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No one has managed to push the RAM on the Clevo P870 motherboard beyond 3350 MHz, and I don’t know why—especially since I installed an i9-9900KF processor. I bought a 2x16GB Crucial Ballistix kit rated at 2666 MHz, but it has an XMP profile for 3200 MHz with CL16 because it runs at 1.35V instead of 1.2V. By the way, this kit is very rare.

New screen installed, Stereoscopic settings still aren't showing up in Nvidia Control Panel, even after fresh install in drivers. Not sure what's going on now. Just for the heck of it I plugged in a USB emitter and that shows up in 3D Fix Manager but it still shows screen isn't 3D compatible. Yet I ordered the exact part number for the 3D screen for the R4. The R3 is a LG model, while the R4 is a Samsung from what I've read. So that is correct. 120Hz working perfectly fine, just no 3D.

Actually, after I took the MSI back to micro center they asked if I wanted to exchange for anything so I got one of their open box a51-18 with the 5090. After I got that one home and a few tools installed I found that it came with dual rank hynix a-die csodimms. I want to see what those sticks can do, maybe even testing them out in the hydroc g2 which is easier to tune memory with. I also can confirm that UMAF still works with the latest 2.xx bios and have had D2D and NGU running at a more proper 30x. The memory modules also peaked at 90C when running OCCT. Much cooler than the MSI raider 18 and closer to what I see with the hydroc using single rank modules. The midnight dark edition card is definitely a looker. I'd need to get a riser to show it off in the case as well but it may look a bit goofy contrasted with the white pcb z890 apex. Next id probably end up looking for a deal on a z890 unify or something... I don't know how she can keep up with all of the weekly activities. I barely have time to get my daily knowledge points and try to get enough stuff completed to get some hero track gear.

https://videocardz.com/newz/chinese-memory-stockpilers-start-to-panic-as-falling-prices-leave-them-stuck-with-modules "Reports from Shenzhen’s Huaqiangbei market say traders and resellers that bought DDR5 in bulk during the run-up are now struggling to clear inventory, with some sellers cutting prices quickly to avoid being left with stock that keeps losing value. Yicai says some new 16GB DDR5 sticks that..." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Microcenter with 270k "coming soon" already marking down the $349 to $329 while still not putting stock out (they haven't been listed for sale yet since launch) to push as many combos and in house prebuilts as possible.....yuck. I cancelled my combo deal as it made no sense as all I want is the damn CPU and no desire for another MB or trash 2x16GB DDR5 memory. I'll just wait till they drop back to $299.99. Newegg is flush with them now as is Amazon as expected after that initial FOMO rush.... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Top end mobile Nova Lake HX will finally differentiate core count wise from desktop for the first time since 11th gen due to the sheer size and power draw of all those cores. We're moving into Nvidia mobile land now but what else can you do? Mobile Nova Lake HX will have half the overall P core count as top end Nova Lake Desktop (8 vs 16) and 28 cores overall vs 52 on desktop. " The new leak suggests Nova Lake-HX will not mirror the desktop configuration. As previously reported, Nova Lake-S for desktops is rumored to scale up to 52 cores, combining 16 P-cores and 32 E-cores. The mobile variant is said to be more conservative, topping out at 8 P-cores and 16 E-cores. " --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Looks like iBOT does tinker with the binary code of applications.... https://videocardz.com/newz/geekbench-says-intel-bot-rewrites-benchmark-code-geekbench-6-7-will-detect-optimized-runs I'm ok with this for non benchmark applications and Intel finding ways to optimize games and applications over time, but "optimizing" benchmarks is a grey area I'm not too comfortable with if this is true....

Hi@all anyone could mod my new stock p870dm3 ? Got a p870dm3 a delidded 9900ks a p5200 mxm The 1080 SLI Vapor Chamber could anyone mod my Vapor Chamber to fit onto the p5200 and prepare for Upgrade to 4000 Series mxm ? mod the CPU Cooler to Mount direct die ? enable x16 PCI-e ? 3700mhz RAM possible ? Prema done it Any idea How ? please help keep these Maschines allive.

The only issue is the power limits. I can't seem to unlock them. Despite editing the values, they don't change anything. But on the Dell Precision M4800, I see people with 4910MQ and 4940MX being able to overclock past 4.2GHz

No, but im going to be looking into board modifications soon to do so. Im also going to try more heavy NVRAM editing sometime next week most likely, but I flashed a backup BIOS with a dirty ME without knowing, so I have to take it all apart to flash externally (since they dirty ME prevents flashing normally). This forum post kinda shows where I am currently with the mod, as ive taken a bit of a break to work on VBIOS modding. https://winraid.level1techs.com/t/need-help-precision-m6800-bios-modding/114641

Hello, did you manage to unlock the Power Limits? Did you get more than 58W? Like 65W?

Updates. Both 3 heatpipes one and 4 heatpipes one weren't fitting but... I noticed that I was using the M6700 hinges... So I replaced them with the M6800 hinges and now everything fits on both heatsinks... So the problem is resolved. Palmrest fits, closed. Volume board works. 3 heatpipes, one of the heatpipe looks like it's damaged but it actually does conduct thermal quickly (touched it) and yes it can throttle a 150W to 130W then stay at 130W, so it's a 130W heatsink for me. The 4 heatpipes one is a 150W heatsink.

Did Dell Command Update find and install the latest BIOS 2.6.1? I don't use that updater, always manually checking and installing updates.

