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Hello, my m18x r2 currently has a GTX 1060M from China, which should have both HDMI and DP video outputs, as seen in NVIDIA Control Panel. I'm in SG mode and have tried various PowerXpress (I assume it's like MUX?) options in the BIOS video settings. But I can't get an image via HDMI to an external monitor with a discrete graphics card; only the integrated one. Is there a way to do this through the Windows registry, drivers, or third-party programs? I'm also considering ordering a Mini-DP to HDMI adapter. Maybe the Mini-DP is only connected to the discrete graphics card? By the way, I need this mainly to connect my Oculus Rift to my laptop. The program shows there is no HDMI connection because the integrated graphics card is not supported.

It is more like bad BIOS PCIe handshake. Re-connecting in Windows resolves it somewhat. I am on 1.3.2 BIOS and I am 99% sure downgrading below 1.12.0 requires you to swap the CPU (later BIOS burn efuse to prevent rollback)

No. We tried the HP RTX 3000 with 120Hz 3D in UEFI and legacy, not work. Tested in 2 different Alienware laptops. Maybe we did something wrong? I don't know. Only the M6700 and M6800 can accept HP RTX 3000/5000 with LEGACY BIOS and UEFI BIOS. Newer Ampère and Ada cards need UEFI and Legacy OPROM disabled to work and display in the Internal screen. Got +240FPS in heaven benchmark with the M6800 eDP, RTX 4080 MXM and a bad heatsink.

So even with backlight cable you cannot get rtx 3000 to work in m17x r4?

I believe this issue was found by @janepa and I have to still disassemble my aw18/m18x laptops to find the resistor to mod to fix the issue.

Intel Ultra 5 250k review. Out of box is clearly a step up over the 245k in a meaningful way not just productivity but gaming even beating the 265k in many games and some productivity. We'll need a deep dive and I'm sure some will pick up the 250k to bin. I'm really curious about the 270k now more than ever.... Some rudimentary memory scaling results (XMP modes across the board): ------------------------------------------------------- Micro$slop MAY be listening finally about draconian account requirements for installs and setups. As a reminder, Apple, to this day, does NOT require an account to set up MacOS. ------------------------------------------------------- Deba8auer and the 270k price performance. Cheaper and faster than a 285k..... $299.99 is a killer price... Definitely picking up a few to bin.

I do like this idea....prices for memory and ssd's will keep going crazy until this bubble bursts

With a little optimization, you can easily achieve a total score of 2400 to 26000 in Time Spy. Unfortunately, I don’t have access to a 5080 or 5090 card; if I did, I would definitely record amazing scores.

By adjusting the timings, you can also test at 2933MHz. My RAM modules are all Samsung and are stable with timings 17 and 18. I also have a RAM stick that is 3200MHz and works easily on this laptop.

Downgrade the laptop BIOS to 1.9.3 — the issue of failing to boot and no display will be resolved."

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If you’re an Alienware Area-51M R1 user connecting an RTX 40/50 GPU via the Alienware Graphics Amplifier (AGA), you may experience random no-display / black-screen issues. This is caused by BIOS compatibility limitations with newer GPU architectures over AGA. Solution: For Area-51M R1, the most reliable fix is to downgrade or upgrade your BIOS to version 1.9.3. This version resolves PCIe handshake and external GPU initialization issues that cause random no-display events. Steps: 1. Download BIOS v1.9.3 from Dell’s official site or a trusted source. 2. Carefully follow Dell’s instructions to flash the BIOS. 3. After flashing, fully power cycle your laptop and AGA. 4. Test your external GPU — the no-display issue should be resolved. Note: Practical guides and video tutorials for downgrading the Area-51M R1 BIOS are available on YouTube for step-by-step help. ⚠️ For other Alienware laptops: BIOS v1.9.3 is only for Area-51M R1. If you have a different model with a similar issue, you’ll need to test different BIOS versions to find the most stable one for your system

