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Here it is. iasl-win-20260408 (2).zip

With the Zbook, arent they "different" Dreamcolor boards so could be a different issue? how the output is displayed? if I recall, Zbook G5 are P/N L28742-001 (been trawling the heck out of HP manuals lately to find P/N for the 8570W ( i find 653278-001 or 690626-001) for ours.

And the scumbag is ranked 71 on hwbot.... https://hwbot.org/users/mllrkllr88 Do you trust all results posted on hwbot? Sharing is caring... Isn't it?

Probably the best for several reasons. Not sure I have seen so many org Asus tentacle meltdown Asus cards this time around. If the connector melt into the GPU, then it's nice if it's the org Asus adapter fused to the card😀 Still, I don't like the solution. I hate that stupid lille connector. Even Jonny Guru at Corsair say the connector won't stay properly connected with the card when you pass 6 months. It will loose the connection and here we go... BOOOM! Corsair explains why 12V-2x6 still needs protection despite ... The revised mechanical design is a real improvement. But it’s not a complete solution, because connectors don’t stay fully seated forever. Cable tension from routing, vibration, the weight of a stiff cable pulling at the connector, repeated insertions over time – any of these can gradually work a connector loose. A connector that clicked in perfectly when you first built your system can develop marginal contact six months later without any visible indication. The physics of partial-contact heating are identical whether it was never fully inserted or worked loose after the fact.

For gaming very little benefit since there is no SLI hardware support and almost zero SLI support in terms of game development. You could use one for render and one for compute, and you could use Lossless Scaling for gaming. That would be a very expensive second GPU for that though. What GPU does your son have? If he has anything less than a 4090 it would be a nice upgrade for him. If you wanted to experiment with Lossless Scaling, you could use his GPU for that as a second GPU in your system. All of the above aside, having two matching 5080 Solid GPUs installed in your system would look pretty wicked. If you end up returning the new one you will have an "original owner" invoice with your name on it to register for warranty with Zotac. You could buy this one 5090 for roughly the cost of 4.5 5080s if you wanted to do something extra-stupid and frivolous with your money. https://www.overclock.net/threads/msi-rtx-5090-lightning-z-65-of-1300-custom-loop-compatible.1819519/?post_id=29587541#post-29587541

Would be awesome if running two RTX 5080’s was useful for something. 😂 They really match so perfectly together!! Maybe there is a benefit? Or a waste.

Best possible outcome. Feels like when my EVGA 1600w P2 started to falter a few months ago and I couldn't lock down where the failures or sporadic errors were coming from and had to start from the ground up to isolate the PSU. The cables really are the weakest link this time around. I know with my 4090 and 5090 I kept the pigtail plugged in at all times even when swapping out. Many times for motherboard upgrades I would remove the GPU from the slot and lay it still connected on the lower part of the case. Could have been just the absolute pounding you gave that cable and the limited times you have to plug and unplug it before it starts to degrade.....which is insane to think on a cable meant to handle 600w+..... Gigabyte Gaming OC cards in general are not built that great. Master and Elite cards get the love. Glad you're back up and running! Let us know which one is the superior GPU. I'm curious to see vmax, best OC, best UV and overall temps head to head. The only real way to do it now is to use the dreaded tentacle for a few reasons to bench multiple cards: #1. You can keep the 12vfail connector connected at all times #2. It makes it easy to bench and test traditional 8-pin PCIE GPUs since you have 4x 8-pin leads at your disposal.

the same for me, i need external video output at least one from the GPU

Considering the 128 GB of RAM, it is worth buying.

This become a problem because you had good contact in first place. Once removed and the connection will break and you get a problem. Cables have now become a consumable items. I mean the tiny trash called 12V-2x6. Those cannot be reused as the good old 8-pin cables. Benching the old gpu's ain't very fun anymore because you need to take out and in your new and shiny GPU if you want the newest in you rig after bench sessions. The modern cables ain't up to task. This tiny trash ruined my hobby.

Yeah, the Zotac hate is really ignorant. They make great GPUs. Their warranty sucks, but the same can be said of other brands. A$$zeus and Gigabutt look for excuses to deny warranty for totally illegitimate reasons. A warranty that isn't honored because a company is dishonest is the same as having no warranty. Tony from Northwest Repair has mentioned in several videos that the Zotac GPUs are very well made. I think he has even said they are the best built. They have fuses to protect them and some of the more popular and more expensive brands do not.

