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Ok, after doing some more research I believe I have found the shunt resistors marked r005 on the rear side of the board, I will carry on searching to see if these are definitely the ones to check and if so I will look to add extra r005 to each of these, I won't be doing this till I'm definitely sure of what I'm adding to, I will most likely add padding and liquid metal cool the card once this is sorted.

I recently found something: https://www.ebay.com/itm/145765636591 This cable theoretically (as it seems to me, may be wrong) connects the motherboard and the original display for the DreamColor on 8760w, 8770w - LP173WF3-SLBx ("x" may be 4, 3 or 2). All is perfect (S-IPS, matte, exotic 10-bit color depth), but connection type of this display is 50-pin LVDS. 😀 Moreover, he is relatively old and difficult to find in new condition. The main disadvantage of this option is that installing this display and cable does not improve the laptop's compatibility with fundamentally newer video cards. A much more promising option would be an eDP 30-pin cable (for FHD displays), which respected @GuitarG is working on...

My 2025 gram 17 Pro (model 17Z90TP-G.AD88A1) won't be going back. It is altogether a much better thermally designed version of the gram 17 than the non-Pro machine which was a disappointment (see my post here) to the extent that I wonder if LG deliberately crippled it in order to encourage people to buy the more expensive version. I also discovered that this model has the 90Whr battery in spite of most specs saying it has a 77Whr battery. The original source of this mininformation is probably this LG global listing which states 77Whr in the summary spec but shows 90Whr in the detailed specs. I will start by providing this table showing the design power limits which programmed into the BIOS (I didn't realise the significance of this information until after I had sent the 17Z90T back so I've only got the power limits for the normal fan setting for that machine). The power limits reflect the designers' estimates of the heat disssipation of a notebook's cooling system for a particular maximum fan speed. However, it seems that some designers have done a better job than others as the 14Z90T out-performs the 17Z90T despite having lower power limits. The difference in the power limits between the 2024 gram Pro (17Z90SP) and the 2025 gram Pro (17Z90TP) is noticeable. The fans look better in the newer model. However, subjectively, I also feel that the newer model is also noisier on the normal and high fan settings although using my phone as a sound meter doesn't reveal a significant difference in sound volume. I think the newer model's fan noise is higher frequency. Where the 17Z90TP really scores, however, is the performance at the low fan setting where overall performance is similar to the 17Z90SP at the normal fan setting and the low fan is barely audible so I'm planning to forego some performance in favour of having a quieter computer. That performance hit depends on what is happening. The difference in the Passmark score is minimal while it's big for the Cinebench 23 multi-core test. Once I've sorted out my test results I'm going to put the details in a separate mini-review thread for the 2025 gram 17 Pro.

Hi, I just wanted to know, does someone know what thermal pads thickness works best with this heatsink and this GTX1070 MXM I show in these pictures for my Alienware 18 (So the thermal pads make perfect contact with the heatsink and the vrm, vram and the other chips, but not too thick so the gpu doesnt get bent) Thanks!

This is the one I had bought, is this not the HP variant with adlink ?

I don't think. No. I wouldn't be able to get the P3000, P5200, RTX 3000 HP to work on this laptop with the 120Hz screen, I got 8 beeps.

So if I was to get the 120hz screen that works on the edp that would solve the issue ?

Yes that explains everything. The "similar" issues happened on Haswell (Core i 4th gen) on LVDS Optimus. HP RTX runs great but other brands such as PNY, ADLINK, X-VSION, etc are having a problem too. It's also a TDP problem. Sometimes you're stuck at 40W max sometimes it does power spikes, from 115W to 55W then 115W to 55W, etc... You should sell your adlink and buy the HP variant. Or just get the pure-eDP laptop (with only eDP as the LCD connector and no LVDS available).

