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    Tips and Tricks with modded Alienware M17x R3 A08 BIOS

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by widezu69, Oct 3, 2011.

  1. zoolian982

    zoolian982 Notebook Deity

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    WEI scores don't matter. As long as your comp performs well.
     
    zoolian982, Dec 17, 2011
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  2. widezu69

    widezu69 Goodbye Alienware

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    Link in siggy. Look at both of them. Remember to avoid XTU 3.0, 2.1 is what you want.
     
    widezu69, Dec 17, 2011
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  3. Pythagrean

    Pythagrean Notebook Guru

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    Well, I see what I was doing wrong and I will keep it to myself. Damn it was pretty stupid of me. Just getting use to this modded BIOS.
     
    Pythagrean, Dec 18, 2011
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  4. nayilalien

    nayilalien Notebook Evangelist

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    my bios hangs everytime I try to get into BCLK

    :confused: :confused: :confused:
     
    nayilalien, Dec 20, 2011
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  5. widezu69

    widezu69 Goodbye Alienware

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    Are you getting to it at the right place? There is a BCLK option in the bios which is a no go area. You've missed it being right infront of you. In the first picture it is the bus clock.
     
    widezu69, Dec 20, 2011
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  6. nayilalien

    nayilalien Notebook Evangelist

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    got it to work... cpus z reads 99.9 Mhz
     
    nayilalien, Dec 20, 2011
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  7. Mr Pras

    Mr Pras Hardware and systems

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    Mr Pras, Jan 18, 2012
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  8. Khoul_Pok

    Khoul_Pok Newbie

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    I coudn't modded like u coz I don't see option, mind is 2820QM, flash A04 then blind flash to A08 and GTX 580M. I'm looking for your explanding thanks.
     
    Khoul_Pok, Jan 24, 2012
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  9. aznpos531

    aznpos531 Notebook Evangelist

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    So did we ever figure out what enabling C7 does?
     
    aznpos531, Mar 6, 2012
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  10. katalin_2003

    katalin_2003 NBR Spectre Super Moderator

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    C7 is present only on Sandy Bridge allowing as low as 4,1W min. processor state.

    Simply put: another power saving feature.
     
    katalin_2003, Mar 6, 2012
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  11. aznpos531

    aznpos531 Notebook Evangelist

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    Thanks for that! +rep
    So mainly for improving battery life then.
     
    aznpos531, Mar 6, 2012
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  12. katalin_2003

    katalin_2003 NBR Spectre Super Moderator

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    Theoretically, yes.
     
    katalin_2003, Mar 6, 2012
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  13. aznpos531

    aznpos531 Notebook Evangelist

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    Have you guys ever noticed/played around with the thermal configuration under the second advanced tab? It has what appears to be the system fan control profile, throttling profile, enabling ACPI 3.0 T states etc. I don't know enough to have the gall to mess with these settings but it looks interesting.

    Here are some shots of the screens:

    Second advanced tab:


    Thermal Configuration menu:


    Platform Thermal Configuration:



    CPU Thermal Configuration:
     
    aznpos531, Apr 21, 2012
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  14. chil

    chil Notebook Enthusiast

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    hav jus fund the unloked bios via a link on this site, ran it and everyting is fine.My 1 question is this if there is a single tweak that will improve performance what should i tweak?
     
    chil, Aug 10, 2012
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  15. aznpos531

    aznpos531 Notebook Evangelist

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    Unless you have an XM CPU and want to overclock it or you wish to disable IGD, I don't think the unlocked BIOS will do you much good in terms of improving performance.
    Take a look at this thread: Tips and Tricks with Modded A08 bios.
    Do not change anything that you're unsure about or you may brick your laptop. I'll put this link here in case you really do brick your laptop: BIOS Recovery in case you brick your M17x R3
     
    aznpos531, Aug 11, 2012
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  16. LVNeptune

    LVNeptune Notebook Virtuoso

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    Ah. I see my recovery thread is still getting referred to. :wink:
     
    LVNeptune, Aug 12, 2012
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  17. aznpos531

    aznpos531 Notebook Evangelist

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    It sure is. Subscribed, bookmarked and saved for offline reference ;)
     
    aznpos531, Aug 12, 2012
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  18. trooper1414

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    The only reason to switch to an unlocked bios is ....XM CPU or using sata 3 hdd primarily ....there are ofcourse tweaks ...but as others have mentioned you should know what to do
     
    trooper1414, Aug 12, 2012
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