Well if you are really on a budget and only need to do this for sequencing you could get a Dual CPU motherboard (88 dollar) and have two 12 core Xeon processors (66 dollar) do the job with 24 cores and 48 threads. But do check it's the correct cpu socket versions so you get the right board.

Intel Xeon E5 2658 V3 ES QEYP 2.0Ghz 105W 30MB 12Core24Threads LGA2011-3 CPU

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Xeon-E5-2658-V3-ES-QEYP-2-0Ghz-105W-30MB-12Core24Threads-LGA2011-3-CPU/254467306036?hash=item3b3f6ef234:g:wesAAOSwSRteChLD

Dell Motherboard Poweredge C8220 Dual LGA2011 083N0

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Motherboard-Poweredge-C8220-Dual-LGA2011-083N0/372283737070

Hi,

Well I don't know the exact problem with the ID, but if you can't get help and get it fixed you might just need to get a soic8 programmer with a test clip and program the chip directly that way. Also have you edited the bios file in any way? If so did you remember to recalculate the hash for the edited bios file?

5 minutes ago, BludBubbles said:

That sucks. I was really looking forward to using nVidia 3D Vision. I wonder why they discontinued support. I've heard that it's awesome. I also read on other posts about people who have modified drivers that have gotten the 3D Vision to work on these laptops. I could be wrong though. BTW, the driver that I'm using for the 1070 came from Eurocom and it's the 416.34 version.

12 minutes ago, Henrik9979 said:

Also don't expect Nvidia 3D vision to work. I have tried but even though Nvidia 3D stereotypic appears at device manager, there is no settings for 3D vision in Nvidia control panel. No matter what driver I have tried it will nok work.

 

Also Nvidia has discontinued support for 3D vision so new drivers will probably not even have 3d vision installer at all.

By the way you must run you bios in UEFI mode to get the 120hz screen to work.

Legacy is not supported.

It might not work but if it is installed it could be possible to force start nVidia 3D Vision from C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\Control Panel Client\nvcplui.exe

5 minutes ago, BludBubbles said:

Hi Henrik9979,

 

That would be cool if you could share some pics of your BIOS if you would be so kind. I think I attempted to set integrated graphics to Disabled and video output to Always PEG using an external monitor but I would always get 8 beeps and no post. When I try again I will change the settings to exactly what you have and see what happens. I contacted the seller on eBay but they haven't contacted me back. I requested a return or exchange so I hope they honor that. Also, RaZoR, I paid about $300 for the 1070 and the $100 was for the 120Hz display. I hope I'm not stuck with the 60Hz display but it's cool since I can hook the laptop up to my 4K smart tv and get 120Hz/1080p picture with this DisplayPort to HDMI adapter.

 

Regards,

BludBubbles

I found out the Unknown Device using the method you described. It turns out it is the Fall Detector thingie and the other one is nVidia's audio. I'm just going to leave them like they are, I suppose, since everything is running smoothly.

That makes more sense, but it's not that bad because I see that most used GTX1060m go for that price still.

19 minutes ago, BludBubbles said:

Hi RaZoRfi84,

 

Thank you for responding. I'm not sure if it's a BIOS issue. Some threads say that it changes automatically to PEG mode when installing the 120Hz display. I saw PEG mode when I had the 7970m installed and integrated graphics activated but always got 8 beeps and no post when installing the new display. Yeah, and I also read that somebody said that this nVidia 1070 would require EDP but I suppose it's not true because I have it running with the stock 60Hz display. I tried disabling integrated graphics but I would get no post issue and would have to reset BIOS by removing the CMOS battery. I read that that's because you need Optimus with the nVidia GPUs because BIOS would not load without it. Which kind of makes sense. I tried changing the Active LFP setting in BIOS to EDP but would get no post issue. I think I tried everything described in these threads. But yeah, I can confirm that the 60Hz display works with a 1070 setup and I can't even get the 120Hz one to work. lol I think I got a good deal on it for $100 but it's just wasting away not being used. I will tinker a bit more in the future once I get everything else done. I will probably try again before I do the re-paste. It just sucks that I waiting to attempt to install it until the return date past because I was buying all the new components one at a time and wanted to do all of the upgrades all at once. I suppose something could be wrong with the display but I have no way of testing it. BTW, I'm using unlocked A14 BIOS.

