stormyandcold

Cheers Prema for the v2 vbios, all working great here!

Buy it as a kit. The heatsink for it is better than old one. Install memory plate with care.

Confirmed, latest driver also doesn't work.

Nice to know it's possible to fix the problem. On the otherhand, I'm running 359.06 and it works fine on my p150em. Cod:BO3 runs great and I play it nearly everyday without any BSOD.

I can confirm that the latest Nvidia HOTFIX 361.60 will also cause BSOD on reboot. Looks like the end of the road for V2 bios users. Stick to 359.06, it's the last working driver for V2 bios users.

V2 bios here, win7 64bit. Prema 1.1.1. bios

Hi guys n gals, can anyone confirm Nvidia 361.43 drivers don't work with our systems? I've tried all 3 versions (quadro, desktop and laptop) and all will cause BSOD due to nvlddmkm causing exception errors. Used DDU to remove old drivers for clean installs with modded inf, nada. Had to go back to 359.06.

Just send it back now asap. Don't do any more with this card.

It's definitely a GTX980M 8GB card. No 3GB versions exist as far as I'm aware. Bios and vbios look fine. Could you post a screenshot of Nvidia inspector 1.9.7.3? NVIDIA Inspector Download version 1.9.7.3

Lapped 3920xm @default with GTX980M now getting an extra 300 points NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3920XM Processor Extreme Edition,CLEVO P150EM I assume this is closer to expected results.

Hey bro, you don't really need anything beyond 1500 grit, 2000 for mirror finish is enough. The rest is a waste.

I've been playing COD:BO3 and noticed my 3920xm was hitting upto 104c then throttling. I decided to remove the ICD24 and use coolaboratory liquid metal pads (laptop kit). It's my preferred material for my gpu which has been working brilliantly (72C max playing COD:BO3 with near max details for 90minutes). I didn't want to take all the screws off so, I used a red 2x4 lego brick on it's side and 800 grit wet n dry cut into squares to fit the lego brick and lapped the cpu heatsink. Took about 5minutes. Now my cpu is around 94c load so I got at least a 10c+ drop. Recommended.

Have you got a picture of your card without heatsink on?

You're not missing out on much, maybe couple thousand 3dmark points max. Enjoy your system, it's amongst the best you can buy right now.

I use a 28" monitor with mine. What really made me upgrade is pascal looking like I'd need a whole new system to make full use of the gpu and cpu interconnect so I decided to go for it and enjoy it now.

I battled with trying to get the perfect heatsink install with the GTX680M. I use MSI Kombuster to test. If it will run stable for a few mins around 70C+ it's on right. If it throttles, then, you might want to do it again. (using cooler master U3 pad and additional cm 12cm fan powered by adaptor. YMMV

After a few days of testing I seem to have come across some "anomalies" regarding MSI Kombuster furmark (torus). First off, using the latest drivers 358.91, win 7 64bit Ultimate; 1. With stock vbios furmark gets 115-117 fps 2. With prema vbios 1.1.1. furmark starts at 135-137fps, then, slowly drops to similar fps to stock bios EXCEPT the gtx980m will heat-up until system crashes (119-125fps). Performance loss starts at around 66C. My GTX680M 4GB card in kombuster furmark gets 55-56fps so at stock the gtx980M is over 2x faster. The prema bios gives a nice boost to furmark, but, isn't stable and performance rapidly deteriorates until its similar to stock except gpu over-heats. This didn't happen with gtx680m which would run around 70C+ stable. Certainly the fps seems more stable with gtx680m while gtx980m performance will slowly go down as it heats up. Also, using stock bios and NVidia inspector to overclock core +135mhz, there are artifacts at the start of nearly every test in 3dmark 11. No artifacts using prema bios to do the same thing. Any thoughts on this? I would like to maintain performance. Already using a Cooler Master U3 with additionl CM 12cm fan and bottom of laptop off. UPDATE: This setup right now will happily play CSGO match after match no problems maintaining GPU temps of around 50C. On the other-hand, I've now come across a game that will make the system crash similar to torus furmark; Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. COD:AW will run and performance will deteriorate until it just stutters and crashes system. Might need to look at heatsink again and see if results change. What puzzles me is at idle, the gtx980m goes down to 22C and actual gaming temps seem ok...