The rtx 3000 is a hp zbook version second hand runs flawlessly on the lvds screen. I then decided to pick up a new hp adlink Rtx 5000, besides having to get a better cooler it runs well untill it seems to power spike then the card vanishes and greys out on hw info looking at it's max power when this happens is always around 117watts, I just assumed this was to do with the power draw, I never bought the laptop with the 120hz screen, I'm unsure if it's worth tinkering with the screen I had bought, it seems to work fine if I lower the cards MHz rating down, I'll try a more demanding game, mainly was trying to fiddle with it untill I could purchase a newer system to take away on working away. Unsure if the shunt mod would help this in any way. Not so concerned with the screen as I was going to purchase a secondary 160h travel screen in 2k.

I am using driver 426.5 the brightness control works even with the shortcut keys fn+f9,fn+f10

the RTX cards don't work in PEG in LVDS and not even in eDP on the M17X because of the MUX switches... Your RTX 3000 was a HP variant? They work very well on motherboard that supports both LVDS (Optimus) and eDP for some reasons. But outside HP Turing, I know that some other brands such as Aetina, PNY, ADLINK cards are having issues with LVDS based systems.

Hello I'll sell this laptop. For COLLECTORS: GOOD STATE: Alienware 17 Gaming R1 Ranger, Nvidia MXM 16GB RAM with a new 86Wh battery. Specs: CPU: Core i7 4700MQ RAM: 16GB DDR3 1600MHz Dual channel dGPU: None barebone (final price: 225€) GTX 970M 6GB GDDR5 MXM (299€) Quadro P3000 6GB GDDR5 MXM (350€)(Max RTX 5000 MXM) GPU heatsink: with 5 heatpipes super heatsink SSD: 256GB mSATA WINDOWS 11 HDD: 750GB SATA Screen: 1080p FHD 60Hz LVDS Battery: brand new 86Wh Speaker, keyboard RGB and trackpad: 100% WORK Webcam, microphone and SD slot: 100% WORK USB-A and DVD driver: 100% WORK Display Port: routed to dGPU, WORK! HDMI port: routed to iGPU, WORK! 240W official Dell AC adapter INCLUDED! To fix: GPU fan is noisy, you need to change it. Case: Magnesium + Plastic. No sticky residues, clean! Inside is clean + new thermal paste for both CPU and GPU. Could arrange shipping to the Europe, tell me your country. Listing: https://ebay.us/m/kwZF0O

Hello everyone, I just registered and I hope I'm posting in the right section. I'm having an issue with my notebook and I'm hoping someone more experienced can point me in the right direction. The Problem: When I press the power button, the notebook turns on. The fans start spinning slowly for a few seconds, then suddenly ramp up to maximum speed and keep running at full throttle. The screen stays black (no image, not even the boot logo) and it never reaches the BIOS. I've also noticed that both the CPU and the RTX GPU remain cold, as if they aren't receiving power or the system isn't actually starting the Power-On Self-Test (POST). It gives the impression that the system "starts" but gets stuck immediately after. System Details: · Model: Clevo P775TM1-G (or P775TM1) · Serial Number (S/N): 1 TP775TM9440274 TPM · Part Number (P/N): 6-77-P775TM1A-NO2#20 · Processor: Intel Core i9 (9900K) · RAM: 64 GB · Graphics Card: NVIDIA RTX 2060 · MAC Address: 80FA5B765D7D What I've already considered: From the research I've done, I've seen that these chassis often require updated or modified BIOS versions (like the "dsanke mods" mentioned on some forums) to ensure full compatibility with i9 CPUs and RTX graphics cards. I've read that without proper BIOS support, the motherboard might not correctly recognize the hardware, leading to symptoms similar to mine (fans at max speed and black screen). My Request: Does anyone have a valid link for the BIOS (and maybe also the EC firmware) for this model? Possibly an unlocked or modified version that supports the i9-9900K and RTX 2060? Unfortunately, many links I've found in old discussions are dead. If anyone has experienced the same problem and solved it, any guidance on how to proceed (flashing procedure, stable version, etc.) would be incredibly valuable. I know that flashing is a delicate operation, but at the moment the notebook is unusable, and I need to try this path. Thank you very much in advance for any help!

