Tenoroon

22 hours ago, rockmanx97 said:

What are those weird drivers you had to uninstall

It's been a very long time, but I think it was some other Clevo drivers that were on my machine alongside some random drivers since the OS was originally installed and used on another computer.

I personally use RLECviewer as it gets the job done, but the UI can be a bit janky and it can sometimes force the fans to 100% for a few seconds. It allows me to control all 3 fans though.

Due to some recent circumstances, I might be needing to get a new laptop as my G14 has likely been crushed. Has anyone here played with the framework laptops? I've always wanted one, but could never justify getting one until my G14 gives out, which i'm pretty certain it has. I'll figure that out in a few hours though.

But yeah, I am not sure if anyone here has one, but if so, could you give me your thoughts about it? Doesn't matter if it's the 13 or 16 inch one as they are built similarly. I know you guys are the most picky with your tech, just like me, so I trust your guys's judgements a lot more than most "reviewers."

Hey fellas, this is a less ideal post that will go down in my catalog, but i think it ought to be discussed. Some touchier topics will be discussed, so if you would rather not peer into my personal life, I completely get it.

I will edit this with a spoiler here at some point, but I cannot figure out how to add one on mobile. My appologies.

Last night, on Febuary 6th, 2025, I was leaving a laboratory at my university. There's a sketchy road I must always cross by foot to get to my apartment, and while I thought I could make it, the impatience of man taught me a valuable lesson at a terrible time; Man does NOT win against automobile. The speed limit was 35mph on that road, and the driver did not see me. Luckily, he had an old, intelligently engineered car (a late 90s - early 2000s Chevrolet Cavalier I believe), so I ended up rolling over and on top of the car. I was blessed with some wonderful bystanders, and with the remorse of the driver. 
 

I was carried away on an ambulance and to a hospital that is essentially on the campus of my university. I remember it all clearly, and I've been given every drug known to man it seems. The medical staff here and every gear in this machine has done phenomenal work, and I appreciate every person who has helped me along the way. Luckily, my head and spine are fine, and the only thing that needs repairs is my right leg, where my tibia shattered into multiple pieces. I'm only 18, and I will have to live with a titanium rod in my right leg for the rest of my life... 

I'm not inherently a funny individual as I tend to be serious and practical, but during this whole situation, I have tried my absolute hardest to keep my family and friends from stressing all too much. There were times last night and today where I had managed to knock all of the air out of someone's stomach, and successfully bringing light to such a dark situation. 

It's a really strange time, and my outlook hasn't changed much. I must keep rolling with the punches and focus on the good instead of the bad. I type this from a hospital bed, expecting a somewhat speedy, but life changing recovery. I don't write this out for any of you to pity me. As a matter of fact, the best thing you all can do is read this as a lesson, and NOT worry about me. I know I'll be fine, so you all spend your energy doing what you guys do best, I hate to be an obstacle in everyone's seemingly jam-packed lives.

However, I want this to be a message to you all to keep pushing to be the best person you can. This might sound a bit grim and edgy, but that is not my intent. I also realize it may sound like I am struggling with life, but I want you all to know that, even in my worst times, I have never had a desire to give up. I'm still learning and growing, but right now, I am a man who fears death in its entirety, and want nothing to do with it.

As bad as things seem to get, there is always a future, and while it may be impossible to see the light at the end of the tunnel, light will always welcome you. It's up to you to have faith in the light, even though you may never see it.

Take care of yourselves fellas and keep working to do your magic! Without you all, my life would be so different that I couldn't even fathom explaining it. You guys have enlightened me to some of my greatest passions, and I cannot thank you all enough!

I'm usually one to stay anonymous, but I think now is an appropriate time to quit. I might still be naive, who knows, but you guys are either good people, or really good at convincing me the you're not ill-intented. I guess I'll never know! 

As I typically do, I have been lurking here, and many of you don't seem too happy with the state of technology right now, which I agree with very much. While it will be a LONG ways out, mark my words when I say I will eventually cobble together some motherboard(s) that gives complete control over the pre-BGA mobile chips, so everyone here can do their magic and dominate the HWbot leaderboards.

I'm already a third of the way done getting my undergrad as a EE with the intent to get a masters degree. I will try as hard as possible to make this happen, and if it doesn't then I will know that my education has failed me or I have failed myself.

