, it's a bit a PITA but it works. Easiest way to do so is if you have USB set to the first boot priority, because booting from USB blindly is almost the most tricky part of the procedure.

Now put a simple switch between the fan and the connector on the mobo and you can easily toggle full speed / auto fan control.

You must have some issue with your installation, it doesn't matter which 3dm11 version you use as long as you have a valid sys info version.

"No application is associated..." means that you don't have any entry in your default browser list .

Never an issue like that, even when using the free version. I'd suggest uninstall 3dm11 and the systeminfo stuff and try again.

Thanks. That was on at least +200mV, can't remember, might as well have been +300mV. That wasn't really the limit though, I was busy with pushing the GPU.

I am hot on your tail.

Well, then let me see a score

My 8970m run at 1.0V under load... 1.075V sounds like a lot. What did you use to monitor the voltage?

The fans are never reported correctly in mobile systems, they get controlled by the EC. If your fans are on all the time then you need to use hwinfo to control them automatically, as with some 6900m series and 7900m series cards.

Can you send me a copy of that vbios when you get the chance?

For OCing, easiest is using the Catalyst Control Center, it has a built-in OC panel. Else, Sapphire TrixX or MSI AB.

860m exists as MXM, but that's the GK104 part. The GM106 part has only been seen as on-board solution so far. However, the 780m / 880m are out of reach for both of them.

Chip replaced and it doesn't work? You checked whether all the solder joints are fine and also the orientation of the chip?

Fried CPU is highly unlikely. The only thing I can think of is that the EC firmware is messed up...

Yes, most important thing is proper contact with the die. Pads on the memory will do, pads on the mosfets aren't that important in that case, I run my 7970m cards mostly without those.

You don't need new thermal pads, just use the ones you have. No tape needed either, it just have to fit, else something's wrong anyway.