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In for a penny, in for a pound eh @Reciever? 🤜 Very nice! You really embraced water cooling nicely....I wouldn't be surprised to see a chiller on premises in the near future at this rate.... 😁

Looking good, brother.

Those cards beyond RTX3000 either have a slightly different offset layout that needs extensive mods on the gpu heatsink or is build a tad too big to fit the M6800.

Haven't got around to it yet as i had to fix another friend's laptop. Will try it this weekend.

the wifi 6/ax card i got near by for 5 bucks, n 1500 down n 1400 up(tested) more then enough... n 2 mem slots more then enough, dont know who set the "32GB needed" thing into the world when not doin video/photo editing, im gamer n even in 4k not one single game i know which need 32GB, n photoshop i only do on the PC, more threads, more mem etc. so 16GB is fine for 99.9% of users. ordered a 4930MX anyway, goal is 4.5GHz, lets see its possible(with optimized cooling, maybe LM instead of grease)... yeah, the 880M already here, but want more power 😄 i have the eDP display, so pascal cards should run flawless anyway when seen it right? n the advantage of the RTX3000 is DLSS, at quality mode will already outperform a P5200, big red flag is only 6GB of vmem, will limit even in 1080p in a lot of games. so RTX 4000 or even better 5000 would be the better option(when possible?).

When I checked the delivery company, I found that there are only three options: Yamato Transport, Sagawa Express, and Japan Post (EMS). FedEx, DHL, and UPS are not available.

Hello, if they have problem with shipping, how are they able to ship their GPUs to other "anonymous people"? Why can't they pick a FedEx/DHL from Hong Kong? That's what most do.

I have unfortunate news. I've been contacted by the import agent. They say there is indeed a possibility that the item will be confiscated by customs upon import. As a result, I have to sign a contract that stipulates that the purchase price will not be refunded if the item is confiscated and that I will have to pay various disposal fees. For personal reasons, I am also preparing to move, and cannot bear any further high costs. If I were to purchase, I would not have the time to deal with customs. For that reason, I would like to withdraw from this project for the time being. However, judging from communication with the seller, it seems that the purchase itself is possible. I would like to try again once things have settled down.

Hello. I still have some backlight eDP mod cable available. Available on ebay. Support would be helpful. The mod won't work on Dell M6700 with Dreamcolor LVDS display. eDP to LVDS doesn't work because the GPU doesn't understand what screen type it is. I couldn't try on pure-eDP because I can't find the 3D cable

and really, my msi GT60 2OC with ALC892 and a dedicated audio AMP on board sounds amazing with nahimic. originally this laptop uses soundblaster cinema and boosts audio quality similar to nahimic, but its more basic due its a 2013 software. this nahimic mod its a good enhance! I especially want to thank Solidus for doing this work, and I'll be uploading the fixed version soon.

as well, i added the latest UWP app into the installer, Nahimic 1.10.9.0 version from this 2026, i need to test this more further and soon i can upload this stable version to dont get problems due to windows update updating nahimic with the older driver.

i can add an compatible APO4 driver with newer UWP app and keep older 2023 codec driver to maintain an stable version, due i am not 100% expert to make a fully update of this, but i dont think newer codec drivers makes a high difference really

with newer realtek codec drivers i get some bugs, after powering on the notebook from an S3 state (suspend), i dont have longer audio. now i am testing lastest nahimic UWP app with 2023 realtek driver from the lastest solidus mod and 2024 APO3 driver, the main difference due this mod packed 2023 APO3 dont work on lastest UWP app is because in device manager newer driver appears as different type of device, thats why newer UWP`versions of nahimic dont work with 2023 APO3 nahimic driver.

Did just a quick game of ARC Raiders and if Ambient was 16c, GPU load at 400ish watts game load was around 22c, Each 8-pin has its own 800w PSU to keep the noise low, hold overs from Crypto days. Now I need to figure out something for controlling the pumps as for now they run full speed Also set up the bench system with easier access for GPU benchmarking here soon. EVGA GT 1300w beneath it. The tower on the bottom is for HomeLab stuff, 2x 2697A V4's 32 cores and 128GB DDR4 (pre-inflation decom pull) Just need a better cooling solution for the network switch, the silent fans I swapped in arent very good, they tend to go full speed to cool it back down. I'll likely wire something in at some point. And there the 7900 XTX sits with an EK block, liquid metal applied and minus 8 thermal pads for memory. So now that corner of my room has my daily system that I will be pushing for gold on, homelab for configuration stuff, and benching GPU's on the 10850k from @Mr. Fox Since the 5800X3D sips power with a - 25 pbo offset I was actually able to power the system with the 400w psu originally intended just for the water cooling loop. I guess the next question is going to be how to tear it down for maintenance but for now I'll just be happy with getting it working. Gotta say compression fittings and soft tubing is a great combination.

