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  2. SuperMG
    The RTX 4070 uses the standard MXM layout and X-bracket layout. The A4000 is different, it's not standard MXM layout because of the core offset, which is in the middle. However a standard X-bracket will work on the A4000 like on the RTX 4070. For both layouts, 4070 and A4000, you need some new heatsinks because of their higher TDP and the different MXM layout.
  3. Nizmeïster
    Hi, do you know what the difference is in terms of mounting holes and GPU position between the A4000 and an RTX 4070, for example?
  4. Papusan
    Microsoft said Windows 11 is the most secure OS ever. Hence they locked out slight older hardware from updating to the latest and greatest... And that 16GB ram is a must-have for their latest and greatest. A Windows 11 bug blocks all updates since February. Here's what to do A Windows 11 bug tied to the January preview update has blocked all updates since February, including ones with critical Secure Boot certificates. Microsoft says Windows 11’s explorer.exe has been unstable across taskbar, sign-in, and Task View,... May 22, 20260 Microsoft says a known Windows 11 issue causes the taskbar to freeze immediately after you sign in and is rolling out a fix. Microsoft pushed 16GB RAM as must-have for Windows 11 for years, now sells an... May 21, 20260 Microsoft spent months declaring that 16GB of RAM is the absolute minimum requirement for its next-generation Copilot+ PCs. However, the company just completely contradicted its own AI strategy by announcing a $1,300 Surface Laptop for Business that will ship with a measly 8GB of memory.
  5. ssj92
    You can run rtx 3000 but it will be limited to dx11. For some reason dx12 doesn't work with intel hd 3000. I am still looking into that
  6. electrosoft
    Excessive coil whine is an instant return/sell off no matter the card. Remember when 3090s were so hard to get on launch and I scored that 3090FE from BB? It was good for about a month then suddenly developed the most insane coil whine I've ever heard. I sold it off near cost just to get it out of my face and limped along with a 3060 for months till I got my 3090KPE. That is how much I can't do excessive coil whine..... I would probably take that EVGA P+ 1300 outside and go Office Space on it like it was a copier...... 🤣
  7. melissa2006
    It is running at SG mode with 2920xm. I have no idea what any of those are. But truly remarkable that you were able to make Maxwell work m18x. i ran one stress test and my clocks were fine. But tesla m6 seemed to have a weird fan curve. do you think this bios would help a single RTX 3000 to work in SG mode?
  8. electrosoft
    That's a good idea using that invoice for warranty work unless the original buyer registered it already..... Newegg has bundle deals for the "limited edition" Asus Matrix 5090 if you want to continue spending that stupid money ranging from ~4900 to ~6100 before tax.... https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?N=601469153 100007709 8000 50001315&d=5090+matrix&Order=2 Scary thing is this is MSRP..... Rev three needs a locking fold over clamp that can't move over time or a complete redesign would be even better.... X3D is the magic sauce especially at lower resolutions and on laptops where memory is so gimped. It is even worse in Fallout 76. I tested an open box Asus 16" with a 9955X3D and 5070ti against my Alienware at QHD and even with a 5070ti it just stomped that 275hx into the ground on laptops vs the 275hx. It isn't even fair. You are absolutely right. On Desktop with tuned clocks and especially memory, WoW on Arrowlake, especially at 4k, is a smooth ride. I'm expecting Nova Lake to couple Intel's overall superiority with finally admitting a big cache makes a huge difference. I haven't been this excited for a new architecture since Alderlake. If Intel REALLY wants to make us happy, offer a special edition 8, 10 or 12 P core only monolithic variant of Nova with that monster cache and watch gamers flock back to Intel in droves. I've been using 4.11. Definitely re creating with 4.14.... It shouldn't be this hard and seems a tad morally sus to keep pounding useless features (aka data collection and more) down our throats when we simply want the option to NOT want it and categorize it properly as "optional" and not have to use it. Forced account creation Tying One Drive more and more to the ecosystem Store features rammed down our throats data collection everywhere "Cloud everywhere!" AI propagation everywhere.... I want Windows to be Windows 7 levels of tied to M$ and that's it. I'd prefer XP levels, but I'll compromise at 7. You are an OS first and foremost, be one. My M$ account was recently reset due to suspicious behavior. 2FA was the wall they slammed up against in the end. Easy enough to recover, but this is why I have nothing and I do mean NOTHING tied to my M$ account and nothing of importance ever gets done through Edge, ever. If someone was actually able to login and gain access to it even briefly, I know their initial elation was immediately followed by groans of disappointment in the barren ghost town that are my online repositories. Most of my family and friends are fully doubled down in the M$ cloud and One Drive, but I jettisoned that eons ago when Windows Phone died a painful death and I went back to iPhone. You'll be back soon enough..... 🙂
  9. ssj92
    Good to hear the bios works well. I haven't tested tesla m6. Is it in SG mode or PEG? PEG shouldn't work in M6 since it's missing display outputs. Do some more tests, run 3dmark firestrike to make sure the card actually clocks up. I haven't tested M18xR1 yet,but M17xR3 SG fix broke clocks and needed 100 more bios builds to fix. I ported the logic to M18x so it might work. PEG fix: BIOS/display handoff patch so Maxwell can boot as primary GPU. SG fix: BIOS policy patch plus ACPI/AML porting so Intel graphics can own the display while the NVIDIA card is handled correctly as the secondary GPU.
  10. melissa2006
    I was able to boot with Tesla m6 only! Amazing work. Just curious what did you fix to make Maxwell 2 to work?
