[Alienware - Clevo - MSI] Aftermarket Upgrades Driver Support - Modded INF

[j3tstream]

if only they were so fast at optimizing drivers and making them laptop compatible straight away...

[joluke@inphtech]

On 17/02/2017 at 8:20 AM, thegh0sts said:

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4405

 

well that didn't take long!

@j95 can you please mod this ones?

Edited February 18, 2017 by joluke@inphtech

[J95]

     GeForce Hotfix driver 378.72

This is GeForce Hot Fix driver version 378.72 that addresses the following:
   • Fixed hardware encoding in Steam (In-Home Streaming).
   • Resolved PhysX being forced to CPU when "Optimize for Compute Performance" setting is OFF.

     *Install drivers at your own risk* Windows 10 + GeForce Drivers are Killing Samsung and LG Notebook LCD Display Panels
      Uninstall PrecisionX, including screen overclocking tools. Instead, keep MSI Afterburner's RTSS for monitoring purposes.

 

       Requirements:

       Flash latest @Prema's v2 980M & 970M (Please consider donating to Prema)

• Win10/8.1 'F8' Boot options 'Safe Mode' & 'Disable driver Signing'
  cmd (Admin)

bcdedit /set {default} bootmenupolicy legacy

 

        -> reboot -> F8 -> select 'Disable Driver Signature Enforcement' -> Install drivers

• Run DDU "Clean & Shutdown (Safe Mode)
• Extract driver using 7-Zip
• Display.Driver folder,  copy/overwrite the proper .inf file(s).
• Extracted driver package >> delete the folders as shown below (don't skip this step)  -> run setup.exe  

       >>> Keep these folders only <<<

 

 

    INF MOD v378.72

nv_dispi.inf (including nvdmi.inf) PEG/Dedicated All Models: M15x, M17x, AW17 R1, M18x, AW18 R1 (including Optimus/M17xR4) excluding AW 2015 - GTX 980 , 980M , 970M , 965M , 880M , 870M , 860M , 780M , 770M , 765M , 680M , 675MX , 670MX , 660M

 

nvcvi.inf: Optimus Alienware 17 / 05AA (only) GTX 980M - 970M - 965M

    

GeForce 378.72 Win 7/8.1

GeForce 378.72 Win10

 

 

Alienware

nv_dispi.inf_v378.72_Win7_8.1_PEG_Dedicated_Alienware.zip

nvcvi.inf_v378.72_Win7_8.1_Optimus_Alienware_17.zip

 

nv_dispi.inf_v378.72_Win10_PEG_Dedicated_Alienware.zip

nvcvi.inf_v378.72_Win10_Optimus_Alienware_17.zip

 

Clevo & MSI Laptops (non-Optimus)

nv_dispi.inf_v378.72_Win7_8.1_PEG_Dedicated_CLEVO_MSI.zip

nv_dispi.inf_v378.72_Win10_PEG_Dedicated_CLEVO_MSI.zip

 

 

AW 900M Throttling workarounds:

M18xR2

First, flash @Swick1981 [Bios Mod] M18xR2 - Legacy Support now Available 

M18xR2 980M workaround

 

Hibernation method HERE and HERE

 

 

Please use the SEARCH function to see if your question has been answered/posted already.

 

https://www.techinferno.com/index.php?/announcement/4-user-account-promotion-rules-read-before-posting/

 

 

@j3tstream Which OS? Mainly older Clevo Optimus models and its many issues when it comes to Win 10 RS1 and Nv drivers.

 

@Khenglish Did you have any problems w/ Vulkan before switching to PEG?

 

[chenzenn]

This mod version include the enable/disable sli without restarting?

[D2ultima]

On 2/20/2017 at 8:19 AM, chenzenn said:

This mod version include the enable/disable sli without restarting?

Yes. Mobile drivers have extra registry keys that disable that, but proprietary/unique mGPU solutions on notebooks don't (like Lenovo's GT650M SLI and GT755M SLI notebooks) and desktop drivers don't either.

[Bebotrip]

Hi all!

 

Last build works for 1060 on msi gt70 laptop? 

 

Thanks in advance!

[joluke@inphtech]

On 22/02/2017 at 8:04 PM, Bebotrip said:

Hi all!

 

Last build works for 1060 on msi gt70 laptop? 

 

Thanks in advance!

Post your hardware ID and we can give you a straight answer

[joluke@inphtech]

378.77 are out!

http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/geforce-378-77-driver-download.html

[Wolf]

Hello everyone,

I have an Alienware M17xR4 with a GTX 980M 8Gb vbios Prema's v2 updated driver to 378.49 Windows 10.
I took oculus rift cv1, installed the tools setup, but when you connect the viewer to the PC does not recognize me the HDMI.
If I connect a monitor or the HDMI jack works.

