Official Clevo X170KM-G Thread

[CowDontMeow]

On 2/18/2026 at 2:36 PM, crossshot said:

You need a hardware calibration tool like Datacolor SpyderX or something else. I had the 4k display with 98% Adobe RGB and calibrate it with that tool. Wide uncalibrated garmut displays makes absolutly no sense.

I’ve tried the old “by eye” calibration which I know isn’t going to be perfect, no matter what I do the screen either ends up looking perfect until I export the files to another device and realise it was calibrated to be slightly warm with oversaturated greens (meaning the output looks more beige in areas it should be yellow/green) OR for a closer matching output the screen looks super cool and with a blue/grey tinge, my eyes adjust to this to when I export although it’s closer to true it takes a good 5-10mins for my eyes to adjust back to normal so it doesn’t look whack. 
 

It’s a shame because in games it looks stunning, it must be because I do macro photography so a lot of the subject is in super high detail with almost black backgrounds so the colours are very pronounce, with landscape I imagine the huge variety of colours mixing negates this. 
 

I’m not throwing the towel in though, I’ve found someone within a 30min drive that *might* be willing to use their Spyder, trying to bribe them with the promise of beers and/or compensation. 

[ChildFree001]

Hello everybody! 🖐️ Please advice 🙏

 

I do enjoy my x170km-g (11700k/3080/FHD 300hz) even in 2026 and i'm still happy with it 🥰 and In view of upcoming x170km-g maintenance and good opportunity of CPU & RAM replacement, please kindly advice:

 

1) Does it right to goes with 10900k (10850k) instead of 11700k in games?

(My 11700k looks nice with UV -130mv, 150w at full load @4600, with max temp 80°c, max fan for such test).

I'm talking mostly about extra cores/produced heat/4x32 RAM in XMP? (Kingston Fury Impact KF432S20IBK2/64)

2) So, does XMG bios 01.07.09RTR6 isn't suitable with 4x32 ram in XMP, instead of 01.07.09RTR7-G2?

3) Am i correct that XMP profile #2 is better than #1?

Will XMP#2 run either CPU 11gen or 10gen?

 

[strijrator]

Hey @ChildFree001

 

1. I don't think you would benefit from upgrading to a 10900k or 10850k in games. I beleive they perform very similar. Plus you'll lose PCIE express 4 capabilities for the SSD slot closest to the cpu if you go with a 10th gen chip.

 

2. Both bioses can run a 4x32 configuration. It is not guaranteed that you'll be able to run the memory at 3200 CL 20 though. Ram is very finnicky on this laptop, so keep that in mind.

 

3. The profiles should be similar in terms of performance. I have heard that certain applications benefit from lower latency memory more than higher bandwidth and vice versa.

 

• Will XMP#2 run either CPU 11gen or 10gen?

I believe so, yes.

 

[CowDontMeow]

So I got annoyed that the laptop would only run 2666mhz on my ram so I tried enabling XMP 1, now it won’t boot. 
 

it’ll start, keyboard RGB flashes and fans all spin up, when they quieten down and it would normally boot the screen stays black and the keyboard stays steady blue. 
 

I’ve tried FN+D, I’ve removed the CMOS battery and still no change. 
 

Is there a way to reset the bios some other way? I assume using different ram would force it to change the settings to “auto” but I don’t have any other devices with DDR4 SODIMM. 
 

Should’ve just played some Stardew Valley and told my brain to be quiet. 
 

Edit*
Turns out ran was installed in slots #2 & #4, didn’t even think about it when I re-pasted it previously. 
 

Took the ram out, got side tracked cleaning all the filth out (trust me to clean when I should be diagnosing / fixing), re-installed a single stick into slot #1, it boot looped a few times before popping up with a “memory change detected” and booted!

 

Both sticks now in their proper places and to top it off they now run at their advertised speeds of 2933 19-19-19-47 on auto without any input by me. Looks like PCSpecialists installed these in the wrong place when building it out for the original owners. 
 

I’ve missed playing with a “PC” but I’m already starting to see why I went to a console, I just can’t leave things alone and although I learn a LOT I end up causing myself issues along the way lol. 
 

