p870dm-g RTX 5000 16GB on P870DM-G

[Anton]

Alright CLEVO crew,

Hope you’re all doing good. Big thanks for the advice last year—proper helpful!

After I upgraded my trusty old P870DM-G, I kinda lost track of the forum as I reinstalled Windows. The forum just popped up in my feeds and I said to myself, why don't you write back them? I don’t think I ever mentioned that everything worked out in the end.

Quick question: does it make any difference if I install a single card in the right or centre MXM slot? I know the P870DM-G MXM slot doesn’t run any faster, but it’s set to 4x, which is one of the reasons the card doesn’t overheat.

I managed to snag an RTX5000 built for another maker, so I modded the NVIDIA drivers once, and it worked a treat. But when I tried again with the latest updates, my rough-and-ready modding skills didn’t cut it this time. So, I’m running it with a 2024 driver version in test mode—since, as I mentioned, the card’s meant for a different maker. Still, my old P870DM-G handles last-gen games without breaking a sweat.

I’m using the RTX5000 with one of the standard single-card coolers that came with the SLI setup, but I’ve been eyeing up a different cooler ‘cos the card isn’t identical to the 980 GTX, though it runs way cooler even under stress. It’s not pretty, but it works, doesn’t overheat, and stays stable.

I’m wondering if it’s possible to unsolder the video card cooler and tweak or swap the base to fit the Quadro RTX 5000. Also, could I mod the second video card’s copper cooler to help out? The video card’s chilling fine with the current setup, but the i9-9900K could use some extra love. Once modded and redirect the heat pipes, I could use the second video card cooler to help out the processor cooling instead.

No rush though—it’s working well as it is, and I don’t feel the need for faster performance right now, if ain't broken why you fix it?

With the current setup, also the SSDs in RAID run cooler and a bit faster since they’re running slower than they’re supposed to. It’s still a laptop, so need lower temperatures, but it performs almost like a last-gen mid-range desktop and better than a lot of new laptops despite it's a 10-year-old rig.

By the way, is anyone here handy with copper cooler soldering and mods but lives not too far from Stratford, London? I probably have the equipment home, but not yet the expertise to do the mods myself, so he would be a massive help!

Cheers, folks!
Anton

[runix18]

MXM slots are running at 8x Pcie 3.0.

 

To further help you tou need to post pictures from inside the laptop with the GPU installed. With and without the heatsink on.

 

Wich kind of RTX 5000 do you have?

[Anton]

17 minutes ago, runix18 said:

MXM slots are running at 8x Pcie 3.0.

 

To further help you tou need to post pictures from inside the laptop with the GPU installed. With and without the heatsink on.

 

Wich kind of RTX 5000 do you have?

Cheers, Runix18! You’re spot on.
 

My card’s 16x, but GPU-Z says it’s running at 8x (not 4x). 8x instead of 16x is still plenty and keeps things a bit cooler, so I’m not complaining.

The Quadro RTX5000 16GB I’m using is just a video card built for an HP ZBook 17 G6. Works a treat though, so no complaints there either!

The temptation to merge the CPU and video card cooler is proper strong! I’ll try to get some pics of the inside of the laptop with the GPU installed, with and without the heatsink, and post ‘em soon.

Thanks again, mate!

[runix18]

17 minutes ago, Anton said:

Cheers, Runix18! You’re spot on.
 

My card’s 16x, but GPU-Z says it’s running at 8x (not 4x). 8x instead of 16x is still plenty and keeps things a bit cooler, so I’m not complaining.

The Quadro RTX5000 16GB I’m using is just a video card built for an HP ZBook 17 G6. Works a treat though, so no complaints there either!

The temptation to merge the CPU and video card cooler is proper strong! I’ll try to get some pics of the inside of the laptop with the GPU installed, with and without the heatsink, and post ‘em soon.

Thanks again, mate!

Better than merging the GPU with CPU heatsnik (Clevo did it with the DM2/3/KM and revised the cooling again with the TM, wonder why😜), you could do a CPU TM heatsink mod. With a TM heatsink I was able to kepp the 9900k to 4.5 Ghz (with 4.3 Ghz cache), and still have under throthling temps in games.

[Anton]

11 minutes ago, runix18 said:

Better than merging the GPU with CPU heatsnik (Clevo did it with the DM2/3/KM and revised the cooling again with the TM, wonder why😜), you could do a CPU TM heatsink mod. With a TM heatsink I was able to kepp the 9900k to 4.5 Ghz (with 4.3 Ghz cache), and still have under throthling temps in games.

Cheers, mate!

I’m a bit unsure about which one’s the CPU TM heatsink and how the mod’s done. I had a look in the forum, but it’s massive, and I’m not sure what I’m looking for. If you could point me in the right direction, it’d be a massive help.
 

I’m an old timer, so I was thinking of just swapping out the heat pipes from what I’ve got, then delidding and running it with liquid metal. If there’s already an upgraded version out there that might work, even better!

Thanks again, Runix18. You’re a legend!

[runix18]

44 minutes ago, Anton said:

Cheers, mate!

I’m a bit unsure about which one’s the CPU TM heatsink and how the mod’s done. I had a look in the forum, but it’s massive, and I’m not sure what I’m looking for. If you could point me in the right direction, it’d be a massive help.
 