M17xR4 does not have the TDP bug of the AW17 R1 (m17xR5) and the AW 18 R1 (m18xR3). I am referring to the eDP 120hz 3D panel. The RXT 3000/5000 should work fine with 60hz panel using Optimus. RTX 5000 should work fine at full power too. Wonder if core is getting too hot

Yeah, I continue to look and it will take something major to pry this free Alienware 18 out of my hands because it runs so quiet and only comes to life under gaming/heavy loads and even then it is quieter than the previous MSI. I was wondering how the newer Raider did under load conditions and when pressed. How were the CPU/GPU temps? Memory temps look absolutely dismal. I'm sure under those conditions it was extremely loud. On paper, it looks ideal with a 285hx, 5090, 1600p but if it uses anything close to the same fans as the previous iteration.....yikes. You know they always say couples who WoW together......Does the media center have it on display to see or is it hidden away behind a panel? I contemplated picking up the Midnight darker edition for a build out they look so cool for the wife who immediately loved the darker version for her case. She passed her 5 year anniversary back in September (she started playing during the pandemic out of sheer boredom) playing WoW and is officially more hardcore than I am. She routinely clears ALL the content weekly and that is with working a full time job too. Weekends she is locked into Azzeroth with laser focus lol...she gets up before I do, so I make her cafe con leche the night before and place it on her timer warming pad so she's able to get up and rock and roll the Saturday and Sunday mornings...

Thanks. I was aware of sfc but wasn't aware of dsim which spent a long time at 62.3% which, the internet tells me, meant it was downloading an update. The computer has now successfully been through the full virus scan. More worrying, however, was an unexpected shutdown yesterday when I left the computer for a a couple of hours. It should have been sleeping but was off when I returned. The system log shows nothing helpful so I wait to see if it was a one-off incident.

Various recent notebookcheck reports about the 2026 LG grams: https://www.notebookcheck.net/LG-releases-new-14-inch-laptops-before-global-launch.1231070.0.html https://www.notebookcheck.net/LG-releases-new-14-inch-laptops-with-Intel-Panther-Lake.1260806.0.html https://www.notebookcheck.net/LG-Gram-Book-15-sacrifices-processor-performance-for-a-much-quieter-fan.1239295.0.html https://www.notebookcheck.net/Less-than-1-2-kg-LG-releases-lightweight-new-16-inch-laptop-with-120-Hz-OLED-display.1260808.0.html https://www.notebookcheck.net/LG-gram-Pro-AI-2026-16Z90U.1240959.0.html https://www.notebookcheck.net/LG-releases-new-17-inch-laptop-with-Intel-Panther-Lake-and-32-GB-RAM.1260807.0.html

Actually the DELL with LG IPS was tested with 120hz fixed refresh rate on notebookcheck - seems they test all notebooks that way. On Hardware Canucks it got a crazy 43 hours battery life: https://www.notebookcheck.net/43-hours-battery-life-Dell-XPS-14-2026-lasts-almost-3x-longer-vs-MacBook-Air-15-M5-in-web-browsing-test.1262947.0.html The full system runs on 1.8w approx for browsing with VRR activated doing actual work, 1.5w on idle. It really shows that Intel dialled panther lake. Older notebooks are simply so bad because Windows is absolute crap. Linux systems simply face the problem of non optimized drivers and therefore don't fare (much) better than windows. But I guess with 1-120hz VRR display and a CPU like panther lake that doesn't let the OS decide the power management anymore - we really now reach the point were it will be hard to improve for low work tasks. Yes at high load Intel still got loads of work vs ARM based chips. LG will however also come out with OLED 1-120hz displays, I guess they will be even better than their IPS 1-120hz is now. OLED is in principal simply better as it needs less light to be bright. It's just about optimizing the electronics. I actually don't understand why notebookcheck doesn't use VRR enabled on their battery tests. Makes them pretty worthless now with advanced displays (at 20hz it's already bad, at 1hz just not usable anymore). I guess they need to improve their protocol - get a robot moving the mouse, typing from tyime to time on the actual keyboard - and moving the screen. That way the refresh rate will really get appropriate. Actually that's another plus for OLED - I guess they could manage to only update parts of the display that change - while I don't think that's possible for LCD - but I could be wrong. Meaning when typing only refresh the portion of the display that changes - while keeping the rest unrefreshed or only once per second.

"Empowered" LMAO.

Microsoft is no longer a company that sells operating systems to PC owners, it entices users onto its platform to monetize them. https://www.pcworld.com/article/3102428/want-me-to-trust-windows-11-again-bring-back-local-accounts.html

News! Only 10 flexcables are left! It's on ebay! I dropped the price. It's very cheap for something custom and not mass-produced. So I can make a newer version later 🙂 The TAOBAO listing that's selling the RTX 4090 MXM isn't from ZRT but from X-vsion! So don't buy from them if you want the ZRT variants!

Maybe (hopefully) things will collapse sooner than expected. May they all burn brightly as they turn to ashes while we lock arms and sing Hallelujah to celebrate their calamity. Huang, Nadella and Altman need to go to jail and lose everything. Crucify them.

Try running: dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth and then sfc /scannow

@poprostujakubhello, did you try and remove the GOP/UEFI partition of the Maxwell GPUs? Maybe that'll fix?

With a proper BIOS this is a really nice motherboard. Svet has provided updates with every official MSI release and added feature modules that were not even present for unlocking in the stock BIOS. I had him add a custom boot logo I created to replace the ugly MSI dragon boot logo.