I read that others did work, someone has found problems?
Solutions?
Thanks to all aid

Edited February 26, 2017 by Wolf

[EvilingDark]

Hello

 

I have MSI GT783 with 970M, what driver i shood install?

[arakosab]

hello everyone can anyone give a clear guid on how i can mod my drivers, currently i owned an alienware m17x r3 with nvidia gtx 780m
thanks


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[Billy54]

Today is a truly sad day indeed (for me at least);

 

After about a year of running strong my m17 r4 w/ 980m has started to crash under any sort of decent gpu load. By crash I mean the screen goes black; all the LED's are lit black though, the screen is not off). I have to force shutdown and it'll restart fine until I try to play any sort of game. I thought maybe it was overheating (turns out it was at first) so I went out and got some gc-gelid extreme paste which did significantly reduce temps, yet the problem persisted which makes me think the damage has already been done. I've tried all sorts of drivers (DDU'ing every time), but nothing has worked. Any last ditch effort suggestions are open because I'm about to scrap this laptop and go build a desktop. Otherwise this is more of a farewell and a special thanks to @J95 and @Prema for keeping my beloved m17 r4 relevant even though it is god knows how old...

 

Good Luck all,

-Billy

 

Edit: Another thing I was noticing was that GPU-Z listed my performance cap to be Pwr which I've not noticed before, but that could just be me. Figured I'd include it...

Edited March 1, 2017 by Billy54

[j3tstream]

@J95 W10 64 and running right now on preview build,but the released one was having same problem so non related. Well basic drivers wise, like i posted in another thread, i manage to figure it out. I was not using your inf mod because i didnt have access yet. But i presumed the ones going around on another website were modded in the same fashion. Nope, right non the clevo non optimus version is working great on my clevo with optimus. Only problem i havent managed to fix is vulkan. But at least now the games do recognize vulkan installed bcause they start but in a grey window or "transparent" as in i can see desktop but i have the game overlayed in fullscreen without being able to click desktop. Thank you for the mods, hope nvidia supports us better and the dx12 game ready driver  is compatible with 900series xD

 

edit: Decided to test dx12 for fun, latest driver versions dont work either. Dunno if there is any way to get it to work on my setup. so many problems and conditions seems almost like im running sli or something.

Edited March 6, 2017 by j3tstream

[arakosab]

how can i mod my gtx 780m
on alienware 17x r3 (PEG)


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[Mikhail Kalashnikov]

Probably a silly question from a noob but I am trying to get a GTX 980m wo work in my M17x r4 with Windows 7. I am having difficulties with using 7-zip to extract the driver .exe file, as when I choose to extract the driver to the same name the files within the .exe do not appear in my downloads folder as the example shows. As far as I can tell, I need to be able to view those folders in order to copy/overwrite the .inf files. Any suggestions on how to use 7-zip properly?

[Zoldago]

9 hours ago, Mikhail Kalashnikov said:

I am having difficulties with using 7-zip to extract the driver .exe file

Just start the .exe file, it will extract itselves to c:\nvidia.

After that you get a message that there is no compatible hardware found and you can abort.

Then mod the .inf file and install the driver.

[Mikhail Kalashnikov]

11 hours ago, Zoldago said:

Just start the .exe file, it will extract itselves to c:\nvidia.

After that you get a message that there is no compatible hardware found and you can abort.

Then mod the .inf file and install the driver.

 

THANKS! My 980m is working great!

[thegh0sts]

Driver 378.78 is available. Need the modded infs to install.

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[J95]

GeForce 378.78 WHQL

Game Ready
  • Provides the optimal gaming experience for Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands.

 

Changes and Fixed Issues in Version 378.78
  • [Discord]: The GFE FPS counter appears in the application. [200281089]
  • [GeForce 1050 Ti][Notebook]: Blue-screen crash occurs on some notebook platforms. [1877803]
  • [GeForce GTX 980 Ti][PhysX]: PhysX usesthe CPU when Optimize for Compute Performance setting is OFF, resulting in a drop in performance. [1871405]
  • [GeForce GTX 980][CUDA]: Driver error occurs when trying to compute with GPUGrid CUDA application.[1869402]
  • [GeForce GTX 980 Ti][OpenCL]: Driver error occurs when trying to compute PrimeGrid Genefer OpenCL tool. [1867576]
  • [NVENC][Steam]: NvFBC H.264 encode crashes. [1867544]

 

     *Install drivers at your own risk* Windows 10 + GeForce Drivers are Killing Samsung and LG Notebook LCD Display Panels
      Uninstall PrecisionX, including screen overclocking tools. Instead, keep MSI Afterburner's RTSS for monitoring purposes.