I virtually never wore shorts and never owned anything but jeans and slacks for my entire life until I moved to Arizona in 2015. Now I only like wearing shorts, even when it is cold. (Cold here means a few days of 35-40°F overnight low winter weather.) Wearing long pants now seems uncomfortable and very annoying to me, LOL. I also like all of my clothing to be very loose fitting. Tight shirts, pants and shorts make me feel like I am going to lose my marbles. I usually go with a size larger than I need for the sake of comfort. The small subscriber base is possibly because the Thermal Grizzly channel is relatively new and Roman has multiple channels. He has both English and German der8auer channels and now the Thermal Grizzly channel. All that said, it does seem like kind of a low number. I suspect that some people that are subscribed to one of the two der8auer channels might not have even noticed they are not subscribed to the Thermal Grizzly channel. None of his channels have a gigantic subscriber base. Splitting things up is probably affecting the number, but to what degree I have no idea. It may also have something to do with the fact that his target audience is not gamers, per se. He is more interested in producing content that interests overclocking enthusiasts and the kind of hardware we like rather than producing content that is appealing to gamers. I think a fairly high percentage of gamers are not into overclocking or expensive high-end hardware. One of the things I like about him and his channel is that he is focused on facts, information and results, but not entertaining people. That may also be a factor.

Newest drivers 4090 vs 5090 4k: Comes down to games and CPU bottlenecking because the variance is pretty pronounced. On average, 5090 is 36% faster with The Last of Us being 50% faster and the lowest being Red Dead Redemption II at 27%. A few of the other games also pushed near 50% faster too. 5090 is definitely a beast when fed properly.... ------------------------------------------------------- Sorry @Papusan the retreat is turning out to be a weather fiasco. Nothing worse than plunking down hard earned money on a trip and mother nature decides to slap you around while giggling.... I always forget to subscribe to TGs YT when I click through. Finally remembered. You would think they would have more subscribers than 1.85k. As I get older, I can definitely see the benefits of predictable weather states or at least those that lean more towards the warmer side. I prefer warm weather or at least shorts wearing weather. I despise long pants. Always have and loathe when I have to wear them. I've been known to wear shorts in 50 degree weather because that still works for me.

nope, nothing with less then 12GB of vram... my games even in 1080p want more then 8GB... and i have the money even for a 4090 but i not willing to spend it atm on another graphics card 😁

Hello. X-VSION only sells 80W variants. I bought the 130W one and got the 80W one instead so that's janky and the performance was worse than an RTX 3000... Just get an RTX 3070 MXM, it's better than the A3000 80W or... Wait till you have money to get the 3080 115W.

Woo the hero is here. Sweet! I will dabble in this in upcoming months.

Thanks for your efforts. I used your posts to reverse engineer backwards to get 2667mhz on my Area51m.

seems like the older 5000 still 50% faster at the GPU limit(4k and/or maxed out) especially with RT on? so its worth to spend 250 bucks more on it? the 3080 im atm not willing to spend 700 bucks on it, bcs i already did it on PC again(9060 XT --> 9070 XT) 😁

While it is disappointing, it's not too surprising the dual GPU set up had some issues. Bifurcation is problematic on most of the AMD platforms, and to a somewhat lesser degree also for Intel. Mostly because of insufficient PCIe lane count. Even the dual chipset X870E platforms squandered added lanes from the second chipset on stupid stuff like USB4 and left the add-in card PCIe slots either unusable or crippled. I think that ducting your HVAC through the 1080 radiator will make a really big difference in cooling. I think more so than adding a second 1080 radiator. If you add a second, you need to be sure to duct the HVAC through both of them or adding the second 1080 radiator will actually impair the cooling by heating the water toward ambient. The same principle applies using a water chiller. Routing the chilled water through a radiator actually prevents it from getting as cold as it will without any radiators because the radiators try to warm the water to normalize with the ambient temperatures.

