"2666mhz from 2400mhz by changing variable 0xA63 to 6B and variable 0xA64 to 0A." 0A6B = 2667 in decimal. 

By that logic then the original values in hex should be 0960 = 2400, 0xA63 as 60 and 0xA64 as 09.

This is all coming from the discussion about the blue pictures below of RU.efi. The top screen capture is about CL edit of the RAM timing (when trying to support 2933mhz) where bottom screen capture is mhz speed edit.

2933 in decimal is 0B75

0x0941,0x0942,0x0947 are 18 decimal and appear to be the CL 18-18-18 settings. Where is tRAS and tRC? tRAS appears to be 0x0945

Example SPD settings I see from CPU-Z @ 2400mhz

so as mentioned .. how to get ICC profile for a laptop screen since its not easy to find the model number? 

I had planned an upgrade of the 9900 to 9900K, got one from eBay after confirming the user never updated their BIOS. A flash from 1.27.0 to 1.12.0 worked fine and then I used recovery method to downgrade to 1.3.2 which resulted in no boot. I then swapped to 9900K and system booted with 1.3.2 BIOS. I immediately changed BIOS settings to disable firmware capsule update. 

I have tried most every fix, even search rhe driver OD for the “I2C HID” device and installed/repaired multiple times…

could the Recovery OS do ot?

i swapped touchpads for nothing!!! Lol

just looking to see who’s swapped an R5 board into an R4, could that be the reason why it doesn’t work?

did anyone tried or read somewhere if it's possible to install motherboard from r5 model to r4 case? Motherboards looks very similar, there are few minor differences but maybe someone pulled that off and can advice if it's worth the trouble?

everything is setup in the bios correctly but tpm.msc and security processor shows blank as if its not enabled or present.

is anybody able to do bios mods or know anybody able to do bios mods able to help out please ?

anyone has those older versions ?

the oldest i could find on dell support web is this 

- command center V 5.4.35.0_A00 from april 2022

- Over clocking application 1.3.60.1380_A00 jan 2002

im looking for older from at least 2020

I'm looking at buying an M17 (2018-2019) with i7 8750H & RTX 2070 but in my research I've found the M17 apparently never had an official 144hz option? only 60hz.

Has anyone upgraded their M17 to 144hz? I can see plenty of 17" 144hz panels available on ebay but confirming one has been done would make me feel better before purchasing. 🙂

temps were ok when it booted between 40 and 52 degrees C , however once i started the stress test, it spiked to 95 then 100 in a few seconds which is not the normal behaviour i see with KPX thermal paste (spikes to 70s the goes up gradually from there ) 

so this means to me that the liquid metal doesn't have a good contact between the IHS and the heatsink. but i added a suitable amount of it and my temps are stable with the KPX thermal paste...

unfortunately i didn't take any pictures. 

i am trying to rack my brain what else could be the issue,  any idea what could be the cause, could it be that there is a gap between the IHS and the heatsink but it only shows with liquid metal because it is too thin ?

so this thread is going to be in two parts. 

1 - all i could gather as a current information and files for the bios and the vbios of the device 

   - all the new updates of the bios starting from V 1.7.3 and above has a lock to not let the GPU surpass 75 degrees C so the only current solution i know is to revert back to bios V 1.5 which doesn't have this setting . however to prevent dell from auto updating your bios back to the a later version we have todo the following 

  * uninstall dell support assestance before downgrading the bios 

  * disabling the UEFI capsule update in the bios under the security tab . 

after doing that you are good to go downgrading the bios to V 1.5.

  * after doing that its time to update the Vbios so the new updated Vbios V 1.0.0.5 does not allowing the GPU to pass the 150W mark so the solution i know is to revert back to V 1.0.0.3 which will allow it to go upto 200W ( still low by the way ) but better then 150W limit. the good news is that downgrading the vbios is much easier so you can just download it from the youtube link below and follow the video 

here is the link to the youtube link to the process including all the required files 

NOTE: thanks to the guy who created the video he really helped alot by doing that 

2 -  all the questions i have regarding the same subject :

   - is there availble unlocked bios for this laptop ?

   - is there available a modded Vbios for this 2080 GPU to raise the wattage and down volt it ?