Thought I would share this with all of you to give a little bit of hope during a time where things seem so bleak. It might be a while, but I'll eventually figure it out 🙂

It snowed where I live a few days ago (we only get good snow here in TN about once or twice a year.) I went on a multi-hour walk and laid down in some nearby woods. I ended up listening to the album this song came from, but this song was my favorite. Very, very peaceful.

6 hours ago, SuperMG3 said:

@Tenoroonuh? Did you read before writing. That's exactly what I did to unbrick!

I goofed and missed the very ending of your message, sorry about that! But yeah, those hardware flashers are awesome.

I cannot remember if one was created for the 18 R1's, but there might be an unlocked BIOS somewhere on the NBR archives, you might benefit from flashing that. If you plan on tuning your system a bunch, I suggest you purchase a hardware BIOS flasher. They are cheap, and can get you back up on your feet if you brick your machine.

On 12/15/2024 at 8:54 PM, Khenglish said:

I first tried this on an RTX 3080 board. Unfortunately, the reballing from the seller was faulty and several solder balls detached from the core when soldering to the card, which was visible after removing the core from the card. The core required a reball, but the 3080 pcb died after 2nd core solder cleaning. You can see the power/ground routing got very exposed in the middle. I tried resoldering the core on anyway but it shorted.



This is the 3060 in-progress next to the 3080 prior to removing the 3080Ti core:



As for future mods I do hope to fix the vRAM clocking and finish upgrading the chips for 16GB. Currently only 3/8 chips are 2GB.

In theory a 30 series pcb can take a 40 series core. They are electrically compatible, but my viewpoint is finding a vBIOS that would take that mod is almost certainly impossible. The 3080Ti mod only works with an Eluktronics vBIOS. All other vBIOS fail, including Clevo. Someone briefly listed an MXM clevo 3080Ti for sale on Ebay and Prema somehow identified it as having an Eluktronics vBIOS from the GPU-Z screenshot, which was extremely helpful.

Nice work my brother. Does the PCIe adapter card work with the 30 series GPUs? I would assume so, but I don't think anyone has ever tested it lol.

1988 Ford Thunderbird Turbo Coupe

Drove 6 hours north to Indiana to meet the seller, and all was what I expected. A bit of rust, but enough to be manageable by sanding or a bit of welding, 140k miles, 5 speed manual, and the interior was in great condition. It needs a lot of love, but that will all happen this summer.

People sleep on these, they are what I like to call Ford's Icarus. They flew too close to the sun (mustang ), and the Thunderbird lost its wings... 190hp from a 2.3l 4 banger with a sub-par turbo (that had its boost limited!!!) compared to the 225hp of the 5.0l v8 in the mustang? You'd be out of your mind to go for the 5.0...

1 hour ago, Mr. Fox said:

It is awesome to see that kind of performance jump. Anyone that doesn't like that is either lying or stupid.

 

Speaking of stupidity, I think one of AMD's biggest challenges is the mentality of some of their customers. Like this one... That is detrimental to all concerned, include those that don't care but are too dumb to know better.

 

I think it is inconclusive to judge this man on his statement. He does not specify if he cares about overclocking existing.

Here's an example. I dislike EV's, they are conceptually very interesting, but I believe that they aren't much better than ICE vehicles in anything, and are just generally pricey. However, as much as I dislike EV's, if all EV's were to get banned, I would be upset because there are people that care about them/like them, and for them to have what they enjoy taken is unfair in my opinion.

I think it is reasonable to state that one does not care about overclocking, while I disagree with the statement, JohN, in this instance, is just stating how he feels. Never does he mention his thoughts on if OC is something that should be available for all consumers. If he had noted that overclocking is dumb and no one should do it or be able to do it, then I think it would be fair to argue against his point and try to show him why his thinking is flawed.

Now, I do see why this looks bad. Any AMD exec could read this and assume that because JohN does not care about OC, that his statement is implying that he would be impartial or happy if OC on AMD processors was permanently disabled. I believe that, in this scenario, the person to blame is the one making an assumption—in this case, the imaginary AMD exec—as that assumption could have been easily avoided with more inquiry into JohN's thoughts on OC, particularly whether he believes it should exist at all. If I were JohN, and the aforementioned assumption was made, I would be displeased because I would feel that the AMD exec took what I said completely out of context.

I'm not trying to start an argument or get political here, I just disagree with judging this man on his statement. If @Mr. Fox or anyone else disagrees with me, we can agree to disagree. One of the best things that is hard to acknowledge sometimes is that we are blessed enough to live in a society where we can freely agree and disagree without facing any kind of persecution.

