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They used the space to the right of the DIMM slots for a vertical NVMe slot and heatsink, which I am totally fine with. I like that a lot, same as DIMM.2 and the NVMe slot on the B850MPOWER next to the memory. But, it is goofy that they put just enough distance between the slots to make the Supercool block not work. The Apex has wider spacing than most as well, and the IceMan block is too narrow for the Apex. So, the Elite Duo X has even more space than the Apex. You don't notice it until you try to screw the block onto the DIMM jackets. You have to bend the modules toward one another to get the screws in, so that is not cool. I initially installed it and got to looking closer and did not feel comfortable with the visible amount of distortion. I tried using thicker thermal pads on right DIMM to shift the cold plate toward the left memory slot to balance it out and relieve the tension, but that was not enough to get them straight enough for me to feel comfortable with the installation being "safe" for the memory slots. (That thermal pad trick works fine on the Apex to use an IceMan block because the space is not as great. It's only about 0.75-1.0mm wider than normal spacing on the Apex.) Things would be better if all of the OEMs held to a standard on this.

Hello! Can anyone upload this RTX3500ada vBIOS from 7780 ? Regards

Interesting that there are 3 locations for memory clocks, but only one needs editing. There are 3 memory options for the p5200. Every p5200 in the world other than mine has option 0 set. On mine I had to set option 2 for 8GB since I core swapped a p5200 onto a p4000 card. Maybe your program is only editing option 0 instead of all 3? I can cycle through the 3 functional base vbios tomorrow.

xx60 class card above $800. Hmmmm. Nope. No thanks. Hell freze first. Madness is the correct word for this. GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB pricing hits $800+ in the US as memory crisis takes hold NVIDIA raises RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell price to $16,000, now 87% above original MSRP

Dropped the price of the backlight mod v2 pack to 35€ (was 39€) on ebay and 30€ with Paypal F&F. Shipping to USA is no longer an option because the shipping prices are ridiculous and got increased by almost X2 for just a small package.

Yes that is because out of the 3 places where the clock values are saved, only one needs to be modified for the Px200 cards (at least that's what worked) You can see this in the VP table tab of my app, only the VP profile memory clock is at 4004 mhz. The clock in the VP footer is 3607mhz, same as in the clock table (main tab). Can you tell me what is written at the bottom of the gpu z main window? For the GPU clock, memory and boost? You said that for vbios 1 it did show the ram overclock, what vbios is it? Also in the coming days I'll probably shuck the p5200 out of my zbook 17 g5, solder a vbios chip, and put it on my mxm test bench so I can test multiple different vbios mods quickly.

Yes the 10900kf is faulty

"New" system coming out for 2026......rerelease of 2021 hardware.... https://www.bestbuy.com/product/acer-aspire-xc-1715_czn-ub13-desktop-amd-ryzen-3-5000-series-2021-8gb-lpddr5-512gb-usb-keyboard-and-mouse-black/JJ8V8HY7FJ/sku/6679698 Regression at its most finest to compensate for the AI gear hoovering atm.... --------------------------------------------- It makes you wonder why a 2-dimm board would introduce extra length to the traces and chance for signal errors at high/tight settings unless the spacing is compatible for a potential 4 dimm version too? Yeah I'm right behind ya with a Newegg RMA. I already got my RMA to send back the Asrock B850i Phantom. Basically shares the same BIOS as the B850M-C and both are trash IMHO that are having the exact same problems that extend beyond the whole KingBank fiasco. Even with a fan with an open case raining down AC cooled air, if my temps in my room rise....which they most certainly will with a 5090 at work.....an on the edge OC on my memory will crash and burn sporadically especially gear 2 8000+ Another reason a CPU/MEM loop has me interested. I've thought about a window AC unit to offset the fact my computer room routinely gets much warmer than the rest of the house to keep it a rock steady ~70 in here vs the inevitable temp creep when I'm gaming and the 5090 is a portable heater. Seriously, just like the 4090 but moreso, in the winter months I shut the door and use it to really heat up my room when I get cold.

The MSI one failed to overclock though. Still 1709 max. Can we try a 9GHz for the MEM? I tried your tool, but it was reporting 7.2ghz instead of the 8ghz actual.

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Here are some vbios I made : Both at max 160w - MSI is your dell vbios that has had it's VP table swapped for the one in the MSI vbios -> 1911Mhz on core under load - MEM is your dell vbios that has had it's memory clock values (inside VP table) swapped for an imac one. The value should be 4004 Mhz. p5200_dell_OC_MEM.binp5200_dell_OC_MSI.bin

I have a question, is it better to have bios A11 unlocked or A15 unlocked for my laptop? Im currently running A15 unlocked. Can i downgrade to A11 OEM first then A11 unlocked?

I have had people (some not even noobs) argue with me and say things like "no, that's not the problem because my RAM is only reaching 65-70°C" and they often don't believe me that anything above about 40-45°C is "too hot" and will cause errors.

