M17xR3 Ultimate BIOS! 2026 Edition!

[ssj92]

 

Attached is a bios made with time, effort, money, and love. This file is BUILD 285!

***Alienware M17xR3 BIOS Version A26CS Changelog:***

-Updated CPU Microcode to latest available in 2026
-Updated Intel RST (RAID) OPROM to 12.9 which supports TRIM in RAID0 for SSDs
-Updated Intel iGPU vBIOS to v2171 
-Fixed PEG mode allowing Maxwell 2 (980M, 970M, M3000M, M4000M, M5000M) and Pascal (P5000, etc) to work (Turing is still not working in PEG eDP)
-Fixed SG mode for Maxwell 2. Pascal and Turing work as well. Need amphere and ada testers!

-Added BIOS overclocking support! You can overclock a 2920XM/2960XM in bios! Untested on QM but you can test for me. 
-Some other changes I might have forgotten. I am still trying to port 16GB memory support, UEFI support, and potential Above 4G DECODE

 

 

Download Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16WRgMK4qCosFdiPED0PBV3QhXl36-tLY/view?usp=sharing

 

Feel free to buy me a coffee or 12 pack of beer: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=XBHCLPNYCMDP2

 

I still have more plans to update these BIOS' but wanted to get some feedback at least since I don't have a inf amount of cards. 

[Z_money12]

Hi I have an alienware m17x R3, i7 2860QM, 16gb rm and 60hz refresh rate screen. Do you think this bios would work and if it did could I upgrade to a gtx 980m on it?

[Tenzzy]

The GTX 980m works with this Bios