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Thinhs are worse than I thought ;-/ Hoping someone can help me here. I have a Digital Stom Krypton / P177SM and reflashed my bios with the prema P177SM v 2 bios. I now have two major problems. 1 My keyboard illumination in not working at all. I have hit fn / and set the color and saved but still no illumination 2. in the device manager is says my GTX 870 is now a standard VGA adaptor with the following message "This device cannot start. (Code 10)" Any suggestions And my original bios did not save Any clue on where to find the stock bios?

problem resolved with factory reinstall

On my DS Krypton / Clevo P177SM Temps for both CPU 4810MQ and GPU GTX 870M with stock paste were too high even under moderate load so I used black aluminum tape on both the CPU and GPU to seal the fans to the heat sinks and repasted with Prolimatech Pro-PK3.The GPU twice now. CPU temps are now quite good and I have not seen them exceed 71c .However I am still struggling with GPU temps. It appears Clevo has been too conservative on fan profiles and Heat sink mounting on the GPU die seems a bit suspect on the precision and tightness of the contact with the die. Do you have any other suggestions for improving the cooling on the GPU? The only comparison I have to go by is the Alienware M17X R4 I retired with a GTX 680M which never exceeded 65c during an entire three hour raid in the heat of summer.

Great thread everyone. As a Alienware defector and new Clevo owner I have been looking for additional tips and tricks to improve my cooling