Anyone here know any tools or custom vBIOSes for the 2070 Super to increase its TDP? I've tried damn near everything to increase the TDP and can't get anything to work. I have:

1. Used Ampere Bios Editor and Mobile Pascal TDP tweaker to adjust the TDP of my card's vBIOS.
2. Unsuccessfully software flashed above vBIOSes using nvflashk and many nvflash derivatives.
3. Unsuccessfully hardware flashed above vBIOSes (black screen, unknowing if POST, was able to max fans via FN+1)

4. Unsuccessfully hardware flashed multiple desktop 2070 Super vBIOSes
5. Unsuccessfully Compared differing 2070 Super mobile vBIOSes to find where in the ROM power limits are stored.

Are there any dedicated Turing custom vBIOS tools or specially modified and signed vBIOSes floating around? I'm a bit displeased with the low stock TDP of this card as I know it is capable of matching a desktop 2070 Super.

I love how easy Nvidia has made it to do whatever I want to a product I own, it really does fill me with joy...

I'm hoping there's a definitive answer here (even if it's just a no), but I've started to become frustrated with my 4070 Super as even though I have a 350w Gigabyte vBIOS on my ASUS Dual card, it can never fully stretch its legs as it's voltage limited at 1.1200v. I know Lovelace is voltage limited, but is there some tool to modify the vBIOS or something in order to elevate the voltage?

I'm getting frustrated as whenever I look into this, I just get spammed with reddit threads on r/overclocking and r/nvidia of people going crazy because, "The RTX 4070 Super is so good for undervolting!!!!!" My response is ???????

A. Why the hell would you want to undervolt a desktop GPU unless you're in like, some European country where electricity costs an arm and a leg? If the electricity costs that much, I don't think gaming should be a top priority...
B. I don't understand why some people are ecstatic to lower (I know it's slight, but hear me out) the performance of their GPU. These tend to be the same people who whine and complain about how Nvidia is an evil company and how bad GPU pricing has been over the past few years. The whole purpose of overclocking is to squeeze as much performance out of technology without increasing the price of what you have. I have no idea why these people are doing the opposite and making their own situation worse while creating more justification to complain and whine.

C. While most of the threads I've seen are on r/nvidia, there are a few on r/overclocking. Why are threads about undervolting allowed on r/overclocking???????? These two things are like, polar opposites.
D. Why can't I easily find someone who has had the same problem as me? I think the fact that I can't find anything shows how rotted out many are nowadays. I really hope it's just a vocal minority, but I feel that while many people know about technology and how to build a computer, they know nothing about fine-tuning the parts that "they know are good" and spent lots of money on. What good is your "fast" car if the tune is terrible? Ask any car guy that question and they will tell you what you have is garbage.

The reason I lurk here is because you all understand the value of fine-tuning a system, but more importantly, none of you gatekeep the knowledge and experience you've acquired over the years. I owe it to the people here to where I am now, if I never received the help I did nearly four years ago, then I don't know where I would be now.

I'll quit ranting now.
 

1 hour ago, Mr. Fox said:

CPUPower-GUI is what I use for CPU clock control and power profile management. Try installing it from the Zorin software center first. You can install it from the .deb file on Github as a last resort if it is not available in the software center. Linux tries to force the CPU to use minimal power rather than balls-to-the-wall performance, which is annoying if you do not override the default settings.

 

https://github.com/vagnum08/cpupower-gui/releases/tag/v1.0.0

 

If it does not work you have have to install pyxdg and libhandy if they are not already installed. If you need to, probably won't need to do more than sudo apt update, then sudo apt install pyxdg and sudo apt install libhandy from a terminal.

 

CPU-X is basically the Linux equivalent of CPU-Z. GreenWithEnvy will allow GPU core and memory overclocking.

I need to look into CPUPower-GUI, I've been setting up Gentoo over the past 2 weeks. It has been hell, but I've learned a lot. I'm still in a terminal trying to setup Xorg as I've been troubleshooting the Nvidia drivers for the past few days... I see why Linus Torvalds hates Nvidia so much lol.

Gentoo has been pretty good about utilizing my CPU to the fullest, I've been using some generic terminal based CPU monitoring tool and compiling anything makes full use of my CPU (It seems to boost when it should and doesn't spike like in Windows). I wonder if the minimal CPU power is coming from some default setting in Kubuntu or something.