 

       Requirements:

       Flash latest @Prema's v2 980M & 970M (Please consider donating to Prema)

• Win10/8.1 'F8' Boot options 'Safe Mode' & 'Disable driver Signing'
  cmd (Admin)

bcdedit /set {default} bootmenupolicy legacy

 

        -> reboot -> F8 -> select 'Disable Driver Signature Enforcement' -> Install drivers

• Run DDU "Clean & Shutdown (Safe Mode)
• Extract driver using 7-Zip
• Display.Driver folder,  copy/overwrite the proper .inf file(s).
• Extracted driver package >> delete the folders as shown below (don't skip this step)  -> run setup.exe  

       >>> Keep these folders only <<<

 

 

    INF MOD v378.78

nv_dispi.inf (including nvdmi.inf) PEG/Dedicated All Models: M15x, M17x, AW17 R1, M18x, AW18 R1 (including Optimus/M17xR4) excluding AW 2015 - GTX 980 , 980M , 970M , 965M , 880M , 870M , 860M , 780M , 770M , 765M , 680M , 675MX , 670MX , 660M

 

nvcvi.inf: Optimus Alienware 17 / 05AA (only) GTX 980M - 970M - 965M

    

GeForce 378.78 Win 7/8.1

GeForce 378.78 Win10

 

 

Alienware

nv_dispi.inf_v378.78_Win7_8.1_PEG_Dedicated_Alienware.zip

nvcvi.inf_v378.78_Win7_8.1_Optimus_Alienware_17.zip

 

nv_dispi.inf_v378.78_Win10_PEG_Dedicated_Alienware.zip

nvcvi.inf_v378.78_Win10_Optimus_Alienware_17.zip

 

 

Clevo & MSI Laptops (non-Optimus)

nv_dispi.inf_v378.78_Win7_8.1_PEG_Dedicated_CLEVO_MSI.zip

nv_dispi.inf_v378.78_Win10_PEG_Dedicated_CLEVO_MSI.zip

 

 

AW 900M Throttling workarounds:

M18xR2

First, flash @Swick1981 [Bios Mod] M18xR2 - Legacy Support now Available 

M18xR2 980M workaround

 

Hibernation method HERE and HERE

 

 

Please use the SEARCH function to see if your question has been answered/posted already.

 

https://www.techinferno.com/index.php?/announcement/4-user-account-promotion-rules-read-before-posting/

 

 

@j3tstream Try latest drivers above *Clean install/DDU*. 378.78 installed, Run -> %temp% and verify "VulkanRT" logs folder. Don't delete VulkanRT folder...e.g. CCleaner "Temp files & logs"

 

@arakosab just use nv_dispi.inf (AW) above.

 

[thegh0sts]

On 3/9/2017 at 3:08 PM, J95 said:

GeForce 378.78 WHQL

Game Ready
  • Provides the optimal gaming experience for Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands.

 

Changes and Fixed Issues in Version 378.78
  • [Discord]: The GFE FPS counter appears in the application. [200281089]
  • [GeForce 1050 Ti][Notebook]: Blue-screen crash occurs on some notebook platforms. [1877803]
  • [GeForce GTX 980 Ti][PhysX]: PhysX usesthe CPU when Optimize for Compute Performance setting is OFF, resulting in a drop in performance. [1871405]
  • [GeForce GTX 980][CUDA]: Driver error occurs when trying to compute with GPUGrid CUDA application.[1869402]
  • [GeForce GTX 980 Ti][OpenCL]: Driver error occurs when trying to compute PrimeGrid Genefer OpenCL tool. [1867576]
  • [NVENC][Steam]: NvFBC H.264 encode crashes. [1867544]

 

Nice work!

[kkthebeast]

GeForce 378.78 Win 7/8.1  Keep getting temporary black screens while using this version in games, like if the Driver is crashing, using dual 980m in SLI. did not get these black outs in 378.72, going to revert

[anger_258]

thank Mr.J95 for your hard work

[j3tstream]

Latest driver 378.78, same thing for GTX 970m, installs with this infs runs dx11 no dx12 or vulkan. 
Suposedly laptopvideo2go inf mods work with clevo optimus + 980m or at least i dont see any complaints from those users, but not for gtx 970m which installs but optimus never kicks in. 

With this ones performance seems equivalent or slightly better then previous on dx11. 

