ssj92

4 minutes ago, amirhesamsadeghpour said:

 

 

This 4K, 60Hz panel has a connector similar to your panel — 40-pin, 25 mm.

 

 

Ask the seller to send a photo of the eDP connector

So theoretically I can remove my 1080p 144hz whole display assembly. Install this one and the eDP connector should reach/fit my RTX 2080?

Will Tobii still work too?

I am debating on ordering it. Always wanted 4K panel on my Area-51m. 

Seller hasn't replied yet

@amirhesamsadeghpour so if I buy this, will it be plug n play? I have rtx 2080 & 1080p 144hz panel now. 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/326926666398?_skw=alienware+area-51m+uhd+display+assembly&itmmeta=01KTPPGA2RV1JASF7A8ERH5K4T&hash=item4c1e590a9e:g:Y5AAAeSwG0VpTBVG&itmprp=enc%3AAQALAAAA4GfYFPkwiKCW4ZNSs2u11xBX%2FnTDjq89xY7NlsI8xxPkohENCfoiysCIV3ctwYjoGlqEhdxrEQP%2BUB2FqkgWhH5j4ktV5ypn53ROzXl4wpuNp8xS19UHrqeUU39UyWge2rKe0MmDq4PsIwWYE0CEmI4fxfNOoMtdT6cQpmoxHXhs0ot5HBxSScBA9%2BxBw2xyD6KCK7z%2BDirnCkK%2BA0qKw2qVPZcDw26DpSxe2P3OEFzfDAl1W4QySPpsAx6UcIMagvS0Koc78JFY2ALBBYm6cI4Jbx25e7Bh6g4ANAxYftOw|tkp%3ABk9SR-qhwdbVZw

@2CPU @amirhesamsadeghpour

I'm running at 2933mhz, but what is the value to run at 3200mhz?

12 hours ago, DylSki said:

that's not too bad considering it was a much newer card than the M15X supported "officially" 

Regarding the Dell 970M card I purchased, The only thing I'll need is a modded driver? No need for a Vbios change? 

You'll have to test to find out. If 970M boots in M15x as is, then no vbios change should be needed 

11 hours ago, melissa2006 said:

I kinda browsed around to see what cards are available.

I ran across an interesting mod on ebay that there is a mxm to edp cable mod. I don’t know how much this will help with compatibility with certain cards.

 

edit: would a m2000m + Tesla P6 work in peg?

 

eDP cable is for M17x/AW17 series, M18x is LVDS only. 

Yes M2000M + Tesla P6 should work in PEG but I haven't tested it. 

fastest card I have tested is RTX 5000 in slot 2 PEG with m2000m in slot 1. 

10 hours ago, SuperMG said:

@ssj92did your A4500 from Aetina do 7 beeps?

 

I tested the A5500 without backlight mod,

 

First testing: 7 beeps with custom heatsink. Without custom heatsink (nothing for cooling), laptop can go to BIOS but nothing in HDMI.

 

pc seems to boot in windows with startup sound but then after reboot, 7 beeps.

 

RTX 4070 had no problem about 7 beeps, displays in bios, couldn't test Windows because no custom heatsink for it

A4500 was 8 beeps. no pc not even aw18 was able to boot it with stock vbios. flashing dell vbios allowed it to boot but code 43. 

7 beeps doesn't sound right, you said it can go into bios, so can you see that?

1 hour ago, DylSki said:

 

Awesome, what are your temps like with a 980 out of curiosity? 

I ended up buying a new old stock GTX 970M for £37 and a I7 940XM for £20 

 

going to see how the 970M performs for the time being and then get a 980M and throw this 970 into my grey M15X I also have. 

 

Temps can get a little high in the 80s but 980M doesn't run full power in m15x anyways. pretty sure I need a vbios mod for that. 

970m should be perfect 

I'm running 980M (1617) Clevo model perfectly fine in M15x. 

M5000M should run cooler though. 

No mods needed except driver INF mod

22 minutes ago, melissa2006 said:

Thank you for the registry mod!

 

My understanding is that:

SG RTX3000 only - limited to DX11

PEG M2000M + RTX 3000 = still have issues 

 

Will RTX 2060 work?

