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These days I only check ebay for screen parts to try and build a 1200p panel assembly for the Raider. Luckily display parts are dirt cheap compared to RAM, SSD, CPUs and GPUs, so its probably a matter of time until something gets parted out with what I want. There is one ebay reseller that did have parts up there but wants 4x-6x what they should cost and was unwilling to budge on price. Back when I first started WoW I mostly multiboxed. Mages had a nice little trick where Frost Nova would gaurantee crits Arcane Explosion so I could rotate a Frost Nova every 2-3 seconds to dish out really good AOE damage. It was enough to run 5 man dungeons mostly on my own healing with a priest.

good to know im not the only bonkers hardware head here 😄 been following the mvolt+ development closely and downloading every new version once it dropped, but havent really gotten back into GPU tuning yet, aside from playing around with the tool to check functionality. havent finished tuning my RAM yet after the BIOS update (just takes sooo damn long, ugh!) and also been playing RE franchise like a madlad. between that, my lil toddler, work and just everyday life, aint nobody got time for anything anymore! but yeah, enjoying my hardware setup to the fullest whenever i have an hour or two to spare....god i hope nothing gives out on me anytime soon in this horrible market LOL but so far everything humming along smoothly, just need to do some dusting it seems (high airflow has its downsides i guess 😄) btw, looking to upgrade my Pixel 7 Pro pretty soon, eagerly awaiting the OnePlus 16 launch on 12-Oct, pretty much ticks all the boxes for me in a phone. IKIK, its lilkely only gonna be a China only release, but who cares, ive imported china phones before and was happy i did it 🙂

K|NGP|N coming back to the OC scene: "K-Pop Kung Fu Class" as a reason for switching studios was not on my bucket list of reasons to move to another location.... Looks like he's going with Asus..... New OC channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClS4F_eKD3PCihwI9ZvrdwQ Welcome back! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Same boat.... I thought about selling but I switched to my Power Devil 9070xt then 5080 in my main rig for a few days and watching those frames seriously drop and sitting at 100% util more often than not in WoW 4k ultra 10 sent me scurrying back to my 5090. Yeah, I could pocket $3-4k+ profit right now and then what? Sit around and bitch whine and moan about being capped out and not getting the performance I want for the next 12-18 months just to see the prices of the 6090 requiring a kidney assuming it launches by Q1 2028? I'd rather enjoy the here and now with state of the art performance for the next 15 months if not more.... Have you given your 5090 the mvolt+ treatment yet? -------------------------------------------------------------------------- That is awesome news @Reciever! Know your worth and demand no less. Sometimes you have to be proactive and other times those around you will see and acknowledge your quality work and reward you thusly. Now, just go ahead and finance that 5090..... 🤣 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Glad to see you taking the small, but meaningful, steps to right the ship and being able to drive again has to feel good. Losing self autonomy is never a good thing on any scale and driving is a big one. Just keep trying like you said to stick around and keep us up to date on the tech sector doom and gloom. 🙂 --- I am not shocked at that EVGA report. Nvidia and Jensen needed AIBs and gamers years ago but at every chance afforded to them well before the AI BS, they made sure to put the screws to AIBs and cook the books with crypto and continue to push prices as far as able while casting their illusions of MSRP and deliver less for more each and every cycle. EVGA went out on a high note with their GPUs and Motherboards and downsized to peripherals. I don't blame them one bit. --- The cable, according to TG data collected so far with the WVP2, is the primary issue regardless of MSI burning up or other makers like the PNY reported a day or two before this one. It was an Asrock PSU. In the comments: He literally recommended over and over to his friend to get a WVP2 or at least a better 3.1 compliant PSU. With the WVP2 I am pretty sure he would have immediately seen a high imbalance on a pin or two but without a WVP2, or a 3.1 PSU that reports pin monitoring or an Astral. Without any of these reporting protections, you are basically piddling blindly in the wind every time you use your 5090. Before my WVP2 and MSI sending me an Ai 1600T PSU, I purposely used the included tentacle just in case for warranty claims. Switched to the MSI PSU and its included 12vhpwr cable keeping MSI completely responsible for the warranty chain and then added a WVP2 and their warranty on top of it for extra added support. De8auer said they haven't had a single report of a WVP2 burning up yet from WVP2 to GPU connection. At this point, anyone running a 5090 without a WVP2, a pin monitoring compatible PSU or at the least using the tentacle to keep any burning issues warranty claims valid are playing with fire. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ditto, I'm holding onto my 5090 for at least another year if not more. Zero reason to sell. I'll re-evaluate the landscape next October/Nov when the 6000 series is potentially on the horizon. Hopefully the AI bubble will have popped or at least deflated a little by then. That makes sense with the 5090FE. The value proposition of it getting it for retail was its main draw by far. Price not being an issue, Astral is a sick card and removing price as a factor, I'd take an Astral over my Vanguard all day everyday on industrial aesthetics alone albeit I did find my Vanguard had the best silicon in my testing between it, the Astral and the Ventus but I would have to rerun those tests in the here and now with mvolt+. Whew, I'm glad you kept the overall better sample with the best fclk. It did seem the best on paper. Have you done any 8000+ testing yet? I agree on pressure. I was having issues with the delidded 9850X3D and the TG Heatspreader with 8000+ testing suddenly failing. One flaw I've found with the TG HS is heat expansion and cooling eventually loosens up the screws a bit. This might not be a problem with a tight pairing and a block keeping the pressure where it needs to be, but right now I'm still sorting out the Z-height issues so the pairing isn't as tight as it could or should be atm so eventually over the course of hours or days, my memory settings will fail. I dug through some older AM5 compliant heatsinks I have on the shelf and found a set of shorter by ~2.5mm non-spec standoffs I plan on swapping in to compensate to see if that helps along with shoring up proper pairing pressure to get temps to be a bit better. At the moment, I am not super pleased with the TG HS, but we'll see after this final testing. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I still need to get back to the G16 for some Bios tuning and testing but my desktop has been my focus atm. Yeah, three of them showed up. Two sold for $3500-3700. One was delisted but it had scam written all over it at the time. Do a completed sales history search on 9955HX3D 5090. Purchasing from an official outlet definitely was the way to go and get that three year warranty. With the way the market is going and offerings, it will be the best overall for the next few years. We won't see a 6000 mobile refresh till 2nd or 3rd quarter or 2028 at this rate. I plan on playing both retail and forever. I've always played Paladins since launch but I also alt druids and hunters from time to time. During Vanilla, I was all about my Paladin, priest and hunter. Priest had Benediction in Vanilla and Hunter had Rhok'Delar. I was guild leader with a top raiding guild back in the day and once we had MC and BWL on farm, loots eventually trickled down since we ran DKP globally and once everyone was geared up enough I let alts tag along for runs to get some good loot too. We had a server first Hand of Ragnaros but could NOT get the second half of the binding to drop for Thunderfury! 🤣 I burned out halfway through BWL and went casual after that. WoW stopped being fun and became more a job and managing egos. I'm pretty sure I am going to main a druid this time around and alt a hunter again.

