godfafa Posted November 24, 2014 Author Share Posted November 24, 2014 Okay It works in m18x R2 as single 980m "non-optimus". It's 2:23AM, I will do more test tomorrow and let you guys know what I know. Since I have two 980m, I will test more tomorrow and do more benches. All credits to "HARU" from Korean Alienware Forum. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloudfire Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Awesome! What about SLI? Maybe we dont need modding after all the for AW18/M18x? Most importantly, what exactly is changed from the non working 980M to the working 980M? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J95 Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 "Since I have two 980m, I will test more tomorrow and do more benches." It works, punto final. Cutting a little corner (PCB) for further analysis... @godfafa Try this version NVFlash v5.190.0.1 , GPU-Z v0.80. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lechonman Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Where could I get that working vbios???? I must send the card in this week if didn't works for receive refund...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J95 Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Where could I get that working vbios???? I must send the card in this week if didn't works for receive refund......IIRC 15 days, time enough...or you'll end buying the card twice, believe me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Okay It works in m18x R2 as single 980m "non-optimus".It's 2:23AM, I will do more test tomorrow and let you guys know what I know. Since I have two 980m, I will test more tomorrow and do more benches. All credits to "HARU" from Korean Alienware Forum. [ATTACH=CONFIG]13238[/ATTACH] Awesome! What about SLI? Maybe we dont need modding after all the for AW18/M18x? Most importantly, what exactly is changed from the non working 980M to the working 980M? Yay! Looking forward to finding out about SLI and what needed to be done differently than what you had already done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paolo11 Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Okay It works in m18x R2 as single 980m "non-optimus".It's 2:23AM, I will do more test tomorrow and let you guys know what I know.Since I have two 980m, I will test more tomorrow and do more benches.All credits to "HARU" from Korean Alienware Forum.[ATTACH=CONFIG]13238[/ATTACH]Nice work, godfafa and Haru. Let's see if it works on AW 18. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godfafa Posted November 24, 2014 Author Share Posted November 24, 2014 I will do SLI test tonight. That would be about 13~14hours from now. Just wait till then. I love TI, prema, mr fox and svl7. I have received more than enough help from here. Just want to be the one who succeed SLI before HID, AKA tHe bIg Dxxxhead who only knows money and knows how to lie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paolo11 Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 I will do SLI test tonight. That would be about 13~14hours from now. Just wait till then. I love TI, prema, mr fox and svl7. I have received more than enough help from here. Just want to be the one who succeed SLI before HID, AKA tHe bIg Dxxxhead who only knows money and knows how to lie.Will you test it on AW18 as well, brother? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godfafa Posted November 25, 2014 Author Share Posted November 25, 2014 Will you test it on AW18 as well, brother?No currently I dont have AW18 and my friene who has it is out of town now.However, since single worked in AW17 if sli works in m18x r2 I am pretty sure it/they will work on AW18. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paolo11 Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 No currently I dont have AW18 and my friene who has it is out of town now.However, since single worked in AW17 if sli works in m18x r2 I am pretty sure it/they will work on AW18.Ok brother. Thanks for your hard work.Thanks also to Prema, svl, johnkss,Mr. FOX , Cloudfire and everyone who supported this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godfafa Posted November 25, 2014 Author Share Posted November 25, 2014 IIRC 15 days, time enough...or you'll end buying the card twice, believe me.Trust him, J95 the god of inf/gpu driver modding. I am pretty sure you will at least buy one. Let see how sli works on my babe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBoneSan Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Wow.. this is great news.. I'm anxiously re-visiting this thread like a psycho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Player2 Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 You and me both. I've been cheeking it every ten or fifteen minutes for updates on progress. Lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SithHunter Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Wow.. this is great news.. I'm anxiously re-visiting this thread like a psycho.I'm right there with you. I hit up this thread 4-5 times a day atleast while I chomp at the bit to pull the trigger on a new 980m for my rig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godfafa Posted November 25, 2014 Author Share Posted November 25, 2014 Hello again guys. I am at home. Not yet tested. Mr "Haru" whom I give all the credits wants to share these screenshots here with you guys. His alienware is AW17 3D with 980m. In about 2-3 hours, I think all the tests should be finished. cya. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickyd1234 Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 [ATTACH=CONFIG]13250[/ATTACH]Hello again guys. I am at home. Not yet tested. Mr "Haru" whom I give all the credits wants to share these screenshots here with you guys. His alienware is AW17 3D with 980m. In about 2-3 hours, I think all the tests should be finished. cya. Woah, what did I miss? It boots fine in the 3D model? Has your man got hold of a Dell vbios or is it a hacked one?Good Luck with the tests . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czarny_PLone Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 I can not wait to have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter18x Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Lets hope it will work in SLI without any major issue. Good luck @godfafa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBoneSan Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Yes, fingers crossed for SLI .. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lechonman Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 please, send me that vbios to my mail..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czarny_PLone Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 please, send me that vbios to my mail.....Exactly this can be a hit:triumphant:I also really would ask for a picture of the vbios no Optimus email please:04: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godfafa Posted November 25, 2014 Author Share Posted November 25, 2014 Hello guys. As I've promised I am revealing the way to make 980m work in Alienware. I really can't believe that we all didn't do this. Peter and I should be punished for this "HARU" the man whom should be given the credits used only win8.1 with UEFI enabled. And he just bought the card and PnP. I was WTF? I asked him to send me the POSTing movie of his alienware. And I was shocked at the moment I saw his movie because I never tried win8.1 UEFI. So this is very simple. Follow this instruction. 1. put old GPU and go to bios -> Boot -> UEFI, legacy disabled (secure mode is not needed) 2. Turn off alienware 3. Put 980m 4. Turn the power on. 5. Ta da...POST. 6. install win 8.1 (since there is no way to install win7 in UEFI with legacy disabled, right? if I am wrong please let me know. I hate win 8) 7. install all the drivers including nvidia with mod inf. (some friend of us in TI will do it for you hopefully) 8. Enjoy postscript #1. Not tested in real game. I had no time. I am very very tired now. It's 3AM, didn't have nice sleep for a few days because of this. postscript #2. no magic vbios. so plz dont PM me for it. there is no magic vbios postscript #3. if you want to use it single, both v10 and v12 seems to work. However if you want to use it SLI, I think two v12 work best. postscript #4. I think we need some more test for 980m sli. My last thanks to Mr. Fox (my hyung nim) and Prema who lead me to the right path. https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100814025358AAtS2Fc 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godfafa Posted November 25, 2014 Author Share Posted November 25, 2014 Lets hope it will work in SLI without any major issue. Good luck @godfafaPeter! go try now. Let's see how AW18 do with 980m SLI. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter18x Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Damn Good job @godfafa, really appreciate your work. I believe Mr.Fox first trick about UEFI was correct. were dumb couldnt figure it out. Thanks for detailed info. Actually im not fan of win8 but got to used to with it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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