I tested up to RTX 5000 in SG and PEG. 

SG is limited to DX11

M2000M + RTX 5000 works DX12

8 hours ago, melissa2006 said:

Update 2: I used NVCleanstall to install 960m GeForce driver on my m2000m. Then I used the disk method from Device Manager to install 980m driver on my Tesla M6.

 

i just played a game of siege and it was running DX12 on my TESLA M6. Everything looked normal.

 

Thanks again for making this mod possible. I will keep updating on how things go and any advice is appreciated.

****

PS:Some interesting stuff I’ve noticed:

SG Mode Intel HD 3000 + Tesla M6 = No games will launch due to directx error. Disabling HD3000 will allow games to launch but at extremely low performance.

 

M2000M - Only works with the BIOS you provided. It’s DirectX level is (12_11). GPU-Z UEFI has a checkmark. Tesla M6 doesn’t.

PEG Mode M2000M appeared to be handling all background tasks, which saves the GPU load and VRAM for Tesla M6.

 

M18X R1 Display gives me eye faitgue. Using novideo srgb showed that the display is 6bit?(there is also a coaxial display cable that I don’t know what it is for). It uses dynamic dithering to function as 8bit. I changed it to static dithering and saved my eye fatigue.

 

 

 

In order to use GPU2 in SG or PEG mode, you need to perform registry edit. This is assuming you are on Windows 10 or 11. 

Here's the guide: 

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Dual PEG reg edit

 

1. Win + R 
2. Regedit
3. Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4d36e968-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}

 

1. There should be a couple of folders such as 0000, 0001, etc. Check each folder which GPU it corresponds to 
2. Create a new DWORD key inside the folder for your high performance GPU , name it EnableMsHybrid and set value to 1. Ex: EnableMsHybrid=1
3. Create a new DWORD key inside the folder for your power saving GPU , name it EnableMsHybrid and value is 2. Ex: EnableMsHybrid=2
4. Reboot.

 

Next Regedit: 

 

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\DirectX\UserGpuPreferences

 

create a new string value which name is “DirectXUserGlobalSettings”, and set its value to “HighPerfAdapter=xxx” where XXX stands for hardware ID’s VEN&DEV&SUBSYS of your graphics card, which can be found in device manager.

In the case of my 7800 XT "HighPerfAdapter=1002&747E&78011EAE" while device manager displays "PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_747E&SUBSYS_78011EAE&REV_C8"

 

Reboot

 

 

Now right click desktop and choose display settings. Then graphics settings. Add your app and choose high performance GPU for it 

 

 

Tesla P6 specific addition:

 

 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4d36e968-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318},

find where your tesla card is, change “AdapterType” value to “1” and “FeatureScore” value from “cf” to “d1”,

create a new dword key which name is “GridLicensedFeatures”, and set its value to “7”. Disable then enable tesla in the device manager.

This step changs the gefore driver into grid driver，and the tesla is in wddm mode now.

 

 

Now we need to hear @Braintwistah opinion on the bios, I think he has some GPUs to test too 

2 hours ago, melissa2006 said:

It is running at SG mode with 2920xm.

 

I have no idea what any of those are. But truly remarkable that you were able to make Maxwell work m18x.

 

i ran one stress test and my clocks were fine. But tesla m6 seemed to have a weird fan curve.

 

do you think this bios would help a single RTX 3000 to work in SG mode?

 

You can run rtx 3000 but it will be limited to dx11. For some reason dx12 doesn't work with intel hd 3000. I am still looking into that 

37 minutes ago, melissa2006 said:

I was able to boot with Tesla m6 only! Amazing work. Just curious what did you fix to make Maxwell 2 to work?

Good to hear the bios works well. I haven't tested tesla m6. Is it in SG mode or PEG? PEG shouldn't work in M6 since it's missing display outputs. 

Do some more tests, run 3dmark firestrike to make sure the card actually clocks up. I haven't tested M18xR1 yet,but M17xR3 SG fix broke clocks and needed 100 more bios builds to fix. I ported the logic to M18x so it might work. 

PEG fix:
BIOS/display handoff patch so Maxwell can boot as primary GPU.