Hi, forgot to reply back to this post. this was the absolute highest I was able to get, posted in windows and detecting a clock of 100.25 in cpuz.

Hi! This might not be the exact topic, so if it isn't please tell me and I'll make a separate thread! I would like to upgrade a Zbook 15 G3 and I'm only interested in Optimus Switching, not BIOS Discrete mode. I asked a representative from Aetina for a Quote to my country and, in the meantime, she gave me the datasheets for the 2 models I'm interested in, namely Ampere RTX A2000 8 GB and RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell 45TGP. Do you thik they will work just by swapping the old one? I'm currently using an upgraded M2200 from the latter model, with the NVCleanstall driver mod. Thanks! I'm attaching the datasheets

The Max bandwidth is 128Gbps

This is an ADTLINK PCle 5.0 Oculink to PCle X16 Extension Cable EGPU Adapter For NUC / ITX / STX / Notebook PC Mini-PC M.2 NVMe Slot . I just found this on AliExpress: https://a.aliexpress.com/_mMYzyFv working with this MXM Adapter

I didn’t expect this. I saw this video a few hours ago and replayed it several times to make sure that it was actually possible to run a desktop GPU externally on MXM-based laptops using this adapter. The adapter has an internal NVMe connection and a DP port that connects to the graphics card to output the image on the laptop’s internal display. And as you can see, it actually works successfully. https://b23.tv/ENKfQ4S

Hello, I am interested in buying out broken MXM laptops. I have good knowledge of motherboard repairs so I can attempt repairs. Either in complete or incomplete state Price to be discussed based on the system + the state + the components Currently I am interested in Dell precision M4800 and M6800 Also interested in precision 7520/7720, zbook 17 G4 zbook 17 g5 and zbook 17 g6. I am in France/EU so EU shipping is the most worth while. Also any other broken workstation/powerfull laptops without an MXM slot I am interested in buying. Thanks, have a good one.

You can send me an PM. But which cards will work with DSanke mod Orr out of the stock?

