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a beta is out for testing sent you a test version, let me know how it goes i can't send you a pm, try making 5-6 posts first

As i said in the first post,if you guys are serious about it I could use some help with the testing. I'll compile a test version and let you know.

We can't use alienFX because it's totally different. What i want to do is try to emulate a few functions of the alienFX api

Hi Prema. well, if there's no hardware limitation i guess pretty much anything is possible. For starters: More effect modes. Temperature driven effects. Custom userprofiles. I'm looking into the possibility of using alienFX's ability for games to change the color by themselves but i can't promise anything at this stage. we're also open to suggestions

custom light controller (for 8 color keyboards only!) -What it is: This is a custom backlight controller intended for Clevo models with backlit keyboards. It is a replacement for the standard Clevo keyboard app. By default it works like the original. If you want to take advantage of some of the advanced effects you’ll have to set the app to start with windows (there are all sorts of option in the settings page, top right) -Project status: A first public beta is available for download -Issues/bugs: -Prerequisites: -Hotkey driver MUST be installed and working. -.NET 4.5 is required. Windows 8 have it by default. Other systems need to install it by hand. -Installation: Run the setup and follow the instructions -New effects So far we have 3 new effects: 1) Temperature/Usage lighting. Some of you will probably already know that one. It's using pizzadude223's code. Lights change depending on temperature of CPU/GPU. Dual GPU's supported 2) Audio lighting. Lights change depending on intensity of the music. Keep in mind that lowering the latency will increase CPU usage so try to find the sweet spot on your system 3) Heartbeat. Lights follow a heartbeat pattern that increases in speed according to CPU usage 4)Adaptive color effect This effect works for applications that run in non-exclusive mode. That means windows apps and games running in either windowed or borderless modes only (ie no fullscreen). This mode lets you color the keyboard based on what happens on the screen. You have 2 basic modes, “Aero” which basically colors the keyboard according to the aero color in windows and “Screen Average” which scans the screen to determine what the average color is. When you use Screen Average you have certain extra ways to tweak your color. You can choose whether to use a single color for the whole keyboard or use a different one for each keyboard region. When you use 3 colors, each color is decided based on what happens on the screen part that’s over that region. You can further tweak coloring by specifying what part of the screen will take place in the decision. You can have the whole screen or just the lower or upper half. That’s useful if for example you’re playing a game that most action takes place in only half the screen. For example in a racing game the upper half of the screen is usually just sky. There is an option that will affect the sensitivity to color changes, that’s what the minimum diversion does. Lower will be more sensitive. You can also choose whether you want brightness to vary with colors or not. The minimum brightness makes sure that the brightness will not fall under any circumstances bellow that limit. The update rate is like in other effects the speed by which the effect refreshes. A word of notice on this one, this effect is a very complex operation; it’s not a simple thing. If you overdo it you will get a SEVERE performance hit. I find that 50ms is a good compromise between speed and performance. Keep in mind that this is still a BETA. It means that bugs are normal to be found. We will try to address them in turn but you’ll have to be patient. I’d welcome any comments or bugs you may have to report but in order to make it easier I want you to always post your specs along with a detailed explanation of what you are reporting. Also make sure that the problem is repeatable. -Licenses This is freeware. You may use it freely. I would appreciate distributors interested contacting one us of first if you would like to support our effort: <form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post" target="_top"> <input name="cmd" value="_s-xclick" type="hidden"> <input name="hosted_button_id" value="DV2X6ELM4Q4SN" type="hidden"> <input src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_donate_LG.gif" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!" border="0" type="image"> </form> -Themes Apart from the default themes (That you can switch via the settings menu) you can create your own too. The app’s theme engine is modular. It means that you can theme only the items you want, without the need to change everything. It is very flexible but it has it’s limits so be careful if you’re a newbie. If your theme crashes the app, just delete it and the functionality will be restored. The themes are each stored in a unique folder located in Hotkey’s installed location (c:\Program Files (x86)\Hotkey\themes). The theme’s name is its folder name. You will see that there is a “template” theme. It’s a guide to help you on your first steps. Be sure to read both the readme.txt as well as the theme.txt placed in there. They describe most of the stuff you’ll need… -Download You can download the app from here or from out site: clevomods | home of the Custom light controller and LightFX library -Changelog 0.0.6.0: 2/11/13 -added effect 'adaptive color'. Mode to drive colors/brightness based on aero color or average screen color -fixed colorwheel bug now showing properly on custom color panel -fixed not resuming after sleep bug -added tray access to effects& profiles 0.0.5.9: 14/10/13 -bugfix with non admin execution of app 0.0.5.8: 14/10/13 -added theme support -fixed colorwheel bug now showing properly on custom color cycle panel -added brightness driven only mode to audio panel 0.0.5.7: 25/9/13 -added new rendering modes to audio panel -added import/export in custom color cycles -added temperature/usage driven brightness in temperature panel -newer hardware monitoring library(better support for Haswell CPUs) -fixed application positioning when taskbar is in a position other than bottom -fixed tray icon bug missing sometimes -beat detection algorithm tweaks -audio panel tweaks -fixed flickering on progressbars 0.0.5.6: 12/9/13 -bugfixes crash during startup on some systems -better exception catching -better SM series compatibility -better tray temperature handling(for those who were experiencing hangs in temperature mode after running the app for some time) -better powersavings behavior -added installer -Also in this version you don't need to close ledkb in order for LightFX to work. When ledkb is running, it detects whether LightFX is in use. If it is, it "pauses" ledkb until LightFX is finished (i.e. you exit the game) and then resumes. 0.0.5.5: 5/9/13 -bugfixes hide from alt-tab when minimized to tray 0.0.5.4: 15/8/13 -bugfixes causing crash on startup 0.0.5.3: 12/8/13 -replaced colorstrip with an animated alienware style colorwheel -added brightness slider in custom color panel 0.0.5.2: 30/7/13 -Added new effect. Custom Color cycle. You can create a user specified sequence of lighting. -Added tray icons for temperatures in Temperature mode. 0.0.5.1: 17/7/13 -Fixed starting with Windows with Administrative rights (You will still need to run the app as Administrator in order to set this option) -Minor fixes in resizing -Fixes in trigger mechanism 0.0.5.0: 13/7/13 -Fixed Haswell CPUs temperature monitoring -Added windowed mode with floating resizable windows 0.0.4.9: 11/7/13 -Custom temperature colors and temperature ranges -Option to disable polling when on battery -Option to disable LightFX library (You still have to install it separately) -GUI is cleaner, most of the options are up top now Backlight Controller with LightFX v0.0.5.6.zip Backlight Controller with LightFX v0.0.5.7.zip Backlight Controller with LightFX v0.0.5.9.zip Backlight Controller with LightFX v0.0.6.0.zip