  11. SuperMG
    By a little (2mm) Don't worry it'll work as I have an a5500 + R4 ready for the next week
  12. ssj92
    Attached is a bios made with time, effort, money, and love. This file is BUILD 285! ***Alienware M17xR3 BIOS Version A26CS Changelog:*** -Updated CPU Microcode to latest available in 2026 -Updated Intel RST (RAID) OPROM to 12.9 which supports TRIM in RAID0 for SSDs -Updated Intel iGPU vBIOS to v2171 -Fixed PEG mode allowing Maxwell 2 (980M, 970M, M3000M, M4000M, M5000M) and Pascal (P5000, etc) to work (Turing is still not working in PEG eDP) -Fixed SG mode for Maxwell 2. Pascal and Turing work as well. Need amphere and ada testers! -Added BIOS overclocking support! You can overclock a 2920XM/2960XM in bios! Untested on QM but you can test for me. -Some other changes I might have forgotten. I am still trying to port 16GB memory support, UEFI support, and potential Above 4G DECODE Download Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16WRgMK4qCosFdiPED0PBV3QhXl36-tLY/view?usp=sharing Feel free to buy me a coffee or 12 pack of beer: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=XBHCLPNYCMDP2 I still have more plans to update these BIOS' but wanted to get some feedback at least since I don't have a inf amount of cards.
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  13. ssj92
    Following my M17xR3 bios, I have decided to release this one early. Attached is a bios made with time, effort, money, and love. This file is BUILD 285 (from M17xR3) ported to M18x! ***Alienware M18xR1 BIOS Version A26CS Changelog:*** -Updated CPU Microcode to latest available in 2026 -Updated Intel RST (RAID) OPROM to 13.5 which supports TRIM in RAID0 for SSDs -Updated Intel iGPU vBIOS to v2171 -Fixed PEG mode allowing Maxwell 2 (980M, 970M, M3000M, M4000M, M5000M) and Pascal (P5000, etc) to work (Turing is still not working in PEG eDP) [NOTE: Pascal doesn't work on LVDS display so for now, this is only true for M17xR3. Pascal DOES work in SG.] -Fixed SG mode for Maxwell 2. Pascal and Turing work as well. Need amphere and ada testers! -Some other changes I might have forgotten. I am still trying to port 16GB memory support, UEFI support, and potential Above 4G DECODE Download Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-RfvaQ9otmHO9HjbiRn2nYnDiK_lxDlc/view?usp=sharing Feel free to buy me a coffee or 12 pack of beer: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=XBHCLPNYCMDP2 I still have more plans to update these BIOS' but wanted to get some feedback at least since I don't have a inf amount of cards.
  14. ssj92
    Try this M2000M vbios: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18D_VxdfP5vFDvV3QWdOqQ7v5JwK4SxtM/view?usp=sharing Also I made a post for M18xR1 bios and M17xR3 bios
  15. tps3443
    Im not sure if I’ll keep them both yet. I may return one. I do like them though. Build quality of Zotac is pretty good. It feels dense and high quality. I have never owned a Zotac GPU before now. I’m going to research dual GPU’s a bit and see if there are any benefits. Edit: One more thing, neither of these Zotac’s have any coil whine. I think that’s one of @electrosoft big pet peeves. Speaking of which. Man I wish I could send you a power supply so you could have a listen your self. It’s an EVGA 1300 P+, It’s only a back up unit. But it is the loudest power supply you’ll ever hear in your life. Full on screaming coil whine that changes with mouse movement. YOU WOULD LOVE IT! I mean, you can hear it across the house.
  16. ssj92
    Not the physical cable length but the actual tabs that connect over the mxm pins?
  17. melissa2006
    I got a dell m2000m + Chinese Tesla m6 today. This is what happened: Stock: PEG 780m SLI, Uefi enabled SG mode - m2000m stuck at Alienware logo. - 780m stuck at logo 780m + Tesla m6 = screen has a “-“ at left upper corner and nothing happens PEG - m2000m + Tesla m6 = 8 beeps PEG - m2000m = 8 beeps any advice would be appreciated!
  18. SuperMG
    There's always a solution for everything (unless we're talking about Nvidia vbios modding, it's impossible:/). You can do: Custom heatsinks, custom mxm holding, etc.
  19. FrancoTecno
    for example, HP MXM cards dont fit due to a few mm of gpu holes dissalignment
  20. FrancoTecno
    1- quadro rtx a4000 dont fit with the GPU holes. this laptop dont use a X bracket and it have the supports soldered into the motherboard, follows the original mxm 3.0 type B format. the gpu die its on the left 2 - for vram upgrade isnt necessary to find a VBIOS, you need to solder a double density vram modules and change a resistor strap to make them working
  21. SuperMG
    Or get the Quadro RTX A4000 for 350€. 16GB VRAM, RTX 3070 level. It's a DP/HDMI/HDMI/DP card. RTX A3000 12GB is 250€ but it's low TDP. (no backlight mod adapter included on both) For the Turing RTX 3000, I don't think there are 12GB modded VBIOS for it.
  22. FrancoTecno
    actually my best upgrade option is to buy a quadro rtx 3000 and make the 12gb vram mod. because i like a stable gpu with 8gb of vram or more. this is my only main system. isnt an auxiliary laptop so i need the most safe option to upgrade
  23. FrancoTecno
    edp cable doesnt exist, it uses an eDP to LVDS converter internally, in theory you can quit it and modify some traces to make it eDP but its a high risk of making it
  24. FrancoTecno
  25. SuperMG
    It's actually better to get an RTX card to work internally. Please find the eDP cable for this laptop or make one by studying the schematics. It's just wires and connectors, no chips in the cables.
  26. FrancoTecno
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