11 hours ago, electrosoft said:

Looks like Intel gets some uplift in spots, but overall this is shaping up to be a monster win for AMD gaming. Those are some insane uplifts in pockets and an overall 10% on average uplift with no regression in performance elsewhere.

 

BS about 9000 vs 7000 aside (shame AMD), this is shaping up to be a rather juicy update and looking forward to the overall Intel v AMD gaming suite comparisons.

 

 

Am still on Win10 21H2. I hope this performance hitch is only in newer Win11 versions. I refuse to move forward with this already garbage OS!

I've been reinstalling Windows all day today on my G14 because once it connects to the internet, it auto-installs all of ASUS's bloat and garbage... I have to install everything I need offline and then disable a bunch of stuff within Windows before I can connect to the internet "safely." And this is still 21H2. What a catastrophe... ASUS and Microsoft are never seeing a dollar from me ever again. Too much hassle.

I know people here have advised me against it, but I will be trying Gentoo within the next couple of days on my desktop. My goal is to move over as fast as possible as I'm sick of Windows. I've got friends who can assist me, and a lot more free time than I thought I would have here at University, so I am hoping to be proficient with it before the school year ends.

Anyone here know the wattage of the 2070 Supers that shipped in these laptops? I am using one in my P870TM and can only get it to pull 115 watts... Something in my mind said 150w like the 2080 non-super, but I could be wrong.

If the power limit is really 115, is there a tool to up said power limit?

Just going to post this here as I know many here have dealt with this heatsink.

I'm modifying my P870TM heatsink to accommodate a 2070 Super. I'm currently solder pasting some shims on to cover the VRAM. This heatsink is an ANIMAL. I cannot get my 138c solder paste to melt. A buddy and I have held a 1500w and 600w heat gun right up to the shims for 20+ minutes and the paste will not melt fully. While Clevo doesn't have the greatest track record with heatsinks, this thing is insane, and I must give them credit.

I'm kind of stuck on what to do because I don't think I can get the shims soldered on using the paste...
(Don't question the alcohol, it was the best thing we had nearby to prop up the heatsink, none was consumed.)


 

9 hours ago, aldarxt said:

This link takes me to RTX 2070, I dont see anything about "SUPER"

The die says it's a 2070S. The markings between the 2070 and 2070S are different.

On 4/25/2023 at 11:24 PM, johnksss said:

 

I would need to check, but i may still have a heatsink cut out sitting in my heat sink bin.

I know this reply was super old, but it was in reference to @electrosoftmentioning you had modified a P870TM vapor chamber to fit in a Turing GPU. I purchased a 2070S MXM for 50 bucks and am trying to find how to modify the heatsink. I've been looking in the archive, but I can't find much regarding the modification.

If you have some time to spare, a picture would be greatly appreciated, if not or you no longer have the heatsink, all is well.

Just ordered one of the 2070 Supers. I currently have a 1080 with the vapor chamber heatsink. What adjustments do I have to make to the heatsink in order for the 2070 Super to fit properly?

On 7/27/2024 at 12:43 AM, Mr. Fox said:

Remember, that new nicely binned 11900K that I sold you came from Walmart.

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So, I procrastinated about doing this for months now. I finally just did it to get it over with. It actually works quite well. At the lowest speed it is quieter than the nine 120mm fans it replaced. When I dismantled the radiator to remove all of the 120mm fans, I used a thick foam weatherstrip to seal the 4 sides of the radiator against the housing so that the air being forced in could not escape anywhere except through the radiator. I have a window screen (with an aluminum frame) that I made. It is sandwiched between the plywood and radiator housing to catch dust and lint. I can take the fan off with the four thumb nuts to remove the screen for cleaning.

 

Crazy timing. I've had to wire a few of these exact fans up for my buddy's V8 swapped S10. How much better is this single fan compared to the many smaller fans? These fans can move A LOT of air, but they seem to be a bit noisy. At full speed, is it louder than the old setup?

3 hours ago, Raiderman said:

I just don't have that sort of patience. You doing a raffle, or just giving it to someone you know?

 

$499 msrp is reasonable for a 9950x

https://www.tweaktown.com/news/99439/amd-ryzen-9-9950x-pricing-leaked-499-9900x-for-399-9700x-299-and-9600x-229/index.html

NICE, I was hoping 9700x would be 300. I am a happy man now. 7600x will be on the marketplace very soon ;)

I made this comment after watching LTT's Qualcomm advertisement a few days ago, some people agree and others don't. Most people made points to their argument, which I love to see, but this fella is the type of person to disappoint me. Closed-minded without explaining his point of view and jumping to a conclusion.

