AlexSuru

Upgraded to 7970m and run into problems (briked laptop). Looks like th 7970m is not working with the outdated CPU of the Alienware xR3 and what I have was the latest CPU on the market in that time. If you try N-Vidia than you'll have to fight modified drivers and other requirements and even if you suceed, in the end the upgrade will not let you play the latest games on the market in a satisfactory manner so in my opinion will not be a well spend dolar :(. in my opinion it's not anymore feasable to upgrade that old model except if you can find an external video option.

Did that and in combination with WIN + B sucsesfully started. At the moment seems that I ahave a problem with the new GPU. Thanks for the advice.

Hy All, I installed sucsesfully A10 unlocked BIOS (from SVL7) and I upgraded the GPU to AMD HD 7970M (from 6870M). All was working except the CPU witch was downgraded to 800MHz (i7-2700Q at 2.2 MHz). I started the Overcloking in the BIOS hoping to have a better frequency. After restart my Allienware M17xR3 is just doing 8 fan speedups from time to time and I have no screeen (I can't enter BIOS). How can I resst BIOS to defaults (Overcloking DISABLED) because I have tryied nearly every step witch I found on the WEB with no hope: A) removed power and battery+removed BIOS battery+keep pressed power for 60 seconds - not resetting; removed power and battery+removed BIOS battery+keep pressed power for 60 seconds + removed memory modules (both) -Laptop makes 2 beeps - no acces to BIOS; C) removed power and battery+removed BIOS battery+keep pressed power for 60 seconds + removed memory modules (both) + removed CPU - Laptop does not boot Any other choices? Please HELP I'm stranded!

I chosed CLEVO due to some budget constrains and the posibility to upgrade. I don't regret it at all after about 4 months. I've learnd how to tweeek things to my liking, I've upgraded myself memories and SSDs, I've used free software wich I didn't know existed up to now. The machine is an P750TM1G from "DREAM MACHINES" (a POLAND based reseller) and it came with a fully functional Prema MOD BIOS. SPECS: CPU-i7-9700K (desktop) [undervolt by 96 mV, disabled TURBO => MAX Temp=75 degC]; GPU NVIDIA RTX2060 (MXM3)[worked with NVIDIA Profile Inspector and decreased the Frame Rate Limit to 72 => MAX Temp=80 degC]; dysplay FullHD, 144Hz + G-Sync[as said dropped Frame Rate to half]; SSD EVO 256 Gb working fast. Added 32 Gb Corsair Memory at 2666 MHz also working well. The only issue for me is the screen bleeding but the resseler offered to exchange it without any extra payment (not done yet due to travelling a lot). Hope this helps others from EUROPE to chese this brand.

I'm using the ThrottleStop but even without it my p750TM1 does not throttle. There are also BIOS options to disable TURBO and other processor functions. Hope it helps.

Might be better to use throttle stop. I use it on my P751TM1G and works very well.

Nice one, Thanks! Any chance you'll get the same for RTX 2060 MXM for laptops?