SG fix:
BIOS policy patch plus ACPI/AML porting so Intel graphics can own the display while the NVIDIA card is handled correctly as the secondary GPU.

Attached is a bios made with time, effort, money, and love. This file is BUILD 285!

***Alienware M17xR3 BIOS Version A26CS Changelog:***

-Updated CPU Microcode to latest available in 2026
-Updated Intel RST (RAID) OPROM to 12.9 which supports TRIM in RAID0 for SSDs
-Updated Intel iGPU vBIOS to v2171 
-Fixed PEG mode allowing Maxwell 2 (980M, 970M, M3000M, M4000M, M5000M) and Pascal (P5000, etc) to work (Turing is still not working in PEG eDP)
-Fixed SG mode for Maxwell 2. Pascal and Turing work as well. Need amphere and ada testers!

-Added BIOS overclocking support! You can overclock a 2920XM/2960XM in bios! Untested on QM but you can test for me. 
-Some other changes I might have forgotten. I am still trying to port 16GB memory support, UEFI support, and potential Above 4G DECODE

Download Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16WRgMK4qCosFdiPED0PBV3QhXl36-tLY/view?usp=sharing

Feel free to buy me a coffee or 12 pack of beer: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=XBHCLPNYCMDP2

I still have more plans to update these BIOS' but wanted to get some feedback at least since I don't have a inf amount of cards. 

Following my M17xR3 bios, I have decided to release this one early. 

Attached is a bios made with time, effort, money, and love. This file is BUILD 285 (from M17xR3) ported to M18x!

***Alienware M18xR1 BIOS Version A26CS Changelog:***

-Updated CPU Microcode to latest available in 2026
-Updated Intel RST (RAID) OPROM to 13.5 which supports TRIM in RAID0 for SSDs
-Updated Intel iGPU vBIOS to v2171 
-Fixed PEG mode allowing Maxwell 2 (980M, 970M, M3000M, M4000M, M5000M) and Pascal (P5000, etc) to work (Turing is still not working in PEG eDP) [NOTE: Pascal doesn't work on LVDS display so for now, this is only true for M17xR3. Pascal DOES work in SG.]
-Fixed SG mode for Maxwell 2. Pascal and Turing work as well. Need amphere and ada testers!
-Some other changes I might have forgotten. I am still trying to port 16GB memory support, UEFI support, and potential Above 4G DECODE

Download Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-RfvaQ9otmHO9HjbiRn2nYnDiK_lxDlc/view?usp=sharing

Feel free to buy me a coffee or 12 pack of beer: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=XBHCLPNYCMDP2

I still have more plans to update these BIOS' but wanted to get some feedback at least since I don't have a inf amount of cards. 

1 hour ago, melissa2006 said:

I got a dell m2000m + Chinese Tesla m6 today. This is what happened:

 

Stock: PEG 780m SLI, Uefi enabled

 

 

SG mode - m2000m stuck at Alienware logo.

- 780m stuck at logo

780m + Tesla m6 = screen has a “-“ at left upper corner and nothing happens

 

PEG - m2000m + Tesla m6 = 8 beeps

PEG - m2000m = 8 beeps

 

any advice would be appreciated!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Try this M2000M vbios: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18D_VxdfP5vFDvV3QWdOqQ7v5JwK4SxtM/view?usp=sharing

Also I made a post for M18xR1 bios and M17xR3 bios

On 5/21/2026 at 1:35 AM, SuperMG said:

It's already longer because of the newer design.

Not the physical cable length but the actual tabs that connect over the mxm pins?

12 hours ago, SuperMG said:

Hello everyone!

 

Do you want to upgrade your old laptop MXM GPU? But you can't since the newest RTX Turing, Ampere, Ada and Blackwell won't work with your eDP display?

 

I have the solution for you! No more blackscreens!

 

The backlight mod v2 upgrade to enable eDP display for your MXM card!

Here's the old thread for the backlight mod v1:

 

 

 

Every cards from Turing to Blackwell generation, from brands like Aetina, Adlink, PNY, ZRT and X-Vsion will work with this mod!

 

Thank you to everyone who bought the backlight mod v1! I have sold everything!