Now the panic is over, anyone in the UK have a source for BOE09D9 1440p screens? All the vendors I’ve tried only say they’ll send whatever “comparable” screens they have available, seeing as this is all new to me I’m not sure whether the extra hassle is worth having G-Sync functional, can anyone provide some input?

[solidus1983]

@CowDontMeow If you do find where you can get BOE09D9  screens, let me know, as I am also in the UK. I do have a Non-Gsync one currently installed, but would love a GSync version.

[CowDontMeow]

Can anyone confirm whether the latest XMG 1.07.09RTR allows you to disabled VT-D? I tried everything Windows-side to disable virtualisation so Throttlestop works but had to rely on disabling VT-D, I want to update but dont want to lose the ability to undervolt, currently on 1.07.01 for both BIOS and EC.

[Teo]

On 3/9/2026 at 7:24 AM, CowDontMeow said:

Can anyone confirm whether the latest XMG 1.07.09RTR allows you to disabled VT-D? I tried everything Windows-side to disable virtualisation so Throttlestop works but had to rely on disabling VT-D, I want to update but dont want to lose the ability to undervolt, currently on 1.07.01 for both BIOS and EC.

Hi 

 

yes you can under volt on XMG 1.07.09RTR bios, I have undervolt it with Throttlestop. 
 

VT-D can also be disable on UEFI BIOS MENU.

 

If it doesn’t work for you, you can always downgrade with your Bios update file.

 

good luck.

[CowDontMeow]

On 3/10/2026 at 1:55 AM, Teo said:

Hi 

 

yes you can under volt on XMG 1.07.09RTR bios, I have undervolt it with Throttlestop. 
 

VT-D can also be disable on UEFI BIOS MENU.

 

If it doesn’t work for you, you can always downgrade with your Bios update file.

 

good luck.

 

 

Thanks for this, I got mixed up and meant VMX. BIOS Update went well! Everything working as it should, I did think that the "wait 5seconds before the splashscreen" might get shorter, my first gen i3 with an ancient SSD still boots faster because it takes so long to get to the splash screen lol.

 

Right so this laptop was pre-loaded with a fresh restore of Win11 Home. I've done everything possible to disable virtualisation. Regedit, group policy (had to enable GPEDIT and download the newest polices to add to this version of windows, followed countless guides and quite literally out of things to try, I've even had the screen at boot asking to confirm whether I want to disable virtualisation and its still enabled which means to access to undervolting.

 

Doing my head in tbh. I'm loathe to do a clean install with Win11 Pro due to all the photo editing software I've got installed plus my games but unless someone can suggest something it might be my only choice, unless I downgrade from XMG's 1.07.09 to the stock Clevo 1.07.08 but from what I gather their BIOS / EC is the best out there for stability and general usage.

 

I've seen a few posts on how to unlock the XMG BIOS but they all list warnings and "dont do this unless you truly understand what you're doing" which I definitely do not. 

 

Okay so I’ve tried everything, registry edits, safe boot disabled, vtd disabled, Microsoft readiness tool, LSA removal scripts along with multiple other powershell scripts, group policy editors etc. 

 

Ive even had the promps on start up, “Press F3 to opt out to VBS/LSA” and virtualisation is still enabled which means Throttlestop doesn’t enable voltage control. 
 

Going to downgrade to either the Sagar or Clevo 1.07.08 (anyone used both and can comment on which they prefer?). 
 

I’ve seen a few posts about people going back and forth without issue but I’ve also seen the post with “XMG to Clevo” files. If I do need to use these to downgrade successfully how do I use them? Extract in the same root as the bios files? Run the XMG to Clevo NSH first assuming it’ll do its thing and then ask me to point it towards the new BIOS directory?

 

Its been many years since I’ve messed with this stuff and although there is a LOT of documentation from the helpful people here a lot of it is conflicting and I just want to make sure I’m not going to brick my laptop.
 

I also don’t fancy using hex editors to create an unlocked XMG 1.07.09RTR, last time I used hex was finding exploits in games about 20 years ago as a young teen trying to find ways to trade exploits / hacks for in game currency (Rohan online, Conquer online were my jam back then). 