Yes! Very very hard to buy a 5090. That guilt is STRONG after buying one too. Today’s prices are nuts. 5080 is a value and gets the job done!! Gone are the days of high end affordable GPU’s. It’s a rich man’s club now. EDIT: So happy I found the issue! When that 2nd brand new Zotac RTX 5080 locked my PC up, I was concerned and relieved at the same time. Relieved that the RTX 5080 was not defective. But also worried what the issue could be. The bad cable was ran daily on a shunt modded 5090FE, so it must have took the cable out I guess. What’s weird though, is I had no issues running the 5090FE up until the day I pulled it from the system. So I think maybe it sitting it just degraded? It’s so weird. I’m going to do some testing now and see which is the best GPU! I would prefer a low voltage low power queen if I had to pick. I don’t know what all the fuss or hate about Zotac is either. Both of these cards are built incredibly well. I had a Gigabyte 4090 Gaming OC, and that thing felt like a Dollar General toy lol. 😂 these cards feel nice and look very high quality.

Yay! That's great news. As much as I love my 5090 and I am glad that I have it, at current prices I would not even consider buying one again. The 5080 is a little weaker than a 4090 but out of the three options it is the only GPU that makes any sense financially. If you can even find a good used 4090 they are selling for prices that are just about as stupid as 5090 prices. I really like my 5080. I didn't feel dirty or like an idiot after buying it based on the price.

IT WAS THE CABLE!! I think my 5090 did it in lol. Swapped the 12vhpwr. No crashing!!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

Sounds like switching the cable might do the trick if you are passing a SN stress test. Much further than you had gotten before from the way it sounds. Were you able to look at the PSU end of the 12VHPWR cable? If that adapter is working it could be the cable or the PSU, or maybe a bad connection on the PSU end of the cable (or melted at the PSU end).

I am trying a different PSU cable to see if that helps, so far it’s a 6/20 loops in Steel Nomad 🙏. Previous cable was a Lian Li 12vhpwr to 12vhpwr. Now I’m trying a 2x8pin to 12vhpwr. If this fails I will try another PSU. I cleaned the PCIe slots with MAF automotive cleaner. It’s great! It leaves behind zero residues unlike how alcohol can. I pulled all (12) ram sticks and cleaned those as well. I’m thinking CPU socket pins could be suspect as well if a new PSU+cable doesn’t resolve the issue. Maybe the shunt modded 5090 was just too hard on the little 1200 unit or its cable…😂 Would be curious to just test both cards and see which is the best!!!

This is exactly why I urged testing it in your son's computer. It is certainly possible that there might be something wrong with the 12VHPWR cable or the PSU. I would also look closely at the PCIe slot to make sure there is not some fuzz or other debris inside of the slot that is blocking contact with the contacts on the GPU. If your motherboard is PCIe 4.0 I would also try manually setting the PCIe speed for the GPU slot to whatever its maximum spec is rather than leaving it set to Auto. Are you going to try to return the new one, or give your son a nice upgrade?

I have one with 3d display and 5090. Feel free to ask anything about it. Bought it for 4000$

Hi! I have opportunity to buy clevo x170 SM-G (Dream machines,) 128 ram 10900K 2080 super 4TB SSD 1000$ Is this good price?

Just an update. I have another issue going on with my computer.. Both 5080’s crash and lock up my PC. Yes I bought a brand new one from Newegg lol. (Now I have two) I am not sure what it could be. My system was perfectly fine when I unplugged my 5090 at the very end of 02/2026. Now here I am in 05/2026 and it’s locking up after 5 minutes of rendering anything 3D. I have two functional 5080’s it seems. Maybe bad PSU? I have ran R24 and Ycruncher and those run fine .

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Specifically for the GT60s, aside from the extremely rare models with 3K or 4K IPS screens, you have no choice but to use Optimus because all the other versions are LVDS. That said, the Quadro RTX 3000 works very well with Optimus, for example. I think a Quadro RTX 5000 could do the same with a mod to the heatsink. The RTX 4060 was properly routed with Optimus, and gaming performance was very good — the gain compared to the Quadro RTX 3000 was huge despite the CPU bottleneck. Honestly, if we could just fix this video output issue, and apparently the EC could be manually modified for the fans, then we might not be far from also getting these cards to work properly on older MSI GT60/70 models. I think on the GT72 and later models, it should work with the eDP mod though.

I'm curious. So his GPU has HDMI in DP_D then? If it has simple DP in DP_D, it should have worked. As "eDP" HDP are just DP signals. I think the RTX Turing will work (if all ports are DP/DP++) on the Zbook G3 17. Sadly not with the X-Vsion nor with ZRT cards 😕