I've been reading the discussions here about CAMM. While I am of the same mindset of "let others test it first," I do think it has some potential. I'm mostly just hoping for an entire revision to RAM. I've seen many people complain about the many problems that DIMMs have, so I hope to see something supersede it as we drastically increase RAM speeds (and while tighter integration as I mentioned above is an answer, it's an answer I don't like). The only thing I don't like about CAMM is that it's just one module. Rest in peace if you are on a budget and want to expand in the future...

I've also acquired a Steam Deck. I had some wallet balance and some old skins for Counter Strike I got rid of, so I ended up getting the 64gb variant for pretty cheap. While many of you in this thread might not care for this type of technology, I think it's pretty interesting and has some potential for gaming (and even sometimes, light computing) on the go. Super low wattage APU's are pretty cool, and seeing how AMD's Strix and Strix Halo are around the corner, I'm excited to see what the future holds.

Just now, Rage Set said:

 

What I find interesting is that Vince (KP) is solo. I know he still has his eBike company but I wonder if he has a non-compete, which is why he hasn't signed up with MSI or another company. 

While Vince is a well known overclocker and has some experience in engineering, it was TiN who was the actual "brain" behind some of the most beloved KP cards, like the 2080 TI KPx. 

 

I never honestly used any Asrock mobo. I always saw the horror stories surrounding their mobos and I stayed away. We had a few guys on the old forum that swore by Asrock for price to performance. 

Yeah, TiN was insane, I aspire to be like him in the future. I can't remember where he ended up, but it was a shame he left EVGA before the Ampere cards came out...

6 hours ago, Rage Set said:

According to Steve in GN's latest news video, some members of the team that developed EVGA mobo BIOS left for Asrock....keep that in mind for future mobo purchases. 

WHY ASROCK! THEY MAKE LIKE, THE WORST BOARDS EVER!!!

Hopefully the guys can make Asrock's board division better, I'll stop the hate if they can improve upon their high end and budget boards. The only good board I've heard from Asrock was some 2 dimm Z170 board that was so good for memory OC, it became one of the main reasons people figured out how to use 8th and 9th gen CPUs on the 6th/7th gen chipsets.

4 hours ago, Mr. Fox said:

Something is really goofed up with logistics in general. It definitely seems worse with USPS, but I have been experiencing crappy service from FedEx and UPS as well. That chiller that I ordered that we chatted about got delivered by FedEx to some address in Indianapolis, Indiana.  So, now I have to request and wait for a refund from the seller. It wasn't the seller's fault. FedEx got their wires crossed somehow. What's really frustrating about it is the order originated in Chino, CA and had a stop in Phoenix (on day #2) on the way to Indy. 

4 hours ago, tps3443 said:

I ordered (4) new tires for my wife’s car and FedEx dropped them off at some random address in the City right next to me. The seller (Big Retail Tire company) was trying to launch an investigation before they’d send me new tires out or even refund me. After a week of waiting with no tires , I filed a dispute with PayPal. PayPal closed the dispute and said “Item delivered closed in favor of seller” I had to launch a new dispute with PayPal. And put in caps lock. “PLEASE LOOK AT THE ZIP CODE AND CITY OF WHERE THESE TIRES WERE DELIVERED” 🤣 (Pretty dumb I know) then PayPal was like OHHH! They were not delivered to you. And finally I got my money back right away. I bought some new tires from someone else so all is well now. But it was an ordeal, and why in the world FedEx dropped these tires off in another city was beyond me. I’m not sure.  They can mess up pretty bad sometimes though. And even after that it was like PayPal wasn’t even checking my dispute. They literally looked at “Delivered” and went in favor of seller. When it clearly said on the tracking it was delivered in a different city/address than my address, and signed by a first name of someone I didn’t even know. Someone got some free tires! And it wasn’t me.

This happened with my monitor and I was pissed. Won't rant too much here, but I HAVE NEVER, I REPEAT, NEVER! have received a package on time by FedEx. My monitor was a day late and was shipped to a house a few miles away... Luckily I contacted MSI and they said the guy who got it called them (a good lad, I got his number and he was flexible and understanding). I'm from TN, and I've started to think the reason Memphis has the poor reputation it does is because of a magical "crappyness" aura that the FedEx headquarters emanate, lol.