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Well the CPU had enough cores/threads when it came out and I don't see that things have changed that much with regards to video editing requirements. Unless maybe people insist on editing 4K/8K video. And yes there has been tests done on Windows 10 with an mPCIe form factor Google Coral TPU in the 1/2PP (MC) slot, and an M.2 form factor one with an adapter in the ExpressCard/54 slot. See the newer comments at the post below: https://www.dell.com/community/en/conversations/precision-mobile-workstations/dell-precision-m6800-slot-motherboard-12mc-pp/647f7f3ff4ccf8a8dedb7309

sure is nice to see whats possible, but the CPU is pain in the a.... for video/photo editing bcs not enough threads, for gaming still an option, bcs most games not use more then 8 threads(some does n u will see at the min fps, but for mobile still ok). n maybe u should try 1333MHz mem, maybe the IMC will run with 64GB then. btw. someone tried a NPU in the m6800 yet? seen some modules with mPCIe standard, n some xtra TOPs can be useful in some cases.

Whether there's a need for it or not is kind of irrelevant, as most of the mods here aren't exactly necessary. I thought it was all about just seeing what was possible? And 16GB is not enough for a lot of people who run mobile workstations, heck the M6800 is literally meant for photo and video editing as part of its reason for even existing.

Lately came across 2 Thinkpads at interesting prices, both landed on my table. Nice to have something new to look at, and re-awake my humble skills in os installation \ setup \ tweaking etc, long time not done anything in that dept. Set to replace 2 ageing (10+ years) win 8.1 laptops. E14 gen5, Ryzen 3, 300 nits\45%, 16\250 GB, w11 pro. No power champion but very capable for all light tasks, browsing, streaming, music etc. SH but never used, only 200 usd. P14s gen5, Ryzen 7, 400 nits\100%, 16\1 TB, key light, fingerprint, w10 iot ltsc. Nice machinery for 1000 usd (nearly 50% off, Lenovo webshop). Both: cool & silent (normal \ light use), excellent keyboard, build quality feels good, lightweight, great battery times, fast charging.

I don't have the laptop yet. Still thinking about g6 with 9880h vs G7 10850. G7 is locked for under bolting for sure. If it's still doable with G6 I will swing to G6, but if not I will take G7.

nah n no need for, 16GB is more then enough for everything except vid/photo editing... even when u put a RTX5000 in it n a 4k display n playing maxed out + RT in games, never 16GB will be the limiting part in it(but the CPU will be). more important is mem speed n timing, 1866 should be the minimum, 2133 the optimum... atm i searching for 2133 modules n will give thaiphoon burner a try to set 2400MHz...

best of both worlds late 70's and upto now.

I don't think I've ever seen anyone talk much about RAM upgrades for the M6800. There was a guy on YouTube who said that he was able to upgrade to 64GB with the only requirements being an i7 processor and the latest BIOS update. As you know the official max is 32GB. However, I bought a 64GB kit of RAM that was the exact same specs as my 32GB, just double in capacity, and it just threw up RAM errors. I tried every stick in every slot combination. Has anyone else tried 64GB? It makes sense that it could be possible as many E-series Latitudes of that era have been confirmed by multiple YouTubers to be able to take double the officially stated maximum, with for example, 8GB limits actually taking 16GB.

Hi, I can assist you if you need, the usb method is the only way I think.

Interesting, ok well the programmer has arrived now. I might try and flash it with the clevo bios and see. Nothing to loose really. If I don't get any success then I'll go the shop. I'll be happy if it is the cpu and not the board or gpu which from my searching the Internet so far are nearly impossible to find.

It's 99% problem of CPU or GPU. My reseller told me in most cases is CPU.

You can also attempt this to get unlimited multpliers, requires bios mod to inject the microcode however, not sure if it's been done on m6800 https://www.techinferno.com/index.php?/topic/9636-tutorial-4ghz-overclock-i7-4xxxmqh-to-i7-extreme-conversion-intel-haswell-cpu-microcode-bug-hack/

Yeah so thats more or less identical to mine. Hmmm.... this is frustrating because before seeing your post I was thinking I might need to reflash the bios... but now I'm not so sure. I've just bought a programmer that arrives in the next couple of hours. I might try it anyway and if that fails, take it to the shop to diagnose since I have no way of testing the board, gpu or cpu.

I thought so too initially but having removed it and other components one by one, and from what reading I've done the behaviour should have changed...but it hasn't. I'm thinking its the board now.

Use a tool like CPU-Z to check the RAM specs for the modules that you already have installed. In addition to the speed, you want to match on the CAS latency. But it should be fine to mix manufacturers.