 

The backlight mod v2 will offer BRIGHTNESS CONTROL thru a tiny PWM module that you can install inside your laptop's case or in the SSD/HDD 2.5" bay or directly outside the laptop. (Backside of the PCB is insulated)

 

How to control it? With the small knob, you can directly control the brightness from 1% to 100%!

The v1 was stuck at 100% because 95% of the laptops I tested lacked the PWM brightness module in the motherboard. Only the Clevo P570WM3 had brightness control with the v1 mod!

 

The flex FPC cable is longer than before! From 7.5cm to 10.5cm! Why? To allow easier installation! It's now way easier to install the V2 than the V1.

 

 

 

Signal 23 and 25 are the same, nothing changed there.

 

Available: in 2 weeks! You can pre-order in my private messages.

 

What's included in the package:

 

1x FPC cable

1x PWM Module 

1x 15cm cable for connecting both

 

For people who already bought the v1, I'll include 2x FPC cables for the same price!

 

Compatible with GPUs:

 

Nvidia RTX 4050, 4060, 4070 MXM-A (ZRT, ENBIK, X-VSION)

 

Nvidia RTX 4080, 4090 MXM-B (ZRT, ENBIK, X-VSION, need EDID override because the drivers disable the eDP, which results to a non-PnP screen in windows)

 

NVIDIA Quadro RTX A5500, A5000, A4500, A4000, A3000, A2000 MXM-A (X-VSION, for Aetina, PCP, you need 4G decode enabled in the SBIOS)

 

Nvidia RTX 3050 Ti, 3060, 3070, 3080, 3080 Ti (X-VSION, ZRT)

 

Nvidia RTX 3000, 4000, 5000 (Aetina, PNY, ADLINK, PCP).

 

Compatible with laptops (v1 tested):

 

- eDP screen (eDP/DP in DP_D port)

- Enable pure-UEFI in SBIOS

- Legacy Options OFF

- Optional 4G Decode enable in SBIOS for Ampère and Ada cards from Aetina, PCP, PNY...

 

(EDP) Dell:

Precision M4700 and M6700

Precision M4800 and M6800

Precision 7710 and 7720

 

(EDP, needs testing) Alienware M17X R4 (120Hz), Alienware 17 R1 (120Hz). Will not work with M17X R3 because the SBIOS doesn't have UEFI and the newer RTX cards must need UEFI in order to display with the DP protocol.

 

(EDP) Clevo: P570WM3, P870 series, P775 series, P770 series, P375SM, X170 series (MXM based laptop and eDP screen but it needs substantial heatsink mod, no one tried on this pc yet)

 

(EDP) HP: ZBOOK G4 17, G5 17, G6 17

 

MSI: I don't know which models use eDP (probably the Pascal models) but... A lot of users report fan control issues with RTX MXM cards in LVDS Switchable Graphics based systems, so I don't know about their compatibility.

It needs to be made longer (the part that goes over the pins) for Alienware systems 

7 hours ago, Eban said:

oh...after my 980m died I did put the 860m back in but it has the 120Hz screen upgraded 

check using 425.31 driver or older if setup stereoscopic is in nvidia control panel. if it is, then the dump will work

If you have a 3d capable aw17 r1 running 780m, 880m or any 3d oem gpu, please help me with your acpi dump:

https://github.com/acpica/acpica/releases/download/20260408/iasl-win-20260408.zip

download this zip, extract, run: acpidump.exe -b

then zip the folder and upload.

Thanks  

5 minutes ago, kela-slk said:

Thanks for answering.

I have lvds and 2x7970M. Do you have instructions or link , what i need edit in registry. I have tesla p6, have rtx4000, have p5000, have gtx1080 aetina.

Can who's can share for me unlocked (modded) bios 1.03.07 for lvds version board? 

I sent you dual peg and tesla p6 regedit on whatsapp group chat 

8 hours ago, JadeRover said:

 

Here is an updated version (core clocks are in the correct format). Set to 2000Mhz (again vrel limit before seing this value)

 

You said the memory was good, it boosted to 2000/4000Mhz ? Because checking again my custom memory clock was not in the expected format, strange that it still worked.

