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96GB Muskin Redline (2x48GB DDR5-5600) Didn't have too many choices on RAM/MB since they didn't cost me anything. 5600 is stock speed on 13900K and the extra RAM will help me since I run a VM and now will also run DVR software on this PC as well. I figured 13900K with its extra cores should keep me going for a long time. I use a 2.5GBPS PCIe card as well in my X299 system so Z790 having it standard opens up a pcie slot as well. There was also a 12900KS on amazon for $255 but as of this morning the deal is gone. I'm going to wait for prime day next week to see if any further price drops are made.

Guys....no better place/people to ask than yourselves LOL So I got some DDR5 RAM and a MSI Z790-P coming in....didn't cost me anything so platform switch wise I am already ahead. I am going to give my brother my 10980XE beast and build a Z790 system. I have all new parts except CPU & SSD. I'm seeing all these issues with 13900K/14900K. In your opinion, if all I need to spend $$$ on is a CPU, is it still worth building a Z790 system? Or are they all just unstable at this point. The 800 series MB isn't coming until Dec 2024 most likely, so I could ride my 10980XE and sell the Z790-P MB but it won't fetch me much $$$. 12900K is around $245 new 13900K is around $440 new 14900K is around $550 new as of this post.

Now you have my interest because I tried everything besides hardware mod to get 980M working in M18xR1. The closest I got was the 4GB model vBIOS boots to bios but keeps restarting (boot loop). I have 980M in M15x and spare RTX 3000 MXM as well. Currently I have 880M SLI, I wonder if I should try RTX 3000 in 2nd slot and see what happens then. I do know 980M is BIOS/vBIOS issue since it works fine in M15x. No one ever solved the issue completely. Even today I would be happy to get it fixed.

Sorry I've been busy, let me make some suggestions here.. Windows 11 works fine BUT you must turn off gpu hardware scheduling or you will get BSODs (located in windows settings app). Instead of wasting time manually editing the INF, use nvcleaninstall to make the driver. It works perfectly and is easy to use. You can use the latest drivers no problem.

Do you see AW logo and can boot to BIOS before it turns off?

This error is normally due to CPU instability. If you are OC, try turning OC off. If you are NOT OC then try adding a tiny bit of voltage to the cpu offset and see if it helps

Any updates on the RTX 3000? Do you have a pic of the area you are talking about that does not get covered by the heatsink? Curious to see what you made.

I have 1.2GBPS Down/200MBPS Up plan... Wi-Fi 6E Laptop: Ethernet Desktop (2.5GBPS to switch):

I kinda wish I was able to get one of these for collection purposes at this point but probably not worth the price if one pops up for sale. Really cool concept

I have several desktops and laptops at home and thought about making a LAN party area but no one to play with LOL. As of right now I use my main desktop as a "server" : Alienware Aurora R4 (only chassis is original at this point): Intel Core i9 10980XE 18-Core Extreme CPU EVGA X299 Micro Motherboard 32GB RAM (4x8GB) [Really want to upgrade this] nVidia RTX 4070 FE [Might end up with a 5090 this time around] EVGA 1200 Platinum PSU Realtek 2.5GBps PCIe NIC ASUS HyperX M.2 adapter with 2x 1TB Intel 660p VROC RAID 16TB HDD 1TB SSD Windows 11 Pro for Workstations Right now I am using it as a SMB server and Plex server. Next step is to install my ZooZ 800 series USB stick and use Home automation VM to also make it into a hub for all my ZooZ Double Switches. Then I can control them through Apple HomeKit. Network wise I have it setup like this... Comcast X8B Gateway >>>>(2.5GBPS)>>>>Linksys LGS328C[SFP+ to RJ45]>>>>(SFP+ to RJ45)>>>>Server (the rest of my stuff, ps5, apple tv, etc is hooked up to this using the 1gbps ports Linksys LGS328C>>>>>>>(1GBPS)>>>>Linksys LGS328MPC>>>>>Security Cams/Printer (these are PoE cams and also threw my printer in the mix here) ^>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(1GBPS)>>>>Generic 1GBPS 8-Port switch>>>>>>>Hooked up to apple tv, receiver, etc in family room for basic internet needs Also using MoCA: RG6>>>>Hitron 2.5GBPS MoCA adapter>>>>>>(2.5GBPS)>>>>>Alienware Area-51 R2 upstairs in my office using Intel i-225V I think it was RG6>>>>Hitron 2.5GBPS MoCA adapter>>>>>>(1GBPS)>>>>>>TP-Link Wi-Fi 5 Router for the ADU in the back I received some DDR5 RAM and now I am debating on making a new 14th gen i9 system or wait until Nov for the new intel socket. Just need MB/CPU lol

Does the card work fine in Windows every time? Hard to tell from what you wrote, but if this is a BIOS only issue, I wouldn't even worry about it.

