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    You could also buy some kits that are using BFR or AFR ic and flash the G.Skill 2133MHz SPD into them, it might works flawlessly
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    That's a pretty nice find, was it the same with the previous 7x50 generation ? I kinda want the 7750 vbios for my RTX3000...
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    So ? 7560 and 7760 share the same vbios for this card ?
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    It's probably gonna be too thick...
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    Hi, I want a price estimate (Europe) for theses : - Alienware M17x R4, I7 2670QM, 8GB, no dGPU, so SSD, 1080p TN LVDS, decent battery + working motherboard and another display (1600x900 with no glass, wanted to fit a nice eDP display) + eDP cable - Dell Precision 7710, I7 6820HQ, 24GB 2400MHz, Quadro M3000M 4GB, 1TB Samsung 980, 1TB HDD, IPS 1080p, mid life battery - Dell Precision 7720, I7 7700HQ, 32GB 2666MHz, Quadro P3000 6GB, 1TB Samsung 980, 1TB+120GB SSHD, IPS 4k, new battery
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    Hi, I have a Dell Precision 7710 on which the M.2 2230 B-key (I believe) slot for wifi card doesn't work (PCIE not working to be precise), thats why I wanna use the 3042 B-key port, looking at the schematic of the board, the 3042 port also comes with PCIE capability. I was only able to find 3042 B-key to miniPCIE or M.2 "nvme" (M-key I believe) to M.2 2230 A-key. So I would like to know if any of those adapter exist or if there is a wifi card, either M.2 3042 or miniPCIE that use the smaller wifi antenna. Thanks
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    Hi, I ended up getting a 7720 for cheap (7700HQ/P3000 + a 7710 for 340...), I was thinking of getting a GTX 1070 for this laptop, I already have a standard Aetina that I need to fix but I also have a MSI 1070 but it doesn't fit the heatsink, does 7710 and 7720 share the same heatsink ? I was thinking of modding the 7710 heatsink to handle this MSI card. Do someone know how much power allow the 7720 to go through the MXM slot ? Thanks you
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    You should order 0.5mm, 1mm, 1.5mm and 2mm pads and try it, because it not only depends on thickness but on it's hardness too, also as I said earlier some cards don't use the same height for their coil (R22), it's a real nightmare to be honest... ARCTIC TP-2 are really decent and cheap thermal pads while being not that hard 🙂 Also as I think about it, depending where you live, you can get cheap enough Quadro P3000/P4000 that are similar to 970M~980M for the P3000 and better than a 980M for the P4000 while consuming about 50W and 80W in gaming respectively (it's really easy to cool them and because of the temp it should last longer), the P5000 is a GTX 1070 level of performance but it does draw above 110w and is really expensive. The M6700 is really similar to the M6800 so you can read this : The only downside of running a Pascal card on your setup is your LVDS screen, you MUST use optimus/switchable graphics so you might not get the full potential of your card on Internal display (mainly in higher fps games, below 60fps it's like 55 vs 60fps), on the other hand it should be fine on external display. If you still want or find cheaper 980M/M5000M, try to buy one with 6 mosfet installed (on the picture you attached there was only 3 mosfet above the R22 coil), because they share the load more evenly, so they are a bit cooler on their mosfet, and less prone to failure.
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    Hi, for myself any laptop still have a socket, it's usually called the "BGA socket" 😁 Indeed it's not that simple but when you have the right hardware it's a little bit longer. I'm here because I want to upgrade my Dell Precision 7720 from it's 7700HQ to an 8C/16T CPU, 9th and 10th are still using the same BGA1440 package. I believe the pinout is the same from 6th gen BGA1440 to 10th gen BGA1440 unlike LGA1151 (why bother to change when nobody is gonna upgrade his soldered CPU ?). So hardware wise it's probably fine, but I'm wondering where it's gonna get tricky software wise... Do any of guys ever saw or heard about an upgrade like that ? I know that I probably need to modify the bios like with LGA1151, the microcode, the ME, vbios etc BUT I don't know how well it's working with Dell, because indeed it's a Dell computer, that usually comes with some trickery... Maybe some Alienware users might enlighten me ? Thanks
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    It's for my recently cheaply bought Precision 7720 (current specs for under 200), I'm still uncertain if I'm gonna try to solder an 8c/16t 9th gen on this thing or not (even 10th gen share the same BGA1440 package). As for the dead GPU thing, it can be a great way to get cheap card that perform well 🙂
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    Hi, I have a Precision 7730 with a Quadro P3200 that I wanna upgrade, I'm specially looking for RTX3000/4000/5000 from Precision 7740 but I'm also fine with P4200/P5200. I'm buying defective card only cause I can fix them and it's cheaper for me. I can trade my P3200 if needed. On the other hand I'm also looking for a defective Quadro RTX A3000, A4000 or A5000 or RTX 3080 compatible with Dell Precision 7560, I can trade with my current RTX 3000 and cooler (Precision 7550).
