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Answering your hardware-swap question - sibling model here (Pro Max 18 Plus, same 285HX CPU): - System board (motherboard): replaced. No change. - Discrete NVIDIA GPU module: physically replaced. No change. - Whole unit: I was given a different unit (fresh Windows, different RAM/disk/ panel). Same behaviour returned - and two units showed an identical WHEA-17 signature side by side. - BE200 Wi-Fi: not physically removed in my case, so I can't speak to that. One difference worth noting: my sustained AER doesn't come from Wi-Fi/NVMe/GPU at boot like yours - it's from the USB4/Thunderbolt host-router downstream port (PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_5786), i.e. my dock link. So for me the BE200 doesn't look central, though the common 285HX / ARL068 angle still fits. Net: board swap, GPU-module swap and a full-unit swap all failed to fix it, which points at the platform rather than a single removable part.

this is why i now have a junker dual core 8570W (only difference is no RAM slot 1&3 under keyboard from what i can see) in a half chassis for my heatsink work, all i need are CPU and GPU bolt points to align. i can prep all i need without killing anything (fingers crossed) plus i can mod the chassis for cooling and swap items across as proven. no spare 980m though (eek)

Hi, I’ve been trying to find a replacement for my PC for some time, but I’m having trouble finding the right laptop because every high-end model seems to have some kind of drawback. There are a few things that are particularly important to me: I want a display with low response times, as I mainly play fast-paced FPS games such as Apex Legends, Deadlock, CS, and Valorant. I want good thermals and, ideally, no CPU or GPU thermal throttling. It would also be preferable if the WASD area didn’t get excessively hot during gaming. I specifically want the Ryzen 9 9955HX3D, as it seems to be significantly faster in gaming than the Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX. The laptop should have at least an RTX 5080. I’ve already looked at several models: Lenovo Legion 7 Pro – On paper, this laptop looks great, but the CPU temperatures are honestly quite concerning. 100°C while gaming? And these weren’t even synthetic benchmarks such as Cinebench — it reached those temperatures while playing Cyberpunk 2077... ASUS ROG Strix SCAR 18 – This laptop initially looked very promising, but its display seems to suffer from some kind of strange flickering caused by a conflict between the backlight strobing and synchronization technology. You can see the effect in Linus’ video here: https://youtu.be/mpDanDwd7x0?t=168. Apparently, this can potentially cause headaches during longer gaming sessions. I also looked at laptops with external liquid cooling from Dream Machines and XMG. However, it seems that these models are available with displays that have relatively slow response times, making them less suitable for fast-paced games due to noticeable ghosting. Are there any other laptops currently on the market that I might have overlooked that could meet these requirements?

Thank you. Yeah, it does have a lot of headroom. The scores are lower but it is actually more fun due to the headroom. Here are the settings applied with mvolt+ Extreme. I still need to test with the 5090. If they can make the function survive NVIDIA driver updates this eliminates the need for hardware mods like EVC2 and shunt resistors.

Yeah, the 5080 really has the headroom too fully appreciate overclocking at what tops out at an extreme but "sane"ish type level vs the 5090 requiring a nuclear reactor. Extrapolating, that Steel Nomad is like scoring ~ 21k+ on a 5090... That Timespy score is bonkers both GPU, CPU and combined... I see you right behind Jwick on the bot in the 2 slot a few times, lots of top 5/10 finishes and #1 in TSE! Excellent work!

I’m investigating this further with the recurrent WHEA-Logger Event 17 / PCIe AER events on a Dell Pro Max 16 Plus MB16250 with Core Ultra 9 285HX. They occur during early Windows boot across multiple unrelated PCIe endpoints: Intel BE200 Wi-Fi, NVMe SSD and NVIDIA GPU. Raw WHEA/CPER records show the same AER signature: UncorrectableErrorStatus = 0x100000 = Unsupported Request CorrectableErrorStatus = 0xa000 = Advisory Non-Fatal + Header Log Overflow Captured TLP headers decode as PCIe Configuration Read Type 0 requests, apparently probing absent functions/BDFs during early PCI enumeration. Some requests occur only microseconds apart. Linux PCI enumeration source: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/drivers/pci/probe.c Linux PCIe AER documentation: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/PCI/pcieaer-howto.html Intel Arrow Lake Series 2 specification update / errata: https://edc.intel.com/content/www/us/en/design/products/platforms/details/arrow-lake-s/core-ultra-200s-series-processors-specification-update/errata-details/ Relevant Intel erratum: ARL068 — PCIe Gen5 Link Exit from L1 Sub-state Low Power State. It specifically mentions short back-to-back PCIe configuration-space accesses as one trigger condition. Dell also has an official article stating that boot-time WHEA-Logger ID17 is “expected behavior as per Intel” on certain earlier Intel HX systems. Note that Dell’s listed affected systems are 12th-gen/HX platforms, not the MB16250/285HX, so it does not by itself prove this newer system is expected to behave the same way: https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-uk/000216115/laptops-with-12th-gen-and-12th-gen-hx-intel-core-processors-may-display-warning-message-whea-loggerid17 WHEA-17 itself is quite generic, and I think the associated symptoms may be more significant than the event alone. In my case, I’ve seen intermittent freezing and occasional mouse slowdowns. Dell support has also told me that some users experience BSODs or system crashes. What I’m really looking for here is other people’s ideas, observations and possible avenues to investigate

