Official Clevo X170KM-G Thread

[matyee]

For SM-G I think it was assembled with FHD 240mhz.... only KM-G had 300hz FHD panel with GSYNC (however I am note sure)

[1610ftw]

10 hours ago, matyee said:

For SM-G I think it was assembled with FHD 240mhz.... only KM-G had 300hz FHD panel with GSYNC (however I am note sure)

 

That is indeed what it looks like - FHD 240 for the SM-G and 300 for the KM-G.

 

OK,  remembered there was a thing with QHD and the KM-G.

Search for GSYNC and you will find apost by @wilpang and he had the QHD 165Hz panel with GSYNC.

 

Seems rather tricky though to hunt down the right panel as @solidus1983 also earlier in this thread seemed to have the right type but not quite as it later turned out. So when you buy a panel you may want to look for a supplier that guarantees Gsync functionality with the KM-G.

 

[matyee]

Thanks for the info. What I have leart regarding gsync (had 30+ clevos) you need to find the exact panel which it is assembled with, then you are good to go. Otherwise forget gsync, bios, cpu, gpu and panel needs match. If i manage to get the x170, i will do the 4k replace to FHD, for me the AUO 5.1 would be good, however QHD 165hz would be better 🙂

 

I have found the original listing with QHD panel, however it is not written if there is gsync or not, I assume yes.

 

 

- 17.3in; QHD; 2560x1440; 165Hz; eDP; 40pin; 100% sRGB; BOE NE173QHM-NY2 [add $80]

 

[1610ftw]

On 7/7/2022 at 3:22 PM, solidus1983 said:

 

Yep VBIOS i have is G-Sync supported, i think i have narrowed down the issue itself.

After asking the question on XMG's discord for someone with a 2K Panel with G-Sync enabled i got the reply of

 

Monitor Name (Manuf):             BOE CQ       NE173QHM-NY2 
Monitor Name:                     BOE [Unknown Model: BOE09D9]

 

Whilst my panel is

 

Monitor Name (Manuf):             BOE CQ       NE173QHM-NY2 
Monitor Name:                     BOE [Unknown Model: BOE0977]

 

I tihnk the Monitor model is difference is what is causing the issue even though the panel i have is a G-Sync panel.

 

Not only that VRR option has gone missing in Windows too.

 

 

As i am on the latest VBIOS, EC firmware, System Firmware this is the only thing left which means i wasn't so lucky after all.

 

 

 

 

As you can see it is not that easy - you need a special version of that panel.

 

Imo it is worth it though to find it as QHD is the best compromise when you find yourself in situations where you want to open web pages or other stuff side by side - that stuff does not really work that well on a FHD panel.

[solidus1983]

@matyee If you are going for a 1440p 165hz screen with GSYNC you need to make sure its the following one
 

Monitor Name (Manuf):             BOE CQ       NE173QHM-NY2 
Monitor Name:                     BOE [Unknown Model: BOE09D9]

 

Thats the only one i know that is G-Sync compatible the BOE09D9 part is important. 

[matyee]

thanks a lot!!

[1610ftw]

Looks like that panel can be found here:

 

https://www.blisscomputers.net/razer-blade-pro-17-ne173qhm-ny2-boe09d9-17-3-screen-262068/

 

 

[Don_prince]

I made some 140mm fan adapters from the rear, 

 

There may be fitment issues, but thanks to the help of XMG, they should be a perfect fit. 

As I have no intention to have my 3d printer keep me awake for 5 days, and have no clue how to remove the supports on the inside I will order them from JLC and have them powder printed. 

Find the files attached if you want to print yourself, or let me know if you want to jump in with the first batch and risk it with me. 

 

It should snap into the screwhole and the lip behind the screen. If that doesnt work I am thinking about using velcrow.

Feel free to use the 3d models however you like.

 

 

X170KM fan mod.3dm X170KM fan mod R.stl X170KM fan mod L.stl

[anassa]

@Don_prince Just out of curiosity, how would this help? Regular PC fans are just in-out directional fans, while laptop fans tend to pull in and push out to the sides, the fan blade shape is very different. Looks like a really cool idea though.

 

[Don_prince]

1 hour ago, anassa said:

@Don_prince Just out of curiosity, how would this help? Regular PC fans are just in-out directional fans, while laptop fans tend to pull in and push out to the sides, the fan blade shape is very different. Looks like a really cool idea though.

