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I almost got scammed on a 5090 tonight!! I drove 65 miles to buy a ASUS RTX 5090 TUF which was listed for $2,800 USD. After meeting him, I inspected the card, no core, no memory chips, fans unplugged etc, stripped screws pure junk, I turned him down right away and explained the situation (He played dumb of course) , then I quickly left feedback to try and help any other potential buyers, let’s just say I didn’t buy it! See my review below. (He had like (5) 5090’s apparently) Here is the Facebook ads attached as well. It’s still up! What a scammer!! This was not a FIFTY-NINETY but it was a FIFTY-NONE-dee lol. https://www.facebook.com/share/1EQULuMgY3/?mibextid=wwXIfr

i left this here if anyone have the same Aetina card and want to try this own modified vbios by me, it spoof the subsystem ID of the card with the MSI one and have a +10w of TDP overclock. their checksum is the same as the original unmodified VBIOS. if you flash it with a SPI programmer may be go working. i dont flashed it on mine because i am trying to upgrade the entire GPU and i dont like to dissasemble all the system only for this moddedaetina.rom

video outputs works fine? and you need to modify .inf to get it working or the system detects it as an msi card and allow you to get installed drivers without modify them? one time i tried to make a VBIOS modification of my Aetina GTX 1060 to modify its subsystem ID and stop modifiying the drivers. but since "Pascal TDP Tweaker" had a bug with checksum offset by flashing it the gpu got error 43. i noticed about the bug a few months later but i dont like to disasemble my system only for that.

270K and 5090 in the main setup and 273PQE and 5070 in the tinkering rig lol. My 9850X3D lives in the living room, now GPU-less 🙁. I do have a B580 brand new sealed from Intel as an RMA replacement that I could put in there if I feel like using it lol. If Zen 6 ends up being amazing and Nova Lake a flop, maybe I'll switch it up and drive the AM5 for awhile.

Hi again, I've been reading though these conversations to try to fix my issue. Whenever under load, the (RTX A5000) GPU throttles at 55W; it just stays at that limit, despite: temperatures being in the 60s/70s for cpu and gpu computer always being plugged in and with a full battery. (played with different battery settings in BIOS, nothing) This usually happens when under load, closing down the heavy program restores the limit to 115W/130W, also the power limit will only show 130W when idle, under load it always goes to around 115-120W, is that normal? Honestly, I have no idea when this start, I only recently decided to investigate this, which was why I updated my BIOS. Most recent BIOS, 1.41.1 I think. Adaptive C-states for Discrete Graphics is off I played with different thermal settings from ultra performance to optimised. I am on Arch Linux. I don't have a Windows drive to test, but I think that a Windows user also had a similar problem somewhere in these pages. Updated driver/firmware, relatively lower temperatures, could it be possibly a short spike in temperature leads to a throttle that then does not properly exit? I ask because running the following more generic version of the original command outputs some interesting lines, this is just a snippet of the full output: Thermal slowdown is active right now despite cpu/gpu temperatures being in the 50s/60s, causing a 55W throttle to the gpu. The only way that I have found to correct the power limit without shutting down the computer or the program is by unplugging the charger for a few seconds, then plugging it back in.

MSI

New keyboard most likely, the are multi layer PCBs that use a circuit to minimise traces meaning the keys influence each other if they misbehave.

Turdbook garbage from the Green Goblin, in partnership with the identity theft trashmaster Nazis at Micro$lop.

Maybe the difficulty (or inability) and financial prohibition to insure all of the AI crap data centers will help put things back on a good path. I had not thought of it before I saw this article, but the AI clown posse is going to have to insure all of this stuff. This will limit where they can build and whether or not they can afford to buy insurance to cover it. Building a data center in an area prone to tornados, hurricanes, flooding or other natural disasters might make them uninsurable. Any insurance carrier with just a smidgen of common sense would be insane to underwite that kind of risk. I think it would be a real blessing and a hilarious outcome for the prohibitive cost and availability of insurance coverage to cause progress to come to a screeching halt for these clamoring morons. Imagine the tension explaining to the shareholders and board of directors that plans are being scrapped or scaled back because they cannot find a company willing to insure it or the cost is so astronomical that it decimates all earning projections. Way too funny... poetic justice. If the insurance carriers are smart, they will be scalping the AI companies on the cost of insurance and give them a nasty, bitter taste of what they have done to us on PC part prices. "So, you want to insure your $50B data center against equipment losses and operational losses caused by an insurable risk? OK, no problem. That will be $25B annually, but only as long as you have no loss experience." "Wait. What? You've started building this data center where? Are you stupid? Um, yeah, no thanks. Oh, sure, we get it... it's cheaper for you to build there due to lower property costs, lower wage market and tax advantages, but we're not interested in providing insurance for it at such a disaster-prone location. Have a nice day, and good luck." Data centers straining U.S. insurance capacity | Property Casualty 360 "For some of the largest projects, it’s impossible to insure at full value."

