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Highest SP I’ve had with 270K is 89. it’s a solid 89 with balanced P/E cores and it does 5.7Ghz rock solid. It also have excellent thermals and core temp distribution. If this SP97 can’t do 5.7Ghz P I’ll be very disappointed. 5.8ghz would be pretty sick. There are just so many moving parts on Arrow Lake that it makes binning difficult but fun. @Mr. Fox Id love to see what scores your newly delidded 270K can put down in the new Geekbench 7. Get the chiller running and push it! lol.

The TongFang machine I bought (16" Mini-LED 300Hz Display, i9-275HX + RTX 5090 24GB 175W TDP , 2x48GBDDR5RAM, 2+2TB M.2 SSD) is 3-5x more powerful than the Clevo X170SM-G and X170KM-G. I sold it because I needed an upgrade. I don't regret it! It has factory water cooling and all the extras. Very good machine. Quiet and cool. I recommend it to everyone. Erazer Beast 16 X1 Ultimate 007 First Light (Max. Graphics Opt.)

O&O ShutUp10++ v3.2.1111 Released on: 07/15/2026 3.2.1111 – released on 15/07/2026 Added Disable Click to Do (C208) Disable the Settings agent (C209) Disable AI features in Notepad (C210) Disable AI actions in File Explorer (C211) Disable Find My Device (L008) Disable Microsoft account cloud content search (M029) Disable work or school cloud content search (M030) Disable device search history (M031) Disable Start menu recommendations for tips, shortcuts and new apps (M032) Disable Start menu account notifications (M033) Disable Settings app account notifications (M034) Disable extension of Windows search with Bing (M103) Deny app access to generative AI (P082) Deny app access to generative AI (P083) Deny app access to presence sensing (P084) Deny app access to presence sensing (P085) Do not send device name in diagnostic data (U008) Windows Insider Program conflict detection: when the PC is enrolled in the Windows Insider Program, a notice explains that certain diagnostic-data settings prevent participation, and a dialog offers to disable those settings Improved Settings that do not apply to the installed Windows edition (e.g. certain Cortana settings) are no longer applied Fixed Fixed an issue where displaying the Secure Boot certificate status could briefly freeze the user interface PREM: The main window could no longer be displayed after being maximized and then minimized or closed to the tray PREM: With autostart enabled, an empty black window could appear in the Alt-Tab switcher after Windows sign-in that could not be clicked or opened (the application kept running correctly in the system tray). The cause was restoring the saved window position at startup, which pulled the hidden, minimized startup window back out of its minimized state so it was not hidden cleanly Info Compatible with Windows 11 and Windows 10; x86, x64, and ARM architectures Available in German, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, and Simplified Chinese

O&O ShutUp10++ v3.2.1111 Released on: 07/15/2026 3.2.1111 – released on 15/07/2026 Added Disable Click to Do (C208) Disable the Settings agent (C209) Disable AI features in Notepad (C210) Disable AI actions in File Explorer (C211) Disable Find My Device (L008) Disable Microsoft account cloud content search (M029) Disable work or school cloud content search (M030) Disable device search history (M031) Disable Start menu recommendations for tips, shortcuts and new apps (M032) Disable Start menu account notifications (M033) Disable Settings app account notifications (M034) Disable extension of Windows search with Bing (M103) Deny app access to generative AI (P082) Deny app access to generative AI (P083) Deny app access to presence sensing (P084) Deny app access to presence sensing (P085) Do not send device name in diagnostic data (U008) Windows Insider Program conflict detection: when the PC is enrolled in the Windows Insider Program, a notice explains that certain diagnostic-data settings prevent participation, and a dialog offers to disable those settings Improved Settings that do not apply to the installed Windows edition (e.g. certain Cortana settings) are no longer applied Fixed Fixed an issue where displaying the Secure Boot certificate status could briefly freeze the user interface PREM: The main window could no longer be displayed after being maximized and then minimized or closed to the tray PREM: With autostart enabled, an empty black window could appear in the Alt-Tab switcher after Windows sign-in that could not be clicked or opened (the application kept running correctly in the system tray). The cause was restoring the saved window position at startup, which pulled the hidden, minimized startup window back out of its minimized state so it was not hidden cleanly Info Compatible with Windows 11 and Windows 10; x86, x64, and ARM architectures Available in German, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, and Simplified Chinese