 

Im counting on pulling more volume of air through the back exaust. Yes in the image the fans are backwards, but those are only there for fitment. 

I dont know how efficient normal PC fans are compared to the little ones in the laptop. I am hoping more air and a little bit more silent but I dont keep my hope up. If they pull a lot likely the little fans in the laptop will continue to make noise coasting along. If the side exausts start pulling air instead of pushing I call that a win. 

With the duct all of the fans sucking power is through the back exaust so, unless the passthrough is too restrictive it should always increase rather than reduce. I will report back how well it performs...

[electrosoft]

If someone is looking for a top loaded X170KM-G, brand new Origin models with 11900k and 3080 in qty here:

 

Looks like they have about 19 of them and taking offers.

 

 

[1610ftw]

1 hour ago, electrosoft said:

If someone is looking for a top loaded X170KM-G, brand new Origin models with 11900k and 3080 in qty here:

 

Looks like they have about 19 of them and taking offers.

 

 

 

Now that is a weird looking back lid! Other than that it is pretty cool that this can still be bought (like) new.

 

Just imagine this chassis being available with an 18" 16:10 screen, a 14900K and a 4090 MXM GPU with some special @Prema sauce!

 

 

[electrosoft]

4 hours ago, 1610ftw said:

 

Now that is a weird looking back lid! Other than that it is pretty cool that this can still be bought (like) new.

 

Just imagine this chassis being available with an 18" 16:10 screen, a 14900K and a 4090 MXM GPU with some special @Prema sauce!

 

 

 

I wish....*sigh* I'd even take it with an AMD AM5 socket.

 

 

[Clamibot]

7 hours ago, 1610ftw said:

 

Now that is a weird looking back lid! Other than that it is pretty cool that this can still be bought (like) new.

 

Just imagine this chassis being available with an 18" 16:10 screen, a 14900K and a 4090 MXM GPU with some special @Prema sauce!

 

 

 I'd absolutely love to have one of those as well! That'd be the one laptop that would get me back into laptops.

 

Clevo's newest X270 and X370 models are abominations and are completely undeserving of the Xx70 moniker. I absolutely love my X170 and wish it had a proper successor.

[1610ftw]

5 minutes ago, electrosoft said:

 

I wish....*sigh* I'd even take it with an AMD AM5 socket.

 

 

 

I would definitely prefer AMD AM5 socket if upgradeable but for at least the last 3 Clevo models with socketed CPU we did not get to upgrade to next gen(s) as you know only too well as owner of two of those models:

 

X170SM-G socket 1200

NH55 socket 1700

NH50 socket AM4

 

The days of being able to buy a P870 with an i5-6600K and finally ending up with a CPU with twice as many cores three generations later will probably never be repeated...

 

 

[win32asmguy]

You have to wonder why Clevo did not just make a last hurrah X170 drop in board with LGA1700 Z690 and same power limits as previous gen. It would have been far more useful than the NH55 which maxes out at a 3070Ti mobile, and with bios updates could even support 14900K as many desktop Z690 boards can do. Of course, Intel probably does not want anything in a laptop outperforming their HX BGA chips so I doubt they would have collaborated with Clevo on a project like that.

[1610ftw]

8 hours ago, win32asmguy said:

You have to wonder why Clevo did not just make a last hurrah X170 drop in board with LGA1700 Z690 and same power limits as previous gen. It would have been far more useful than the NH55 which maxes out at a 3070Ti mobile, and with bios updates could even support 14900K as many desktop Z690 boards can do. Of course, Intel probably does not want anything in a laptop outperforming their HX BGA chips so I doubt they would have collaborated with Clevo on a project like that.

 

Somebody with contacts at Intel should ask them about a socketed CPU in a laptop. I am pretty sure that if Asus, Gigabyte or MSI wanted to go socketed Intel would allow them to do it in one model.

 

Socketed would be nice as it would force a slightly thicker laptop, I think it would add maybe 5mm? That has other benefits like the ability to stack SSDs in order to increase drive numbers or alternatively the ability to add a cooling solution for the SSDs, more real estate due to a thicker battery that does not take up half of the space under the keyboard, bigger fans, better CPU and GPU cooling etc.

 

As for Clevo they are not a desktop motherboard manufacturer so for them it may be more difficult to go back to socketed.

