Godfrey22 Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 if i use the vbios, do i have to config it? i really want to block my integrated GPU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unityole Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 anyway to do this for 780m and also 980m vbios? for secure/fastboot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svl7 Posted January 24, 2015 Author Share Posted January 24, 2015 675m VBIOS added. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1pinkpanda1 Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Is this why the switchable graphics key on my M17xR4 doesn't function if the system is configured to use UEFI boot instead of legacy? Or is that an unrelated effect of switching BIOS types? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cave Waverider Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Hm. According to GPUz and AMD Catalyst Control Center I already have BIOS 015.022.000.001.000000 (113-C42904A1-119) BIOS on both my 7970Ms in my Alienware M18x-R2 and it shows as UEFI compatible.However, whenever I disable Legacy Boot with them enabled, Windows starts but while I hear the starting sound, the "Starting Windows" screen remains on and I can't see the Desktop. I can even do things with my mouse and keyboard and notice that the Windows desktop is running in the background of the "Starting Windows" screen normally. I can also do a Windows shutdown, etc..If I boot with the integrated Ivy Bridge Intel graphics, I can get to the desktop with legacy boot disabled just fine.Since the BIOS that is linked in the top post seems to be the same version I have, will flashing it help any? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cave Waverider Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Hm. According to GPUz and AMD Catalyst Control Center I already have BIOS 015.022.000.001.000000 (113-C42904A1-119) BIOS on both my 7970Ms in my Alienware M18x-R2 and it shows as UEFI compatible.However, whenever I disable Legacy Boot with them enabled, Windows starts but while I hear the starting sound, the "Starting Windows" screen remains on and I can't see the Desktop. I can even do things with my mouse and keyboard and notice that the Windows desktop is running in the background of the "Starting Windows" screen normally. I can also do a Windows shutdown, etc.. If I boot with the integrated Ivy Bridge Intel graphics, I can get to the desktop with legacy boot disabled just fine.Since the BIOS that is linked in the top post seems to be the same version I have, will flashing it help any?Update: Since I was now able to download the BIOS from the main post, I reflashed both cards with it (it showed as the exact same version I had, though). It didn't help. Still the same problem. Does anybody have an idea what's causing it and how to fix it?Update 2: I've just upgraded to Windows 10 and the issue seems to be gone. The system boots up fine with Legacy mode disabled now, fast boot works as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liuruicheng Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 I bought a dell 7970m off ebay to use in a MSI 1761. That one is sandybridge with no igpu. With the gpu attached, it seems the notebook is just stuck in a cycle of rebooting every 5 -10 seconds after I turn it on. And I have no display, as it is probably trying to send video signal to igpu. The sticker on the card says 015.021.000.000.000000 for vbios version, but the card is "used". The x-bracket looks dented, as if someone pried it off and put it back on. Could it be that this card has the win8/UEFI bios? Is there a way I can get this card to work through blindflash? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfleaf Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Is this why the switchable graphics key on my M17xR4 doesn't function if the system is configured to use UEFI boot instead of legacy? Or is that an unrelated effect of switching BIOS types?I'm going to do a clean install of Windows 10 tomorrow on my M17xR4, and wanted to double check whether I can have Optimus disabled with Secureboot/UEFI now or not. When I originally set it up years ago you couldn't, so I was using BIOS mode, which works fine.My video BIOS does indeed now say that it supports UEFI, so I guess it COULD work, but whether it does work using the normal FN + F7 or whatever key combination is another story.Anyone know if SecureBoot/UEFI works with Optimus disabled now?I've got a Geforce GTX 680m, if that matters.And wow have I loved this system. Will be going in to year 4, and it's STILL fast enough for everything I do, and still runs great! One of my favorite PCs I've ever bought, and was absolutely worth the money (how often can you say that...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfleaf Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 I'm going to do a clean install of Windows 10 tomorrow on my M17xR4, and wanted to double check whether I can have Optimus disabled with Secureboot/UEFI now or not. When I originally set it up years ago you couldn't, so I was using BIOS mode, which works fine.My video BIOS does indeed now say that it supports UEFI, so I guess it COULD work, but whether it does work using the normal FN + F7 or whatever key combination is another story.Anyone know if SecureBoot/UEFI works with Optimus disabled now?I've got a Geforce GTX 680m, if that matters.And wow have I loved this system. Will be going in to year 4, and it's STILL fast enough for everything I do, and still runs great! One of my favorite PCs I've ever bought, and was absolutely worth the money (how often can you say that...)Well, good news I thought I'd share, in case anyone ever searches for this info...With the newest BIOS, Secureboot/UEFI *DO* work with Optimus disabled, only running