Yeah, crazy. Essentially the functional equivalent of a 222% slider for power limit. Check the 3DMark links showing the GPU clock and average GPU clock values. (They are almost the same value versus the scenario where average clock is typically considerably lower.) It holds clocks much better. Voltage and power limits were tweaked significantly. mVolt+ - Tuning Overview Profile: OC2 01:39 Driver: 616.64 VBIOS: 98.03.3b.40.27 CLOCKS Core: +350 MHz Memory: +3000 MHz XBAR: +350 MHz SYS: +350 MHz Video: +250 MHz POWER Power limit: 800 W (222%) NVVDD OCP: 5001 A MSVDD OCP: 120 A Voltage Boost: 100% RAIL OFFSETS NVVDD VMIN: 0 mV NVVDD REL: +140 mV NVVDD ALT/OP: +140 mV NVVDD OV: 0 mV MSVDD VMIN: 0 mV MSVDD REL: +60 mV MSVDD ALT/OP: +60 mV MSVDD OV: 0 mV VOLTAGE NVVDD limits: 800–1200 mV MSVDD limits: 800–1120 mV Core voltage offset: +5 mV XBAR voltage offset: +5 mV SYS voltage offset: +5 mV Video voltage offset: +5 mV OTHER NVVDD/MSVDD ratio: 0.90 Clock range: 0–3600 MHz Boost Lock: Off Fan: Auto V/F curve: 0 / 127 points

Holy crap..... 825w through a 5080?! Sheesh.

I've applied an 800W power limit to the 5080 using mvolt+ Extreme. Works great. WireView Pro 2 showed a max of 825W coursing through its veins. https://hwbot.org/benchmarks/3dmark_-_steel_nomad_dx12/submissions/6074856 https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/164088570 https://hwbot.org/benchmarks/3dmark_-_speed_way/submissions/6074814 https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/164083593 https://hwbot.org/benchmarks/3dmark_-_port_royal/submissions/6074816 https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/164083791 https://hwbot.org/benchmarks/3dmark_-_time_spy/submissions/6074821 https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/164084556 https://hwbot.org/benchmarks/3dmark_-_time_spy_extreme/submissions/6074828 https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/164084873 https://hwbot.org/benchmarks/3dmark_-_sky_diver/submissions/6074861 https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/164089114 https://hwbot.org/benchmarks/3dmark11_-_performance/submissions/6074851 https://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/17000869

From your description I'm gonna guess your a windows user? Event viewer is your friend.... a useful tool. https://www.pcmag.com/news/how-to-troubleshoot-problems-in-windows-via-event-viewer

Here's the v100 https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/209889/nvidia-teslav100-32768-180223 P100 https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/283159/283159 The 5005mhz issue was because I was looking at my Titan X bios because I named it similarly It's showing 0mhz for p100 mem I still can't edit core clocks on either p100 or v100 though

F.ed......

Hello, Sorry I am a bit busy with stuff that is not CPR lately. Can you send me your vbios ? I can have a look in the program + with HEX editor to understand what is going on.

So I was experimenting with vbios on tech power up and my boss has some 32gb V100's so I loaded up their bios and I noticed the core clocks as seen by CPR are half while the memory clock is correct On the 16gb P100 core clocks are correct but memclock is represented as 5005Mhz while it's supposed to be 715, 715x7=5005 I won't have my p100 until monday I hope this helps

Longevity and reliability of P775TM1 are second to none for laptops. I doubt that any current laptops do match that because of bad thermals and motherboard design. Besides, buying a new laptop with 32+GB DDR5 would be pretty expensive, so upgrading the old one with 64+GB DDR4 does make sense financially.

mvolt+ Extreme works nice. The highest power limit I could find for a 5080 vBIOS was 450W. I used it to unlock the power limit. Set it to 600W and applied my previous mvolt+ overclock profile and the WireView Pro 2 showed it pegged above 600W throughout the entire Steel Nomad run and instantly beat my previous best score by about 180 3DMarks with no change in core or memory clocks. It was definitely crippled by power limit. Now I will have to play around with higher power limits above 600W, additional voltage, XBAR, Sys and core clocks to see what it can do with no power limits crushing the GPU's gonads. https://hwbot.org/benchmarks/3dmark_-_steel_nomad_dx12/submissions/6074610 https://www.3dmark.com/compare/sn/15702068/sn/16244399#

Everyone knows that; the point here isn't just about having a new and better PC. Modifying these old machines is a passion. In today's devices, everything is soldered onto the motherboard. It’s like the passion for a classic car sitting in the garage.

Muse - Supermassive Black Hole Because - it randomly came up in my feedtube and I had to try it. the music video is trippy!

Gonna need a bit more than that! What does it look like when it crashes? Crash to desktop? Any errors come up? What system you using? OS? Driver versions? Etc etc

Hello, Do you think it's possible to convert the 15 r3 into an 17r4 chassis? Got a 15 r3 that needs a new keyboard and palmrest but If I can find the parts I was tempted to convert it into an R4.. Let me know!

Hello everyone, I bought a slightly better edition of the game to play it early, however, it won't let me play. It crashes on launch and I'm at my wit's end here. Do you guys know of any fixes?

I got the fan in and unfortunately it will not fit the m18xr2. If you hear of any more mods let me know and I will do the same.

Yes unfortunately🥹 I would say yes, as i'm using thermal pads with different thickness so everybody can access the plate. Could be if being honest, but the general state of the card was and is good actually, but yeah GPU are not like RAM for examples that lives forever ahah Still on test to understand the issue, will try tomorow

Of course.

true! but how tho? i would need the mobo at the same time i think