for anyone interested i fixed it. I forced ram timings of 1333-9-9-9-24 instead of 1600-11-11-11-48 and it works flawlessly at command T1.

Damn, i was afraid you would say something like that! Kinda far fetched but could it be that the old bios lowered the frequency to 1333mhz when you had 4 sticks? I used to have this problem back in the first gen i7's. The ram would not play at rated settings if all ram slots were occupied. I had to take the ddr speed a notch down. nope, it seems that the initialization speed for ram on this machine is 1333, correct me if i'm wrong..

I see, thank you for clearing that up. The reseller is partly right though, those sticks used to work fine on the p370em with the factory shipped bios. Unfortunately i didn't write down the original version number... however i remember the date of it was one of 2012, therefore it probably was bios 1.02.xx with ec 1.00.xx

hi, i have this weird problem with my P370EM. I'm on the latest BIOS and EC. I have 4 sticks of this ram: Corsair Memory When I have all 4 sticks plugged my laptop won't start, it keeps rebooting a second after starting. If I leave only 3 sticks (doesn't matter in what slots or which sticks) everything works. I checked all of them for errors and they are all OK. I did every combination. I even reset the bios by removing the motherboard battery. No go. any ideas?

Prema mate, i think i'll need the T2 version too but for P370EM. I'm on 4 sticks of corsair 1600mhz and it seems i have memory problems. In my case the laptop bootloops before the screen can turn on with all 4 sticks. With 2 it works fine. thank you!

OK, thank you Prema for clearing this up for me

You mean that in order to have secureboot working you have to have the same patched vbios version as the one the laptop was originally shipped with or is it something like a bug on the older vbios version?

yeah you're right. And i'm guessing such an increase would have been almost impossible a few years back.

can you use any usb port or is there a preference, like on some new z77 motherboards?

Hi Prema, thank you for your work. What version ME did you include? v12? I've ordered a P370em and i was looking for TRIM in raid 0 sdd's. I think that's a very new addition,isn't it?

i see, thanks Jimbo. I guess that's better than nothing considering its limited cooling.

is a 3740qm in a p370em overclockable?