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Some of us here might remember a friend and partner in crime back in our Alienware laptop overclocking escapade days in the old NBR forums. He went by the forum names usmc362 and Trafficante. Joe Testa was his real name. I just receive a call from his wife about a half hour ago. He passed away yesterday. He was 82. He had struggled with some health things for a while and had been hospitalized a number of days. He was a Godly man, served his country in military service, (thus the USMC forum name,) and now he is in a better place. He beat us all to the Pearly Gates and will be waiting for us to catch up with him. Those that knew him will remember that he was quite the animated character and got banned many times by @katalin_2003 and Charles P. Jefferies for stirring up a hornet's nest.

Heaven benchmark and TimeSpy. They use both CPU and GPU. It happens when you use both of them at the same time, CPU resets the TDP back to stock. Even tho I edited the NVRAM values? Battery LED OFF. Idle state

Yes, you’re right in principle—the MXM port can deliver 200W—but that doesn’t tell us anything about how the laptop manufacturer designed the power supply. The manufacturer can configure the VRM however it sees fit. It’s still strange, though—I’m at a loss here. Unless… do you happen to have another power adapter on hand? How exactly are you checking to see if the laptop has reset? Maybe I’m just doing something wrong here.

It happens on both M6800 and M4800. M6800 accepts MXM B. It's not about MXM A or B. The slots can do 195W max when plugged in. I have a 330W PSU. My GPUs don't power throttle. The CPU TDP bug doesn't reset when it's above 96% charged. So between 96 to 100% I have no issues. Strange. Waiting from 90% to 100% takes a long time since the charging slows down...

Is there any way you can limit your GPU's power consumption? I can't shake the feeling that this is the cause. I mean, the official MXM 3.1A specification calls for 55W, but your GPU uses well over twice that. Maybe some fuses are tripping under load. P.S.: It's amazing that Dell designed in so much headroom in the first place...

Yes, you're right. I've read several times that these models are very picky when it comes to power supplies and batteries. I experimented a bit yesterday as well and can confirm that your tip works. But in my case, there don’t seem to be any problems even below 90%. Unlocking the TDP worked at a 57% charge level. The LED on the keyboard is off, and Windows reports “57% available”—in other words, it’s not charging. Just ran Time Spy—no problems, no reset.

Hi SuperMG, This is where I bought my battery.

Uh Txhousa, This is relating to shoving a 7750 (17" 110W) RTX 5000 into a 15" 7550, AFAIK the DGFF pin layout between the 7560 and the 7550 prevent any kind of cross generation upgrade

Nice kit! Ram is expensive! These prices are becoming normal is all, and something like that $595 price tag for 8400 G.Skill sticks feels like a good buy. For anyone interested, there is another kit just like @Mr. Fox bought on Jawa.gg they have a make an offer option. $650 OBO. https://www.jawa.gg/product/133577/gskill-trident-z5-rgb-ddr5intel-xmp-ddr5-8400-cl40-48gb-2x24gb

Yeah these M4800, M6800 laptops suck balls. Tried on the K Kyuer one. It's like the tanch one. M6800 with 4900MQ and 4080: I tried at 95% and the TDP unlock resets... At 97% not reset... TDP unlock resetting mid benchmark = 270-275FPS TDP doesn't reset = 290FPS I use 330W PSU for all of my tests. WHY? HOW? Explain please. Edit: tested at 91% on the M4800. TDP resets at like 70% of the benchmark...

I bought 3 "blue" batteries from 3 different brands. 2 FV993 and one 60Wh since the K KYUER one is no longer for sale. Only one of them had the advanced options. The Tanch, tanchs.com battery. I tested the TDP unlock mod with an Heaven benchmark test (before and after): 100% battery, idle: OK passed 99% battery, idle: OK passed 96-97% battery, idle: OK passed 89% battery, idle: Not passed, reset the TDP unlock So it means between 90% to 100% in idle, we can unlock the TDP bug. We no longer need to wait till the battery is at 100% in order to activate the TDP unlock bug. Between 50% to 89%, it's in charging state, we can't unlock the TDP bug. That's what the Custom Charge state. Between 50% to start charging and 90% to stop charging. I didn't change the bios values. To test: Between 30% to 49%: it's in idle state, we can maybe unlock the TDP bug. Below 30% in idle state, the system might be unstable.

