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On 29/1/2018 at 7:02 AM, Tristan0123 said:

Just a thought but have you looking into the articles on here about gpu throttling. I just made a gpu upgrade to my old m18x r1 and while I know the system can handle the game requirements, after anywhere from instantly to a few mins I can watch my framerate drop and in msi I can watch as the card throttles down and runs at half of what it should.  this article explains what I'm getting at http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/alienware-m18x-r2-with-980m-possible-throttling-fix.791358/ . I am by no means an authority on such but maybe i'm just seeing my problem in yours. =P

Also just wanted to say that this thread makes me want to throw another 780m in my old girl. Unfortunately a lack of funds is currently a problem.

Thank you for your intervention and for the indications you gave me.
Unfortunately I tried what is described in the link but it did not work in my case.
I always get a low frame rate.
Honestly I do not know what to try.

Good evening to everyone. First of all I would like to thank Mr.Fox, who as always is a great help in all the various communities, for the realization of the mod.
Then I would like to submit my situation.
I proceeded to upgrade my M18x R2, with 2x980m 8gb, following step by step what is described in this forum (bios mod legacy support, vbios mod by prema etc.).
Fortunately I did not have driver problems (I use those of nvidia) nor with W10 nor I had the need to use the trick of suspension.
Unfortunately, despite having made the mod of the Dual PSU, I continue to have problems with the frame rate (which I think are motivated by the power, since GPU-Shark tells me "power limit reached").
Can anyone tell me if this is really my problem?
Or can it be due to something else?
Is there a solution?
Thank you all.

What can I say, you've been incredibly clear! Thank you.
As soon as I have all the components (card, sli cable, heatsink etc.) I will proceed with the update, hoping that I will not make disasters.

I have read many guides and I hope to have clear all the steps to be done, including bios, vbios and everything else. I hope I have a little luck, because I would like to keep alive my "old monster" for a while. 

p.s. wich version of prema vbios it's correct for the m18x r2? i have read somewhere that is the clevo version. Correct?

Thank you for your answer. I try to upgrade this machine, i don’t have alternative because my last 7970m died last week. 

I do not know if I will be able, because too many software changes (bios, vbios, drivers) that require files to be found. the only thing that worries me is the death of the screen repeatedly read in different forums by mrFox, for combination of 980m+nvidia driver+win10. Thx for your interest and answer.

Hello everybody. I would like to install a 980m (or 2) in my M18X R2.

Before proceeding I would like some updated info if possible.
The first, the most important. Is it still incompatible, this hardware, with windows 10, despite the mod bios and the Prema Vbios? I must install win7?
Is it always necessary to modding the drivers or, as I have read somewhere in the forum, do not need it anymore?
If some one have any advice on how to proceed please tell me, thanks. (eg. vbios new version, bios settings, etc.)
Sorry for my English.
Thanks.

On 27/7/2017 at 5:21 PM, ChillAlarm said:

Hey all,

 

I'm planning to do a similar upgrade though my m18x r2 currently has two 7970m's installed. It is also already on Windows 10. From my understanding to get the 980m to work on this laptop you need an unlocked a11 BIOS and modified vBIOS for the card, usually swicks and prema's mods respectively have been recommended. 

hi, can you say me which version of prema mod are correct for m18x r2?

thx.

On 16/1/2017 at 6:54 AM, technos said:

I release here today my personal BIOS for the M18x R2. It is based upon svl7's unlocked A11, Swick's mods to A11, and I have changed back the boot images to default Alienware and Intel logos, as well as reverted the atheros LAN oprom back to the default version that does not take up extra boot time. All other modifications done by swick and svl7 remain intact. Copy files from zip to root of usb in a usb-dos environment, run flash.bat. Simple. Tested by me on two of my M18x R2 systems, works without issue. I take no responsibility if you brick your system, flash at your own risk. Only thing left to do is to somehow enable 2133 for sandy bridge CPU in M18x R2 motherboard.

 

Remember, give thanks to svl7 and swick for their initial work on this. I release this freely to the public, nobody should pay for this.

 

Download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5dGmVHDQ7iuNERzYkMwMW1RMDQ/view?usp=sharing

 

 

First thx for your work.

it's based on v2.0.0 version?

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