[M17x R2] with AMD 7970M CrossfireX

[Brian]

Greeting everyone,

I've also hopped on the m7970 bandwagon for my R2. However, I get some serious artifacts/white screens/black screens. This is an unmodified Dell card. should i try flashing svl7 vbios first, or go strait to a replacement?

To add to svl7's inquiries: what driver version are you using?

[rsgeiger]

Thanks for the warm welcome!

I#m on the A09 bios. Others have been able to use bioses as old as A07 so I havent gone to the unlocked A10 yet. I'm also just using the standard SVGA driver from microsoft in windows 7 and windows 8. However, I can see all of these artifacts in the dual boot screen as well so this is well beyond driver related.

If I try to boot up without a backplate (I was using a 6990 clevo backplate), I get less artifacts by far. Still, the entire screen is very white and the computer will only run for about 2 min before crashing.

Edit: Just a small update. I swapped back plates and now I have a back plate on with still the same white-out effect. I have to believe it is either a connection problem in the MXM bracket or I have something shorted out on the card. Unless something in the port is bent, I doubt it is MXM as it sits very well in the system.

[brooks93]

tagging along since I am thinking of doing this upgrade soon.

[xeroxide]

Thanks for the warm welcome!

I#m on the A09 bios. Others have been able to use bioses as old as A07 so I havent gone to the unlocked A10 yet. I'm also just using the standard SVGA driver from microsoft in windows 7 and windows 8. However, I can see all of these artifacts in the dual boot screen as well so this is well beyond driver related.

If I try to boot up without a backplate (I was using a 6990 clevo backplate), I get less artifacts by far. Still, the entire screen is very white and the computer will only run for about 2 min before crashing.

Edit: Just a small update. I swapped back plates and now I have a back plate on with still the same white-out effect. I have to believe it is either a connection problem in the MXM bracket or I have something shorted out on the card. Unless something in the port is bent, I doubt it is MXM as it sits very well in the system.

were you able to check the temps at all?

also i remember the 6xxx series dell had issues with the r2, but the clevo's worked fine... but nothing this serious.

[rsgeiger]

I have an interesting update to my m7970 adventure with my R2. As a last resort I tried applying various VBIOS I’ve been finding along the web. The first VBIOS I applied was for an over volted Dell bios (1.075 volts). This resulted in a black screen on boot, so I needed to blind flash it back. Then I tried flingins Eurocom VBIOS. I was surprised to see that it had the same version number and checksum as my original bios! After flashing I still had the same white-out problem as before. I guess this means I’ve had a Clevo card the whole time. Still, long story short I could not find a bios that would work. So I think I have to send the card back to RMA or find another way to get a new card.

[Brian]

I have an interesting update to my m7970 adventure with my R2. As a last resort I tried applying various VBIOS I’ve been finding along the web. The first VBIOS I applied was for an over volted Dell bios (1.075 volts). This resulted in a black screen on boot, so I needed to blind flash it back. Then I tried flingins Eurocom VBIOS. I was surprised to see that it had the same version number and checksum as my original bios! After flashing I still had the same white-out problem as before. I guess this means I’ve had a Clevo card the whole time. Still, long story short I could not find a bios that would work. So I think I have to send the card back to RMA or find another way to get a new card.

Sorry to hear but yes, that does sound like a defective card. Do you have another card you can test in your system to rule out any other possibilities? If so, give it a try and if that one works fine, send this one back for RMA. Where did you get it from?

[Dalorian]

EDIT: Problem solved no worries

[rsgeiger]

I wanted to update everyone on my status. Given the problems I was having, and given that there was a large set of cards not immediately working with the R2, I really wanted to be sure it was a defective card.

I wish I had the time to explain the step by step process, but in the end I got it working in my R2 via a custom vbois that was floating around this forum and notebookreview. The story is that the 7970m was causing black screens in the R2 LCD because, I believe, the refresh rate was set too high by default. I have a hunch that somehow the RGBLED was interpreted as a 3D 120mhz screen. Thus it burnt out a portion of the LED and created the whitescreen effect I was having. After testing this theory with a brand new LED I then moved on to the new vbios and together I get crisp RGB color again. I just wish I didn't have to lose a screen to gain this interesting knowledge.

