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I don't remember if 3d was an issue, maybe @Maxware79 remembers if R3 3d panel works for r4 with 3d. I know the AW logo doesn't work

Please, can you share more details about the display upgrade? I was planning on putting a 1440p display on my 7720 as well. Like, are you using the stock UHD display cable (06GXDN)? What is the 1440p 165hz IPS display model? Also, did you need to reroute the cable internally because of the display connector position?

I have 970M 6GB from Clevo and M5000M 8GB from Dell. M5000M: https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/188273/188273 For Alienware... Why does the M15X work with Maxwell cards? In dGPU? I tried today with Maxwell VBIOSes (970M and M5000M) that have no UEFI/GOP: Boot with LVDS cable: nope Boot without LVDS cable: nope Boot without LVDS cable and DVI plugged in: nope Boot without LVDS cable and HDMI plugged in: nope Even tried to do the same with a Quadro P3000 UEFI, nope. The 485M works without LVDS and displays in DVI/HDMI... It's just a blackscreen, no backlight, no post, no OS. Nothing. Just fans stay on idle.

I don't really use it because it doesn't bring in what it should. I don't know why it does something different when I use it than what it should. Any ideas? 🙂

The Black Angels - Young Men Dead Because.....I too was once a soldier. Now I'd say I would fight for my country, but I will not die for it. Fuck politicians, let them fight!... .....and cause this reminds me of The Doors

I did just read in an old thread from Tech inferno that the R3 screen is not compatible with R4 for 3D. If that's true, that's unfortunate, but explains everything.

I have a R4 with the 120hz 3d screen, but the emitter isn't picking up or something. I'm sure I'm missing something, hopefully just software related but I've hit a wall and can't figure it out. I tested the screen on the R3 before moving it over to the R4, it worked fine. The screen itself is working fine, I have it set to PEG in the bios and it's running at 120hz currently. However, Stereoscopic settings are not showing up in the control panel and I even tried 3D Fix Manager but it shows emitter not detected and also says panel doesn't support 3D, when it just did fine prior to swapping it over. The R3 was on Windows 11 at the time, just like the R4 is. It shows up in device manager as Nvidia 3D Controller, I assume all is good there, and it shows working fine. I'm on the lastest driver that supported 3D vision, 425.31 or whatever it is. Still nothing. I don't have the integrated graphics driver installed so it only runs on the 680M. I've reseated everything multiple times, just to be sure but still... no 3D. I do have a 2nd 680m in another R4, I'll try swapping it in just to see what happens. I will say, for some reason I had to do modified drivers even on the 680m because the Nvidia installer said it couldn't find compatible hardware. Maybe something is wrong with this 680m, idk. Any thoughts or ideas are much appreciated.

These settings control memory bandwidth, and the other option enables custom settings and XMP profiles. If you configure both options, you will get a 2933 MHz memory frequency. Can’t you find these hex values in RU.efi? To be stable at 2933 MHz, your RAM may need timing adjustments. You can also try CL20 or CL22 timings. The hexadecimal equivalent becomes this, meaning: CL16 → 0x10 CL18 → 0x12 CL20 → 0x14 CL22 → 0x16 CL24 → 0x18 and so on… Where are the other timings? In RU, usually after address 0x940, the following addresses correspond to: Address | Timing | Description 0x940 | CL | CAS Latency 0x941 | tRCD | RAS to CAS Delay 0x942 | tRP | Row Precharge 0x943 | tRAS | Active to Precharge Delay For example, for timings 20-20-20-48 (CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS), you enter: Address | Hex Value 0x940 | 0x14 (CL20) 0x941 | 0x14 (tRCD 20) 0x942 | 0x14 (tRP 20) 0x943 | 0x28 (tRAS 48) Decimal value 48 in hexadecimal becomes 0x28 By the way, send me the link to your best Time Spy score so I can take a look. .

This "new meat" garbage should be outlawed in every state and every nation the world over. The company(s) producing this dung need to be put out of business forever. What in the hell are these idiots thinking? Oh wait, they're not, and neither are the morons that eat this filth.

