Alienware 18 R1 - RTX A3000 12GB MXM

[SuperMG3]

1 hour ago, ssj92 said:

So 3060 works in AW18 but not 3080?

If 3060 works then It should work. I don't want to swap everything. 

 

They use the same drivers.

[ssj92]

13 minutes ago, SuperMG3 said:

If 3060 works then It should work. I don't want to swap everything. 

 

They use the same drivers.

I was told it does not...

 

so if yours work then maybe we need your vBIOS. 

 

 

[SuperMG3]

2 hours ago, ssj92 said:

I was told it does not...

 

so if yours work then maybe we need your vBIOS. 

 

 

You need mod INF with NVCleanInstall. The drivers from X-VSION won't work.

 

My bios is saved in Techpowerup recently. Search for RTX 3080 Laptop 16GB from X-Vsion 

[ssj92]

6 hours ago, SuperMG3 said:

You need mod INF with NVCleanInstall. The drivers from X-VSION won't work.

 

My bios is saved in Techpowerup recently. Search for RTX 3080 Laptop 16GB from X-Vsion 

The laptop doesn't even post with 3080 in AW18 but works fine in M18xR2

[SuperMG3]

8 hours ago, ssj92 said:

The laptop doesn't even post with 3080 in AW18 but works fine in M18xR2

That's strange. Why does my 3060 work then? It's stupid to make the 3080 work on the AW18 because of the MXM slot's power limit.

 

Maybe the card won't work because of the MXM port? Who knows

 

X-vsion uses generic bios for their 3000 series. Like the 3060, 3070 and 3080.

[ssj92]

On 1/25/2025 at 4:53 AM, SuperMG3 said:

That's strange. Why does my 3060 work then? It's stupid to make the 3080 work on the AW18 because of the MXM slot's power limit.

 

Maybe the card won't work because of the MXM port? Who knows

 

X-vsion uses generic bios for their 3000 series. Like the 3060, 3070 and 3080.

No idea, I'll test 3080 in M18xR1/R2 and AW 18 when I get my heatsink next month 

[SuperMG3]

Hello guys. I'm now getting error 43 on the GPU. Windows was acting weird, like it was trying to install some drivers, I don't know. I got a BSOD before that, TDR VIDEO FAILURE

[SuperMG3]

I tried DDU and reinstalling, it didn't work. Still the same error. Although, the GPU is detected in the bios.

[SuperMG3]

Ok guys for some random reasons. I went to device manager and disabled the GPU then enabled it back and the error was gone.

 

I ran one 3dmark TimeSpy and I got 9500 graphics scores, nice. I was using Hwinfo fan tune, the only fan who was at max was the CPU one, the GPU one was controlled by the EC I guess...

 

Do I need to extend my warranty? Or is it common to get random error 43 because of windows?

[SuperMG3]

GPU is still awkward. Probably a driver problem with Windows 10 or whole GPU.

 

FurMark doesn't run.

 

And the GPU is reporting very weird values on GPU-Z. Check attached pictures. It does 0MB then 8GB but it's a 16GB card...

[SuperMG3]

However, the RTX 3060 MXM on the other Alienware 18 R1 works great.

 

FurMark ran!

 

So I think my RTX 3080 is faulty? There's a one year warranty so it can pass.

[FrancoTecno]

hi @SuperMG3, i like to buy an 3060 mxm for my old msi gt60. actually i have an 1060m, ehats your experience with x-vsion??? and compatibility issues?

[SuperMG3]

On 5/13/2025 at 5:32 PM, FrancoTecno said:

hi @SuperMG3, i like to buy an 3060 mxm for my old msi gt60. actually i have an 1060m, ehats your experience with x-vsion??? and compatibility issues?

Hello. My RTX 3080 got fixed so everything is fine. (The IC was glitching due to a short-circuit caused by a screw).

 

Compatibility:

 

The RTX 3060 12GB works fine on laptops with Optimus (intel HD + NVIDIA) or laptops with dual MXM slots (NVIDIA + NVIDIA) with some vbios.

 

You need to modify your heatsink to make the core fit perfectly onto the copper middle part of your heatsink. There's like an offset of 9mm to the right.

 

The 3060/3080 don't have eDP output for internal displays. 

 

Performance:

 

It's a 80W card and it performes like a 80-95W one.