Maybe the difficulty (or inability) and financial prohibition to insure all of the AI crap data centers will help put things back on a good path. I had not thought of it before I saw this article, but the AI clown posse is going to have to insure all of this stuff. This will limit where they can build and whether or not they can afford to buy insurance to cover it. Building a data center in an area prone to tornados, hurricanes, flooding or other natural disasters might make them uninsurable. Any insurance carrier with just a smidgen of common sense would be insane to underwite that kind of risk. I think it would be a real blessing and a hilarious outcome for the prohibitive cost and availability of insurance coverage to cause progress to come to a screeching halt for these clamoring morons. Imagine the tension explaining to the shareholders and board of directors that plans are being scrapped or scaled back because they cannot find a company willing to insure it or the cost is so astronomical that it decimates all earning projections. Way too funny... poetic justice. If the insurance carriers are smart, they will be scalping the AI companies on the cost of insurance and give them a nasty, bitter taste of what they have done to us on PC part prices. "So, you want to insure your $50B data center against equipment losses and operational losses caused by an insurable risk? OK, no problem. That will be $25B annually, but only as long as you have no loss experience." "Wait. What? You've started building this data center where? Are you stupid? Um, yeah, no thanks. Oh, sure, we get it... it's cheaper for you to build there due to lower property costs, lower wage market and tax advantages, but we're not interested in providing insurance for it at such a disaster-prone location. Have a nice day, and good luck." Data centers straining U.S. insurance capacity | Property Casualty 360 "For some of the largest projects, it’s impossible to insure at full value." Why Liability and Insurance Won’t Save AI: Lessons From Cyber Insurance | LawFare "...the insurance industry has at various points asked the government to provide a backstop or some sort of federal reinsurance program for catastrophic cyber risk, to ensure that in the event of such an incident they would not go bankrupt. But this, too, has been complicated to figure out as it’s not immediately clear what types of cyber risks the government views as catastrophic or what it might ask of the insurance industry in exchange for such support. In the absence of clear government support, many cyber insurers have taken to excluding certain types of catastrophic risks (such as state-sponsored cyberattacks and attacks on critical infrastructure) from their coverage and strictly limiting how much cyber coverage they sell."

NEWS: IT WORKS. I CAN CONTROL THE BRIGHTNESS WITH MY PWM MODULE. THE FLEXCABLE CAN TRANSIT THE PWM DATA and ALSO set the GROUND for the PWM module!! Pictures: https://ebay.us/m/eodT4n

I'll check for the Crosshair edition. I know this last BIOS update (2202) introduced instabilities into my previously rock solid 2133/6400 profile but made 8200 (previously 8000) a reality so trade offs...... Damn bro! When it rains it pours. 😞 That sense of relief though means it was a mutual parting of the ways on a certain level. On the other hand, a 5080 block is a nice way to lick your wounds / consolation prize I guess 🤣 I've returned to the mindset too of, "just game on the damn thing," I mean it is with a nice AB OC and tuned up NVCPL and system tweaked but still.....yeah. I stopped running the Matrix last week and went back to the stock vbios. In the end, for gaming, you're not going to see that much of a difference worth the insane extra pull and the fact summer is approaching and with the Matrix running my room was routinely a sauna. There is almost zero chance of a 5090ti unless the AI market suddenly craters and companies cancel their orders in droves. The way it's going I expect the 6090 to be a distant afterthought as initial Rubin production is going to be all about AI and I wouldn't be surprised to see the 6080 and below introduced first and for quite a bit before we even get a sniff of a 6090 if at all. A lot of it comes down to what AMD is bringing to market too as their next gen is rumored to be a major leap in performance. Think 5700xt = 9070xt then we jumped to the 6000 series which was a massive uplift in performance matching the 3090 in raster. 9070xt really pushed a lot of auxilary capabilities outside of raster for AMD and is a portend of things to come....WoW is still broke in DX12 though again with AMD....🤣 I do know Nvidia needs a new architecture and a serious node shrink because 5090 power draw is insane for a consumer level product. Ironically, it reminds me of the GTX 590 which in its day pulled insane amounts of power for its dual GPU setup..... What CPU do you use as your daily driver for gaming now? Bartlett? AM5? 14900? Odd to see the market regress because AI is consuming everything. 3060's and 5800X3Ds are back in play.....crazy times....

