Please, some help for installing GTX 980M in AW 17 R1 (June 2014 60Herts)

[Edrc]

Hello,

 

I am new on this forum, so I am sorry if posting at the wrong place. It's been 2 weeks that I am searching how to make my GTX 980M 8GB working Inside my Alienware 17 R1 (June 2014, i7 4710MQ, 60 Herts Display, OPTIMUS and the GTX 880M Inside died.)

After "quickly" looking some forums, I saw that a 980M would easily fit Inside … but maybe I was wrong.

 

Hardware wasn't a problem. I've also could install drivers by modding the nvdmi or nvcvi. inf files. The card was recognied BUT :

the clock speed is locked a 135 or 405 Mherts and fan is not runing when booted up.

I tried to flash vBios with nvflash and some ROM I found on vBios collection … but no way to get this working properly.

 

So, i'm coming here. I've seen many people talking about Prema or svl7 or other big boss in the place … but ? how ? where ? when ?

 

Inside the peripherial manager I have this in remote acces path : PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1617&SUBSYS_05AA1028&REV_A1\4&D590A51&0&0008

So I assume my GTX 980M card ID is 1617 and vendor and PC Model are 05AA 1028.

But near the "Standard Microsoft Video Card" there is a yellow exclamation point and Inside details it says "this peripherial doesn't work properly" when no Nvidia drivers installed.

I could find some vBios with 1617 (Asus) but black screen at boot up. Since laptop model where not the same .. probably.

And I wasn't able to find 1617 with the existing 05AA 1028 … as the GTX 980M was not an option for my model. (AW 17 R1 2014 ,60Herts)

I tried 353.60, 382.33 and 419.35 drivers. The latest one seems easier to install but longer.

 

BIOS is A16 from Dell. And I am using Windows 10. Got a Dell 330W brick. 

 

I saw a guy with the exact model as me, he gets a modded vBios especially for his configuration, then everything worked easily … but can't find the topic again

 

I guess depending on the card info and the laptop model … a dedicated vBios is required … 

 

So, If anyone here got some informations or any kind of help for me, it would be very nice.

 

Thanks for reading and help.  

 

PS: there are a lot of files, pictures and links that I can't see on this forum .. even after registration …. 

 

[Klem]

10 hours ago, Edrc said:

Hello,

 

I am new on this forum, so I am sorry if posting at the wrong place. It's been 2 weeks that I am searching how to make my GTX 980M 8GB working Inside my Alienware 17 R1 (June 2014, i7 4710MQ, 60 Herts Display, OPTIMUS and the GTX 880M Inside died.)

After "quickly" looking some forums, I saw that a 980M would easily fit Inside … but maybe I was wrong.

 

Hardware wasn't a problem. I've also could install drivers by modding the nvdmi or nvcvi. inf files. The card was recognied BUT :

the clock speed is locked a 135 or 405 Mherts and fan is not runing when booted up.

I tried to flash vBios with nvflash and some ROM I found on vBios collection … but no way to get this working properly.

 

So, i'm coming here. I've seen many people talking about Prema or svl7 or other big boss in the place … but ? how ? where ? when ?

 

Inside the peripherial manager I have this in remote acces path : PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1617&SUBSYS_05AA1028&REV_A1\4&D590A51&0&0008

So I assume my GTX 980M card ID is 1617 and vendor and PC Model are 05AA 1028.

But near the "Standard Microsoft Video Card" there is a yellow exclamation point and Inside details it says "this peripherial doesn't work properly" when no Nvidia drivers installed.

I could find some vBios with 1617 (Asus) but black screen at boot up. Since laptop model where not the same .. probably.

And I wasn't able to find 1617 with the existing 05AA 1028 … as the GTX 980M was not an option for my model. (AW 17 R1 2014 ,60Herts)

I tried 353.60, 382.33 and 419.35 drivers. The latest one seems easier to install but longer.

 

BIOS is A16 from Dell. And I am using Windows 10. Got a Dell 330W brick. 

 

I saw a guy with the exact model as me, he gets a modded vBios especially for his configuration, then everything worked easily … but can't find the topic again

 

I guess depending on the card info and the laptop model … a dedicated vBios is required … 

 

So, If anyone here got some informations or any kind of help for me, it would be very nice.

 

Thanks for reading and help.  

 

PS: there are a lot of files, pictures and links that I can't see on this forum .. even after registration …. 

 

 

Hi!

Send me your file bios backup from your laptop, I'll take a look.

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[archangelosgg]

hello i recently upgraded from 765m to 980m but the gpu fan is not working at all with that. (works with 765m) tried flashing various vbios that i saw fit but nothing worked... any ideas? i have alienware 17 2014 model that came with 4700mq cpu and 765m gpu

Edited March 5, 2022 by archangelosgg
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[Einhander]

Hello, the fan can work by switching a resistor. Had the same issue and got it fix. After is just to mod the NVIDIA  drivers. 

 

this also changes the GPU ID number.

if the resistor is placed down is 13D7. If is placed up becomes 1617.

to my understanding this is for certain ranges of laptops models compatibility  and no so sure if is also enable and disables G-Sync like some people has told me. 13D7= disable, 1617=enable.

 

just  becareful not to burn the resistor. Has 1~3ohms. I am not responsible for any damages, try at your own risk. 
 

good luck. 
 

On 3/5/2022 at 6:43 PM, archangelosgg said:

hello i recently upgraded from 765m to 980m but the gpu fan is not working at all with that. (works with 765m) tried flashing various vbios that i saw fit but nothing worked... any ideas? i have alienware 17 2014 model that came with 4700mq cpu and 765m gpu

 

Edited October 30, 2024 by Einhander