Hello @1610ftw, Did u manage to do the downgrade? I am interested in this topic too

Hi all, having power delivery issues I think, running on max settings for example on dead by daylight 2 with ray tracing enabled I should be getting around 55 FPS, shortly after the drivers crash then causing the GPU to show 0C in hw info. I will look to downclock and reduce the millivolts but MSI afterburner is a bastard to get the controls unlocked. Does anyone have any knowledge to shed on this ? Didn't have as much problems with the Rtx 3000. The heatsink from memory is the one that was on the 660M, I can see the difference between that and a photo of the 100 watt rated version, I have considered ordering a full copper heat sink maybe that would reduce the heat or potentially getting a LLyano V12 laptop cooler, I have just changed drivers to the enterprise drivers and will test. Haven't tried with the edp and 2k panel el yet untill I know the card works ok, don't want to start a new head ache just yet 🤣

My 7540 came with 2x8GB SK Hynix HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK DDR4-2666 PC4-21300 RAM in the two hard to reach slots under the keyboard (B+D). My original plan was to replace those with 2x32 or 4x32 but continually put off doing it as always busy and getting at those slots is a PITA. Its not my daily driver so other expenses took priority, and hey, old RAM prices can only get cheaper over time right? lol So next idea was get 2x8 of the same type and settle for 32 GB. But the SK Hynix RAM I saw on Amazon a few days ago is gone already. Is it ok to add 2x8 DDR4-2666 PC4-21300 RAM from a different manufacturer like Samsung or Crucial into the other two slots that are currently empty (A+C)?

TG just let me know my WV2 shipped, woot! -------------------------- As soon as China saw the "procedures" being enacted by the US government for AI hardware to ship to them , they balked and are slowly, but surely, turning to in house advancements on both the CPU and GPU front for the future. If they ever decide to invade and annex Taiwan they will become the front runner in technology pretty fast. There is a reason the US and other countries are all in diversifying production and fabs away from China and China adjacent. Those "procedures?" Well, Nvidia chips have to be shipped from Taiwan to the US, go through a series of validation steps over here and be assembled in the US before being shipped to China and 25% of the sales go right into the US government's pockets.....yeah I don't blame China for basically saying forget that and continue to use back channel ways of piping in same or similar hardware into their country. If China produces an ASIC specific computing device (as rumored) for AI that is more efficient and less expensive than using GPUs, the GPU market will crash harder than the Cryptobooooooom and I'm 100% here for it. Personally, removing China from their sales is a win for us and will start to bring Nvidia back down to reality and demand will plummet enough to offer more products to consumers but that really doesn't address the ram crisis as GPU, CPU or ASIC based AI will still require godsmackingly large amounts of ram for those ever growing LLMs.... Producing 1 card a year is still technically "in production" 🤣 But seriously..... Nvidia is still providing the entire GPU / Memory package for now, so unless they decouple it they will most certainly be raising prices right along with AMD...... Corsair's stock has tanked. They are trying to redirect to that sweet, sweet AI money and downsizing their consumer division which they were most likely going to do anyhow. I don't think the market conditions (AI AI AI AI!!!!!!) is the problem for them. Their issues are elsewhere. I do think they view the AI market as their hail mary atm.

I had similar problem couple years ago in my case it was CPU problem. They changed it for new one and everything work 5 years without any problem. I remember the last thing I saw was the desktop screen and computer not responding, just freezed and after reebot i had same symptoms like you.

Yep, same as always from Microsoft. Nothing will change. The latest Windows 11 update is causing performance issues on NVIDIA GeForce GPUs That's right, a new Windows 11 update, and another blunder, this time directly affecting gamers using an NVIDIA GeForce graphics card.

Sum up for the weekend. Best tech news of 2026. China don't need or want anything from Nvidia. They are soon on par with the best you can get within a few months with own homebrewed AI accelerators for their server parks. Trump need to find other ways to fulfill billionairs hope for real tax cut. NVIDIA experiences a collapse in sales in China: market share will fall from 66% to 8% in 2026 We started 2026 with a host of new products that we saw at CES 2026, one of the world's most important technology events. There, we saw companies like Intel, NVIDIA, and AMD, and many others such as ASUS, MSI, and Samsung... Yup, never get rid of your backup-plan. NVIDIA confirms there will be no price increase for its graphics cards "for now" and denies GPU recalls: "All RTX 50 series cards are still in production." And the AI tech trend continue... What is a month without screw up from Microsoft. The latest Windows 11 update is causing performance issues on NVIDIA GeForce GPUs That's right, a new Windows 11 update, and another blunder, this time directly affecting gamers using an NVIDIA GeForce graphics card.

Hello did you try it with eDP 3D cable and 1440p screen?

I can assume by your experience, the GPU hits it's thermal limit and shuts of. It stops sending power to the core, leaving you with the internal GPU, thus you have 0 degrees showing at HWinfo. Meaning the GPU is absent from the system. I am not sure, but since you had a 980m, the heatsink is the 100watt one?

Now i can buy 7730 in very good condition with the same cpu (8750h),16gb RAM, 256gb ssd and Quadro p4200 8gb for a 420$.On my are 32 RAM. 512 ssd, Quadro p3200.Whether to buy it?As a variant i can to change places ram and ssd,and i think will sell my for a 360-370$