This doesn't sound promising tbh, there is little point in installing drivers which optimize dx12 if u cant actually run dx12 

There are at least a couple more users in same situation as me in Clevo subforum so it is definitly not an isolated issue. Also It really seems like not a driver compatibility problem because J95 infs do work to some extent which means something for sure can be done to fix this at inf level. 

 

So far I have heard from no other gtx 970m users who actually managed to install new drivers in this kind of setup, so im presuming they are just sticking to old versions. 

If anyone has any idea on how to get this working please share.... Anything goes at this point.
 

 

 

SOLVED(for current driver) clevo p170em+gtx970em: 
Ok so after weeks looking in foruns and crap i managed to find a combo that worked.... 

Here is how i got it working 5m ago:

 

I only needed to mod 2 inf files, nvcvi.inf and nvdispi.inf.

I started by the original nvcvi.inf and looked for my device 13d8 which already existed, there was no reference to my latpop/model on the one provided in this forum or anywhere online so far. 

So I basically added the ids (7102 for my p170em) on top of the code for another clevo laptop wich connects to section063.
I'm not sure if I changed anything else, but in the section I did import the code for that part from J95's inf.

As far as I remember thats all the mods i did. Saved and decided to use the nvdispi that so far got me optimus support as base(j95s), no changes. 

Tbh I had little hopes of this working since I have used guides in past to mod infs and they all failed miserably.  

Somehow this time not only installed perfectly(no need to delete folders or whatever) it also enabled dx12 and vulkan support with optimus something I havent experience ever since I upgraded this laptop.

 

I will upload the working inf files for whoever needs. Not sure they'd work for future drivers though.

meanwhile...
ALELUIA!

 

 

p170em_gtx_970m_378.78.zip

Edited March 13, 2017 by j3tstream

[J95]

8 hours ago, j3tstream said:

SOLVED(for current driver) clevo p170em+gtx970em: 

 

Ok so after weeks looking in foruns and crap i managed to find a combo that worked.... 

Here is how i got it working 5m ago:

 

I only needed to mod 2 inf files, nvcvi.inf and nvdispi.inf.

I started by the original nvcvi.inf and looked for my device 13d8 which already existed, there was no reference to my latpop/model on the one provided in this forum or anywhere online so far. 

So I basically added the ids (7102 for my p170em) on top of the code for another clevo laptop wich connects to section063.
I'm not sure if I changed anything else, but in the section I did import the code for that part from J95's inf.

As far as I remember thats all the mods i did. Saved and decided to use the nvdispi that so far got me optimus support as base(j95s), no changes. 

Tbh I had little hopes of this working since I have used guides in past to mod infs and they all failed miserably.  

Somehow this time not only installed perfectly(no need to delete folders or whatever) it also enabled dx12 and vulkan support with optimus something I havent experience ever since I upgraded this laptop.

 

I will upload the working inf files for whoever needs. Not sure they'd work for future drivers though.

meanwhile...
ALELUIA!

 

 

p170em_gtx_970m_378.78.zip

 

Well done! Those are the same sections I'm using for AW/Optimus, meaning that nv_dispi.inf is not required.

 

I'll be adding these entries for the next release, just copy nvcvi.inf from Clevo PEG and ditch nv_dispi.inf instead.

%NVIDIA_DEV.13D7.7102.1558% = Section064, PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13D7&SUBSYS_71021558
%NVIDIA_DEV.13D8.7102.1558% = Section064, PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13D8&SUBSYS_71021558
%NVIDIA_DEV.1617.7102.1558% = Section064, PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1617&SUBSYS_71021558
%NVIDIA_DEV.1618.7102.1558% = Section064, PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1618&SUBSYS_71021558

%NVIDIA_DEV.13D7.7102.1558% = Section063, PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13D7&SUBSYS_71021558
%NVIDIA_DEV.13D8.7102.1558% = Section063, PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13D8&SUBSYS_71021558
%NVIDIA_DEV.1617.7102.1558% = Section063, PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1617&SUBSYS_71021558
%NVIDIA_DEV.1618.7102.1558% = Section063, PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1618&SUBSYS_71021558

NVIDIA_DEV.13D7.7102.1558 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M"
NVIDIA_DEV.13D8.7102.1558 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M"
NVIDIA_DEV.1617.7102.1558 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M"
NVIDIA_DEV.1618.7102.1558 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M"

 

nvcvi.inf_v378.78_Win10_P170EM_980M_970M.zip

[joluke@inphtech]

@J95 378.95 are out!

Can you check them and mod them please? Thanks my friend in advance