I have checked all of my video options in the A15 unlocked bios regarding muxless fixed and full dynamic, full dgp fixed and full dynamic, none of the options allow in full screen mode to achieve above 60 FPS, before I had installed the Rtx 5000, the Rtx 3000 was ok in full screen under test achieving around 90 - 100 FPS, I can only seem to achieve this now running graphics tests on widowed mode, sadly I don't have another laptop to test this on, my bios is currently set too SG mode full and fixed dgpu dynamic power, I will try and get some photos of my bios set up. When testing the GPU I noticed the core MHz fluctuates between 1400mhz to 1550mhz rapidly, I've now set the target in poweshell to 1250 MHz and is still stable no crash. I will try and ramp it up till it crashes again. Forgot to mention when it crashed on hw info it showed a error on power limitation under the GPU - 60% where it had greyed out. Thanks for some input SuperMg

I have two versions. One drives the Acer fans, the other drives the ZBook fans. Both are wired the same - Juice, Ground and PWM come from the same source, while Tach is only linked to one fan and everything is fine. For the ZBook fans (5V) everything comes from the stock connector and it’s been like that for quite some time with no issues. Acer fans (12V) require some extra circuitry since there’s no direct 12V output. BTW they (Acer’s fans) consume about 15W alone at full tilt. EDIT: Here’s the wiring of the ZBook fans: https://imgur.com/gallery/8L0QhNk

Cool will reach out to you via PM. has anyone found any links/suppliers for the cable to allow the Dreamcolour IPS screens to work with the mobo? I know guitarg was working on one.

Nice work. Doing similar fan work on my 8570w. How does the mod see both fans? I see some (pavilion units) just split the fan feed on all wires and it seems fine.

I would say I'm taking it step by step! Right now, I'm developing the cables with Flex-PCB!

I have a complete set of screws for the X170 series (I bought it from the manufacturer)

My system specs : Ryzen 9 9955HX 32GB DDR5-5600 Kingston Fury Geforce RTX 5070Ti 2560x1600 - 300Hz - 500Nits IPS display 2x2TB Samsung 970 Evo Plus 330W power adapter Impressions : Positive Excellent build quality. Coming from a daily user of Dell Precision laptop (7550 at home and 7680 at work), the chassis feels very sturdy and even more "premium" than these workstation : All aluminium chassis, no flex on keyboard deck, no flex on the screen. Even compared to some recent gaming laptop i test (Lenovo Legion 7i for example) i find the XMG more polished (no pun intended). The display (eventhough i chose the IPS version) is miles away from the one i'm used to on the Dell lineup (FHD IPS) or even my desktop one (AOC 27 G2 - FHD IPS 144Hz). The brightness is way better, the color accuracy is excellent with pre-install color profiles, and i did not expect a high refresh (300Hz in dGPU only mode, 240Hz in optimus mode) rate panel to be this good even when not gaming. The performance uplift from my previous Dell Precision 7550 is, as expected, huge with almost double the performance. The most striking thing to me is the cooling solution and associated thermal performance. While playing Metro exodus, in optimus mode, at native resolution, all settings in ultra, i can pull 140W on the GPU and up to 90W on the CPU and yet, the remperature stays below 80°C with the fan at around 60%. Comparing this to my Dell Precision 7550 in wich i had to cripple my CPU when gaming to obtain the same thermal (i7-10850h limited to 2,7GHz still at 75°C) i am genuinely impressed. 3x USB type A, 2 on the right side, one on the left side. This allow me to connect my wireless mouse, my cooling pad and my external drive for backup. That's a huge plus from my previous laptop. The keyboard layout is great with a better typing experience than on my Dell Precisions and no useless copilot key. The 330W power brick is smaller and ligher than the 240W one used in the Dell Precision and older Alienware system. The control center is so far stable and responsive, while allowing me to modify anything i deem necessary (fan table, power limits, ligthing, battery mode, etc...) The bios allow for CPU undervolting via PBO curve optimizer, ram tweaking with frequency and timing control. This reminds the good old day of the Alienware M17x R4! Sound quality is good and better than expected. Fan noise is really less annoying than on my Dell Precision. I did a test and force full blast fan on the XMG and the Dell Precision 7680 side by side, and the XMG fan noise does not have the same high pitch annoying sound. Negative The motherboard modular design gave me some trouble when intalling my SSDs. The daughterboard where mounted a bit close to the motherbaord and i had to unscrew all the left daughterboard to regain the millimeter needed to install my SSD. Issues with my bluetooth earbuds (JBL Wave Flex). Some time i have lags in the sound and it take few seconds to come back. I tried multiple drivers and couldn't resolve the issue. More annoying than really a problem since i can also plug my headphone in the 3.5mm jack. Here is a TimeSpy benchmark (stock CPU, +350MHz GPU core, +350MHz GPU memory, optimus mode on, Overboost mode) : Timespy

