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ive read if you get the ones with the IHS that they have a better chance of using faster ram 🙂 but its cool my ram can drop to 2666 if need be . i just need to know if that bios is correct

I'm about to pick up a qtj1 cpu bios is 1.07.16. ec version is 1.06 .01 this is the 9900ks 128gb bios wondering if I need anything else

I know this is an older thread but I'm about to pick up a qtj1 cpu bios is 1.07.16. ec version is 1.06 .01 this is the 9900ks 128gb bios wondering if I need anything else

When you installed the CPU did you reset the BIOS to defaults ? Then go into cou features and enable speed step . I think that should do it . I'm considering getting a qtj1 but I need to make sure I have the right bios as I got the clevo used and it was flashed I think 17.06 I think

I have a very nice 3080 ti myself . Friend of mine bought himself a clevo p870tm1 with vapor chamber and then bought a supposed 3080 MXM from a seller on eBay . Card pulled 180 watts and overheated instantly because the vapor chamber doesn't have the proper mounting points . So he gave up on it and then sent it to me . I managed to figure out how to mount it and apply proper pressure with a combination of a copper shim( harvested from and old Asus rog laptop ) plenty of pads , bending the tabs up where you screw the vapor chamber to the chassis ( 2 points 1 left 1 right ) and a foam block pressing on the cooler and the underside chassis. The card is identified as a 3080 ti with both gpuz and cpuz as well as task manager . Had an extra resister soldered as well . So I'm assuming the seller probably gets a bunch of these cards from dead clevos , tongfangs ,firebats, or whoever and flips them . Anyway it's an impressive card that REQUIRES the use of both power bricks otherwise it power throttles lol temp are 30s idle and 80 plus full tilt with fans on auto

Whats sad is i have the vapor chamber with the added cpu part to assist in cooling the cpu . i really wanted the one from aliexpress but now you cant get it LOL wont go into reason why . political .... but still the one with the included part for the cpu is doing very well. i just need to mod it so it can actually mount onto my 3080 ti mxm 180 watt

It's so sad my Alienware 18 r1 viking died ;( lol I'm now rocking a p870tm1 but I miss my Alienware a bit . Nice to see the 3080 standard MXM cards work in these old beasts . If I get another viking or ranger I know what I'm doing also the MXM slots are limited to 115 watt unless you resister mod

Fair enough I'll message him I hope he's not to cagey about what he did as cash is tight . ATM I have a foam block pressing again the inside of the chassis and the heatsink and the highest I'm getting now is 70s on hotspot and core

My heatsink looks very similar to this but has the added mount for the CPU as well (4 Screw on top of CPU heatsink ) otherwise identical

So I have the vapor chamber heatsink myself ( dual 1070 version I think ) what I did with mine was get a copper shims from an old Dell e6400 heatsink . Sanded it down flat then applied thermal paste on both sides . Then the two tabs ( one on the left and right that you screw down ) I bent them upward a bit to apply more pressure . Used all my pads and puddy and my 3080 ti ( apparently according to gpuz and CPU z ) is pretty cool . The hot spot does hit 92c but the core never exceed 80 ish . And the clocks are 1880mhz and pulls near 180 watt... It was modded by someone and a seller on eBay sold it . She's a spicy card . If I could see how developer modified the heatsink is appreciate it 🙂

I have one of these and I it has an rtx 3080 in it 16gb card . Really nice notebook I'm using the sli heatsink ( the big black heavy one ) lol and aside from not being able to directly mount it to the GPU it works fine . GPU is cooled ok ( isles at 39 c ) but will spike to 80 plus . Need to figure out how to mount it without paying a bunch at shy rate . Lovely notebook

oo thia ia nice . going to do this to my p4000 in my alienware 18

Furthermore . I'm in talks with xvision s out the Rx 6600 . They have the xt and non . They are 130 watts so they will be a bit power limited at 110 until resister 004 is soldered . But I'm not sure if they will work on haswell

Yeah we need a hero to patch the bios . Since at least on haswell you can use the sleep bug to flash modded bios . Rebar would be a big win for haswell based Alienware units

Weird that only 2 memory channels work . Hmm that's odd funny thing is I do have some rather rare 16gb ddr3l 1600 sodimms . They were released with Siemens tablet PCs . And yes they do work and I've tested more ram in my old 6800 when I had it . Had 64gb ram in it and it booted and ran fine . Even though the Intel website lists 32gb max it's because at the time of release 8gb sticks were pretty much the norm and max ..the 16gb ddr3l sticks cake out right at broad well so ddr4 was the go to