I just replied to your PM. But for anyone else who wants to me brought up to speed. I recommended RTX series GPU for max performance or P5000/P4000. He already has 3940XM CPU so CPU is good to go. I recommended 32GB 2133Mhz RAM because it benefits Optimus having higher RAM speed. He mentioned MXM to NVMe adapter which for the right price is worth it especially if you want to future proof the system. Also recommended Wi-Fi 6E Mini PCIe card. I think that covers most of the upgrades aside from updating the BIOS to the latest custom one.

I think he was referring to framework laptops. I would be surprised if any other manufacturer returns to LGA or PGA/MXM.

At the time it was $2,500. Aetina ships worldwide if you want to get it from them. They have newer Ada Lovelace RTX cards now too. Yes I also tried looking for above 4g decode but never found it. Editing vBIOS is tricky because Quadro vBIOS is encrypted and signed. If it is modded the card won't boot. HP/Dell/Lenovo vBIOS allows card to boot but upon driver install I got code 43 error. This is most likely due to vBIOS and card id not matching. One theory I had was find a way to remove the device id. On desktop cards, even with MXM used in PCIe adapter, there is no unique device id added from the pc. In our laptops there is unique device id added to the mxm card. This is also why we need to modify INF everytime but on desktop there is no need to modify INF.

You can buy from Aetina but it's very expensive. It's possible to enable resizable bar in bios using this module. But I am not good at BIOS editing. It's same way NVMe support was added. https://github.com/xCuri0/ReBarUEFI/wiki/Enabling-hidden-4G-decoding https://github.com/xCuri0/ReBarUEFI The module might have been enough to make it work but I didn't know how to add to bios. Maybe if I still had the card it would be possible. We need someone to modify AW 18 R1, AW 17 R1, M18xR2, M17xR4 bios to inject that uefi module. Then it might work with stock vBIOS.

The embedded RTX 3000 (Adlink, Aetina, PNY, etc.) probably does not have eDP support in DP_C channel I believe it was. Might have better luck with HP RTX 3000

This is what I saw from California...

I have 880m SLI in M18xR1 and 880m in M17xR3 all working fine. get whichever GPU is cheaper. I got mine for $110-130 shipped each so for me was better to get 880m. As long as you run them stock and not overclock and overvolt they work fine.

One or both of your GPUs are bad. Personally I put 880m SLI in my M18xR1 because I got them for cheap. But I recommend getting nVidia GPUs. Unless you can find 8970M Crossfire for cheap to replace.

Press FN+F7 (once all other drivers are installed) to switch from iGPU mode to dGPU mode.

Yes I haven't had a chance to flash the bios with a programmer. After a windows update it stopped posting, already tried everything except flash bios with programmer. if anyone wants the laptop as is (16gb ram but everything included) they can have it for $800 shipped.

I sent you mine on discord. It looks similar to both of yours. Just added capacitor behind the original and bridged them

Difference is device ID. I can install using either id on nvcleaninstall but doesn't make difference for throttling issue. There seems to be some weird incompatibility with Aw18 and Aetina/Adlink/PNY cards. HP cards don't have this issue.

If you are planning on installing DuET you can use the optical drive bay to install a small SSD or HDD. In that drive you will install DuET. It is a bootloader. Then you can put MXM NVMe adapter in slot 2 and install windows onto that drive. Yes unlocked BIOS for M18xR1 is needed

M17xR4 and AW 17 R1 both should work fine with Pascal cards using 120hz 3D display. The 2 keys needed: 1) PURE UEFI mode only! This means Windows must be installed with Legacy Option ROMs also turned off. 2) vBIOS must have eDP support under the DisplayPort_C channel. Some vBIOS has under DP_D some are DP_C but DP_C is required to have eDP support. This means RTX card such as HP RTX 3000-5000 MAY work depending on vBIOS if you can find one with eDP support on DP_C. This also means cards like 9XXM/10XX series should work fine since there are so many vBIOS available. (for 9XX/10XX series, AW vBIOS probably works best but you can try and experiment). having a programmer makes things much easier to flash.