   - if all the above is not possible , is there any other way to override this limitations ? ( i have an alienware 18 with 4930MX and i'm using throttlestop to overclock it ) but i was hopping for away to do that from bios same like what i used to do with my lovley M18X R1

any suggestions is really appreciated.

i started by find the location of the sound card and check the availability of adding the subwoofer directly to the sound card socket . since the socket ( as shown in the pictures has 10 wires connector , 8 of them goes to the 4 speakers ( 2 on each side ) but the last 2 are empty ..

i connected the subwoofer 2 wires to the last 2 empty spaces in the socket but it didnt work , i'm not sure why . anyways i decided to split the last 2 wires for one of the speakers and connect the subwoofer to it and see what happens ... it worked and the subwoofer came alive ... 

it was time to find the physical location for the subwoofer , the challenges are the followings:

1- need space that physically fits

2- to be very close to the sound card to eliminate a longer wire which could add more resistance to the system for no reason 

3- have is stand on a flexible rubber or something to eliminate the vibrations 

4- add some sort of a tape to the top of the subwoofer box to reduce noise as much as possible 

i used the subwoofer from the alienware 18 since the m18x subwoofer is a bit deeper then the one in the alienware 18 and i started to cut the box in order for it to fit the location. 

unfortunately the only place that has enough clearance for the subwoofer is the place which the hard drive sets . so if u like to do that u should know that the secondary hard drive should be removed .. the good part is that the subwoofer works well .. not as great as it is in the m18x due to the reduce in the subwoofer box size ( which shows in the pictures ... )

- i thought about opening the ssd secondary hard drive and see the size of the inside chip to see if i can fit it in the remaining place next to subwoofer so i dont have to sacrifice the third SSD that i have ... 

i had to do some measurements and cuts in order for it to fits but it fits ..which took a couple of hours 

i added a 3M double side tape to the bottom of the subwoofer to fix it in place and reduce vibrations 

i added a 3M double tape to the top of the subwoofer box ( removing only one side to stich to the subwoofer box and keep the top tape cover to not stick to the laptop bottom cover. 

the subwoofer pox is not completely sealed yet from the sides which i dont know if it can effect the sound quality or no ... but there is no need to seal the bottom of the box since its sealed by the laptop palm and the mouse pad . 

the result is overall good , there is a deep sound to any song and some bass to it ( not as strong as the m18x ) which could be due to the box size being smaller or the subwoofer being too close to the laptop bottom cover ( i think that could be solved by create an opening in a shape of a louvers at the laptop bottom cover to release the sound ( like the attached reference picture) but i dont want to damage my cover. 

here is my experience and i'm open to any suggestions.. 

hope that helps

i attached the one i cant find ..

the second one is kind of interesting since its vapor chamber for the R1 from EBAY which as far as i know came on the R2 only. 

here is the link for it , out of curiosity any one used it or came across this ?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/264882164884

so i decided i will disassamble the stock heatsink and remove the fans too to see if there is any dust stuck between the fan and the heatsink vints ( after removing the heatsink from the laptop u will have to remove a 4 small scrows and 2 electrical tapes each side which hold the fan in place )

and OMG it was completly blocked by dust and no wonder it was thermal throtteling . so i did the folowing :

- used an old soft tooth brush to remove all the dust from the heatsink vints and blow it next with a hair dryer 

- used the same tooth brush to clean the fans with some rubbing alcholl and blow it with the hair dryer 

- add new thermal paste ( KPX the best i ever tryed ) 

then i assambled everything back. 

resaults is great ,

- no thermal throttling on the GPU at all ( please note that i'm using a MSI afterburner to undervolt the GPU ) i'm at 1950mhz @ .943V all stable. 

- CPU thermal throttle at 5.1ghz while rendering 3d max vray or adobe premiere pro when exporting a video after 2 or 3 minutes but rather then this ( gaming or editing or installing softwares ) no issues no throtteling at all . 

I tested the SONNET PUCK RX 5700 and a Devil Box with RX 5700 XT.

When I plug in the ROG STRIX RTX 3090 , it blue screen with " DMA VIOLATION " message

Update: I believe that Alienware blacklist RTX GPUs. Ran the RX 6900 XT, picture below with zero issues. 

GPU: Asrock RX 6900 XT LC 16GB OEM

EGPU: PowerColor Devil Box

PSU: SFX 850 Watts Platinum Grade

2015+ Alienware 13/15/17/51m 

into:

2015-2020 13/15/17/51m 

2021+ X14/15/17/M15/17 R5+ 

Just a thought. Or some sort of new way to organize them otherwise there will be a lot of models covered in the one section.

For $750 shipped , I got the prestige R2 version with i7-10700K : 32GB 4666mhz Ram : Raid 1TB (512GB X 2) : 360HZ Screen : Dual Power Supply : and a defective RTX 2070 Super. 

Don't mind my X299 90% RGB Desktop Motherboard or the RTX 3090 OC Evangelion Edition on the bed hooked up to the Alienware lol. 

And don't mind my " building in progress... moble desktop " that is on the floor below the desktop . 😅😅

Not a bad deal BTW. 

It would be this screen 

https://www.blisscomputers.net/b173zan03-3-17-3-uhd-ips-lcd-screen-non-touch-infiniteydge-display-b173zan03-5-338033/ 

just for clarification  i'm currently using ic diamond on  the m18x r1 and the kryonaut on the area-51m 

the brands i have used in the past area 

- thermal grizzly kryonaut

- arctic mx4

- IC diamond

- thermal grizzly conductonaut (liquid metal)

please feel free to list any other brands and your experiences with them .