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That's not a normal behavior. Did you use the DDU tool to remove the previous Nvidia drivers? Did you try the card in PEG LVDS? I never received such error with any cards such as the Nvidia GTX 980M, 970M, P5200, P3000, RTX 3000, RTX 5000, RTX 3080, RTX 3060, RTX 4070, RTX 4080 and 4090 MXM cards. Did you try the card in another system? Do you have proof that this card worked before with Nvidia drivers?

Hi @SuperMG, I entered it manually per the screenshot. Built the package and ran it as administrator. Unfortunately the installer failed (no NVIDIA GPU detected on your system). Maybe it's because I am getting code 45 in device manager? The GPU is hidden in device manager. When I first installed the physical gpu into the mxm slot and booted it, it appeared in device manager as a normal working device. Then when I restarted the laptop, it appeared greyed out and hidden in device manager with the code 45. This is most likely causing the problem. Is that normal behaviour when installing a GPU that was never officially supported for a laptop?

Yes you can manually do it. Normally it should SHOW the GPUID on the software.

Hi @SuperMG, Thanks. I've looked at your PDF. I came across one issue. On the installation tweaks page, step 3 where your guide says click on Installed: Dev_ there is supposed to be a device ID. However, I do not have a device ID showing there. It is blank. Is that an issue? Can I just manually fill it in? See attached screenshot. Thank you!

Use nvcleanstall software. Your method is obsolete. I have a PDF instructions manual for it, page 8: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12J9CSd7BccNmFtcskdBwuiTa_AJhyyZG/view

Okay the laptop is all back together. I followed mrfox's instructions. Turned it on, beeped continuously, restarted, quickly put a stick of ram in, then it beeped 5 times. Turned it off. Turned It on. Booted into windows. And now device manager is showing Microsoft basic display adapter THANK YOU. Now I am trying to mod the .inf file. I downloaded the oldest driver for my 980m (572.83) on the NVIDIA website. When I run the driver, I see the NVIDIA folder appear in C drive. I tried to mod it, but I could only see GTX 980 and 980 Ti, I couldn't see 980m. So I just edited the bits for the GTX 980 but I was unsuccessful, the driver still failed. Also, the devices at the bottom of the .inf file only had the device ID, not the other 8 character string (system ID?) that usually comes after the decide ID. So I have downloaded 5+ newer drivers, but none of them have the NVIDIA folder appearing in the C drive, so cannot mod the .inf files. I will keep trying to download more drivers until one has the NVIDIA folder appear again and try to mod the .inf. It should be possible.

Hi guys. Has anybody a modified Bios to support NVMe SSD‘s?

Hi bro what about r2 🫤

Good news for ASUS Z890 mobo owners. The latest version of Dragon Ball reads memory timings correctly, unlike the crappy new versions of ASRock Timing Configurator and ASUS MemTweakIt. There is also a new version for AMD available. I downloaded it for the Unify-X and was happy to see it worked for the Z890 Apex. The only thing I have missed from AMD ownership is ZenTimings and now that is a non-issue. https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?threads/msi-dragon-ball-and-dragon-power-for-z890.405338/post-2390679

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Gets Nearly 80% FP16/BF16 Compute Boost With Linux-Based Unlocking Trick That said, the GPU Unlock currently supports Linux only and works with GeForce GTX 900, GTX 1000, RTX 20, and RTX 30 series GPUs, while the RTX 40 and RTX 50 cards aren't supported.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Gets Nearly 80% FP16/BF16 Compute Boost With Linux-Based Unlocking Trick That said, the GPU Unlock currently supports Linux only and works with GeForce GTX 900, GTX 1000, RTX 20, and RTX 30 series GPUs, while the RTX 40 and RTX 50 cards aren't supported.

Hello I do have an RTX 4070 MXM with the backlight mod if you're interested to upgrade from your failing 980M. This card worked on my P775TM1, P870DM-G and Dell Precision M4800. You could also upgrade to an i7 8700K 6C or to a Xeon E-2286M 8C mutant CPU by modding the BIOS and blocking some pads on the CPU.