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    pads thickness depends on the particular MXM card you got, like Dell version use slimmer coil than MSI for instance. I think you should get a mix for 0.5mm and 1mm pads, check the contact with a tiny bit of thermal paste (to see if it spread well), for the GPU you need to check if it's making good contact with the card, specially the mosfet on top, also make sure it doesn't bend the card, you can check the GPU pads contact outside the case (like screw the cooler on the GPU without being mounted on the board, to make it easier to check contact)
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    It's the "lower" part of the AMD heatsink where one of the three big coil of a 980M should be needs to be removed
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    Well, I checked and with the AMD heatsink you only to remove/grind like 1 or 2mm of copper/metal to make it work properly, whereas on the Nvidia/Kepler heatsink you need to remove a lot more. Since the Maxwell heatsink for the M6800 is very rare and expensive, the best solution is to mod the AMD heatsink which can be found very cheap.
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    So he responded me saying he was busy lately and didn't have time to play around with hardware mod so he don't have much to say 🙂 At least he knows that a "new" forum exist 😉
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    If I remember correctly the AMD heatsink for M6800 is more compliant to Maxwell and later card than the original Nvidia heatsink.
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    Attached are "working" vbios for Quadro P3000, P4000, and P5000 card. The P3000 was tested on a M6800 (should works on M6700 too), the P4000 was tested on a M6700 (should works on M6800 too) and the P5000 was tested on both M6700 and M6800. VGA Bios Collection: Dell Quadro P3000 6 GB | TechPowerUp VGA Bios Collection: Dell Quadro P5000 16 GB | TechPowerUp Presumably there is also a 86.04.2E.00.0C vbios for the P4000 that might make it boost higher than 1250MHz but it's not yet to be found. In any case you really should enable UEFI and disable the legacy oprom (by forcing only UEFI), otherwise you might wait like 2 min before something shows up on the screen like with my M6700 and P4000. Also a Quadro RTX 3000 (equivalent to 2060) from HP which is very similar to the MXM standard (need some heatsink modification) was working in a M6700 : Dell Precision M6700 : Nvidia Turing (RTX) card discussion thread | NotebookReview | NBRCHIVE Presumably both RTX 4000 and RTX 5000 with vbios 90.06.26.00.0C and 90.06.26.00.0D should works too, the RTX 3000 was running the 90.06.26.00.0B vbios attached in the post below edit : FLASH VBIOS USING CH341A WITH 1.8V ADAPTER, IT'S SO MUCH EASIER AND QUICKER Dell_Quadro_P4000(mobile)_86.04.2B.00.02.bin
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    I should email him the "new" forum then haha
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    I'm not looking into a R2 because I want a C2D/C2Q one. If I was caring about performance I would have upgraded my R4 😉 Furthermore it's my least prefered generation of Intel CPU ever haha. I just contacted him. That made me realise there was a third version on Alienware running C2D/C2Q (by order of realease) : - Alienware Area 51 M17X, using a GM965 chipset, usually 8800M GTX SLI and limited to FSB800, only dual core unless you BSEL mod a quad... not standard MXM, presumably switchable graphics since it's a chipset with graphics integrated (not sure) https://www.notebookcheck.net/Test-Alienware-Area-51-m17x-Notebook.11348.0.html - Alienware M17, using a PM45 chipset, usually HD 3870 X2 crossfire, can run any Socket P CPU, not standard MXM https://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Alienware-M17-Gaming-Notebook.14089.0.html - Alienware M17X (non Area 51) using a 730i Nvidia chipset (usually GTX280M SLI and "switchable graphics", can run any Socket P CPU, standard MXM) https://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Alienware-M17x-Gaming-Notebook.18781.0.html
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    Indeed your right, I didn't saw that, thanks.
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    There is two model of Core 2 generation as far as I can tell. The original M17 which is the crossfire version and is running a PM45 chipset while the M17x "R1" is the SLI version which is running a 730i chipset. https://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Alienware-M17-Gaming-Notebook.14089.0.html https://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Alienware-M17x-Gaming-Notebook.18781.0.html The M17 is only using dGPU for the display while the M17x R1 does come with a switchable graphics thanks to the onboard 9400M, that might get an important role in compability. My goal was to OC some C2D I have laying around and it looks like the M17X "R1" have the option in bios while the M17 doesn't... even though the M17 looks like it could be unlocked... I prefer the M17 chunky design/chassis over the M17x line-up and I'm not interested in the Nehalem architecture 😕
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    Hi, I'm looking into buying a M17 R1 (not M17x) with a QX9300 and a HD3870 (or two, it's unclear). I was wondering what was the best GPU working, is there any trouble with recent card and their vbios ? my goal is something like a GTX980M or maybe a Pascal card... Can I fit this laptop an RGB display (which should use eDP to LVDS iirc) ? Is there an eDP connector or solder pad present on the board ? Thanks you all 😉
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    Hi, I'm a bit curious about the 7670 thin version, will it be possible to configure it with the 12950HX without dGPU ? What about the cooling capacity of the heatsink or the long term TDP ? I'm actually using a 7550 with iGPU and the I7 10875H is able to run up to 100W (all core 4.3GHz undervolted) without overheating.
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    eDP on the M6700 is native, no MUX, it's directly wired to the dGPU. It works both in Legacy and UEFI mode (the latter one can display a clearer version of the Dell logo at boot). The only issue is to mount the panel, it require some modification, there is a thread about it on forum.51nb.com (but you need to be register now I believe)
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