aldarxt Posted October 19 Share Posted October 19 I have bad news, my m18xr2 is in bad shape, looks like a long project in my path. Getting many BSOD's, system service exception, IRQL not less or equal, Page fault in non paged area, Kmode exception and others I can't keep up with. I was going to shelf it but decided to just make it a "Test Machine" now. It also has a bad 2nd GPU slot, so it needs a new MOBO which I have 1 but was unable to get it to power-up. I tried a GTX 980m in the 1st slot and the RTX 3000 in 2nd but because the 2nd slot is bad I got badly flickering screen. Also that Flat Ribbon HDD cable has to be the Downfall of the m18xr2! If I don't get it sitting just perfectly I have lost DATA on some drives. So I am transferring drives, upgrading other Laptops, reinstalling Blindows and trying to figure out what to do with this RTX 4050. Just feels like a big flop in my face BUT! I still LOVE that m18xr2 Clevo P870DM3-G i9-9900k-32.0GB 2667mhz-RTX3080+GTX1080 Alienware M18x R2 i7-3920xm-32GB DDR3-RTX 3000 Alienware M17x R4 i7-3940XM-16GB DDR3-RTX 3000 Alienware M17x R4 i7-3940XM 20GB DDR3-P4000 120hz 3D Precision m6700 i7-3840QM-16GB DDR3-GTX 970M Precision m4700 i7-3840QM-16GB DDR3-T2000M HP ZBook 17 G6 i7 9850H-32GB DDR4-RTX4000maxQ GOBOXX SLM G2721-i7-10875H RTX 3000-32GB ddr4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldarxt Posted October 19 Share Posted October 19 So @therhor70 on "RTX 3080 in M18xR2? Should I do it? lol" has suceeded with xvision GPU where I have failed. Hooray! xvision sell good cards! Clevo P870DM3-G i9-9900k-32.0GB 2667mhz-RTX3080+GTX1080 Alienware M18x R2 i7-3920xm-32GB DDR3-RTX 3000 Alienware M17x R4 i7-3940XM-16GB DDR3-RTX 3000 Alienware M17x R4 i7-3940XM 20GB DDR3-P4000 120hz 3D Precision m6700 i7-3840QM-16GB DDR3-GTX 970M Precision m4700 i7-3840QM-16GB DDR3-T2000M HP ZBook 17 G6 i7 9850H-32GB DDR4-RTX4000maxQ GOBOXX SLM G2721-i7-10875H RTX 3000-32GB ddr4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maks0098 Posted October 19 Share Posted October 19 6 hours ago, aldarxt said: I have bad news, my m18xr2 is in bad shape, looks like a long project in my path. Getting many BSOD's, system service exception, IRQL not less or equal, Page fault in non paged area, Kmode exception and others I can't keep up with. I was going to shelf it but decided to just make it a "Test Machine" now. It also has a bad 2nd GPU slot, so it needs a new MOBO which I have 1 but was unable to get it to power-up. I tried a GTX 980m in the 1st slot and the RTX 3000 in 2nd but because the 2nd slot is bad I got badly flickering screen. Also that Flat Ribbon HDD cable has to be the Downfall of the m18xr2! If I don't get it sitting just perfectly I have lost DATA on some drives. So I am transferring drives, upgrading other Laptops, reinstalling Blindows and trying to figure out what to do with this RTX 4050. Just feels like a big flop in my face BUT! I still LOVE that m18xr2 did you use two cards in PEG or SG mode? Alienware M18x R2: i7-3920XM @4.7 GHz / 24GB DDR3-2133@CL11 / GTX 1070 Oc`d upgraded from: Quadro P4000 Oc`d, Tesla M6 Oc`d Alienware M18x R2: i7-3720QM / 16GB DDR3L-1600 / Firepro M6100 Clevo P751TM: i7-8086K / 16GB DDR4-2400 / GTX 1080 In past lives: Alienware 17 R1: i7-4710MQ / 16GB DDR3L-1600 / Quadro M3000M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerryzago Posted October 19 Share Posted October 19 7 hours ago, aldarxt said: I have bad news, my m18xr2 is in bad shape, looks like a long project in my path. Getting many BSOD's, system service exception, IRQL not less or equal, Page fault in non paged area, Kmode exception and others I can't keep up with. I was going to shelf it but decided to just make it a "Test Machine" now. It also has a bad 2nd GPU slot, so it needs a new MOBO which I have 1 but was unable to get it to power-up. I tried a GTX 980m in the 1st slot and the RTX 3000 in 2nd but because the 2nd slot is bad I got badly flickering screen. Also that Flat Ribbon HDD cable has to be the Downfall of the m18xr2! If I don't get it sitting just perfectly I have lost DATA on some drives. So I am transferring drives, upgrading other Laptops, reinstalling Blindows and trying to figure out what to do with this RTX 4050. Just feels like a big flop in my face BUT! I still LOVE that m18xr2 Most of the first set of problems are related to hard drive communications. I say stop using the HDD caddy, get an msata for boot and place an SSD caddy to your Optical drive. There are options to put an 2230 Nvme to the Msata port via an msata to Nvme adapter. I will try it shortly to see results. Also the flickering might be if you installed the 980m and RTX3000 and had set the Video settings to SG. I places in both slots two RTX3000 (HP main slot, PNY secondary). PEG resulted in 8 beeps, SG resulted to flickering. 