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OK, Thanks, that'll be my next move with the GTX 980m in 1st slot and the RTX 4050 in the 2nd. Sure do wish I bought the RTX 3080 instead

I set it in SG with 2 cards

Thanks @Falinov, the RTX 4000 is working in the HP Zbook.

Thanks @Jerryzago for the confirmation on stop codes! Looks like a good plan not using the flat ribbon cable. Now the m18xr2 will have a glove compartment lol

There is 2 different RTX 3060's on www.x-vsion.com but both have 12GB

So @therhor70 on "RTX 3080 in M18xR2? Should I do it? lol" has suceeded with xvision GPU where I have failed. Hooray! xvision sell good cards!

I have bad news, my m18xr2 is in bad shape, looks like a long project in my path. Getting many BSOD's, system service exception, IRQL not less or equal, Page fault in non paged area, Kmode exception and others I can't keep up with. I was going to shelf it but decided to just make it a "Test Machine" now. It also has a bad 2nd GPU slot, so it needs a new MOBO which I have 1 but was unable to get it to power-up. I tried a GTX 980m in the 1st slot and the RTX 3000 in 2nd but because the 2nd slot is bad I got badly flickering screen. Also that Flat Ribbon HDD cable has to be the Downfall of the m18xr2! If I don't get it sitting just perfectly I have lost DATA on some drives. So I am transferring drives, upgrading other Laptops, reinstalling Blindows and trying to figure out what to do with this RTX 4050. Just feels like a big flop in my face BUT! I still LOVE that m18xr2

Found a .pdf data sheet, but I don't know where to start, pg. 17 states "If the bit defaults to “1” or programmed to “1”, it can’t be programmed to “0” again." makes me nervous. https://www.issi.com/WW/pdf/25WP016_080_040_020.pdf

Thanks for looking out @ssj92 I am held up about the vBios looking like nothing is in there. I want to try flashing but it seems to be locked with CH341A - USB Programmer Never heard of ASProgramer, will look into it Here is a pic of vBios chip. It looked blank till I got the lighting at the right angle

I posted here it did not work in 2 m17xr4"s. Also tried @ssj92 advice to use it in 2nd GPU slot in m18xr2 in SG mode but there is a problem in the 2nd slot and nothing works when a card is installed, just get a bad screen and alot of flickering, my m18xr2 is getting very old.

The m18xr2 I always use 330w adapter no matter what. The 17x's sometimes I use a 240w but try to use 330w if I am benching or gaming. Since you're using 2nd gpu slot I would try only 330w

Got out the Ch341a Programmer V2.2.0.10 and read the card It will not flash Dell vBios. Ran As Administrator and unlocked but says Buffer size not equal to IC size

I am looking at vBios on Techpowerup and there are 44 unverified for RTX 4050 mobile, 1 for 4050 laptop GPU and 1 for 4050 laptop. Looking at the card the vBios chip is on the back, I'll have a look and extract it and do a little comparing, maybe a Dell vBios if I can get past the nVidia Lock No pci-e adapter and no monitor, but I do see that as becoming an advantage

Right, 1 laptop in SG and the other in PEG