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I'm trying to overclock the display on my M18x R2. It just upgraded it to a 3940XM and a GTX 1070, running SG from the unlocked bios (the NVIDIA Optimus option sort of speak). Right now it's at 60Hz and I'm trying to overclock it with CRU (Custom Resolution Utility) in Windows 10, hoping to get it to 85 Hz or something. But for some reason I just can't get it to work. I add custom resolutions with higher refresh rates to it like so: Afterwards I reboot the laptop and I should be able to see the added refresh rates, but I can only see the standard 2 which were already present (the 60Hz and 40Hz ones): If successful I should be able to see them there no? I know other users have overclocked their M18x displays using CRU. What am I doing wrong here? I see in CRU also the following display settings: Do I have to change anything here? I hope someone can help me out here as I've been stuck on this for half a day now lol :) I'm starting to think it has something to do with the fact that I'm using Optimus and Intel HD graphics is not allowing changing refresh rates. I tried adding a custom resolution in the Intel HD Graphics Control Panel: But it says that "Custom Resolution Exceeds Maximum Bandwidth". Even If I try to put a value lower than 60Hz. So it just can't be changed it seems. I read somewhere online that it took a while for Intel to change their drivers so that 3rd party EDID applications for internal and external panels on Intel platforms were allowed to make these changes to the refresh rates. But I also read they only did this for Intel 4th generation (Haswell) and up. But I have a 3rd generation Ivy Bridge. Which means I'm out of luck? How did all those other people achieve overclocking the display in the M18x R2 then? They're all running Ivy Bridge CPU's. Or is it because they have iGFX disabled and are only running on the discrete nvidia GPU? Because afaik that's not something I can do with the gtx 1070. I need to run in SG mode in bios, if I do PEG mode I get the 8 beeps scenario and get stuck. I don't think I can run purely on discrete GPU, or can I somehow?

It already was in the root C directory. I made the path as short as possible just to be sure, but the problem remains 😕 I tried an older driver (472.12) and it's the same thing. EDIT: Nevermind, I got it to work in the end. It's actually a really stupid thing. While disabling Driver Signature Enforcement, I pressed 7 on my keyboard and not F7. The weird thing is that after pressing 7 the laptop rebooted so I thought it was OK. Guess not... Now all is well! My m18x R2 is now running a 3940XM and a MSI GTX 1070 non g-sync. Can't wait to start playing around with it and see what it can do.

Man I'm really struggling with modding the INF file. Driver Signature enforcement is disabled. I downloaded the latest driver from the nvidia website (516.94 for Geforce 10 series which includes the gtx 1070). I extracted it with 7zip for ease. When running the setup (as admin) I got the incompatibility message as expected, so I went looking for the INF file to mod. So far so good. I wasn't really sure which file it was as in the latest drivers the filename is different than what I saw in most guides. I presumed the correct file was nvdmig.inf Altered it (following the video from ssj92 on youtube) and I did get past the compatibility check. I start the installation and everything looks fine but while installing the graphics driver after a minute or so it stops and gives me an error that something went wrong and it can't install. I have no idea why. Anyone who has encountered this before and has a solution? FYI this is my hardware ID: DEV_1BA1&SUBSYS_05501028 And I added the original unaltered file in attachment to this post. Anyone willing to give it a go? 🙂 I'm pretty sure I did nothing wrong. Or I'm altering the wrong file. There's also a nv_dispig.inf file, which I also altered, but didn't work either. I added that file to this post also (unaltered). I get passed the compatibility check but it fails after a while when installing the driver itself. There are no previous nvidia drivers as this is a clean windows 10 installation. I can see the Microsoft Basic Display adapter in my hardware as expected. Windows is also not updating anything on the background. Not sure what to do now or what is causing this issue... nvdmig.inf nv_dispig.inf

I'm kind of running into an issue I think. I ordered the custom MSI gtx 1070 heatsink and I noticed that the (I think) mosfets are not cooled by the block. See below highlighted zones: Will this be a problem? Or is it normal that these (whatever they are) are not cooled...

Just a question, should I run the A11 unlocked BIOS in UEFI mode?

Yeah I know, I ordered a custom 1070 MSI heatsink for the M18xR2 on ebay from China yesterday. And I did find a "1BA1" MSI GX 1070, so the non g-sync version. It's on its way here now. Got it for 300€ and it's brand new so I can live with that price.

I've heard rumors about gtx 1080's being used, but couldn't really find any detailed threads on any forum. I presume since these have an auxilary power connector that you can run the card up to a certain point without providing the extra power? I've read about 1080's without the auxilary power connector also, but finding one online, even a picture of it, that I was unable to do.

Yeah, think I'll order it. The thing is, the 1070 I got my eye on happens to be with ID "1BE1", so it is a g-sync one. Does it actually matter in the end? I'll have to use Optimus to make this card work as far as I understood. Doesn't that just mean the g-sync feature will just not be used and there is no other downside? Or is there something else I'm missing here...

Thx, that looks indeed to something similar that should work on the M18xR2. Also, I found this on ebay, which makes sure I don't need to modify any heatsink. Think I'll purchase it. It's made to fit the MSI cards with the piece sticking out: By the way, does it matter if it's a g-sync card or not in this case with the M18x R2?

The difference is not that big, but it's really hard to find RTX 3000 cards from PNY/Aetina/Adlink which require no mods. But I can get my hands on this specific GTX 1070 for like half the going price. Also, I'd rather try to find some answers first in stead of doing a risk/benefit analysis. I'll take a gamble when I don't find any answers.

Hi all, I was hoping to get some advice on this. I've been going back and forth between upgrading to an RTX 3000 or an GTX 1070. Since I have the chance to buy a GTX 1070 for very cheap right now, I decided to do that and maybe upgrade to an RTX 5000 at a later stage. The GTX 1070 in question is this one, I think it's an MSI one: I have a couple of questions: 1) I know it's a bit larger than MXM 3.0b standard but with cutting the MXM slot in the corners and modding the (Nvidia 100W) heatsink a little bit, should I be able to fit it? I can't seem to find any example online of someone using this specific card it seems. 2) Will the 120W power draw be fine in the 100W MXM slot? Or will I experience throttling because of this? And if it's a problem, will I be able to fix this? (with altered vbios for example). If anyone has an answer to either of these questions, that would be awesome. Thanks!

Thanks for the clarification @ssj92! The 1070 seems to score a little bit better in a synthetic benchmark as far as I could tell, but it's close enough. And as you say stuff like DLSS and Ray tracing give it an edge that tips the scale towards the RTX 3000 for sure. Can't wait till you get the A4500 to see what it can do. I've been searching online for an RTX 3000 all day. I found some but all of them need some modding for the heatsink and alignment of the mounting holes which is off. I prefer not to mess too much with modding stuff. I couldn't find any that have the same layout as the Adlink/PNY/Aetina card. If anyone does know where I could get one, preferably on the second hand market, I'd be very happy with that information. In Europe they are impossible to find for sure ☹️

@ssj92I'm looking into reviving my M18x R2 myself. Just ordered a 3940XM and a triple pipe cpu heatsink to start off. Just a question, how does the rtx 3000 do against a gtx 1070? Why did you go the rtx 3000 route if I may ask? Do you know how they perform in comparison in real life conditions? And any specific reason you used the left GPU slot to mount the rtx and not the right slot? Isn't the other slot the "primary" slot? Or doesn't it make any difference...