Amir.s

Hey my friend! Any news or progress on the project? I’m sure that one day we’ll get this BIOS unlocked.

Just having a 5080 in your AGA means you’re definitely doing it right! This laptop has won me over so much that I honestly can’t bring myself to move on to another laptop. I really like the R2 as well. The 10900K is an amazing CPU, but since there isn’t much of a difference in GPU performance and it only has two RAM slots, I decided not to go for it. After upgrading the CPU to a 9900KS, the performance has become really impressive, even though there was never a properly optimized BIOS for it and the CPU is limited to 130W. Interestingly, the CPU temperatures have also dropped significantly. I was comparing the performance of Thunderbolt 5 and OCuLink, and the benchmark results with the same GPU I’m using were almost exactly identical. On top of that, I’m also really satisfied with the Area-51m’s appearance, design, and build quality. It’s a laptop I genuinely love in those respects. By the way, regarding the limitation that many people experienced with the newer BIOS versions, where GPU performance would become limited once the GPU reached around 75°C, I actually found a workaround for it. Because of that, I never had this issue even with BIOS versions newer than 1.5. I’ll post a guide explaining how to do it as soon as I get the chance. One more thing regarding RAM frequency: BIOS 1.7.3 and the older versions perform much better and are significantly more stable. There’s another point I always keep in mind: if I’m going to put a system under heavy load 24/7, constantly gaming and rendering on it, which setup is actually more reliable in the long run — an Area-51m paired with an AGA, or one of these sleek and delicate new-generation laptops with a single-piece motherboard where practically everything is soldered directly onto the board?

Could you tell me how you managed to access these menus? Maybe I can study the method as well and see if I can help with this.

I’m honestly really happy and grateful to see such talented and knowledgeable people on this forum. A big thank you to ssj92, janepa, and all the other members who generously share their knowledge, skills, and expertise with the community. It’s truly appreciated.

I saw this and it made me really happy.👍🏼

User ssj92 is also working on the same project and has made some progress. If you are familiar with this BIOS, perhaps you could work together with ssj92 and finally unlock this damn BIOS. Unfortunately, I’m not familiar with Aptio or its editing environment. However, if you need any files from my side, I can provide them and help however I can.

So, are you saying you can unlock the Area-51m BIOS? As far as I know, there’s no source or evidence so far that anyone has successfully done this. One of the guys on this very forum is currently working on it. If this BIOS can actually be unlocked, that would be really impressive.

I don’t know which generation of Aptio my laptop’s BIOS is.

How can I find out which version of Aptio it is?

This laptop was produced with several different motherboards with different part numbers. Which motherboard version do you have?

Within the next few days, I’ll send you several BIOS dumps from different versions. I’m just a little worried about downgrading to some of the really old versions, because I’m running a 9900KS on the laptop and my motherboard is the 2019 revision. There’s a chance that BIOS versions older than 1.5.0 might not be compatible with my setup.

If you manage to pull this off, you’ll be an absolute legend! Getting a truly unlocked BIOS and finally removing all those artificial limitations is the ultimate dream. I’m seriously hoping you can make it happen!

I have the full dump of BIOS version 1.7.3. I can send it to you in a few days because I’m currently traveling and don’t have access to my laptop right now. How far have you gotten so far? Have you unlocked the BIOS?

I’m thinking about upgrading my Area-51m’s RTX 2080 to 16 GB of VRAM. What do you guys think? Has anyone here done it?

If I can get my hands on an RTX 5080, I promise I’ll post an overall Time Spy score of over 25K 26k maybe even.