 

I change the memory clock in this _1 version. It is in the expected format in version _1. In version _2 it is in the same format as my last p106m vbios.

 

if you can give both a try that would be good.

p106m_OC_checked_1.bin 252.5 kB · 1 download p106m_OC_checked_2.bin 252.5 kB · 1 download

both gp106 same behavior. clock is 1290mhz, memory is 4006mhz

tesla p6 allows adjusting slider but clocks stuck at 455mhz core &  405mhz memory

4 hours ago, Braintwistah said:

So many options lol was looking at the P5000 and it seems to outperform the 980m by a significant margain and for around the same amount of money my daugter is just looking to play Halo so maybe that would be the correct way to go same trick needed with the m2000m?

Yes M2000M or even M1000M. With my bios you can use any GPU that supports LVDS in slot 1. 

So any OEM gpu or AMD 7970m, 8970m, M3000M-M5000M works too. Whatever is cheapest. Then for slot 2 you can use the fastest GPU you can afford. 

P5000 is almost as fast as 980M SLI but without the SLI suppport needed. P4000 is also quite fast. 

21 hours ago, SuperMG said:

I had a 3080 in a SG and I was getting 9100 score in TimeSpy, The same card with the same settings, got me 11500 in dGPU eDP.

 

Even on my RTX 5000 Ada with iGPU on, I was losing 10-15% performance, Dell Precision 7780.

 

eDP is preferred because you can upgrade to better displays (not in M6800) and it's in DisplayPort standard with full dGPU performance.

 

dGPU > SG

11,500 in eDP? I was getting 11,051 in SG, So 4% less performance. 

I agree eDP is preferred but not every laptop supports eDP. 

m18x series is perfect example. But at the same time SG generally has better compatibility for upgrades too. On M17xR3 I can't use RTX 4000 (HP) on eDP but it works SG. Keeping in mind P5000 and all older GPUs work fine. 

9 hours ago, JadeRover said:

New version : Release v1.1 | Nvidia-vBIOS-Clock-Power-Tweaker · JadeRover/Nvidia-vBIOS-Clock-Power-Tweaker

 

This one should correctly save the clock values, you can give it a try @ssj92. I made sure it would work for the p3200 and p4200, I tested some roms on techpowerup. (clocks are in the correct 2x2 byte format).

tesla p6 rom doesn't work. anyway we can increase tdp to 120w and increase clocks on this one?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Oy3rtNQWqr8kEZyxk-mQsZxCrh2kzpki/view?usp=sharing

On 5/6/2026 at 2:36 PM, Hussain Alhadher said:

Hi 

i have an alienware m17x r4 with these specs:

cpu : i7-3720QM

gpu : GTX 765m 

ram : 8 gb

Display : 60 hz

Bios : A15 unlocked 

 

i want to upgrade the gpu to the RTX 3000 what i want to know is am i going to modify the heatsink ? And is it going to work perfectly after I install modded driver ?

 

Quadro RTX 3000

https://www.ebay.com/itm/166412352810?_skw=nvidia+quadro+rtx+3000&itmmeta=01KQZKFG6VPPZGJP4XMGRVMR5X&hash=item26bef2fd2a:g:oiUAAOSwsMtlQ3z3&itmprp=enc%3AAQALAAAA8LB2JXbe%2Bh2pdWBqbR2c2DvyVdoOPO8zmz%2FIk9KWIQd%2Ffn%2Bt6vEkpbPbKcPgn7pWTkziensjxskBZXrBXU3x7FiSkOCz9srgVeWmum3E5u4XiEeGpKB3sYZ4ZIiOSminMCL4l383DtaXEkRLI3QmicXBvKLLkPvVI%2BNc%2FZcei6hR9XF8yJyyLWAf0LRTn6XwOnRQCSAqOOt8D8HuKW5antCTu5eCV%2FR20Dlpt1QTHfq59XLjsah%2Bx50zTzWdXcGsdpfXgLla%2FJuXXP8ZC35pZzp6GSDVMQwvZN0J2NffAFrsYNXmndJqX1WnuLlK6hY7YQ%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR8qDvvO_Zw

for that specific card you should be able to use factory heatsink