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@mw86, I think the issue is the mobo itself as it has died on me monday. Computer won't turn on anymore. Dell is having me send it in to their service center and no matter how much i plead bargain, Dell won't send out a tech with a new motherboard. Anyway around it as I have full warranty and next business tech service. I heard so many horror stories about sending it to the depot and coming back in worst condition. I have recieved the box and ups label from dell. Do you think that might be a reason as why the settings are not sticking.

Much appreciation for your post mw86, it was quite helpful. I was skeptical to flash A05 as A04 has worked for me thus far without any LPC latency issues. The bios settings does seem to stick when i view it on HWinfo64, but it seems each time i shutdown my m18, HWinfo64 would show it as 0. Seems as long as i don't shutdown my notebook, the settings will stay. I have tried A05 Bios as per your recommendation and noticing the same thing. System Specs: 2960xm, 580m SLi, Also another question, if I wanted to set all my cores to 4.0ghz or 4.2ghz instead of 4.4ghz as per Mr. Foxs setting as my ambient temps is really hot in Phoenix Arizona, would just changing the core clocks to 4.2 and flex to 0 while keeping everything the same setting be a good choice. I only OC for benchmarks and when i game, I usually have it set to OC stage 1 or just default because of the high ambient temps

sleeker and lighter design and bringing back the RGB display would be awesome. Also wishing the next model design would have liquid cooling =)

well said, i feel the biggest obstacle is overcoming the heat issue on a laptop, if liquid cooling can somehow be fitted in a laptop, the gap between desktop and laptop will get even closer.

mr fox, i tried your settings on the A04 unlocked bios, everything seems to stick except for the long duration PWR limit under performance options menu and Advanced CPU control. After each reboot, it reverts back to 0, seems the highest number that will stick is 80, any suggestions? I have the 2960xm on A04 unlocked bios. Much Thanks in advance

planning to do a repaste on my cpu and gpu, got a tube of shin etsu from a friend, any comments on it from any previous users?