I am missing these extra settings: ✅ Memory Profile: ‏ MEMORY PROFILE 0XA65 → 01 ‏✅ Additional Overclocking: ‏ 0X93F → 0B Would this help my Area51m RAM at 2667mhz?

yeah, when VRM temps too high will throttle down the EDP, on the 7720 the VRMs seems to be well cooled, no EDP throttling but still not summer here, pretty sure will happen when temps goin up.

I get 56W max in throttleStop benchmark so I don't know , no bsod

yeah EDP is set by the mainboard... but the limit in the M6800 should be 61W for normal... maybe a dead VRM?

No, running into 45W TDP limit in CPU-Z. 61W is good for me. Using 240W PSU. Getting "EDP CURRENT" error in throttleStop.

running into the 61W TDP limit from the board?

easy to resize holes, everybody can do that... but even without pre-existing holes i could do that easily(im machinist 😄 )

I ran a 4K120Hz IPS display on my 7720 but I couldn't get the 120hz to work, even when selecting 1080p 120Hz, I was stuck at 4K60hz this is because the MUX switch on the laptop limits the bandwidth to eDP/DP 1.3 speed, even in dGPU mode. When I tried to force 120Hz the laptop would show massive artifacts and glitches and it reverted automatically after 15s. However this could be due to the display as it's eDP 1.4 and might have compatibility problems with the system. However I got a 1440p 165hz IPS running at 165Hz as of right now on my 7720, that's to give you an idea of the max bandwidth you can run on these systems. If you are into modding, look for 16 16:10inch OLED displays, specifically this one that is listing really cheap : 2880x1800@120Hz (you'll might at 60Hz) from an HP spectre 16 : Matryca HP HP Envy x360 16-ad WQXGA TS C | eBay The sellers maybe don't sell out of Europe, they usually have good deals on used displays, I got my 4K120hz display from them, a few tiny scratches and one slight spot in the corner but apart from that the display is really nice. Regardless, 16 inch 16:10 can be modded into 15.6 inch laptop, you just need some vertical bezel headroom as the display is around 2 cm taller and it is also 0.3cm narrower. Display in this size and aspect ratio come in OLED variants as well. Finally you can hunt down early vivobook 15s for their display as they have a drop in 15.6 inch FHD OLED display. I don't know about mini-LED displays though.

Can't get 4GHz on all cores so no. I'll test the new heatsink soon

Did you managed to get CPU overclocking working ? Also memory overclocking should be possible on m6800. Looking at the IFR extract, with setup_var from grub you can change related profiles to enable XMP on you ram modules. You can also write custom XMP profiles to your non XMP ram sticks, up to 2400Mhz DDR3 if you are feeling lucky ! Writing to DDR3 spd is a lot easier than DDR4 spd btw. Here is a link to the guides and tools + proof that someone got 2400Mhz working on i7-4810mq

Yes that's what I understood, to do this you had someone do it ? Because I looked into doing this myself for my zbook 17 g5 but having a good 4K120Hz signal requires some individually shielded cables that are like 0.3mm wide cable + conductive shield. It would be extremely complicated to do by hand. I lack the skill. Unless you solder unshielded cables but then the signal integrity won't be as good. Id' imagine

Update: Just got another laptop for testing the issue, HP ProBook 430 G5. And like with Lenovo T490, the dock works flawlessly with it, the problem was not reproduced. Another +1 that the problem lies in the Clevo.