 

 

[Don_prince]

This thing apparently is real: http://www.xinjuneng.com.cn/news.html

I would love to have access to that battery and charging solution, so we can make our own just with ITX motherboards

[Clamibot]

On 2/8/2024 at 8:12 AM, Don_prince said:

This thing apparently is real: http://www.xinjuneng.com.cn/news.html

I would love to have access to that battery and charging solution, so we can make our own just with ITX motherboards

Yeah that REV-9 laptop is super badass. I would really like to see a complete disassembly of that laptop.

[Don_prince]

Only to realise I only have 120mm fans around...

I ended up printing myself. They do not sit on their own, I taped a 120 fan in there, so they need some support some way

 

[matyee]

Hi All!

where is the bios chip on the x170km model? Has anyone flashed a bios into it with programmer before? Thx

[Raven]

Hi all, 

Competing club member here (P870TM-G) I picked up a 2080 Super MXM card dirt cheap and got it working in my laptop relatively easy, But I'm having an issue with it shutting off after a long period of high load, This tells me I'm probably cooking the VRM's, Does anyone happen to have a picture or layout of Pad size and location for the card and know if any of the VRM's on the back of the card require cooling?

 

I only ask here because I know the X170KM-G was sold at some point with a 2080 Super in it, Other then that this thing is slaying everything I throw at it compared to what the 1070 was doing, My max temps are 89C on the hotspot and 79-80C on the core when at full load (205-220W Total board power according to Hardware info)

 

Also does anyone know how I can take away some of it's power budget, Even reducing the power budget by 10% probably wont harm performance all that much but the slider in MSI afterburner is grayed out.

[kela-slk]

hi. can anyone help me?
I have a laptop X170km and I temporarily installed a 10100t processor. I installed a video card and 2080 super and 1070 and 1080 from 775tm, but the laptop freeze startup when loading Windows or efi shell from usb. If you  be in the BIOS (and if not freeze in any menu, choise startup SSD), then after a 2 minute the laptop starts beeping continuously

and then turns off after 30 seconds. The video card is not recognized in the BIOS at all - an empty space. cannt find unlocked bios for X170KM with instrucrions for flashing or with working scripts - i need activated intel graphics for testing - its hardware issue or problem that KM is not supporting 20XX 10XX series graphics cards. My laptop vendor is ORIGIN PC EON 17-X. Bios version 1.07.0BTOPC EC version - 1.07.04. unfortunately i have not factory GPU (30XX series). i have 2 laptops identical  - same issue on both laptops. cannt load any OS, not start bootload Flash drive with new windows install menu - nothing boot. i try another MXM cards (without additional power  - gtx980m\780m\p3000\p4000) - black screen, no POST. My old p775tm working great with mxm standart cards.

i cannt find DOS\EFI shell utility for backup my OEM bios and save him for editing (unlocking optimus options)... Some links in 1-st post is not working.... 

[kela-slk]

On 2/19/2024 at 9:19 PM, Raven said:

Hi all, 

Competing club member here (P870TM-G) I picked up a 2080 Super MXM card dirt cheap and got it working in my laptop relatively easy, But I'm having an issue with it shutting off after a long period of high load, This tells me I'm probably cooking the VRM's, Does anyone happen to have a picture or layout of Pad size and location for the card and know if any of the VRM's on the back of the card require cooling?

 

I only ask here because I know the X170KM-G was sold at some point with a 2080 Super in it, Other then that this thing is slaying everything I throw at it compared to what the 1070 was doing, My max temps are 89C on the hotspot and 79-80C on the core when at full load (205-220W Total board power according to Hardware info)

 

Also does anyone know how I can take away some of it's power budget, Even reducing the power budget by 10% probably wont harm performance all that much but the slider in MSI afterburner is grayed out.

 First - i tested RTX2080S in my P775TM, card is very hot and very very much power consumption (over 200-210w only GPU, but i think - higher) I use my 330w AC adapter and laptop is shutdown in stress test. i buy 780w eurocom and stress test no powering off my laptop, but temps after 3 min  stress test - higher than 90C,  in games  - after 5-10 min temps are 90-95C (cpu and gpu). No Possible change power consumption, power profiles (with CCC or without) not working, and if you start game on low settings - only this can reduce power GPU... Settings for change core or memory clock  - not working! alternative   - RTX2080 no super - TDP - 150w - not hot as Super... 

[kela-slk]

Can anyone take photo X170KM GPU power cable with colours wires both sides? Need colours pinout. I take cable from p773DM3 and think that the wire location is different