 

Whilst doing more reading and research I came a cross this repo of Clevo Bios' from the various manufacturers as well as a bunch of tools, I'm not sure yet what Obsidian is but I've seen a few posts about it, more reading required.

 

https://mega.nz/folder/OUQwGYKJ#4WGeTY-TPJ8knGfey8szgQ

 

Sorry for the tripple post, I managed to fumble my way through the captcha on a Russian forum and came across a tool that allows you to unlock the XMG bios options at boot, its locked again after rebooting but your settings stay saved! Each time you need to change a setting just pop the USB stick in, spam F7 at boot until the options come up and select the drive, it'll hang for a minute whilst it runs the script and then throw you into your BIOS options with all settings unlocked.

 

To unlock voltage control in ThrottleStop I needed to disable VM-X, VT-D, CFG Lock and overclocking lock. Absolutely no idea why this laptop in particular is such a pain. Good news though, after updating to the XMG 1.07.09 bios and 1.07.04 EC from the Pc Specialist 1.07.01 Bios/EC its considerably more stable, I'm only on an 11900F so I'm limited to the stock speeds but it means I can now hold a -85mV core and -70mV cache undervolt @4.7ghz all core clocks, I've not tried pushing the undervolt further because at minimum fan speeds I can chill at 35c GPU/CPU and during CPU stress testing it holds 70c until the turbo timer kicks in where it'll drop to 62c.

 

Roughly translated guide for this tool is below, I hope its okay to share this here, as always with these tools proceed at your own risk.

 

 

 

 

Srep_X170KM-G.zip

[giltheone]

Something weird has just happened with my X170KM-G notebook.

 

As some of you may remember, the version I have is an Origin EON17-X (2021). It came with the Intel i9-11900K CPU. I wanted to use 128 GB of RAM. So, people suggested I flash the XMG BIOS. I have not done so simply because I'm chicken, and with 64GB my PC was working fine, and I need it for work, not just for fun.

I had actually bought two kits of 64 GB (32 GB per stick) 3200 MT/s RAM, but I was only using one of the kits. The computer came with a pair of Corsair of 16 GB (8 GB per stick) 2600 MT/s RAM originally. Either of the 64 GB kits worked fine (I tested both sets on the computer), and I had been running it with one of them almost since I bought the laptop. At first, the RAM was in the slots below the board, but later I moved the pair of sticks to the slots underneath the keyboard. So far, so good.

So, for kicks, I decided to try the original 16 GB RAM from Corsair in the slots below the board. Of course, nothing happened, the computer started, but it never finished booting. So, again for kicks I tried the other set of 64 GB RAM I had not been using. I expected the system would try training the RAM (that's what it did when I tried the 128 GB in all four slots some months ago), but it would then not do anything for a long while, and I would then give up, flash the XMG BIOS, and start again.

 

But NO!. The PC booted with the 128 GB of RAM, all with the original 1.07.08TOPC BIOS from Origin. I ran the Windows memory test (not the deep test, just the regular test). It finished after a couple of hours, and didn't find any problems. Go figure. It is running at 2933 MT/s, as was expected for the 11th generation CPU I have, but IT IS RUNNING.

So I find this VERY odd. Some months ago with the same four sticks of 32 GB RAM the machine wouldn't finish booting. And now it's running fine with the 128 GB of RAM, all without changing the original UEFI BIOS. I mean, I am elated, but I am also VERY puzzled as to why it worked this time, and not a few months back.

OK, so I posted this as a FYI for others that may have the same version of the computer. I'm happy for now, and will post an update if I run into any problems, but I am typing on the X170KM-G PC right now, and it seems fine at the moment. The Origin BIOS doesn't have a problem with the 128 GB of RAM, so this is pretty cool, I didn't have to flash a different one.

EDIT: Oh, I forgot: the RAM I have is cheap DDR4 RAM from Timetec. I have used their DDR3 RAM on another PC, and with that one and this one I have not had any problems. To me it seems to be fine budget RAM, in case anyone is curious. Of course, it has gone through the roof by now, but it was relatively inexpensive when I bought it a while back.

Edited 6 hours ago by giltheone
Added extra info. Corrected BIOS version. Other minor clarifications.