Just removing the cmos battery will not clear your bios. Scroll up and follow Mrfox's guide to clearing it. Changing the cpu should have done it also!?!?...weird.

I have an octane 2 pc specialist laptop that i want to upgrade because the gpu is failling Specs •980m 8gb mxm b(failing) •i5 6600k •32gb ddr4 2133mh •1 tb samgsung 850 evo(failing) •P751DM mobo •15.6 inch screen •battery(fucked) I am mainly trying to replace the gpu, cpu, screen and ram. I know that the i7 7700k is the best cpu i can easily get but i was wondering if their any mods for my mobo that could allow a better cpu

Eban - I'm looking at your comment from 4th October. You mentioned secure boot should be turned off...but I'm confident it has been turned on this whole time 🫪. Surely that alone is not causing my problem? I found the link you shared for creating inf file. Will try that out as a backup. Motherboard is out and replacing CMOS battery now. Thought about upgrading to 32gb RAM while it's opened up but ehhhh 16gb is still enough these days...

I've decided to just disassemble the laptop and take out the CMOS battery and replace it with a new CMOS battery. Hopefully that fully wipes the firmware settings and when I turn the computer on, it will reconfigure and recognise the NVIDIA gpu. I have this feeling that unsuccessfully mucking around with Nvcleaninstall messed it up for me. Does anyone know to how to mod an NVIDIA driver? I will try that instead this time and avoid Nvcleaninstall.

Tux looks like he is going to eat that MSN butterfly.

Right in time to push up the prices before we see 5080@24GB at $3000 at the cheapest. This starting be an sickness. $1470 for xx70Ti class cards is just disgusting. Asus Im looking at you🤮 Sad seeing China still being prioritized. But important if you want highest possible ASP for your products globally. I expect also many of the cards will come from Microcenter (they stopped the sale on some sites but with stocks available that none could buy). Creepy business blessed by Jensen and his partners (AIBs) +retail😒

Hey, How did this work out? I am thinking Zorin 18 will work perfect for this device. I have it on a dell inspiron 3169 touchscreen 2 in 1 device and it works great. Touch and flip works as intended on my system.

My current linux wallpaper on my secondary Linux laptop.

Gigabyte and Asus raising prices of the 5080..... Prices on the rise again....Microcenter Edition Cheapest 5060ti 16GB is now $739.99 Cheapest 5070 is now $769.99 Cheapest 5070ti is now $1159.99 Cheapest 5080 is now $1779.99 5090 is vapourware atm but my Microcenter does still have a singular Asus 20th anniversary kit in stock for $11k+ after tax (More below) Microcenter does have the best overall prices on Nvidia cards across the stack compared to PCPP of cards actually in stock.... Asus has the 5090 Astral (all three editions white, black and LC) in stock on their site for $5500, $5600 and $5700 respectively but it's a sham. It is part of a bundle deal you have to order with a slew of their other items coming out to $9107+....at that point, I'd just pony up for the 20th anniversary edition....which means never. After that, cheapest third party 5090 available is $8599.99 on Amazon for the GB Aorus Infinity Edition... ---------- Cheapest 9060xt is $799.99 ($589.99 on PCPP) Cheapest 9070 is $719.99 ($699.99 on PCPP) Cheapest 9070xt is "on sale" Steel Legend for $799.99 (normally $899.99) ($829.99 on PCPP) One of the few rare times MC has the worse pricing across the board for AMD cards for normal pricing.... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @Papusan look at this 5090 "conversion factory" just sucking up any and all 5090s and converting them for rack AI deployment....can't blame Nvidia for capping that cheaper source of 5090s and funneling that $$$ into their own pocket instead....right? https://videocardz.com/newz/heres-where-the-last-rtx-5090-cards-are-going-massive-ai-conversion-factory-exposed-in-china-founders-edition-included By the new year, if not sooner, I expect them to be offering $6k+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Galax HOF 5080 with dual 12vhpwr connectors but only one or the other alternative mode? But swarovski crystals and a $3k price makes it perfect?! Ewwww, I'm good.... https://videocardz.com/newz/galax-launches-worlds-first-rtx-5080-with-dual-12v-2x6-connectors-costs-3000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like I said, locally buyers will come to your place or meet up locally, have rigs to test your 5090 and hand you a fat stack of $5500 to buy your 5090. They used to do Zelle, but methinks that is a bit too traceable..... One of my Fallout 76 buddies who lives up on the other side of Philly caved and sold his Founders Edition for $5700 locally to someone who actually wanted it for their own use (in theory). I think I mentioned him last year when I got to experience his coil whine first hand. He got in on the VPA program with Nvidia summer of 2025 and snagged it but he needed the $$$ and replaced it with an open box Reaper 9070xt for $679.99 (~$634.99 after MC discount) so when all was said and done he netted a ~$3k profit even after the 9070xt pickup and more importantly the $5k he applied to some bills overall. We were playing and I asked him how was the downgrade on his 9800X3D system and after struggling for a few days at 4k max settings (over chat all I kept hearing was 'sheesh this SUCKS....CHUNKEEEEE!') he admitted defeat and dropped down to 1440p and swapped his 32" 4k display for his secondary 27" 1440p display. In his words, "this sucks, but it is what it is..." 🤣 He has a 2x32GB of G.Skill kit (I think it is F5-6000J2636H48GX2-TZ5NR) I know he picked up before the ramapocalyse that he is going to sell as soon as he can land a "6000 anything 2x16GB kit for sub $300."