 

Thanks again,

BludBubbles 

Hi BludBubbles, well even if you are stuck with the 60hz display that was still an awesome deal you got for the card!

Thats a nice setup you have, I like the watercooling

If you already have MSI Afterburner installed you should be able to overclock as long as you have the GTX 970M selected as processor in Nvidia PhysX settings.

If you still can't overclock you can try and install a software called MSI VGA Overclock Tool and then use Afterburner to overclock.

Download link or look for: vga_1206_0601.zip

https://drivers.softpedia.com/get/GRAPHICS-BOARD/NVIDIA/MSI-GT685-GT685R-Notebook-NVidia-VGA-OC-Utility-12060601.shtml

Nice, if you are going to cut some holes or modify the backplate you could maybe fit something like a low profile cooler like the SlimHero 56mm tal (136W TDP) or maybe the Noctua NH-L9 37mm tal (65W TDP). That would probably fix all throlttling issues and allow you to run a bit higher clocks also if you can mod the socket to fit.

Noctua NH-L9i, Premium Low-profile CPU Cooler for Intel LGA115x

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B075SG1T3X/

SlimHero Low Profile CPU Cooler

https://quietpc.nl/gel-slim-hero

Hello,

I would stay away from the 9900K CPU with a Gigabyte Z390 AORUS and the Asus Maximus XI Hero motherboard combo for the moment because there are many people having boot issues and with boards / CPUs dying on them with that combination.

Asus Maximus XI Hero not booting

Several Gigabyte Z390 AORUS boards and i9 CPUs failed

https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2203397-gigabyte-aorus-master-z390-boot-issues

I'm not sure but this could be a firmware or even a hardware voltage controller issue. If the Gigabyte / Asus Z390 motherboards they have are running too high stock voltage for the i9 CPUs and they end up burning up somehow..

Is this 120hz/60hz display thing a Bios issue? Because if it's true that pascal GPUs would need EDP mode to run and have a 120hz panel, then how are you BludBubbles getting the 60hz panel to boot but not the 120hz panel working??

It gave me quite a scare when I did a dump of my vBios with an older version of NVFlash, because the screen goes black / flickers etc. and it takes a few seconds before it comes back again. This is normal, however I noticed when I did the same with GPU-Z it warns you this will happen and then only switches the screen once and then it's done. Maybe this new NVFlash version is better in that manner?

Hello everyone, I'm Jens. I came across this site recently. It all started about a week before Christmas. There I was, playing battlefield and I started to notice this weird smell.. It was coming from my desktop, I exited the game had a look around and the smell went away.. I was like well I better do some cleaning, I have logged over 3000hours in battlefield alone plus a bunch of other games and never opened and cleaned the PSU. So I took the thing apart, removed some dust and put it back and had another go. Everything fine, maybe dial down the overclocks a bit, and check my fan settings.. Do some benchmarks and play some games.. But nope, the PSU kept getting hot. Really hot, I had it open and did some test and found a choke pushing 165c next to the mosfets and a cap almost bursting it's content from the heat, not good. Had a shorted coil, and thermal runaway as a result.

So in the time I waited for a replacement 1000w desktop PSU I spent most of the time on my old MSI GT70 gaming laptop. And so I began to think this thing could do with an upgrade.. And I found several posts on here of ppl running GTX980m and maybe some GTX1060m cards. So now it got me curious, what about the new RTX cards.. They are bigger about 20mm more, but what if I could make one fit.

Well I think this site looks like a good place to start, with a good community of ppl helping others. So I guess I will stick around and have some fun. Happy 2020!