If the rumors are true, we will get a "remastered" 3060, LOL. Maybe instead of 6090 we will get a 4060 in 2027 for those that that want an updated downgrade. If the 3060 rumor is true it will be interesting to see how hard they screw everyone on the cost of a "remastered" 3060. Interesting concept that obsolete mid-range products might become the de facto standard, but likely at a much high cost of acquisition. So, we should probably be expecting around $750 for this, unless you get it on eBay, in which case it will be $1200. If it sounds like I am full of pi$$ and vinegar that is because that is exactly what we are being served, along with a side of feces.

Just sold my other 5090 Suprim SOC yesterday. The card was actually better than my 5090 D HOF, but I prefer the uniqueness of the 5090 D HOF and the dual power connectors to protect the card. The extra 100Mhz on the core is cool, but meh, I just don't care anymore lol. I bought the 5090 Suprim around the excitement of the 800w Matrix vBIOS but in the end, I don't trust that much over the single cable and the card was barely used. Luckily for me the 5090 cards are insanely priced now and I was able to dump it locally for well above what I paid for it. I doubt were going to get a 5090 Ti, hell at this rate we might never see a 6090 lol. Either way, this generation has been pretty squeezed at this point and it's all pretty boring for me. I've gone back to just gaming and less worrying about my frame rates and tuning. It's a lot more fun lol. Battlefield 6 has been my main lately.

Hiya Dink, glad your on the path to get it sorted. Yeah SSD on the 8570W's really improves things, i have a samsung Evo 1TB SSD on it now going from an 500GB HDD, really moved faster. maxed it out with a i7-3940XM. Agree the older smaller cards do just plod along, currently trying to get the 980M from SuperMG working at present to give it more life. I get the image display errors too, thought it was only me. Also in UK too, so its not just you.

hi, ok how much are you willing to sell?

Hi SuperMG, Huge thanks for all your work on these RTX MXM mods. Honestly, your posts are the reason I registered on this forum. I have a Clevo P775TM1-G, and your tests/guides made me seriously consider upgrading it instead of giving up on the machine. I have a question about native brightness control. For a Clevo P775TM1-G, what is the strongest RTX MXM card that can still keep native brightness control through Windows / Fn keys, without using an external PWM knob? Thanks again — this project is seriously awesome.

eDP cable is for M17x/AW17 series, M18x is LVDS only. Yes M2000M + Tesla P6 should work in PEG but I haven't tested it. fastest card I have tested is RTX 5000 in slot 2 PEG with m2000m in slot 1.

I am sorry that happened, brother. Did they let you go for financial reasons? The company I worked at for 6.5 years let me and about 15 other people go due to a slump in business volume that lasted more than 6 months. It was unavoidable for the company, but still terrible for those it affected. It took me about 90 days, about 200 applications and many interviews to find another job. The only time in my 40+ year work history that I changed jobs where it wasn't a self-betterment decision and on my terms. God provided for us, but it was still a pretty demoralizing experience. I'd love to have an Alphacool block on my 5080. As much as I hate air cooling, I just can't get past the idea of paying $300 for a mass-production GPU block. Even the cheap ones (Barrow and Bykski) are similarly overpriced and not worth the asking price.

Dang! Ya’ll I got fired today. Been with the company 6 years now. I’m kind of relieved. 😌 PS: I ordered a Alphacool block for my 5080! 😎

New BIOS from ASUS added new memory overclock settings (tCCD_L, tCCD_WR and tCCD_WR2) that basically seems do nothing whatsoever. BIOS 2304 seems OK for me. Changed "Auto" to the recommended 21-84-42 but found no change in performance noted using my daily driver settings. Haven't tested my max OC with the chiller, but I don't expect any change. I guess it must be better just because you can adjust new settings that do nothing. Kind of like a fidget toy for computer geeks.

They found it easier to make money screwing a quarter as many people four times worse per sale. As long as it looks fancy, or just plain goofy, and has RGB an idiot is going to buy it (likely using high interest credit) no matter how hard they are getting screwed. Form over function. Ice cream for all the kiddies.

NVIDIA finally announces their CPUs. NVIDIA Spark ARM CPUs, with (up to) 6144 Blackwell CUDA cores and (up to) 128 GB of unified memory. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/06/nvidia-gets-into-the-arm-pc-business-with-new-high-end-rtx-spark-processor/ Lots of comparisons to what Apple has been doing with laptops. If the efficiency is good and the price is right, it could be really compelling. Interested to see how it develops.