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I have all the CPU stuff disabled (no fsb oc or turbo boost) since power consumption for the system will max out my 240w adapter EDIT: Custom matte grille with speaker splitters removed:

Project is not dead yet Shell is ANODIZED blue, thanks to Rob at Able Anodizing in Brooklyn, NY, looks even better in person! Also, has two Radeon 7970Ms as well as a Sony Optiarc BD-5850H 6x Blu-Ray burner (a lot quieter than the older panasonic DVD burner I had). Next plan is installing the custom grille I made that sits below the palmrest. I'll take pictures of that once that's done. In the meantime, I hope you like

Hey, has anyone had any success flashing a Dell VBIOS in a Clevo card? EDIT: Nevermind, I just read the 2nd to last post, lol

Depends on how lazy I'm feeling http://forum.techinferno.com/alienware-m17x/526-m17x-project-legacy-9.html#post21475

BTW, project is not dead, but I'm going to be giving this machine a facelift... Uploaded with ImageShack.us Also, I'm going to try to anodize my old frame (Again, I know). This time, I'm just going to let the anodizing company do all the surface prep since they would take care of all the potential comtaminates and stuff (surface has to be really clean if you want to get a good finish). Hopefully I'll get something before the end of the month. In the meantime, I ordered the new Sony Optiarc BD-5850H (6x BD-R slot-load) to keep this system up to date along with the 7970Ms (whenever Eurocom decides to ship them )

hmm, i might do just that between now and the time I start school. Thanks friend (BTW, for those who think Project Legacy is dead...it isn't.)

How much did it cost for the whole process? I might be interested in something like this... \

Hey guys, sry I haven't been around lately. As for this project, I'll probably restart the anodizing portion sometime in the beginning of next year. I've learned a lot about this process and I'll probably get even better results this time around. Also, to mw's quote, I believe they sold the 240w PSU with the M18x when equipped with the GTX 460M single or SLi.

Tried it, didn't work. I've concluded (or close to concluding based on everything I tried) that it has something to do with the power supply. The drivers probably disables SLi if there isn't enough power available for the system I'm guessing. I'll need that 330w PSU mod to verify this or someone with a M18x and 580M SLi to try using a 240w on it (vs the 330w one) to see if the SLi option disappears.

I tried that but it didn't seem to help much. I'm starting to think that it could be the ram I use too (only 4gb, which is kinda small considering that I put my computer to sleep and rarely fully shut it down).

Actually I went to Firefox because of Chrome, which nuked my SSD and slowed my HDD because of the excessive cache writing and it seems as Firefox is doing the same thing, though to a lesser degree. I probably have to edit a few settings to force it to write to my RAM instead. But those figures I mentioned are just ballpark figures based on the desktop variants. If a M17x-R3 or M18x provides optimal cooling, it could help such a modded card reach those clocks with some level of stability.

Awesome job Marco! Wish I visited this site more but for whatever reason, Firefox doesn't like this site (minor freezes and certificate errors). BTW 1.15v would open the 6970M to about 950-960mhz core and 1.17v should allow for 1000mhz core.

Thanks for the help, but I tried that and it still didn't work. From the research I've done so far, it seems that there's a different type of SLi Certification/Trigger in the M18x and the Clevo X7200 BIOSes that allows it to install the newer cards in SLi.