MooresCode

just a little update on this. Been using my laptop with the upgrades for just over 2 months now. for the most part it runs good (for my standards at least ). Still have issues with the gpu temp hitting 80-82 degrees, but having GPU-Z running in the backgrounds helps so i can just alt+tab quickly to check. Most likely something to do with the thermal paste or the hammer-mod to get the heatsink to fit. The other "problem" i am having now is a warning (that comes with a very loud double beep) every time i turn on my laptop saying the battery has experienced a permanent failure and needs to be replaced... resuming the startup everything works fine even just using the battery for power. Testing the battery (pushing the little button on the bottom that turns on some little tights) i'm being "informed" that the battery is fine. If i startup my laptop without the battery in I get no warning/beeping and startup work completely fine... so that's at least one "solution" Anyone else experience anything like this? I've read somewhere that a updating the bios could fix the problem, but then I'm not sure what update I should use as i'm currently using the svl7's undervolting vbios "Dell7970m-uv-0975v.ROM to try and help with the gpu temps... Could it be worth trying his 0950v bios instead to see if that helps? Any tips/help is much appreciated.

So I thought I would try out MSI's Afterburner while I waited for any responses. Unless I'm using it wrong, under/over volting the AMD 7970m with Afterburner is not supported... I was able to adjust the core clock and memory clock, but nothing else... So I guess I'll most likely be attempting to flash a vbios... Never done this before so any tips if I've forgotten anything woud be nice. Following the guide for amd vibos flashing: so to summarize: 1. have the vbios and ATIFlash downloaded and ready to add to flash drive 2. Use HPUSBDisk to create format and create bootable flash drive, adding the vbios and ATIFlash files in the process 3. Reboot system 4. when prompted, boot from usb drive 5. this is where I get a bit confused.. 5.1. display all adapters should only be 1 adapter that shows up if I only have the one GPU? 5.2. save a copy [...] self explanatory 5.3. verify integrity of the vbios to bo flashed how can I check the correct checksum in advance? 5.4. flash vbios self explanatory ( i hope) 6. when flashing done, restart system and remove flashdrive Given everything went as it should, that's it? I know i must sound like a massive noob, but rather that then sorry afterwards

Guess it's time I add to the noob-list here Been looking into upgrading my M15x (a 2010 model) for a while, but just never got around to it. Finally decided to go for it and opted for the Intel Core i7-920XM / AMD 7970m (DELL) combination. Intalling the CPU was a simple matter of plug and play. Haven't had any problems with that. As for the GPU, because I've never done anything in the lines of flashing vBIOS, under/over clocking/volting, I've been hesitating a lot with this last part. Im using the original bios version from 2010 and installed the GPU and updated drivers. That went without a problem. The only issue i'm having now is the auto shutdown due to overheating. Pretty sure it's not a problem with the thermal paste/pads. After reading the different threads on the AMD 7970, and talking with some friends (that know a bit more about this stuff then I do), I'm at a bit of a stand still. From what I can understand a stock clock and undervolt vbios should fix (or at least help) the problem. I've downloaded ATIFlash and HPUSBDisk in case i try to flash the vbios, but I'v also been told that some GPUs can be volt-tweeked without modding the vbios, but instead with software (NVidia something, MSI's Afterburner, and such). So i guess my question is: is it possible to use such software (lets say MSI's Afterburner) to avoid messing stuff up with the vbios, or is the vbios update the only way? A side note: Looks like @noooname asked a similar question about the using software over vbios 4 posts up, but I can't see any replies...