The bad news is that now I need to disassemble the LCD assembly to swap panels. And I hear it is a pain in the but. So if anyone can give me an assist with a link to another thread or video on how to do this, I would be appreciative.

And let this be a lesson to everyone: If a new video card doesn't post or gives a black screen, don't force it or it may damage your screen.

[upgrademonkey]

can not wait to see the result

[osmosis86]

hi svl7 i flash my 7970m card with bad vbios and now my m15x unable to boot i just able to see black screen. can you help me to fix this my 7970m vbios? how much does it cost? thank you

[Jahnsinn]

hi svl7 i flash my 7970m card with bad vbios and now my m15x unable to boot i just able to see black screen. can you help me to fix this my 7970m vbios? how much does it cost? thank you

you need to do a flash blind. Your screen is black but you're still able to type commands. So shake your head and remember the steps you've done before

copy a working vbios.rom on your usb drive from a different computer.

Stick in your usb drive to the M15x, boot from it and type the atiflash commands. After approx 15-20secs reboot. Hopefully your screen lights up again.

Good luck!

[Michael]

Just for reference atiflash should be run like that :

atiflash -p -f 0 romname.rom

atiflash -p -f 1 romname.rom

Where 0 represents the primary card and 1 - the secondary.

[refusedchaos]

Has anyone who has ordered their card from laptop2go (1st batch) get their hdmi or displayport working?

I am running on stock vbios at the moment, tried the RJTech vbios but I was getting horrible performance

[StamatisX]

3DMark11 with the 12.11 drivers

[mw86]

3DMark11 with the 12.11 drivers

[ATTACH=CONFIG]5281[/ATTACH]

Epic StamatisX nice clocks but better yet nice score for those clocks. Almost little difference from 680m to 7970m now in benches.

Paranoid Galaxy S3 on Tapatalk 2

[flingin]

I wanted to update everyone on my status. Given the problems I was having, and given that there was a large set of cards not immediately working with the R2, I really wanted to be sure it was a defective card.

I wish I had the time to explain the step by step process, but in the end I got it working in my R2 via a custom vbois that was floating around this forum and notebookreview. The story is that the 7970m was causing black screens in the R2 LCD because, I believe, the refresh rate was set too high by default. I have a hunch that somehow the RGBLED was interpreted as a 3D 120mhz screen. Thus it burnt out a portion of the LED and created the whitescreen effect I was having. After testing this theory with a brand new LED I then moved on to the new vbios and together I get crisp RGB color again. I just wish I didn't have to lose a screen to gain this interesting knowledge.

The bad news is that now I need to disassemble the LCD assembly to swap panels. And I hear it is a pain in the but. So if anyone can give me an assist with a link to another thread or video on how to do this, I would be appreciative.

And let this be a lesson to everyone: If a new video card doesn't post or gives a black screen, don't force it or it may damage your screen.

i didn't read this forum before, but i think i just burned my monitor like you described. lol, what version of the vbios should i flash it to ?

View image: PB020254

[svl7]

Which card and vbios are you using?

[flingin]

Which card and vbios are you using?

Hi SLV7

i am using stock one, card is from eurocom, and it is eurocom version ( because they have dell versions as well) , this was one of the first 7970m's shipped from eurocom.

vbios is here, i don't know the version, i am at work now.

And another.. 7970m in M17x R2..Installation with photos

I would be grateful if @rsgeiger would post the VBIOS that he is using here, i could flash my card and see the results.

I am still under warranty so maybe there is a way to RMA my RGB monitor if it is really burned, but in case not, i have new spare one.

really SAD I AM

Vbios please guyz

[Riri-Fifi]

M17X R2

Probleme scrore

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/3839/m17xr2.jpg

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/5310357

[svl7]

A bit low on the CPU and combined...

What was the multi set to?

[Riri-Fifi]

hello

[svl7]

You need a higher TDP setting to sustain 27x on all four cores.

[Riri-Fifi]

You need a higher TDP setting to sustain 27x on all four cores.

Hello

TDP 75

My PSU 240W Delta

[svl7]

Yeah, I've seen that, but as I said, you need more to be able to run at 27x on four cores, 75W is not enough.

[Riri-Fifi]

Hello

99W ?