You could boot the system blindly from a USB drive and ensure that a boot script will launch the EC flash commands and shutdown the system upon completion. Once you verify that EC has been properly flashed by checking fans with Fn+1, clear CMOS by pressing Fn+D and keeping it pressedd while you press the power on button. EDIT: The EC Flash fw includes EFI commands (in the *.nsh script file), so use EFI shell.

The laptop can’t show data on screen with rtx 3080 if i disable the UEFI mode in Bios so i cant boot up on legacy mode to upgrade the EC BIOS

Finally! 🎉 I managed to repair an RTX 3080 graphics card that was about to end up in the trash, with a total repair cost of less than $80! Two traces between D1 and C0, which connect to the GPU, were broken. I repaired the GPU by performing a reballing, and the card came back to life! Many people told me to throw it away, that the card was dead, and that I should just buy a new one, especially with prices being ridiculously high. I actually bought another card on eBay from the same seller I had purchased the original one from, only to discover that it was faulty too. I ended up returning it to the seller. That experience made me even more determined to stick with my original card, as long as the GPU was still outputting data and the problem was somewhere on the PCB. What I learned from this journey: Never give up! 💪 Make the most of every repair video you watch, learn from every experience, and keep trying. All those graphics card repair videos I watched turned out to be incredibly valuable in bringing this card back to life. Sometimes, a little patience, knowledge, and persistence can save a GPU that everyone else has already given up on! 🔧🔥

I’m not 100% sure, Honestly, I’m not sure you can do much here cuz you should know that the 8970M is basically a rebadged 7970M, which was already one of the best AMD cards for that slot, I mean I had one these bois earlier, so I know that much but I don’t know what you’d even upgrade to. Putting in an Nvidia card sounds like trouble to me, since the BIOS is built around Enduro and I doubt it would even boot but you could try , I mean risk it for the biscuit situation. The cooling is made for the stock card too. For 50 bucks, just get the 2x8GB RAM, a better SSD, a keyboard and a battery. That’s where I’d put the money. you know for the built to be in sync the built should have components that are right against each other , earlier some hardware issue came in my laptop too and I asked gpt everything , then I realized a few things about this , and I remember gpt sugessted me a site too where they had this cool feature to compare parts against each toher , I think the site name was Etech Devices. anyways, I suggest you before buying anything , you should know what you are buying , hop into some review before it and search a query like this for example "Acer gaming laptop 0001 model issues" like that and im sure there will be a reddit page for that .. if there's not you are good to go