Been a while since I've hung out here. Much as I like the design of most gaming chairs, there's always at least one deal-breaking flaw that prevents me from taking the plunge. Instead, I went with the Shaquile O'Neal Maximos, and it's super comfortable. My wife has been daily driving the model that came out before this one for the last five years or so, and it still looks/feels as good as new. https://www.officedepot.com/a/products/7380260/Shaquille-ONeal-Maximos-Big-andamp-Tall/

You might send him a msg. Just to be sure

Sorry, this is for the m17xr4. There is a topic in this forum on it. I don't know about the m18xr2 being able to utilize this fan? SuperMG was definitely referring to the m17 .

For whatever reason, I had not bothered to look at my Karhu speeds on my Z890 builds. I used to do it all of the time with my Ryzen stuff. I haven't even really tried pushing the memory overclock much, just plugging along with this pedestrian 8800 profile. Maybe I will find some downtime to play around with 9000 and higher soon.

Yes, I think having one is a good idea for protecting your system from a catastrophic event such as power surge and lightning strikes. Here is a link to the one I use. I thought I would never have to worry about exceeding its 1500W capacity. I was wrong. A 5090 with modifications can and does. https://a.co/d/08HxQG3R

Ouch, well as I've found over the years, wife requests override personal projects. 🙂 I didn't even know they "refreshed" the 2025 SKU with a 2026 SKU so I went and took a look. So basically, a 240hz->300hz display and jacking the price up from the original MSRP of $2499.99 -> $3299.99....yikes. Yeah, mine was open box for ~$1800 (1805.28 to be exact) listed as "used, acceptable" but arrived looking brand new with all accessories. Only the box was a little beat up. I realized I hadn't done anything with it and the return window is less than two weeks away (22nd) so I went ahead and finished setting it up and ran some basic benchmarks before I start tuning with the BIOS OC controls. Timespy performance is basically equal to Alienware performance mode just the G16 pulls 35w less. 9955HX3D definitely beats my Alienware 275hx in performance mode CPU wise in CB23. I said it before and I'll say it again, Asus fans have some of the best pitch I've heard on laptop fans. Definitely front and present, but max for max, I've always preferred their overall acoustics. Reviews were right. Even in Performance mode, this thing is nearly dead silent doing everything not stressful and even then the fans didn't really kick up that much. It took Turbo to bring it to life and Manual to really let you know it can move some air. All tests were run on a flat, hard surface with zero rear elevation which is how I would normally run it on the go with some laptop balls. I'll end up spending tomorrow playing and comparing Fallout 76 and WoW with my Alienware data but I expect the 9955HX3D to pretty much own it badly in Fallout 76 and beat it overall in WoW because of the lack of tuning available for the 275HX and dog slow 6400 memory. The real performance question will be can the 9955HX3D cap out the 5070ti in QHD in Fallout 76 because the 275HX couldn't only in pockets so we shall see. If it can really cap out the 5070ti, that makes a compelling argument to get a 9955HX3D + 5090. If it doesn't, then the G16 it is. Some data to compare against your Raider with the 5090 before I dive into the BIOS OC options.... Performance (default) mode: Turbo Mode: Manual Mode (All sliders to Max): ------------------------------------------------------ Nice snag! I was away from the forums over there so I just checked and saw the poor arguments for the price being asked. If they think prices are bad NOW, wait till next year..... I'm always on the lookout for good sets to grab, and I would have grabbed those and jettisoned my KingBank's to eBay or similar (or sell them in a parts constructed system). Actually, those KB sticks in the 265k box did 8933 so I shouldn't poo poo on them too bad. It's just their poor AsRock and Asus fails that has me salty. 🙂

So Im thinking the next step for my setup should be a UPS, I am currently using a really nice extension but its probably time to get a proper power delivery system. From what Im reading something with Sinewave PFC to clean up the power. What do you guys use? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00429N19W?tag=ustxtaddt-20&plpRedirect=mhFallback&ref=clp_hp_h_pc&th=1 This appears to clean power from utility as well as on battery.

Snagged another G.SKILL 8400 kit for a good price to have in my backup/spare parts stash. This was pre-rampocalypse pricing for this kit. It was interesting to see someone bashing the seller for asking too much. Not sure what planet they are from. This is the same memory part number running in the system built in the LIAN LI O11D MINI V2. https://www.overclock.net/threads/g-skill-trident-z5-rgb-ddr5-8400-48gb-2-x-24gb-f5-8400j4052g24gx2-tz5rk.1820341/

Thanks man. So this works better than the m18x r2's fan? Do I just put it in my 18x? Like the whole fan?

https://www.parts-people.com/index.php?action=item&id=11980 Here it is.

Could you link me that as well? Thanks.

Found the fan and thanks

Looks like my battery I got on Amazon. Do you have the ebay's listing for that? So I can get the 5 options on my M4800