I’m an old timer, so I was thinking of just swapping out the heat pipes from what I’ve got, then delidding and running it with liquid metal. If there’s already an upgraded version out there that might work, even better!

Thanks again, Runix18. You’re a legend!

See this. Unfortunately I cannot find the tutorial anymore as it was on the old Notebookreview forum, maybe somene has it archived somewhere.

 

 

[Anton]

14 minutes ago, runix18 said:

See this. Unfortunately I cannot find the tutorial anymore as it was on the old Notebookreview forum, maybe somene has it archived somewhere.

 

 

Thanks, mate! I’ll have a look for that heatsink solution that’s ready to use.
 

Alright, I’ve been wondering—do you know of any new models for a CLEVO P870DM-G compatible keyboard, webcam (Windows Hello ready), or internal Sound Blaster cards? I’ve only got a Realtek here, and it’s a bit naff. Also, any chance of a more recent internal card reader?

With all the mods I’ve done to keep this laptop going, I’m thinking these older bits might pack up first.

If you’ve got any tips or know where to look, it’d be a massive help! Cheers, mate!

[runix18]

15 hours ago, Anton said:

Thanks, mate! I’ll have a look for that heatsink solution that’s ready to use.
 

Alright, I’ve been wondering—do you know of any new models for a CLEVO P870DM-G compatible keyboard, webcam (Windows Hello ready), or internal Sound Blaster cards? I’ve only got a Realtek here, and it’s a bit naff. Also, any chance of a more recent internal card reader?

With all the mods I’ve done to keep this laptop going, I’m thinking these older bits might pack up first.

If you’ve got any tips or know where to look, it’d be a massive help! Cheers, mate!

Unfortunately, there is no solution that’s ready to use. The idea of the mod is simple, as you just need to cut off 3 mm of the CPU back plate standoffs  after you remove it with a hairblower from the motherboard.

 

After you do that you are good to go with a TM heatsink. Mind you that you also need to remove the 12V fan from the heatsink as the DM uses the 5V fan.

[Anton]

12 hours ago, runix18 said:

Unfortunately, there is no solution that’s ready to use. The idea of the mod is simple, as you just need to cut off 3 mm of the CPU back plate standoffs  after you remove it with a hairblower from the motherboard.

 

After you do that you are good to go with a TM heatsink. Mind you that you also need to remove the 12V fan from the heatsink as the DM uses the 5V fan.

Cheers, mate! I’m still a newbie when it comes to soldering, so it feels safer for me to just desolder, retouch where the heat pipes go, and solder again on the current CPU cooler. If I mess up the second video card heatsink, it’s no big deal—I’m not using it since I removed the second GPU to leave the RTX5000 alone. So, if it goes tits up, I can always swap new heat pipes in and try again. It won’t be pretty if I do it, ‘cos I’m not as skilled as many of you lot, but it should work.
 

But what if I mess up the motherboard with all the soldering and desoldering? That’d be a proper nightmare for me—way more painful to fix. In my case, better to play it safe, innit?

Same goes for the video card—to get a perfect fit, I should probably track down the heatsink for the HP ZBOOK 17 G6 card and use the GPU plate to upgrade the old Clevo heatsink. In the pics, the Clevo one already looks better cooler than the HP, but it’s worth getting the right fit if I can.
 

That said, it’d be even safer if I just leave it looking like Frankenstein’s monster, with mismatched heatsinks and cards, since they’re working fine as they are.

Thanks again, mate!

Anton.

[runix18]

11 hours ago, Anton said:

Cheers, mate! I’m still a newbie when it comes to soldering, so it feels safer for me to just desolder, retouch where the heat pipes go, and solder again on the current CPU cooler. If I mess up the second video card heatsink, it’s no big deal—I’m not using it since I removed the second GPU to leave the RTX5000 alone. So, if it goes tits up, I can always swap new heat pipes in and try again. It won’t be pretty if I do it, ‘cos I’m not as skilled as many of you lot, but it should work.
 

But what if I mess up the motherboard with all the soldering and desoldering? That’d be a proper nightmare for me—way more painful to fix. In my case, better to play it safe, innit?

Same goes for the video card—to get a perfect fit, I should probably track down the heatsink for the HP ZBOOK 17 G6 card and use the GPU plate to upgrade the old Clevo heatsink. In the pics, the Clevo one already looks better cooler than the HP, but it’s worth getting the right fit if I can.
 

That said, it’d be even safer if I just leave it looking like Frankenstein’s monster, with mismatched heatsinks and cards, since they’re working fine as they are.

Thanks again, mate!

Anton.

If I were you righ now, I would just do the TM Cpu heatsink mod, and also mod a GTX980 heatsink to match the RTX 5000 layout by following this tutorial.

 

And btw what do you need to solder and desolder from the motherboard?

 

[JamieTheAnything]

On 3/19/2025 at 11:00 PM, runix18 said:

Unfortunately, there is no solution that’s ready to use. The idea of the mod is simple, as you just need to cut off 3 mm of the CPU back plate standoffs  after you remove it with a hairblower from the motherboard.

 

After you do that you are good to go with a TM heatsink. Mind you that you also need to remove the 12V fan from the heatsink as the DM uses the 5V fan.

As it turns out if you dont plan on shaving them down, you can also hard mount the TM cooler to a DM2/3, I used the screws from a Cisco Switch I took apart. Took off the spring screws and replaced it with those, I finally got good enough contact to even use PTM7950.