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Hi, long shot but hey. Clevo P170EM Add support for either GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile (Clevo) GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile (Clevo)

While the 170EM is getting a little long in the tooth these days (even with a 980m or 10xx) but it can still give acceptable framerates in most new games. I was wondering if has anyone tried one of these aftermarket heatsinks? AU $419.04 20％ Off | DIY water Air/wind cooling heasink radiator Transformation for Clevo P150 P150EM P170 P170EM https://a.aliexpress.com/_mO8YlzR price is a little higher than I would like and would probably be better off investing the $$ into a new machine. They also seem to have heatsinks for a large number of different machines.

You probably need to use premas bios set to run 9xx series. I believe the 10xx work without the need for bios mods

You need the v3 to run without inf mods, I'd pm prema edit : nevermind prema already on it

seriously guys ask prema nicely if you can help him beta test, you might be surprised

I'd PM prema, I'm sure he will help if you ask nicely

went from a 675mx to 980m, was worth every penny. Runs everything I throw at it at max detail smooth as silk. On a 3630qm

it's pretty simple, 1. Open cover 2. remove screws holding gpu heatsink (core & mem), remove heastinks core first 3. remove gpu screws, they are a standoff type screw that the memory heatsink screws into. See pic 4. remove original gpu and replace with new gpu. make sure you install at a 450 angle. Secure with gpu screws (there will be some slight pressure as the card in pushed flat, alternatively hold card flat and tighten screws) 5. install new memory heatsink - ensuring to remove the plastic covering the thermal pads 6. install new core heastink - ensuring to remove the plastic covering the thermal grease, or clean off thermal grease and install some of your own choice. (I just used the stock grease and have only seen 740C under load) 7. close cover 8. boot and install drivers listed in thread - in device manager the card will be listed as Microsoft Basic Display Adapter until you install the drivers 9. enjoy your superfast laptop Its all in the service manual here anyway. http://forum.techinferno.com/clevo/3837-%5Brepair%5D-clevo-service-manuals.html <---- Pick your model Pic

Haven't noticed the CPU throttle at all, but have been running your system bios since the first release Running your 1t sbios since you posted it too, and I definitely thank you for your efforts.

Right sorry, somehow had it in my head he had an em. Could you answer my other questions though? Specifically the one about the 980m bios on your site, the em series and the 347 driver? Quite happy to go back to the o/c capable driver and not lose the 20%

is $150 cheaper from rjtech Laptop Video Cards :: nVidia GTX 970M 6GB Video Card for Clevo Laptops - R&J Technology, Clevo Barebone Notebook kits, Laptop and desktop system builder

yes I am aware of that and I am very unhappy (read pissed) at nvidia for doing what they are doing but don't you state In your Mod thread? So wouldn't any gain from over-clocking be negated by this? Though I'm not sure how high they clock, as I am yet to try with mine. Its blazing fast for now. So until you finish your mods wouldn't the modded 347 drivers I posted be the best bet? Or does the bios on your site already fix the -20% speed loss when running the non 347 drivers even though they still require the inf mod?

Have you tried this driver? v347.12 Windows 8 64bit | NVIDIA Desktop/Mobile OEM - GeForce r346 series - LaptopVideo2Go Forums Its what I used to get my 980m working in my 170EM

So installed prema's bios from his site The bios still requires an inf mod or the modded drivers to work so that part isnt done yet. It did however give me an extra 126marks in firestrike will update with more as I investigate

Yes I totally understand that, and will be flashing his vbios so I can simply use the latest drivers easily but has he actually finished the vbios mod as he hasn't updated the sticky? To me that means the bios on his site is still in test state. Maybe we can get prema to confirm what stage we are at.

So has prema finished his bios mod? He hasn't upated the sticky. The 980/970m work with his system bios and the stock vbios using either the drivers or other the method listed in this thread.

update here ----> http://forum.techinferno.com/clevo/8361-980m-seems-compatible-em-series-4.html#post121938

Recieved and installed my 980m from rjtech this afternoon and can confirm its a straight plug and play with the drivers listed in this thread here http://forum.techinferno.com/clevo/8361-980m-seems-compatible-em-series-2.html#post119999 had to use these as drivers from the Nvidia site wouldn't install pic got 8000 in fire strike first run without running ixtu to boost turbo mode and with stock bios :Banane31::bananapartyhat: possibly found out why my 675mx crapped out to, seems that one of the heatpipes fractured and pissed all of its blue liquid out

Selected the p170-sm as I have a 170em. As you have a 150 you should I should note that I am yet to receive mine, it cleared customs yesterday so I should have it in my hands late this week or early next week.

Mine included heat sinks so technically "should" come with the appropriate thermal pads. Bought from r&j tech Laptop Video Cards - R&J Technology, Clevo Barebone Notebook kits, Laptop and desktop system builder

And 980M ordered, now to wait

thanks fo this info now I can go ahead and purchase a 980M and get to use it even before prema gets his bios mods done. YAY! And 980M ordered, now to wait

Have decided to go for the full fledged 980m after reading this, GTX 970 memory bug reportedly cripples performance in memory intensive scenarios | ExtremeTech AnandTech | NVIDIA Publishes Statement on GeForce GTX 970 Memory Allocation not sure if this is applicable to the m series though

Yes lesson learnt, kombuster will never touch my new card. After some thought about your post it's more probable that one of the balls on the bottom of the gpu leading to one the ram chips has gone o/c. Maybe I should give a reball a go, haven't done anything so complex as a gpu but have done a couple of smaller chips. Thanks for the confirmation prema, now just to wait on your mods for the P170EM Thanks for that not in the USA but can always use a forwarder, I'm in Australia so where ever I get it from it will almost certainly be from overseas.

Just to be clear these are what I'm after hey? Maybe prema can confirm?