I bought mine from CEG Germany and got the new heatsink (1 piece instead of 2) AND copper backplate. The GTX680m doesn't have this plate. It goes on the back of the card and covers the rear of the memory. I would look into this if you're prepared to spend this kind of money you might aswell get the full kit and sell the old heatsink parts along with the gtx680m. NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 980M 8GB GDDR5 MXM 3.0B CLEVO (copper backplate option for gpu1).

No, it's still original bios the card came with. Here's with a bit of oc NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3920XM Processor Extreme Edition,CLEVO P150EM

Only upgrade if you need to have a laptop, otherwise enjoy GTX980 desktop build. I only just decided to finally get the gtx980m. The price is a huge factor. For only £200 more I could get brand new ready-built GTX980 system. On the other hand, it's a great upgrade, but, even after doing the upgrade I still can't justify the cost involved.

Update, ok, so I re-installed the card, was perfect first time, but, did it again just in-case. Mine came with the new one-piece heatsink that also has a few black foam strips so taping-up the copper shouldn't be needed now. I also opted for the copper back-plate, I just took the 4 little foam pads off the GTX980m, installed the plate with the 4 tiny screws, then, put the 4 little pads back on in similar position to before (over each of the 4 screws basically). Well, the "code 10" in device manager seems to be normal. Don't be put off by this, it'll work with modded inf. I tried a few official drivers thinking it would work, but, they don't. Modded INF is needed. Did quick search and came across Mr Fox's 345.20 driver and modded inf; this driver is working fine and performance is as expected (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3920XM Processor Extreme Edition,CLEVO P150EM). My CEG (Germany) card comes with bios 84.04.22.00.12, card is GM204-A revision A1. So, false alarm. The strings needed are; NVIDIA_DEV.13D7 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M" %NVIDIA_DEV.13D7% = Section152, PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13D7 Now using 358.91 with modded inf. This didn't work first time, I had to use Driver Sweeper to remove all Nvidia drivers, restart, restart again and then installed fine. http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/9263702

Hi, I finally got round to getting the gtx980m for my laptop. I bought it from CEG in Germany. Sadly, I'm getting a code 10 error and can't get any driver to install. Has anyone seen this? Should I reinstall the card and try again or is my card dead?

This site is also excellent for working out some basic power-supply requirements. Power Supply Calculator - The most accurate PC wattage calculator Choosing mini-itx motherboard and i7 3920xm, I've set cpu to 3.6ghz and chose GTX650ti (110watts) as closest card to my gtx680m (also gtx980m). Configured with desktop replacement settings (4usb, 1 firewire, network+wlan cards, 2x ssd drives, 4xddr3 memory, 2xfans) the results are eye opening. 64w idle, 283w load with a recommended power supply of 397watts for 24hr usage. lol. Perhaps why I'm having to downclock to 31x across the board on cpu to stay stable. This isn't taking into account running the laptop screen which maybe pushing system over the edge. System is definitely more stable using external monitor.

I think your cpu will be fine tbh Pontanx. I've successfully completed the 330watt power-supply mod for my p150em. System is stable for over a week running cpu (3920xm) and gpu (GTX680m 4G) at defaults during gaming. 180watt kept freezing with this config (cpu changed from 3610qm). Had to run 3920xm at 31x multiplier across the board to stabilize as well as lower both oc wattages to 55watts. Would prolong period before freeze, but, now it's totally stable and cpu is able to turbo as normal. I think for us p150em owners the power-supply is a crucial part of the process to successfully upgrade to the gtx980m. Major soldering tip; solder the dell pair of wires together first before attaching the connector end. Solder 5th wire to black.

Awesome, cheers bro! This mod seems much easier now that I know it works like that. (also confirmed by Khenglish cheers!).