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You can just look it up on the forum/there is a github repository with a bunch of them/there is a thread on a chinese forum by dsanke himself where you can find everything you need (flashing tool, bios, readme etc)

I upgraded from a 7700K to a QTJ1 and it was more than worth it... The CPU is almost twice as fast :)) Even tho I had to bump down my RAM from 2400 -> 2133 MHz, it was still worth it. Just a bit of a bummer that I couldn't get faster RAM speed :)))

It depends on how lucky you are :)) Some do get good memory controllers on them and get them up to 2900 or 3200 :))

The memory controller on these CPUs is absolute trash :)) Thats why. Mine boots with 2400MHz, but is stable at 2133MHz.

U sure u got the right bios? You need to flash a bios with Intel ME disabled (I know Runix sent dsanke with ME disabled in some thread, you can easily find it). EDIT: You already flashed it before so you dont need this, but I'll leave it in in case somebody else needs it :))) Im really dumb and lack reading capabilities sorry :))) You can either do this with the previous cpu in and reflash the bios that way (I forget what the program used to do it is called, I think there are several anyway. I found mine in a post from dsanke himself on some chinese forum and downloaded all the stuff i needed from a baidu cloud drive 🙂 was really weird but it worked), or with a SOIC clip. Or there is also a way to do it with a usb drive but I never got that working 😞 Also I have a question myself... where the hell do yall find cheap MXM cards? All I can find is really really expensive :)))

Noticeable improvement to the ram speed achievable? Or just overall cpu performance? Once I get a new working GPU I'll try it :)) If I ever do :)))

What memory clocks is it reaching? Mine is kinda trash, won't do anything past 2133Mhz. The process of finding out was a real pain. Does anyone know the exact process to reset the cmos without removing the battery? It does say Fn+D should do that but it works 1/100 times it seems :))))

I am sure you already know, but I'm saying this for people who might be new: Throttlestop running in the background constantly overwrites the register telling the CPU not to boost while the GPU is under load (I forgot which register it was), so it works with no problem. But yeah, having it directly working in the BIOS would be nicer :))) Most people should have Throttlestop anyway, there is literally no reason not to undervolt the CPU in these laptops 🙂

I have asked a couple people about this. I lean towards the idea that GSync isn't usable with these CPUs but I'm not really sure :)))

Mmyee soo.. quick update: 1. I ran mats/mods and umm I got this: - i had to create a usb stick with mats/mods (lots of tutorials online) - plugged it into the laptop and changed the boot order so it would boot off of the usb stick ... but it didnt work - changed uefi boot to disabled and it did eventually seem to boot off of the stick (I say eventually because I had absolutely no image throughout this entire process... I just waited for the laptop to turn off) - here is the report: report-1080.txt I ran version 400, not sure if its right or not or whatever... no idea... despite the insane number of write errors (not sure if I ran mats/mods wrong or what) ... chip C1 seems weird... idk 2. I tested the gpu with a multimeter and all voltages seem to be fine: - Vcore: 0.7 - Vmem: 1.35 - other stuff: seems to be ok? not sure, i tested all of the inductors, i can add all of them if maybe that sounds like it could be a problem 3. Put everything back together... aaand... there is no fricking image anymore :(((( just the backlight turns on .... and also my laptop now BEEPS... not sure if post is different when you disable uefi or what ... I tried removing the cmos.. waiting... then plugging it back in in hopes that the bios would reset ... but there is no way to know for sure because the monitor is BLANK... (i tried holding down the fn + d keys but that trick never really worked for me... screw you and your weird key combinations Clevo)... The laptop gasps for life when it turns on: - turn on, run for like 5 seconds ... turn off - turn back on, fans whoosh once (not sure if it has anything to do with the modded dsanke bios im using, ive seen this happen before) and then it runs with no problem, screen backlight turns on, no image!!! Holding down keys in this state comes with a faint ... beep? i would call it idk, a muffled sort of beep or tap... not sure why ... not even sure if im booting into windows, not sure whats happening behind the scenes... And also there is sometimes a weird ... gurgle or idk bzzz sound that happens only once (it's probably the gpu screaming for help) Because I am incredibly smart and definetly not a dumbass I tried this trick: press windows key + write down spotify + enter + space key... hoping something would happend (would confirm im inside windows) ... but spotify acts weird sometimes, especially when you come out of a shutdown and not sleep :))) Of course it did not work, my life could not be THAT easy. I have not tested an external monitor ... I will, hopefully tomorrow or at some point, but I am closer to acceptance than ever, maybe I'll throw the entire laptop out the window at this point :)) If yall recognise any of this behavior or have any (and I mean any, I'm desperate) kind of suggestions, please let me know 🙂 Thanks!

I see, thanks! I will look into it! 🙂

Romania, close enough :)))

I used this video specifically to run mods/mats :))) thank you though! Ummm ... I guess I could do that, I'm not that afraid of a multimeter I guess I dont really trust local shops to be honest, but maybe I'll find somebody who knows their stuff Mmyee... :)) I'll think about it a bit more ... I don't mind the price of the gpu as much as i mind the 250$ I have to pay for the heatsink :((

I wonder if reflashing the vbios would help in any way (yes I am in the bargaining stage of grief, acceptance will eventually come but untill then i wanna exhaust all other options). Has anybody dealt with this before or? (also yes i keep bumping the post maybe more people will see it and respond :))) )

I ran mats/mods just to see if maybe its one singular chip that's bad or it's something else... don't really know how to interpret the results tbh :))) it's all just write errors... lots of them :)) report.txt I guess it's a dead memory controller? Honestly no idea but that means that the gpu is dead for good :)))