Good news: C26 arrived early Bad news: #1. MB is defective from the 7500X3D+Asrock B850M-C combo after much testing so I'll be heading back to MC this week. I ended up finding a good deal on an Asrock B850i ITX Lightning MB that I used for testing and I'm going to use that instead with a 7600X3D from MC for $199.99 + MB $130 = $329.99 vs $249.99 for the combo but much better MB quality between the two. I ended up trying 7500X3D, 9800X3D and 8400f along with 4 sets of DDR5 (TG 8200, KB 8400, CV 9200, KR 6000) and the MB would only post 1 out of 10 times and 0 times if trying from the onboard HDMI port. When it did manage to post it would eventually freeze randomly booting or even in Windows using it for a bit then restart and same instant lights. Tested all the CPUs and memory sticks on the Asrock B850i ITX and rock solid each and every time. #2. My order from Amazon with all my Noctua fans and a custom squeegee for my Armada was out for delivery on the 21st and disappeared. Amazon refunded me today for the "lost" package. Hope someone is enjoying 5x Noctua fans, and a sweet sweet custom telescoping squeegee with all the bells and whistles..... Helluva HTPC ya got there..... looks good though and perfect height for integration with the wood slats on the front. With the market predictions getting worse and worse, holding onto GPUs, DDR5, storage and even CPUs potentially makes sense if you want to have the flexibility to work on projects and fun stuff at sane levels in the future. A decent parts stash makes sense with prices really predicted to rise on GPUs, memory, CPUs and Storage even more. The poor victims in the contracting PC market are PSUs, cases and MBs. Nice! And someone we know will get the good data from such a high SP 270k to see how it compares to quite a few previously binned samples. What is the highest SP rated 270k you've seen out in the wild at this point? It will be nice to see the differentials in results from SPs low 80's to s 97 in regards to stock lidded clock OC's to really get an idea of how much you get. MCs can be a crap shoot but that SP97 looks to have a decent one that Digital didn't go out of his way to note in not so many words was "meh" at best like the SP96.

Thank you so much and I'm looking forward to the V2 bios

I did but I'll probably end up regretting it lol. All of the 270K I've used have all been good samples, small differences really and this one might end up being worse than my current chip, hard to say. It looks fairly balanced, maybe I'll get lucky and it's a 5.8Ghz P on stock IHS with AIO but who knows. Maybe it won't scale with voltage like I said.

Here are the photos. Everything is working well. If the 9950X3D2 is a keeper I will move the 4585PX from the Apex to this system and keep the 9950X as a backup/spare CPU. Or, I may just leave it with the 9950X, put the crappy VColor 6000 C26 dual rank kit on this board and put the Kingbank 8400 kit back into my surplus stash along with the 9950X. Everything was tight, but nothing had to be forced or modified to fit. I even found a spot for the remote debug LED, power/reset panel. (I love that feature and it was a deciding factor in purchasing it. I do not like motherboard that are missing debug LED, power and reset buttons.) When I say "tight" there is about 3-5mm of clearance between the PSU AC power connector and the front AIO fan above it. Lian Li/Dan clearly put a lot of effort into designing something where things that are supposed to fit actually do. It was like putting together a jigsaw puzzle. I could still fit a 5080 or 5090 in place of the 3070 FTW3 if I needed to. I remembered that I had a couple of old Scythe low profile 120mm fans, so I managed to fit one of them in the floor at the rear to help cool the dual NVMe PCIe card I have in the bottom 4X slout under the GPU.

wait until you see v2 when it's released. Up to RTX 5000 working in legacy mode. Pure uefi support added 16gb dimm support (not fully done, need testers with 16gb sticks, boots to bios but doesn't boot windows with my sticks). I am still working on above 4g decoding and rtx 4090 support. Dual PEG reg edit Win + R Regedit Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4d36e968-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318} There should be a couple of folders such as 0000, 0001, etc. Check each folder which GPU it corresponds to Create a new DWORD key inside the folder for your high performance GPU , name it EnableMsHybrid and set value to 1. Ex: EnableMsHybrid=1 Create a new DWORD key inside the folder for your power saving GPU , name it EnableMsHybrid and value is 2. Ex: EnableMsHybrid=2 Reboot. Next Regedit: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\DirectX\UserGpuPreferences create a new string value which name is “DirectXUserGlobalSettings”, and set its value to “HighPerfAdapter=xxx” where XXX stands for hardware ID’s VEN&DEV&SUBSYS of your graphics card, which can be found in device manager. In the case of my 7800 XT "HighPerfAdapter=1002&747E&78011EAE" while device manager displays "PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_747E&SUBSYS_78011EAE&REV_C8" Reboot Now right click desktop and choose display settings. Then graphics settings. Add your app and choose high performance GPU for it Tesla specific addition: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4d36e968-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}, find where your tesla card is, change “AdapterType” value to “1” and “FeatureScore” value from “cf” to “d1”, create a new dword key which name is “GridLicensedFeatures”, and set its value to “7”. Disable then enable tesla in the device manager. This step changs the gefore driver into grid driver，and the tesla is in wddm mode now.

The main obstacle so far with my P870DM-G is probably the CPU cooling solution. Even with a vcore offset of -150mW, lapped IHS, power limited to 90W, Im still seeing the CPU throttle to 80W under load and peaking at 98C in ycruncher (2 threads disabled in the screenshot). It'd be great if I could utilize more of the QTJ1's performance until I hit the ceiling of the VRM is capable of. I've read that I could use the P870TM vapor chamber CPU cooler with some mods for fitment in this chassis? And that there is a user on the forum called Developer that does custom vapor-chamber mods for these laptops?

@ssj92, you're a legend, brother! I'll get this bios on my R3 the next time I dust it off. I really appreciate you guys still tinkering with these old rigs. They aren't nearly as powerful as modern hardware, but they're a ton of fun.