on the Geforce GTX 680m. I was also a little concerned that Windows activation would be screwed up through switching from BIOS to UEFI mode, but thankfully it wasn't. It was already activated by the time I got to the desktop, and it's running on only my Geforce. (Since theoretically Windows 10 can use two GPUs at once, it would be sort of nice if you could run on the Geforce, but leave the Intel GPU active for the handful of upcoming games that might support that, and for things which can use Quicksync, but not Nvidia's equivalent...but mostly who cares, I just want the Geforce as my primary GPU!)I have NOT tried toggling that setting in Windows 10, but at least with the system already set to Geforce-only mode, it remains working just fine even in UEFU mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikkomukkt Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 On 24.1.2015 at 8:51 PM, svl7 said: 675m VBIOS added. Thanks a lot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbrellacorp Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 whenever I click on the 660m vbios link it goes to a blank white page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbrellacorp Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 found it on another page works great ! Thanks ! tried switching to my 120hz screen running full uefi wont work though must have legacy rom enabled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yysnet Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Many thanks for the post. I have same issue when upgrading m17x R4 from 675m to 970m, can't disable the option rom. Can't download the file as seems like cannot locate the files? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripsaw Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 I cannot download the files either. They are not found on the and I found a vbios pack, but I can't download that either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder Michael Posted November 24, 2016 Founder Share Posted November 24, 2016 29 minutes ago, Ripsaw said: I cannot download the files either. They are not found on the and I found a vbios pack, but I can't download that either On 10/12/2016 at 4:45 PM, yysnet said: Many thanks for the post. I have same issue when upgrading m17x R4 from 675m to 970m, can't disable the option rom. Can't download the file as seems like cannot locate the files? On 4/17/2016 at 9:52 AM, umbrellacorp said: found it on another page works great ! Thanks ! tried switching to my 120hz screen running full uefi wont work though must have legacy rom enabled. On 4/17/2016 at 7:16 AM, umbrellacorp said: whenever I click on the 660m vbios link it goes to a blank white page The links in the first post are fine, it's just that each line has two links, one broken, the other is good. Just hover with the mouse on the links and you'll see that there are two. use the first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingsaucer Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 Hi everyone !!!! I've just revived my m17xr4 after an year with bricked panel due to a bad driver and and a known software to check Temps. Now I'm on windows 7 64bit and bios a11 installed on gpt. I need a gtx 675 vbios with uefi modules? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripsaw Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 I finally tracked down what model my 980m was and got it flashed. As long as the Vbios matches the hardware ID, I was good to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamSwitcher Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 The Link for M18x r2 with gtx 675m is dead. Could anyone please distribute the file again? Thx! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoldago Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 15 hours ago, DreamSwitcher said: The Link for M18x r2 with gtx 675m is dead. Look here https://www.techinferno.com/index.php?/files/file/68-uefi-fast-boot-secure-boot-gpu/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechnoRush Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 This isn't needed for systems that shipping with Windows 8/8.1 from the factory, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rband Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Would there be a uefi enabled bios for the 780M floating around , i can`t disable legacy mode , gop driver missing from the mxm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bios Modder Klem Posted February 19, 2019 Bios Modder Share Posted February 19, 2019 3 hours ago, rband said: Would there be a uefi enabled bios for the 780M floating around , i can`t disable legacy mode , gop driver missing from the mxm. Post here your vbios from your 780M, I'll take a look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rband Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 5 hours ago, Klem said: Post here your vbios from your 780M, I'll take a look. Thanks for the reply Klem, i will post it this afternoon when i get home from work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rband Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Here is the bios , i used GPU-Z to pull it. GK104.rom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bios Modder Klem Posted February 20, 2019 Bios Modder Share Posted February 20, 2019 7 hours ago, rband said: Here is the bios , i used GPU-Z to pull it. GK104.rom Checked your vBIOS, it have UEFI support and already contain GOP part. Вut just in case i updated GOP part (in your vBIOS) to the latest version. https://www.sendspace.com/file/nsjcm2 Also, try read this: http://reboot.pro/topic/21108-install-windows-7-at-uefi-graphics-output-protocol-gop-hardware/?p=198935 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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