For those frustrated with the 2400MHz RAM limit on the Alienware Area-51M R1, I've found a way to bypass the restriction and overclock the memory up to 2933MHz. This guide will walk you through the process step by step. ‏# 🔧 Requirements ‏Before you begin, you should be familiar with BIOS modding tools. You’ll need: ‏✅ Intel CSME Tools (for BIOS backup – version 12) ‏✅ UEFI Tool ‏✅ IFR Extractor ‏✅ RU.EFI (for modifying BIOS variables) ‏✅ A bootable USB drive ‏💡 How to Boot with UEFI Shell: ‏* Rename ShellX64.efi to bootx64.efi. ‏* Place it in the /EFI/BOOT/ directory on a FAT32-formatted USB drive. ‏* (use rufus ) ‏# 🛠 Step-by-Step Guide ‏# 1️⃣ Extracting BIOS Data ‏1️⃣ Open the extracted BIOS file using UEFI Tool. ‏2️⃣ Press CTRL+F, go to the Text tab, and search for CFG LOCK. ‏3️⃣ Once found, scroll down, click the option, and extract the PE32 file (Extract As-Is). ‏# 2️⃣ Extracting BIOS Variables ‏1️⃣ Run IFR Extractor as an administrator. ‏2️⃣ Extract the PE32 file as a text document. ‏3️⃣ Note down the variables needed for modification. ‏# 3️⃣ Modifying BIOS with RU.EFI ‏1️⃣ Create a bootable USB drive with RU.EFI. ‏2️⃣ Enter BIOS and disable Secure Boot. Set the USB as the boot device. ‏3️⃣ Reboot the system and boot from USB. ‏4️⃣ After booting from the USB, you will automatically enter UEFI Shell. Here, you need to enter RU.EFI. ‏5️⃣ To access RU.EFI, type the following command and press Enter: ‏ FS0: ‏This will give you access to the USB drive. ‏6️⃣ Then, enter the following command to launch RU.EFI: ‏ RU.EFI ‏Once inside RU.EFI, the main menu will appear, and you can access the BIOS settings. ‏# Main Commands in RU.EFI: ‏* ESC: Exit the menu ‏* ALT + =: Search BIOS settings ‏* CTRL + Page Down: Navigate through pages of settings ‏* CTRL + W: Save changes ‏* ALT + Q: Exit RU.EFI and reboot the system ‏# 4️⃣ Overclocking RAM Speed in BIOS ‏1️⃣ Press CTRL + Page Down until you find variable 0A00. ‏2️⃣ Locate the 0A63/0A64 variables, which control RAM speed. ‏Modify the following values for 2933MHz: ‏ 0XA64 → 0B ‏ 0XA63 → 75 ‏✅ Standard setting for 2667MHz: ‏ 0XA64 → 0A ‏ 0XA63 → 6B ‏✅ Memory Profile: ‏ MEMORY PROFILE 0XA65 → 01 ‏✅ Additional Overclocking: ‏ 0X93F → 0B ‏💾 Save the settings: ‏✔ Press CTRL+W to save changes. ‏✔ Exit with ALT+Q (or Ctrl + Alt + Del). ‏✔ Re-enter BIOS and verify the changes. ‏# ⚠ Important Notes ‏✅ This method works on all BIOS versions: 1.0.1, 1.2, 1.9.3, 1.23, 1.24, 1.25, 1.26, 1.28, 1.3.2 ‏✅ Best BIOS version for stability: 1.3.2 ‏🔹 Fully compatible with 200W GPU vBIOS ‏🔹 No sudden FPS drops or thermal throttling ‏✅ BIOS Update Warning ‏* Disable automatic BIOS updates in BIOS settings if you plan to use an older BIOS version. ‏* If the BIOS updates automatically, your settings may reset, requiring you to redo the process. ‏💡 Startup Delay Note: ‏After applying these changes, your system may take 1 to 2 minutes to display anything upon restart—this is normal. ‏💡 Incompatibility Recovery: ‏* If the selected frequency is not compatible with your RAM and your system doesn’t display anything, don’t panic! ‏* Simply disconnect the battery and reset the BIOS to restore the default settings. ‏⚠ Caution: ‏❌ Do NOT modify other settings in RU.EFI unless you know what you’re doing. ‏✅ I’m simply sharing my experience, and I hope this helps! ‏# 🎯 Final Thoughts ‏This method unlocks the full potential of RAM on the Alienware Area-51M R1, breaking Dell’s artificial 2400MHz limit. If you need help, feel free to ask! 💬 ‎‏. This is entirely at your own risk, and I take no responsibility for any issues that may arise. It is highly recommended that you back up your BIOS settings before making any changes and follow the steps carefully

Let me ask you: since you're running a M4000M with a custom display cable and an upgraded screen, can you adjust/control the screen brightness normally? If so, are you using the latest NVIDIA drivers or an old version?

That's nice. If you really do upgrade them (VRM and SSD heatsinks), please share it with us

No problem. Damn... the holes looks really clean, you did a great job