Unlocked Bios or not? AW17 R1 1070/1080

Hi, I bought a AW17 R1 with an I7-4700qm and a dead 860m. Bios is A15 and Screen FullHD 60Hz. I want to upgrade to a Zotac ZBox GTX 1070 or 1080. Do I need an unlocked Bios or not?

 

Unlocked BIOS makes it easier but its not required.

I think you should be able to downgrade to A14+ but I havent personally done it so I am not sure on that side of things.

 

What thereciever said. Down-grade for sure.

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Ok, then I will try plug and play

 

I didnt say it was plug in play either. The details matter.

 

Is there also an unlocked Bios above A14?

 

You would have to ask @javers but I dont really recommend it, spectre / meltdown fixes lose about 10% performance

 

Ok, I try to downgrade if the cards don’t work.

 

Do the research its not plug in play by any means if you arent going to use SG mode.

 

A Little Update. The Zotac GTX 1080 arrived yesterday. The card was shown in the Bios as Nvidia GFX. But to fully test the card I have to modify the chassis and the Heatsink.

 

So now I installed the 1080. But after I installed the moddriver, Code 43. 391.35 Nvidia Driver. Do you think the card is damaged?

 

1080 doesn't work on the ranger. Too much power consumption

 

Are you sure?

 

Code 43 may also appear due to an incompatible vBIOS though.

 

Ok, But I can‘t read the VBios Version. So i think I am not
able to flash another one.

 

Nearly all known 1080's have been tested, all result in power throttling as a result of the mxm slot not being able to deliver enough power to the card.

You are not going to get it working simply via flashing some other vbios, this has been tried and documented in the forum.

You will need to route external power to the card something akin to the p870dm-g modification.

 

Ok, so the 1080 will Not work in AW18 R1 too?

 

Nope

 

Ok.

 

There were 2GB m290x's?

 

Wrong thread??

 

Now I have a Zotac GTX 1060 and tried to install it. But everytime I get the Faultcode 43. I changed The VBios with 2 different MSI Versions. But nothing helped. GPU is dead?

 

You really need to stop swapping vBIOS as your first method of trial and error.

 

Yes, But the issue was also before changing the VBios

 

Thats not an relevant detail.

First you try everything else, then try vbios, especially since you dont have a programmer to fix it if you do a bad flash.

 

And what could it be now?

 

Start a new thread providing as many details as possible, BIOS settings, OS, configuration etc etc

 

Ok, thank you

 

Now I tried Zotac GTX 1080, 1060 and a Quadro P4000. With every card I get Code 43. But yesterday I installed the Quadro P4000 in my MSI GT70(Erazer X7825) and the card works fine with Mod inf.
Are there any settings in the Bios or something else I have to change?

 

Provide details of your current BIOS settings.

GTX 1080 will not work regardless of settings, laptop does not provide enough power from the MXM slot.

 

I have switched from legacy to UEFI and back. Nothing changed. What more details you want to know? It‘s not an unlocked Bios.

 

OS, legacy option setting, uefi setting.

If you intend peg or SG mode both of which are available to locked bios just as to be done via command center Fn key

They matter for how you intend to use the gpu, SG mode had less restrictions but also loses performance compared to peg with more restriction in order to function correctly.

I'm sure there is more detail needed for installation but your settings are needed first or were just stabbing in the dark.

 

Did I correctly understand you? Via FN Key I can choose SG or PEG mode in the command center?

 

That's how they are labled in the bios but otherwise it would just be dgpu and Optimus.

 

So now I have the A16 Unlocked Bios on my AW. SG was Preset. Switched from legacy to UEFI. OS is Win10 64. But nothing changed.

 

After a fresh Win10 Installation I got the Quadro P4000 to work. But the Zotac 1060 and 1080 seems to be dead.

 

The GTX 1080 WILL NOT WORK with this laptop no matter what you do.

 

It does work. The only issue is power delivery to the mxm port.

 

Could be, but I don‘t want to flash a different VBios without a programmer.

 

For all intents it doesnt function as desired to even a low threshold. Technically, it works, functionally, it does not.

Now if someone were to supply power from the motherboard or from an external source then things can get seriously interesting.

 

But where to install on the card?
The 1080 Zotac has no connection like the 980m Zotac

 

Stop, you are not going to bet this card working by flipping some vbios

 

I don‘t want to change anything. I traded the card.

 

What card you are trying to install?

 

guys the 1080 will also power throttle in a m17x R4 , right?

 

correct

 

https://www.3dmark.com/fs/16374866

 

how did you manage to get that score?

 

Its stock benchmark. Nothing was modified. The card ran using edp screen(120hz). That's the gtx 1080 card to get. Its the zotac gtx 1080 MXM

 

Doesn't that card power throttle or did I just miss an update for getting the 1080 working