Just having a 5080 in your AGA means you’re definitely doing it right! This laptop has won me over so much that I honestly can’t bring myself to move on to another laptop. I really like the R2 as well. The 10900K is an amazing CPU, but since there isn’t much of a difference in GPU performance and it only has two RAM slots, I decided not to go for it. After upgrading the CPU to a 9900KS, the performance has become really impressive, even though there was never a properly optimized BIOS for it and the CPU is limited to 130W. Interestingly, the CPU temperatures have also dropped significantly. I was comparing the performance of Thunderbolt 5 and OCuLink, and the benchmark results with the same GPU I’m using were almost exactly identical. On top of that, I’m also really satisfied with the Area-51m’s appearance, design, and build quality. It’s a laptop I genuinely love in those respects. By the way, regarding the limitation that many people experienced with the newer BIOS versions, where GPU performance would become limited once the GPU reached around 75°C, I actually found a workaround for it. Because of that, I never had this issue even with BIOS versions newer than 1.5. I’ll post a guide explaining how to do it as soon as I get the chance. One more thing regarding RAM frequency: BIOS 1.7.3 and the older versions perform much better and are significantly more stable. There’s another point I always keep in mind: if I’m going to put a system under heavy load 24/7, constantly gaming and rendering on it, which setup is actually more reliable in the long run — an Area-51m paired with an AGA, or one of these sleek and delicate new-generation laptops with a single-piece motherboard where practically everything is soldered directly onto the board?

Yep, RAM is very temperature sensitive. The upstairs A/C in my house broke recently and we had to get it repaired. While I personally didn't mind the 10-15°F higher ambient temperatures, that destabilized the memory overclock on my desktop. At first, I thought something was horrifically wrong as the machine would just keep freezing and BSODing after over a year and a half of working great. Nope, it was just the higher ambient temps causing RAM instability. Whew. I wanted my 2.5% overclock though! Grr... performance being left on the table I couldn't access.

GPU-z always shows 1709 as max boost clocks. For RAM it depends on vbios. For the 3 that work on the card: vbios 1: Will show the overclock, but run at 6ghz. vbios 2: Always shows as 6ghz even unmodded, but will properly run 7.2ghz. It always displays 6ghz and runs at 7.2ghz even if overclock modded. vbios 3: Will both show 6ghz and run at 6ghz if overclocked. If unmodded displays and runs 7.2ghz. I might be mixing this up some, but it's something like the above. The card can only run Dell vbios. MSI and Lenovo both crash on an Nvidia driver. HP does not work at all. The card itself is a Gecube card. I have not found a gecube p5200 vbios.

@zerokool Damn you got really lucky with that screen then.

What does the GPU-z windows show ? Normally the edits from the program to base and boost clocks should be visible there.

When Gigabyte scores a win it is usually pretty solid and respectable. They often do not, and they are masters of cheapness and engineering shortcuts. They are an example of a company (there are many) that doesn't learn from its mistakes. The X870E AORUS Master was a phenomenal motherboard and I mostly loved it. The firmware had some minor but glaring functionality omissions that they didn't care about. The one that I hated most was no ability to disable onboard WiFi and BT modules. For people that use them, not a big deal. For people like me that do not, being able to disable them is super important. I don't want crap that I don't use enabled and I deserve having the ability to disable it. Like many companies, they only care about what normies care about so they can sell them products and if you're not a normie you get to have whatever the normies are willing to put up with. Guess what? The Elite Duo X has no BIOS option to disable WiFi/BT. But, I can disable the wired ethernet device if I use WiFi. Bastards.

That was my fear with that board, great looking board and features, 2 DIMMs, but the Gigabyte UEFI has been rumored to be trash, especially for D2D tuning. This is why APEX is such king this gen, despite slightly lower memory tuning compared to OCF. If I can't push D2D, or get a reliable stable setup, being able to push slightly higher on memory OC is worthless to me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jXNs3Hrgpg Given the price mark up on Broadwell GPUs, you are going to see a lot more 4090s and 5090s get memory upgrades.

Who said it was a huge shortage of vram? China have everything if and when you need it. Yep, China is the global tech Mecca. Ask and you get whatever tech is possible to get. And no one can stop them. None! Yup, because the US chip restrictions for China doesn't work. Nada. Zero... A JOKE. Modified GeForce RTX 4080 32GB cards flood China’s second-hand market RTX 40 memory mods have become a business This follows several similar cases we have covered over the past two years. Modified RTX 4090 and RTX 4090D cards with 48GB memory have been sold in China, while RTX 4080 SUPER 32GB cards appeared in much larger quantities last year. We reported in October...

The tool does seem to raise both base and boost clocks correctly, just not the max clocks. Without mods, the card only runs 1709MHz if under 50C. With mods it will maintain 1709 over 50C and just bump the voltage up from 0.85V to 0.862V instead.

Huh, I wonder at what voltage my vram runs at as it does 9Ghz on my P4000 That's so strange, okay well I will investigate, I'm sure I can get it working as iMac vbios for Px200 manage to overclock them no problems. I will make a completely custom vbios without using my app, I'm annoyed it doesn't work, I though the app could be universal...

Alright the motherboard is faulty... I tried with an i3 10100F known for working with dual channel memory. Same issues as before. For some reasons it booted with 1x16 3200MHz at 2666MHz and 2x16 3200Mhz at 2666MHz in single. It also means the I9 10900KF is half faulty. It couldn't run a single 16 nor 2x16gb. Can only run 2666MHz sticks at 2133MHz