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Time spy score: 18112 Graphics score:20807 Cpu score: 10446 My system: Area51m r1 intel 9900k 128G memory 2933Mhz AGA ( 3080Ti EVGA) https://www.3dmark.com/spy/56482417

Removed All Bottlenecks on Area-51M — Now Running Only on AGA GPU (My Card RTX 3080 Ti) Hey folks, I recently completed a deep graphics config mod on my Alienware Area-51M R1, and it completely transformed how my system behaves and performs. I wanted total control — so I: Disabled the Intel iGPU Disabled the internal RTX 2080 Forced the system to boot and run only from my external RTX 3080 Ti inside the Alienware Graphics Amplifier (AGA) The result? No Optimus. No hybrid graphics. No performance routing. Just raw, direct PCIe power from the 3080 Ti. Why I did it: I was tired of: Games and apps launching on the wrong GPU Display signal being routed through iGPU due to Optimus Random GPU switching, driver conflicts, inconsistent performance RTX 2080 and Intel GPU drawing power and generating heat — even when I didn’t need them 🚀What I changed (via RU.efi and UEFI Shell) Monitor is connected directly to the DisplayPort on the 3080 Ti. What improved (the real benefits): ✅ Improved performance & smoother FPS Now every frame is rendered and displayed directly by the RTX 3080 Ti No iGPU path, no copying frames, no Optimus interference Games feel noticeably smoother and more responsive, even if the raw FPS doesn’t dramatically increase I get consistent frame pacing and stable frame times across demanding titles ✅ Lower CPU & GPU temperatures With both iGPU and RTX 2080 disabled, the laptop’s cooling system no longer has to manage 2–3 GPUs Internal heat buildup is reduced CPU package temps dropped by 5–8°C in some scenarios Fans spin less often and quieter overall ✅ Power efficiency & thermal headroom Less power draw from unused chips = more thermal headroom for CPU & eGPU Power delivery stays cleaner, system throttling is reduced Battery drains slower on idle or light usage ✅ Driver stability No more switching between GPUs, no surprise crashes or app confusion Device Manager shows only one GPU — the one I actually use Fewer background services (no Intel GPU services, no switching daemons) ✅ Cleaner boot, no glitches Boot is faster and cleaner No screen flicker, no black-to-white transitions while switching GPUs Display output comes only from the 3080 Ti — as it should Benchmarks & Gaming 3DMark Fire Strike and Time Spy show better consistency and better scores in CPU+GPU tests In real-world games like STALKER 2, Cyberpunk 2077, and The Witcher 3, performance is buttery smooth with no dips GPU-Z confirms full GPU load, proper bus usage, and no bottleneck through iGPU System Specs: Alienware Area-51M R1 Intel Core i9-9900K Alienware Graphics Amplifier EVGA RTX 3080 Ti XC3 Ultra 32GB DDR4 Monitor: ASUS 3440x1440, connected via DisplayPort to 3080 Ti TL;DR Disabled Intel iGPU and RTX 2080 Forced system to boot and run ONLY from the RTX 3080 Ti in the Amplifier Result: better performance, lower temps, zero Optimus, fully stable External GPU now runs free — no interruptions, no compromises Let me know if you want help setting this up — I’ll gladly walk you through it or help you find the right offsets for your system. Unchain your GPU. Let it breathe. Let it dominate. Tags: Alienware Area-51M 3080Ti eGPU Graphics Amplifier RU.efi BIOS Mod No Optimus PCMR

Hello some news. I don't know but I think there's no GPUID whitelists, because I couldn't find IDs for any Kepler 1 GPUs. I could only find IDs for 200M, 400M and 500M Fermi GPUs and the dumped file wasn't a whitelist either. Or maybe the whitelist is hidden and I can't find? So I think the only way, it's to remove the GPU checks during the POST. Because maybe the BIOS throws some "errors" for the GPU so that's why the laptop doesn't post. I have no idea on how to to this sadly... As mentioned before, the Clevo X8100 (2010) and the Clevo M980NU (2009) are both using the same Phoenix SecureCore bioses from the same era! But these two laptops support up to a GTX 980M, so anything related to Maxwell and Kepler 2 will work flawlessly... So they just ignore the GPU checks and boot. Just like the Clevo P775 for example. Edit: I made the VGA errors set to IGNORE but.... The laptop doesn't boot with the Maxwell card in the master slot... Edit 2: set to ignore during post: VGA ERRORS POST CHECKSUM ERRORS CMOS ERRORS OTHER ERRORS It doesn't work!! GTX 485M, K3000M work and display but not the 970M and M5000M. Yes my Maxwell cards work without the UEFI image.