【老哥闲来无事，琢磨着无核显笔记本外接台式机显卡并点亮内屏终于成功了!笔记本外接RTX4090不再是梦-哔哩哔哩】 https://b23.tv/ENKfQ4S

I saw it featured in a video on Bilibili.

Hi Eban, thanks for your feedback. Yes, I have read quite a few longevity issues about the 880m and 980m. Now I am considering to spend a bit more to buy either a GTX 1060 6GB or Quadro P4000 8GB. Link to P4000 AliExpress listing where i would be buying it from: https://a.aliexpress.com/_mK6J6AX Link to GTX 1060 AliExpress listing where I would be buying it from: https://a.aliexpress.com/_msOiDhZ I am based in Australia so buying from AliExpress seems like the most economical choice. Shipping and taxes from buying parts from USA or Europe is usually very expensive. Does anyone know if I need to get a modded heatsink to install either of these cards? And will they work with my 60hz display? I've seen conflicting information in forums about Ranger compatibility with pascal and 60hz matte display.

Where did you get this?

This tested with clevo barebone P751DM2, using an MXM to PCle adapter to externally connect a desktop graphics card, and connecting the graphics card's video cable back to the MXM card, finally managed to light up the internal screen.

Has anyone tried this adapter to run an external desktop GPU?

We can go to DMs if you're interested to get one of the RTX 4070 card

Do you have pics and price?

I dont really like this guy but here is a quick and dirty how to find different SMD components that are cactus. Start here and then ask for further information as required.

With any BIOS the RTX 40XX work as long as your BIOS is in UEFI, your screen is eDP and the DP_D port of your MXM is DP/eDP. A must: I used my backlight mod v2 to power on the display and to modify the brightness. I also contacted someone for a custom heatsink. I have a RTX 4070 with the backlight mod already installed onto it.

Ok, which one is the correct Bios? For the P775dm there are two. Old Graphics or standard. And how do the 40xx get working?

Upgrading to the RTX 4070 MXM or 4080 MXM. I sell one. Upgrading the heatsink, upgrading the fans to the strongest ones. Upgrading to an i7 8700K with the Dsanke BIOS mod + you need to cover some of your LGA pads to make this upgrade successful. Upgrading to 64GB DDR4 RAM. Upgrading the screen to a 4K 120Hz with the correct 40 pins eDP cable

So, I bought a cheap XMG U716 with I7-6700 and Clevo GTX 980 180w GPU. What is possible in this Device? And with or without DSanke Mod-BIOS?

Hi everyone, I'm tuning my MSI Katana 15 HX (Core i9-14900HX, RTX 5060 Laptop). Despite having solid thermal headroom and an undervolted profile, the system is strictly hitting an EC (Embedded Controller) / hardware power limit around ~85W to 93W sustained under Cinebench R23 / CPU-Z stress tests. ### Current Tuning & Thermal Setup: - Undervolt: -129.9 mV Core / Cache offset via ThrottleStop FIVR. - AC Loadline tuned to 90 in BIOS. - Thermal Mod: Conductonaut Extreme Liquid Metal on the CPU die, and Upsiren UX PRO Ultra thermal putty on the VRMs / VRAM with the stock aluminum plate heatsink. - Thermals: Extremely cool. Full load package power peaks at ~93.7W at only 73°C (with fan running moderately; if fans are maxed out, it drops into the low 50s°C). VRM temps stay around 70–80°C. - Cinebench R23 score: ~28,185 pts at ~93W. - CPU-Z Multi-Thread: ~12,100 pts. ### The Issue: 1. In ThrottleStop TPL, Long Power PL1 and Short Power PL2 are set higher (115W/135W+), Sync MMIO unchecked, Disable Controls unchecked. MSI Center is set to Extreme Performance Mode. 2. In the Advanced BIOS (Power & Performance / Config TDP), PL1/PL2 are also configured higher (115W-150W). 3. However, whenever the CPU package power attempts to breach ~85W–93W, the system immediately cuts clock ratios back down to lock the package power around 82W–85W. 4. I want to keep IMON settings strictly at stock/untouched to maintain system stability and SVID accuracy. ### Questions for the community: 1. Is there any known software, MSR flag, or BIOS setting to bypass this EC-enforced ~85W/93W limit without physical motherboard modifications? 2. Has anyone found custom EC firmware or specific register offsets in the AMI Aptio V BIOS that grant control over this chassis' power limits? 3. Could secondary power limiters (such as Platform PL4, VR current limits, or Tau window) be triggering this throttle? Attached are my ThrottleStop screens, TPL, FIVR, and benchmark results. Any advice or technical insight from experienced tuners would be greatly appreciated!

Wow my ancient write up is still helping someone today! Nice!