M18X2012

On 3/7/2022 at 5:10 AM, xapachewolfx said:

I got the black version and I really like the upgradability of this laptop i swapped out the cpu for i7 3940xm 32 gb of ram 3 1tb ssd and I'm waiting on my wifi 6 card to be delivered also going upgrade gpu once I get bios installed 

I got the 3920xm 240GB SSD, 750GB HDD, 512GB Msata and 32GB ram. 

34 minutes ago, xapachewolfx said:

You sure you had them properly connect the first time because when was doing some testing on my laptops I would has the open with the heatsink off and the gpu on 

Connected properly? The heat sink or gpu? I never removed the GPUs from their slot. Only the heat sinks. Could it have been the thermal pads? I mean they were caking off (brittle).

I'm sorry dont mean to side track this thread. The reason I am looking to upgrade to the 1060 is because, the 675m have been showing their age and I Also started getting black screened. The Black screens started from when I F###ed up years ago, I packed the laptop in the backpack (I have the orion alienware backpack) thinking it turned off but it was still on. Later on that day i started Playing some KF2,  and the m18x  starts to black screen and noticed fan #2 not spinning Oddly enough only thing that went wrong GPU Fan #2 when out and i replaced it and went on another 2 years with no issue. Then, AGAIN I did it again! Packed in the backpack  thinking it turned off. I check for any issues this time and none, gpu fans are spinning. So I go on and start to game but this time the black screens would be consistent, I did everything to remedy the black screens, from reinstalled drivers to clean windows install and nothing. Concluding to what I dont want to do; opening up the laptop to repaste the gpus, it was overwhelming, since I don't know much about what I was doing, plus all that $$$$ I spent on the m18x.

I get ballsy and grab my TRAXXAS rc screw driver kit, TRAXXAS FTW (iFixit my A$$)

Repasted both GPUs with kryonaut, worked for a few days, black screened again, took it apart again and replaced the thermal pads. The pads were caking off (im guessing heat and age?) So i buy the pads, but purchased the wrong size thermal pads they were to thick ( need 1mm) so I thought what if....I Replaced those pads again but this time WITH THERMAL PASTE INSTEAD OF THERMAL PADS? I was like: whats the worst that can happen?  AND ODDLY ENOUGH...... NO CRAHES AT ALL! 

Can someone explain this? How come the thermal paste is working in place of the thermal pads?

Edit sorry for the grammar.

On 3/7/2022 at 10:05 AM, xapachewolfx said:

Iwas able to get the modded bios on my laptop but when i try to modify the nvidia driver for the 1060 tell me it's not compatible does anyone have a modded 1060 driver download 

Do you have the modded driver for the 1060 yet?

7 hours ago, xapachewolfx said:

 

I got the file. Don't mind the donation either. I appreciate the work. What gets me excited is that there is still people out there modding their m18x. I really like this laptop, but it shows its age, it beautiful red shifting aluminum color, the sound quality, full keyboard with macros,and screen make it worth the upgrade.

Proud owner of a nebula red R2.

6 hours ago, xapachewolfx said:

i donate the 6 bucks but the download link doesnt work 

Same here, I was PM'd the bios but then the conversation was deleted. I haven't  gotten time to do this mod yet. I'm working OT and got little free time.

i donated the $6. i can not download. 

Matty B.

Thank you so much. Also a question about SG mode, isn't that what the FN+F7 function is? To switch to the Intel GPU? Or what is the difference? Once again thank you so much.

2022 and yet here we are, another Alien wanting to upgrade to a 1060. In dire need to complete 5 post to get modded bios.