bcs im waiting for my replacement mainboard for the M6800 i started to shop some stuff for the 7720 to make it comparable to actual notebooks(except the number of threads the CPU can work with 😄) Service Tag: C9GP6H2 so u can see original configuration. Original Configuration --> planed - ordered - already done/delivered: Intel i7-7820HQ --> Intel Xeon E3-1575M v5 2x 8GB DDR4 2400 CL17 --> 2x 16GB Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 CL15 nVidia Quadro P3000 6GB --> nVidia Quadro P5200 16GB 1x 512GB Toshiba XG3 NVMe --> 1x 512GB Samsung 860 Pro NVMe + 1x 1TB WD SN730 NVMe WIFI AC --> WIFI 6E DVD Drive --> UHD BD Drive Windows 10 Pro --> Windows 11 Pro upgrades for later: 1080p Screen --> 4K Screen nVidia Quadro P5200 --> RTX 5000 / 3080 / 4080 Stock Heatsink --> Cicichen RTX Heatsink

im happy when he only put a RTX heatsink on the original heatpipes from the 7720, 120W n still far away(always below 60°c.) from throttling, but the CPU part isnt the best, but its ok bcs still below 80°c. at full load

Hello. I think your GPU is faulty, faulty IC? Faulty coils? To confirm that further, please try this GPU on another laptop, like a dell Precision m6700 (I have one for cheap) or the Precision 7710 and see if the results are the same as the R4 laptop. I could do 115W on the M18X R2 with an RTX 3080 no problem, the limit to performance was the Intel Optimus and the old MUX Switch... Was stuck at 60fps on some benchmarks...

About 12-13A per pin.

Same can be said about MSI. What are MSI affraid of? Nvidia? Or to try to prevent increased RMA requests? MSI is actively taking down leaked 2500W Extreme OC BIOS files for GeForce RTX 5090 Lightning MSI reportedly asked for the removal of a leaked 2500 W “XOC” BIOS file for the GeForce RTX 5090 Lightning Z, and the file no longer appears in TechPowerUp’s BIOS collection. That said, MSI taking down these BIOSes is unusual, because almost every XOC BIOS that I can think of has eventually been leaked, and no one has had an issue with it. So far, MSI has not published a public statement detailing its takedown requests. Same can be said about Asus. The FE clone from Asus will probably cost nearer $4000 Spot on. All to much trash being made nowadays. And not only hardware/electronics. Consumer rights are highly valued here in Norway, so.... Etc 5 years free warranty is the norm for goods meant to last more than two years. Yet, Dell try to push consumers to buy their overpriced premium warranty. Greedy stupids. Complaint Deadline (Reklamasjon): Generally 2 years, but extends to 5 years for products intended to last significantly longer, such as furniture, electronic devices, and household appliances.