Ashram Forcelia

I am sure there maybe other ways to do the order but this is how I did it... 1) Flash BIOS wanted 2) Uninstall ATI drivers 3) Device manager >> Uninstall Display Driver 4) Reboot system 5) Install ATI Drivers 6) Test System for changes

1) Flash New BIOS 2) Uninstall ATI Drivers 3) Device Manager >> Uninstall Display Driver 4) Reboot 5) Reinstall ATI Drivers.... This was the order I did it and it works but someone else might see it can be done in a different order as well.

Update, try turbo boost at the top right touch bar. When I had my Nvidia 260m it would always cause bad performance, but try it with the 7970. I noticed it lowers the voltage on the 7970 further and lowering temps greatly. If I keep turbo boost on I think I will need to now overclock the core and memory to get better performance from the 7970 since the lowered voltage lags its performance. I will have to test this further EDIT: New update! I have figured it out... svl7's BIOS work fine but I now know why it didn't result in a complete flash right after. Do exactly as he has posted but you must uninstall all drivers from your m15x and then go to Device Manager and uninstall the card. Then reinstall drivers and reset. You will then experience the flash as intended... Who knew right!?! Hope this helps anyone else who might have over looked these steps

Random, I was lucky I guess... I flashed it with the .95v and nothing then flashed the .975v reset the laptop once tested and no change, still 1.0v... Next day turned it on doing nothing out of the norm and it had went from 1.0v to .975v somehow... Very odd but it did lower my temps. I underclocked from the stock 800 core and 1000 memory as well. It is stable and working well, plus FFXIV ARR 2.0 just released an official benchmark which is scoring better and peak temp lowered. I guess they optimized it to run more efficiently than the previous one they released in Feb. I am going to test hours of gameplay this weekend as my final test on the 7970m custom upgrade for prolonged use. If it performs like it did with the benchmark then maximum settings at 1920x1080 runs the game very high performance and has no problem at all. Cross your fingers on the prolonged usage temps! I will cry if after a few hours it hits 85C and shuts down... I ordered a new CM Storm SF-19 to replace my Targus cooling pad. I hope it helps keep it cooler since it seems to have better fans.

Looks like I made some progress on the temps by flashing again and it did lower the voltage to .975v but it won't flash the .95v... MSI & ATI clocking tools will not unlock voltage but I did lower the core clock to 800 and memory to 1000. With these adjustments and the ones I mentioned above I can finally pass WEI (peak temp 74C) and FFXIV (peak temp 80C). I wish I could somehow get my game peak temp down to at least 75C or maybe 78C. If I run the game for long periods it peaks into lower 80C. My system shut down at 85C due to the high heat. Anyone have a brilliant suggestion for getting it down further? Thanks

Hi all, I have been working on my upgrade from 260m to 7970m for the last week. Reading through forums I was able to install Part Number 747M2 with new Fujipoly Premium System Builder Thermal Pad, Arctic Silver 5, grinding the Xplate sockets for heatsink/gpu contact and utilizing the foil MOD for the fan/heatsink. I am running stock 850c/1200m and 1.0V. The problem is I am still having heat issues when I try to run FFXIV or the WEI. The temp is peaking above 85C! It does seem to want to stay around 75C on average but the peaks will shut things down. I thought I would try and flash the BIOS to under volt the card to get it in line. I followed the instructions and flashed the BIOS. When I flash the MODvBIOS from svl7 for .975v & .95v with the correct checksums it had the same OLD/NEW values for everything. I test each flash and the voltage did not adjust. It still caps at 1.0V and same heating issues. Also none of the clocking/voltage adjusting programs allow for a decrease in voltage either. It seems like the settings are locked and I am left with GPU that runs hot... Does anyone have the same issues or any ideas on how to solve the problem? Thanks ahead of time for advice! b(~_^)d d-()-b (b^_^)b Display device : AMD Radeon HD 7970M Display driver : Catalyst 13.2 BIOS : 015.017.000.001 Alienware M15x | Intel i7 940XM | 1080p | AMD 7970M | Windows 8 Pro |