cody.castor

Ludo,

I am not sure why your having this issue with your SSD. I just installed the Samsung 850 Evo with no issues. I am pretty sure that they run on the same controller, and as far as the interface that should not be a problem as they are all backwards compatible. I will do some looking on your drive and see if anything pops out that could cause the issue. If you have already resolved it please let me know the resolution. Thanks!

Respectfully,

Cody Castor

On 12/5/2011 at 11:41 PM, svl7 said:

I learned some new stuff... here's BIOS A05 unlocked ...but I haven't got a system to test it... anyone willing to do so?

It's the first time I've done this, but I think it will work In the worst case there's still the well-known recovery method.

If anyone is going to test it, let me know and report back!

EDIT: Tested and confirmed to work, so go ahead and flash Thanks @mw86 for testing!!

M18x - A05 unlocked.zip

@svl7 ,

I was wondering if the specs for the BIOS were available. I am new to the BIOS modding community and don't want to make any mistakes with hardware upgrades and such. The two things right off the top that I was wondering about was: what, if any, changes are there to the speed capabilities of the RAM? I believe the current cap on my rig is 1600, but if 1866 is available with this mod then HELLS YEAH! 

Sorry got excited. Secondly, I was wondering if this BIOS will allow for me to swap from the AMD 6990M CrossfireX to GTX 860M SLI? If so, do you know of someone who has done it that I could speak with to make sure I do everything right?

Any input would be greatly appreciated. As a noob to this I just don't want to brick my rig.

Hi everyone. Got a quick question. I have an Alienware M18X R1 and I am looking to install a unlocked BIOS. However after searching the downloads section the only BIOS available is for the R2. Are those BIOS the same for both machines? I do not want to brick my rig on the very first BIOS mod attempt. Any help would be awesome.

Hey everyone!  not new to the Alienware, but new to the site and the modding aspect of the system. Current rig is the M18X R1.  Specs

Time of this report: 11/29/2016, 05:02:13
    Machine name: DESKTOP-VCBBUD3
    Machine Id: {A93AADE5-BFEA-401C-A9A6-778E2EC370C6}
    Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (10.0, Build 14393) (14393.rs1_release_inmarket.161102-0100)
    System Manufacturer: Alienware
    System Model: M18xR1
    BIOS: InsydeH2O Version 1.0 A05
    Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2860QM CPU @ 2.50GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.5GHz
    Memory: 16384MB RAM
    Available OS Memory: 16366MB RAM
    Page File: 4317MB used, 28432MB available

Card name: AMD Radeon HD 6900M Series
    Manufacturer: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Chip type: AMD Radeon Graphics Processor (0x6720)
    DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
    Display Memory: 5875 MB
    Dedicated Memory: 2035 MB
    Shared Memory: 3840 MB
    Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)

It came with dual 6900's in CrossfireX, but 1 of the cards blew up so removed the CrossfireX cable and swapped the cards in the slots. Now just limping along with 1 card.  

I have a 32G kit of Corsair Vengeance coming and also have a 850 500G SSD prepped and going to run the current dual 600G Velociraptors in RAID 0 as a storage drive once I convert the CD/DVD to a HDD caddy. 

Anyone with upgrade insight or ideas, please hit me up and let me know. I want to push this ole beauty to its' absolute max!