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Hi almosthandsome, When you change the offsets, you need to click "update" followed by "apply". You do not need to press the "Set FSB" button as that will not do anything.

hahahaha I liked his comments at the end about the game turning into a tyco race track! Good stuff.

Here's another Jubbing showed me tonight:

NOTE: Dell has released the official vbios + flasher which I would recommend using if you do not want to do a manual dos flash: ftp://ftp.us.dell.com/video/R281544.exe ------------------------------------------ THE FOLLOWING IS THE DOS METHOD OF FLASHING THE NEW 5870M VBIOS INDIVIDUALLY ON EACH VIDEO CARD. THIS MINIMIZES THE RISK OF BRICKING YOUR VIDEO CARDS: Important points to note before updating the 5870m beta vbios: 1) This VBIOS is ONLY for the 5870 cards and works with single or crossfire confingurations. There is currently no update needed for the 4870 cards. 2) This VBIOS will flash your card to the latest revision. 3) You MUST load the 8.763 video driver stack BEFORE flashing your VBIOS. If you flash before you load the newer video drivers, the result will be endless BSODs. Safe mode or VGA mode will work around this… Once you have the new VBIOS, you can’t use the 8.6xx driver stack any more. 4) It is recommended you download and install the 10.8a Crossfire Applications Profile along with the Dell 8.763 driver release. By using the manual dos flashing method rather than flashing within Windows, you reduce the risk of bricking your cards. Furthermore, you will now have the ability to revert back to the old shipping vbios should you desire. Step 1: Download all the following files as they will be needed throughout this guide. 1. Download the HP USB Key Utility: HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool - v2.1.8 Download - EXTREME Overclocking 2. Download the Windows 98 system files: Windows 98 System Files Download - EXTREME Overclocking 3. Download Atiflash files: techPowerUp! :: Download ATIFlash 3.79 4. Download the new Dell beta vbios files from here: Dell 5870m beta vbios Step 2: Creating a Bootable USB Drive to Flash to GPU 1. Install the HP USB Key Utility 2. Launch the HP USB Key Utility and do the following: - Insert your USB thumb drive. - Select File system as "FAT32" - Select Format Option as "Create a DOS bootable Disk..." - Checkmark the box that says, "Quick Format" - Locate the directory you extracted the Win98 files. - Format the USB key using the the Win98 files. 3. Copy the extracted files from the DellBetaVbios.rar file onto your usb key. Step 3: Flashing Your GPU's vBios to the new beta vBios 1. Make sure your usb is plugged in and system is on AC power. 2. Reboot. 3. Press F12 at the Alienware Logo screen. 4. Select "Boot from USB" 5. At the Command Prompt, type in "atiflash -p 0 dellb0.rom” (without the quotes) to flash the master card. Then after it has been flashed, type, “atiflash –p 1 dellb1.rom” (without the quotes) to flash the secondary/slave card. Once the flash process has completed, you may remove the USB key and reboot

X7200 is out of my budget for right now. I will likely pick up an M18x when it's released however. We have a guest contributor writing an R3 article for us, it likely won't be the type of article where the hardware is exploited/modded since it's not my system but it will be a worthwhile read.

As I mentioned in the APA steam group announcement, Tech|Inferno is now the home base of the APA steam group! Every member is invited to come join us. For those that don't know about the All Powerful Alienware steam group, here's a direct link: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/allpowerfulaw

Hi freedom, welcome back dude. Seeing some familiar faces here so stick around and enjoy.

Welcome NH glad to have you aboard. This isn't another NBR so you won't have overzealous admins/mods acting like overlords here. Just sit back, relax and enjoy.

No doubt I wish reviews would have touched on that early on. Or things like throttling that happened with the M15x etc. When we get new hardware to review, we're going to pick it apart for any flaws it has no matter what brand it may be. And I agree, unless the M18x has 6970M Xfire or 485M SLI, I won't be interested. BTW did you hear about the R2 bios being cracked by TheWiz? He might be able to give us new GPU support.

Sup ash, long time no see! Welcome to the new forum, how do you like our new home? BTW I added your cooling mod to the M17x section.

LMAO the crib one was awesome. +1 for drunk midgets in electrified cribs, sounds like something the Jack Ass crew would do.

If you were one of the thousands that tried to get Metro2033 for free from nVidia and found your key subsequently deactivated, nVidia has a new offer. They're e-mailing everyone a "sorry for deactivating your free game" message along with a $5.00 off coupon code when you pre-order Homefront and receive Metro2033 for free. I went for it, figured Homefront is a steamworks game so I'll just use the key they give me on steam when it's released. I did the same for Metro2033 and it worked great. Front page post with pics: nVidia offering 10% off coupon for Homefront + free game | Tech|Inferno

So why'd you sell the X7200?

If you get that M18x for a discounted price then you'll be way ahead of the game. Of course, with the the M17x-R2 bios now unlocked, we might see some new GPU support there.

Haha so what happened to the discount? Hopefully they let you hold on to it for the new new fixed (we promise) version of the R3.

Haha would be nice if they gave us some M18x news. So did you get your R3 yet?

Well we were experimenting, you should have seen the red flashy theme we had for the main site Well we're pretty much done, just optimizing and filling our main site with content and then launching later this week. Welcome to the forum.

Dun dun dun... I guess they wanted Tech|Inferno to teach them how to do a cooling mod for their R1/R2? LOL!!! There's going to be some more M17x articles featured on the front page along with a review of Asus G73 soon! The official launch of the page and forum isn't until Friday so those of you that are here right now are by special invitation...don't you feel special?

https://picasaweb.google.com/109631313223265896524/RGBLEDVsWLED#slideshow/5443905378279244610 This was done without calibrating either monitor. Thoughts? It's a shame Dell got rid of RGB LED so quickly for the Studio XPS 16.

Any plans to purchase the M14x if it should be released? I'm seriously considering it, especially now that the TI staff is busy with web dev most of the day. Carrying the M17x from room to room isn't fun, esp. with it sitting on top of a pad haha.

I keep pinging different people I know for some info. but they either don't know or are tight lipped. I think Dell even got to that Eric guy because he hasn't updated his blog in a while.

Yup, I can say a reliable source that worked with Dell PM'd me at *the place that shall not be named lol* and said M14x was a sure thing. I don't think he'd have a reason to just come out of the blue and b.s. me like that. So I'm hoping we see an M14x on the AW side, a 13.4" for XPS to take on MB Air and perhaps an M18x to fill our dual card aluminum toting desires. Thanks for the best wishes - be sure to bring along anyone else you see fit..the more the merrier.

Hey viking, welcome to TI! I'm not sure if AW will pick up a 13.4" design though it's entirely possible. The adamo would make more sense as an XPS though.

Nice guide mfractal! I can see this being very useful for people outside the US, especially those in Europe that have to pay exorbitant prices for computers and other electronics vs the US.

Michael Dell wipes his ass with 6970s and eats 485M's for breakfast...much like Chuck Norris.