Yeah, but it will eventually sell. I'm going to assume you snagged that SP97 🤣. I saw it earlier just can't part with that $$$$ at this stage with so many toys in play atm. I need to downsize a lot of hardware and some other items at the moment to build back up the coffers. I've been slammed with all types of expenses this year on a level that has never happened in a 4 month period it is mind boggling lol.... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- FC running the spectrum of pastes, PTM and LM to see what rises to the top on his 5090. 1.040 max vcore on that thing.... Final conclusion: HY-P17 and MX-7 reign supreme for pastes with HY barely edging out MX-7 by what could be called margin of error in many cases. PTM is overrated for best temps at least LM as always rises to the top because it IS superior and a 4-5c differential still means it is ~8% better than the best paste in his arsenal. I actually picked up a few vials of MX-7 and have been using it in place of KPx and I've found it to be slightly better overall in my testing by 1-2c the last few months as CPUs get rotated and tested but as always YMMV. I like PTM and I've tried it a few times and I tend to agree with Dufus a bit on this one. I think many times it is user application error of thermal pastes and/or pump out that causes problems. PTM is as problem free and more consistent as it gets.... set and forget....

I’m already working on something for R1/R2, it’s a bootable usb that basically will be unlocked bios options but its lower priority right now since I want to do other projects

Saw that too. The IMC has me saying nah lol. Besides my current chip has been flawless at 5.7Ghz P, maybe that chip could do 5.8? Maybe. The thing about SP, is that the number doesn't always tell the full story. Sometimes chips just fail to scale with the voltage headroom they should have left.

not yet, bcs everything is running well, will do in winter when im bored but atm im more outside n enjoy the weather with the dog. been in south france last 2 weeks of june, n used my 7720 as gaming laptop, even acutal games was running well(FSR balanced / quality, depend on game) with the P5200, n been 32°c. ambient there n CPU / GPU never throttled while gaming, fans was max. at 80%.

I just finished the build at 02:00 AM. Started about 7:00 PM. I am very glad I went with SFX. It would have been super difficult with ATX and the 3070 would have been a tight squeeze. The side fan/radiator bracket is the perfect place to install a 120mm RAM fan, and I did. I'm pretty pleased with the wire management. I did not have enough room between the GPU and floor to install 3 bottom fans and I saw one video where the GPU temps were higher with 120mm fans under the GPU. I did manage to get one on the floor at the front and put another intake fan on the rear I/O panel, so I am hoping it has a least a little bit of positive pressure. Everything is ventilated. It looks nice. I will take some photos tomorrow. Hopefully congrats will be in order rather than condolences. Will find out when it gets here. It is more than I wanted to spend as well. If it is better than what I have it will definitely be delidded. It won't float my boat no matter how good the silicon is with the stock solder/IHS. Temps are just too much better a delid, even if you're just running it at stock clocks. At this point I consider a delid to be SOP for AMD and Intel. Every system I have built since 2015 has been delidded and bare die. Yeah, crazy. Yes, nothing changed other than delid and installing the Mycro Pro Direct Die block. I am going to remove the crossflow radiator and install the Alphacool 240 D5 distro that I replaced with the Radikult Customs 240 distro in the O11D Mini V2 and flush the system and then I will see how far I can push it. Maybe Sunday if I can get everything done tomorrow. I am waiting for a Supercool direct-touch memory block to get here and then I will replace the stock TeamGroup Xtreem 8800 CUDIMM heat sinks. Too many projects.

I did try taping the pin but it was still doing it... Maybe I didn't do it right? Would it also need the thermal alert pin to be covered as well? I don't know a whole lot about mxm signaling, though I have read about that section.

What if we don’t unlock it, but just find the hidden offsets and try to read them from RU.EFI? Since they’re hidden in RU.EFI, the important offsets show up as FFFFFF.

Hi, Yes this is the same method as on this thread but the mod is done on the motherboard. Counting the pins on the second picture, pin 27 is actually the 9th pin after the big ground pad of MXM slot, so his method is also blocking the PWR_LVL signal from being sent to the MXM gpu.

It's useless without any information as to how to bypass boot guard, or if pch was swapped, etc. like I said, I can take a spi dump, unlock it, but when you flash it, your laptop will brick due to boot guard

This machine holds up so well especially with the QTJ1 . Mine at least doesn't instant hit 92 c when over to 4.8 all core with single core 5.2 and dual 5.0 it hits 84 c fully loaded . The only gripe with the p870tm1 even gsync is 75 hz screen limit that has terrible pixel response time

https://www.aw-community.com/forum/topic/10684-alienware-51m-r1-bios-unlock/#comment-124113

unlocking bios is easy. I've done it. the PROBLEM is the PCH. It has boot guard. only way to flash unlocked bios is to remove PCH using BGA station and replace PCH with one without boot guard. Unless someone else has found a way to bypass boot guard on 9th gen cpu. I think only 8thg gen and older has been bypassed. I cannot flash bios because the laptop won't accept it.

If you ever find a way to unlock the bios, let me know! I would like to do the same lol

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