1 Spoiler Alienware M18x R2 i7 3720qm -> i7 3940XM Dual 7970m -> 980m SLI -> HP Quadro RTX 3000 Alienware 17 R1 4710MQ 880M GTX -> PNY Quadro RTX 3000 HP 8570w i7 3820qm Quadro K2000M HP DV6000 T72000 -> T9500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldarxt Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 Thanks @Jerryzago for the confirmation on stop codes! Looks like a good plan not using the flat ribbon cable. Now the m18xr2 will have a glove compartment lol 1 Clevo P870DM3-G i9-9900k-32.0GB 2667mhz-RTX3080+GTX1080 Alienware M18x R2 i7-3920xm-32GB DDR3-RTX 3000 Alienware M17x R4 i7-3940XM-16GB DDR3-RTX 3000 Alienware M17x R4 i7-3940XM 20GB DDR3-P4000 120hz 3D Precision m6700 i7-3840QM-16GB DDR3-GTX 970M Precision m4700 i7-3840QM-16GB DDR3-T2000M HP ZBook 17 G6 i7 9850H-32GB DDR4-RTX4000maxQ GOBOXX SLM G2721-i7-10875H RTX 3000-32GB ddr4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldarxt Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 On 10/19/2024 at 3:32 PM, Maks0098 said: did you use two cards in PEG or SG mode? I set it in SG with 2 cards Clevo P870DM3-G i9-9900k-32.0GB 2667mhz-RTX3080+GTX1080 Alienware M18x R2 i7-3920xm-32GB DDR3-RTX 3000 Alienware M17x R4 i7-3940XM-16GB DDR3-RTX 3000 Alienware M17x R4 i7-3940XM 20GB DDR3-P4000 120hz 3D Precision m6700 i7-3840QM-16GB DDR3-GTX 970M Precision m4700 i7-3840QM-16GB DDR3-T2000M HP ZBook 17 G6 i7 9850H-32GB DDR4-RTX4000maxQ GOBOXX SLM G2721-i7-10875H RTX 3000-32GB ddr4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maks0098 Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 5 hours ago, aldarxt said: I set it in SG with 2 cards you had to use PEG, SG can't work with two cards (without some complicated manipulations). You had to put in the main slot a card that works in PEG and in the second slot RTX, as you did, but you had to enable PEG. Alienware M18x R2: i7-3920XM @4.7 GHz / 24GB DDR3-2133@CL11 / GTX 1070 Oc`d upgraded from: Quadro P4000 Oc`d, Tesla M6 Oc`d Alienware M18x R2: i7-3720QM / 16GB DDR3L-1600 / Firepro M6100 Clevo P751TM: i7-8086K / 16GB DDR4-2400 / GTX 1080 In past lives: Alienware 17 R1: i7-4710MQ / 16GB DDR3L-1600 / Quadro M3000M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldarxt Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 6 hours ago, Maks0098 said: you had to use PEG, SG can't work with two cards (without some complicated manipulations). You had to put in the main slot a card that works in PEG and in the second slot RTX, as you did, but you had to enable PEG. OK, Thanks, that'll be my next move with the GTX 980m in 1st slot and the RTX 4050 in the 2nd. Sure do wish I bought the RTX 3080 instead 1 Clevo P870DM3-G i9-9900k-32.0GB 2667mhz-RTX3080+GTX1080 Alienware M18x R2 i7-3920xm-32GB DDR3-RTX 3000 Alienware M17x R4 i7-3940XM-16GB DDR3-RTX 3000 Alienware M17x R4 i7-3940XM 20GB DDR3-P4000 120hz 3D Precision m6700 i7-3840QM-16GB DDR3-GTX 970M Precision m4700 i7-3840QM-16GB DDR3-T2000M HP ZBook 17 G6 i7 9850H-32GB DDR4-RTX4000maxQ GOBOXX SLM G2721-i7-10875H RTX 3000-32GB ddr4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derpmaster69 Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 (edited) @aldarxt Any luck? If it doesn't work, try connecting an external display and then install the RTX 4050 MXM in the 1st slot and then power it on. Edited October 22 by Derpmaster69 insufficient information Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derpmaster69 Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 10 hours ago, aldarxt said: OK, Thanks, that'll be my next move with the GTX 980m in 1st slot and the RTX 4050 in the 2nd. Sure do wish I bought the RTX 3080 instead You should've bought the 4060 since it is cheaper (360$), less tdp and it is more powerful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMG3 Posted December 10 Share Posted December 10 (edited) X-VSION seller told me that the RTX Ada won't work on M18X R2 and Alienware 18 due to the motherboard's BIOS. But RTX Ampere works (Quadro and GeForce) The BIOS should be modded differently. My hypothesis: Add ReBar maybe? Edited December 10 by SuperMG3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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