JumboJam3000

Hello everyone, I was recently enjoying Resident Evil 7 on my 1070 modded Alienware m17x r4 until i suddenly got graphical artifacting then a hard system crash. I booted my pc back up and graphical glitches were everywhere. I tried to reflash the vbios thinking that will fix the gpu however the system crashed mid flash and now it is stuck on an endless restart boot meaning my gpu is bricked. I initially suspected one of the vram chips on the 1070 was not being properly cooled, however i do have a 5 pipe modded heatsink which has been working well to keep it cool for 6 months already. Plus all the vram chips on inspection seemed to be making contact with the gpu heatsink and thermal pads. The temperatures of the gpu was hovering around 60 degrees Celsius. Is there a way to boot off the intel integrated graphics so i can reflash the bricked 1070 properly? I only have 1 mxm slot which i need the 1070 to be in so i need to use the integrated graphics to boot to flash it. I'm aware that the integrated graphics does not support 120hz screens, but is there a way to boot using integrated graphics at a lower refresh rate or on a different external monitor using the vga or hdmi ports? I have the unlocked A12 bios. As for the artifacting, I'm not sure what is causing it, however it is definitely not driver based as it artifacts everywhere and even in the bios aswell. I reverted back to the GTX 765M that was originally in the system so I can access the bios settings if needed. I am currently trying to use my EXP GDC Beast with a desktop 1070 i have on the alienware, but it seems to cause the same result of endlessly rebooting. Any help would be greatly appreciated!! Specs: Alienware m17x r4 Intel Core i7-3940XM 3.00GHz 32 GB DDR3 1600mhz Nvidia Geforce GTX 1070 8GB (black pcb) 500gb SSD 2TB HDD 120hz 3D eDP Screen

Hi y'all, I have an Alienware m17x R4 rocking an MSI GTX 1070 and i7-3720QM with the unlocked A12 Bios. The setup runs pretty cool with a custom HWInfo fan table and a 3 pipe heatsink for the gpu. However for some reason HWInfo frequently freezes and causes the fans to stay at the speed they were spinning at the moment of the program locking up, I cannot change the fan speeds when this happens and doesnt let my pc fully shut down, forcing a hard reset. You can see how this is dangerous as I could be playing a very intensive game while the fans aren't spinning fast enough to providing adequate cooling. Is there anyway to fix this? Is there a way to set the fan tables in the bios so i dont have to use HWinfo? another issue is that the card throttles unless i enable and disable adapter warnings everytime i turn on the pc, is there a way to fix this aswell? Thanks!

Hi @Klem! I was wondering if you could unlock my A12 bios for my Alienware m17x R4? I have linked the results.rar file down below. Also, should I upgrade to a newer bios version and unlock it? is there any difference? I only ask because Ive managed to put an MSI GTX 1070 inside my rig and it works fine with a locked bios, however i need to disable and enable Adapter Warnings in the bios everytime i boot up the pc, so I think i need to fiddle around with some unlocked settings to make it work properly. I really need an unlocked bios too so I can put my custom fan tables in, hwinfo is a piece of crap and always freezes! https://www.sendspace.com/file/4tfo9w Thank you!