gwcwc3po Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Hi Everyone,I'm new to this forum and i had some question regarding the 780m.I just bought a 780M on notebookreview and i want to know if the heat sink on my GTX 675m fit on a 780M.The new 780 came with the xbracket already.Also what is the thickness of the thermal pad i have to put on the board? I bought 1mm 10cm x 10cm will i have enough?.Thanks for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwcwc3po Posted July 29, 2014 Author Share Posted July 29, 2014 Also is the A11 Bios Unlocked really needed? And which Driver should i get? should i get the last one or some prior one were more stable and tested?Thanks ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J95 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Hi, follow this: R4 BIOS settings -> Secure Boot disabled -> Legacy Mode enabled. - Download A11 Driver Details | Dell US - Connect the power cord -> Run as Administrator M17R4A11WIN64 - Unlocked A11 BIOS flash, Method 2 (FPT) Bootable USB stick/DOS (files included) http://forum.techinferno.com/alienware-m17x-aw-17/1964-%5Bm17x-r4%5D-unlocked-bios-versions.html - A11 Unlocked BIOS -> Advanced Menu ->Disable IGP (Integrated Graphics) ->Set Display to PEG ->F10 save&exit. Tech|Inferno Forums Rules The 675m heat sink is fine, 1 mm instead of a 0.5 mm/pad. 3D model install v337.88 (v340.43/340.52 120Hz screen bug), GeForce 337.88 WHQL nvdmi.inf v337.88 GeForce 340.52 WHQL nvdmi.inf v340.52 - Win8 -> disable driver signing. - Extract driver w/ 7-Zip/winrar - Display.Driver folder -> copy/overwrite nvdmi.nf - Extracted Nvidia 3xx.xx...International\ run setup.exe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwcwc3po Posted July 30, 2014 Author Share Posted July 30, 2014 J95, After installing everything the card runs fine but on GPU Z i see a lot of Core clock and memory clock spiking. I'm currently playing Archeage and the game vary between 90 FPS and 22fps. Without even moving thru the game. Also every +- minute the game slow down for 3 second . everytime it happen i see a spike in GPU z.Any idea what would cause this?<script charset="UTF-8" src="chrome://hdv/content/hdv.js" type="application/javascript"></script> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J95 Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Gaming temps? Try flashing 780M 'OC edition' - rev02. Throttling & GPU boost removed, fully unlocked (donate ) http://forum.techinferno.com/general-notebook-discussions/1847-nvidia-kepler-vbios-mods-overclocking-editions-modified-clocks-voltage-tweaks.html#post23432 Flash, DOS method (bootable USB) http://forum.techinferno.com/nvidia-video-cards/2166-%5Bguide%5D-nvidia-vbios-flashing.html Rename "Nvidia GTX 780m - 'OC edition' - rev02" to "780m.rom" Backup first (unique Kepler Id) nvflash.exe -b backup.rom Flash nvflash.exe -6 780m.rom Type 'y' twice when requested. "Flash successful" -> Ctrl+Alt+Del 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwcwc3po Posted August 1, 2014 Author Share Posted August 1, 2014 Thanks I will try that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwcwc3po Posted August 5, 2014 Author Share Posted August 5, 2014 J95I flash my card with the vbios you mentioned. Everything seems fine.I ran 3dmark Sky Dive Temp reached 72 Celcius at peak. average 60.I will launch Archeage when im back home and i will let you know.<script charset="UTF-8" src="chrome://hdv/content/hdv.js" type="application/javascript"></script> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwcwc3po Posted August 5, 2014 Author Share Posted August 5, 2014 Alright Playing archeage at high give me +- 70 fps.After 5-8 min of gaming i'm getting a black screen and i have to reboot.Gaming temp never went over 76 Degree Celcius. Any idea of what might happen?<script charset="UTF-8" src="chrome://hdv/content/hdv.js" type="application/javascript"></script> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J95 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 @gwcwc3poThermal pads, check if there are air gaps between the card/components and heat sink.240W PSU?Similar issues with previous 675m?Full specs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwcwc3po Posted August 6, 2014 Author Share Posted August 6, 2014 @J95Thermal Pads seems fine,240W psuMy 675M crashed on everything not just archeage. Even youtube could make it crash.16 Gb Rami7 36101tb Hard drive in Raid0Gtx 780MM17x R4<script charset="UTF-8" src="chrome://hdv/content/hdv.js" type="application/javascript"></script>- - - Updated - - -Actually now i play archeage at medium with 140+ Fps and it's fine.It might be a game related problem./ DX11. The game is still in beta testing. Before changing the Vbios the game would spike in fps and getting some slow randomly. Now with the vbios it just black screen or White screen on ultra high after 5 to 10 min. ( ultra high I'm still getting 60+Fps )<script charset="UTF-8" src="chrome://hdv/content/hdv.js" type="application/javascript"></script><script charset="UTF-8" src="chrome://hdv/content/hdv.js" type="application/javascript"></script> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J95 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Try (stock clocks) http://unigine.com/products/heaven/ use GPU-Z to monitor clocks and temperature.Run MemTest86 - Download now! to rule out bad ram sticks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchellpeixer Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 did you had to unlock your bios? or just work with the stock bios? sorry was confuse to understand this informations and Im asking because I have almost the same problem as you do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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