U can install a WIFI 7 card (Intel BE200HMW) though. So not sure why you went with WIFI 6. I made the same mistake until I came across a post on this thread of another member successfully installing the Intel BE200HMW and went with it as well. Like panda_zzz mentioned all 4980HQ CPUs currently on the market, adapted for the socket in the M6800, are limited to 2 RAM slots. Previous reports of one guy being able to use 4 RAM slots are unconfirmed and unlikely to be true at this point as no evidence were furnished to show all 4 RAM slots in use. All postings I come across online all points to being limited to 2 RAM slots and sellers that I spoke to all said the same as well. If you want to overclock, the 4930MX has better potential than the 4940MX and is cheaper as well. If you want to try an Nvidia GPU, why not start with the GTX 980M or M5000M? They have better performance and are widely available and price is quite reasonable. Unless of course you have a GTX 880M available on hand, then there's no point getting another one. The P5200 is good but is a power hungry beast and with that produces a lot of heat when running. Depending on the revisions, Rev A & B is about 100W-115W and C & D can go up to 150W. I know as I still have the P5000 (100W) on my M6800 running and it runs pretty hot! The RTX 3000 might be a better bet as it is cooler (80W) and slightly cheaper and gives you ray tracing and more advance features than the P5200. Though in terms of raw power, it lags behind the P5200 and P5000. I will be swapping to the RTX 3000 soon and just need to find the time to take apart the M6800 to do the swap. I am using a LVDS motherboard and screen and using SG btw.

OK, FINALLY I MANAGED A MODIFICATION TO MAKE THIS MODDED DRIVER WORKING WITH THE LASTEST NAHIMIC VERSION! (AT LEAST ON APO3), SOON I AM SHARING MY OWN MODDED DRIVERS WITH @solidus1983 SAME INSTALLER!

hello, here trying to make my own custom nahimic drivers. i am on a MSI GT60 with ALC892, why i need APO3 and not APO4? where i can find the lastest realtek drivers with lastest nahimic APO3 driver? because always i get nahimic not working due to microsoft store automatic update

I always thermal grizzly PTM sheet on the core. No pump out, excellent/even temps, and zero risk. Stock had a PTM pad as well. I’m super happy I was able to fix the memory temps. I figured it’s either a heatsink design issue or bad pads. Glad it was fixable with quality pads.

I think most of the OEMs use Laird thermal pads.

so when eDP display is in the M6800 P5000M/P5200M will work flawless? plug n play(+ .inf mod)

Lol, nothing worse than multiple teardowns trying to fix cooling issues, but it all ended up great and it makes you wonder what thermal pads Asus is using..... What thermal compound are you using on the GPU Core? Nova Lake looks so good. Hopefully they stick to their "late 2026" launch and don't drag it into 2027.

Decided I wanted to repad my RTX 5090 HOF VRAM as the memory temps are atrocious since I got the card. Even with an undervolt and gaming at 500-600w, the memory temps would climb to around 82-84c which is a bit toasty for me. My old TUF ran around 70c on memory temps under load. I for some reason though the pads were 1.5mm and so I ordered some thermal grizzly advanced minus 8 pads. Turns out they were actually 1.0mm (still tried them as they compress decently). They were just too thick and the core wasn't getting good contact and it was hitting 86c lol. Tore the card down again and tried some old 1.0mm I found in my closet collection. These were absolutely shit, worse than the stock pads. Hitting 96c on memory temps with good core temps. Thought I was out of options and was just going to put it all back together with the stock pads. Decided I would try my spare Asus TUF 5090 pads I had on a spare heatsink I had purchased (long story). Luckily the pads were all in good shape and I was able to easily remove them for use on the Galax card. They were also 1mm and super compressible. I applied the pads and booted up with my fingers crossed I wouldn't need to tear the card down again. These pads are amazing, my memory temps now peak around 66-70 under 500-600w gaming loads with better than ever core temps. Finally this card is running awesome with the air cooler. I still need to break it down and to full water, but I'm waiting for my rebuild with Nova Lake later this year lol. I'm planning to finally swap PSU, coolers, the works at that time. I figured I'll go water then. TLDR; the Asus thermal pads used on VRAM is actually some super quality stuff which is why their memory temps are so good compared to other brands. I think MSI also uses similar pads as their vram temps are also amazing and slightly better than both my Asus and Galax card.

That's a very nice project indeed ! Keeping the interest in these old precision alive, especially info on the rare m6800 covet ! One small thing I noticed while looking through some of your sections, under the CPU and GPU : The m6800 didn't ship with any IPS screens, I think you are referring to eDP screens (that offer upgrades to IPS lcd, instead of TN that is garanted with LVDS). All pascal cards and above don't have support for LVDS, it is possible to run one in the m6800 it's just that optimus must be turned on so that the internal dipslay gets a picture from the iGPU. With an eDP screen, the pascal GPUs can run the display directly, without using optimus. Upgrades to an IPS eDP FHD display is possible required you have an eDP motherboard, m6800 shipped with both eDP and LVDS motherboards.