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Hi !

My old P170EM got a functionnal 980M since a while and I'm looking to overclock it.
The driver restricts me to +135Mhz (GPU core), no heat, no artefact, just 10-15% more perf.

Unfortunately the Nvidia driver crashes sometime depending the game tested (1h with Doom, 5mins with Dying Light).


Second loss, Prema removed all his work so I'm looking for another unlocked firmware

BTW, i've tried this one:

Which cause me a signature error with the latest nvflash:
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dapter: GeForce GTX 980M     (10DE,1617,1558,7102) H:--:NRM  S:00,B:01,D:00,F:0
0

Current      - Version:84.04.2F.00.79 ID:10DE:13D7:10DE:110B
               GM204 Board (Normal Board)
Replace with - Version:84.04.22.00.20 ID:10DE:13D7:10DE:110B
               GM204 Board (Normal Board)

Update display adapter firmware?
Press 'y' to confirm (any other key to abort):
EEPROM ID (C8,4012) : GD GD25Q20 2.7-3.6V 2048Kx1S, page

BCRT Error: Certificate 2.0 verification failed

BIOS Cert 2.0 Verification Error, Update aborted.

Nothing changed!

ERROR: Invalid firmware image detected.

 

 

If you have any time to help, I'd be happy !

Thanks a lot

Hi, I'm looking to know what is the "T version" Bios for the P170EM, what's the differences with the "normal" version ?
I haven't found anything in the search engine

Thanks !

I'm looking for the last version of the BIOS for the P170EM from clevo, could you guide me to find where it is located ? Also I don't know what the difference with the T version :'(

Thanks !
 

For Nvidia users:
After 368.81, I got 10-20 less fps. Be careful. (Windows 7x64)

Case of Win10 only compatible card:
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=377158

Add your DEV device on the Win7 entry :)

Hello, about P170EM, what's the "T" version ? I'd like to update mine

After many test on a P170EM I had to use "Section 040". Let's hope it helps someone

Thanks @CaerCadarn but it's still not working
I'm on Win7 x64 and driver enforcement isn't activated.

Last time I got this, it was a "just" a section number issue

Nobody ? :'(
How guys did you updated your Nvidia driver ?

 

The only guide I have is this

http://null-bin.blogspot.fr/2015/08/how-to-modify-nvidia-notebook-driver.html but it doesn't solve the Section problem

Hi all,

I'm looking to update my Nvidia Drivers, unfortunately the setup doesn't detect my card.
I've tweaked my INF but don't know which Section number I should select to make the installed "see" my card.

Driver version: 375.27
VEN_10DE&DEV_1617
Subsys 71021558.

INF line added:
%NVIDIA_DEV.1617.7102.1558% = Section041, PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1617&SUBSYS_71021558

Which "section number" should I choose ?
On the full name driver (installed), I can see:
oem18.inf:Nvidia_DeviceNTamd64.6.1:Section097:21:21:21:13:7254:pci\ven10de&dev_1617&subsys_71021558

Even if tweak nvcvi.inf to use the Section097, it still not recognized.

Could you kindly help me ?

Thanks !

Hi !
When I performed the same upgrade on P170EM (980M), the vendor tells me that the card wasn't Win10 compatible.
But on you side, you may try to create an INF mod like:

http://null-bin.blogspot.fr/2015/08/how-to-modify-nvidia-notebook-driver.html

@tyraek on another desktop machine, disabling the HT (4 => 2 cores), got me an higher CPU limit (core i5)
@sirana thank you very much, infortunately the option is not present for disabling , maybe on my laptop CPU the mecanism is different (i7 3740qm)

Maybe Vulkan optimize the power which results of less I/O gpu/CPU for the same rendering.
Less, cycles, less heat. Less heat, less fan speed.

Did you checked here ?
http://www.clevo.com.tw/EN/E-SERVICES/Download/default.asp

Also, sometime win8 drivers are compatibles, you may give it a try - without forcing the installation -

On my side the fans were less noisy so the performance is better, less usage , less heat

Thanks @octiceps, I've installed the driver with a full INF tweak and installed the main VulkanRT in the main displaydriver directory.
Now it works... maybe the Doom patches solved something too

Thanks, I will try an update another time. I hope it's just a doom issue and not a general failure...

Hi Sandro,

When you put your clevocenter in 'energy star'/economic do you have the issue ?
Is there any process which takes cpu ?

I've got a windows update issue eating 15% CPU forcing fans de 3/5 speed.

Anybody succeed to run DOOM with Vulkan ?

Hi !
I wanted to run doom with Vulkan engine but it doesn't seems to be supported on GeForce 980M

FATAL ERROR: vkCreateInstance failed with error (VK_ERROR_EXTENSION_NOT_PRESENT)

Does anyone get this issue ?

(last nvidia driver instaled, vulkanRT too P170EM laptop)

Hi All,

Does someone know how to switch off hypertreading ? The option isn't present on the Bios (or maybe i'm blind.)

Thanks

It worked, thanks again
Post 1# edit: guidelines used

Dear Spellbound, thanks again for all your help and explanations

Where did you find the link between DM and ID 10DE 1617  ? Why not ZM ?
If just tried both - without accepting the flash - and seems to be compatible too.