*M18x R1* Full Potiental Has Been Unlocked In Modded Bios

AWESOME! ALL UNLOCKED FEATURES IN M18X

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M18X unlocked A03 bios file
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DELL M18X A03 BIOS THROTTLE REMOVAL GTX580M SLI


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Great work dude!! Thank you for sharing!! +rep

 

You're a hero mate - have you had chance to test the throttling yet?

 

Qm processors can be overlocked with these bios?

 

Not yet, i'm sure someone will come along with more knowledge and tell us which dimvl to disable

 

Is the option to turn USB Boot off in there? That is causing some problems! And also, can a BIOS go bad at some point after the flash? Or is a good flash a good BIOS for good?

 

As said elsewhere, thanks for taking care of this!

 

Yes see screen. No the bios cant go bad after a good flash. Set everything back to default setting in bios.

Please explain what problem your actually having. (did u flash or are u using something normal standard)

This unlocked DELL A03 bios is just that unlocked meaning nothing was touched from the original DELL A03 just UNLOCKED.

WORKING 100%

some more unlocked screens attached

 

OMG! this looks now like a retail motherboard bios great work can't wait to try it

EDIT: Just noticed we can change the fan speeds Benching time ! no seriously this machine is getting better and better thanks Bar-code and the guy who unlock the bios

 

No my PC is fine. It's just that the BIOs attempts to boot from USBs or queries them and so it hangs, which is why I asked if the ability was in that BIOS to turn USB Boot off. Thank you for clearing that up though my friend I will flash this ^_^

 

Enjoy!, this is how the m18x should have been from the start (since it's suppose to be a desktop replacement) ^o^ Oh did i mention that there actually is more options under the power tabs heaps of other goodies as well

Makes the throttle issue not relevant anymore!

 

Thanks for the great work.

 

I love you Bar-Code!

 

Lol. you didn't need to make that public

 

Yes I can't believe how many options are available now and that is just looking at the screen shoots because I don't have the machine with me now , is that temp throttle the one says 90c the one supposed to be 85C ?

 

sorry I can't contain myself

 

Yes i changed that throttle from 85 to 90! when taking the screen shot, but resetting to defaults bring it back to 85 or you can set this to 10 if you wish

 

Lol just joking

you know that is the most important change on this bios at least for the 2920 users because when you run prime 95 and the temp reach 85c the cpu throttles down to 3.7ghz thanks for sharing I can't wait to go home

 

Yes i know this would help with higher longer clocks without throttle.

And here is some more screens for you until you get home the advanced cpu control power tab and boot options :0

 

we don't need more bios updates that's for sure thanks bar-code

 

Thanks mate for all your hard work , rep + that's all I can do!

Way to try OC 2920~

 

I'd like to see some non 2920 members OC their cards using the new bios and see what the best way to do so is. Now that there are more manipulations, I am sure it can get some good performance gains; especially with fan control.

 

Hrm, wondering if this will have any effect on 6990s, since voltage is whats holding us back ... ???/

Anyone ?

 

for sure man!, this BIOS is good for anyone wanting to get the most out of OC

 

this is gonna put the PSU past 330w LOL 580sli + 2920/2960. vry nice work though.

 

the main question not yet answered...is throttling fixed for the 580m?

 

Not sure many people updated this with this new BIOS (that have 580M), I will after lunch and before Irene hits us hard

 

oh yeah, i was watching the news. doesn't look good for the coast line...not at all

 

No and I'm in NJ.... if I have to run, I'll pick up the wife/kids and the M18x

 

i heard that!

 

Make sure you pick up the wife first if not you will be in serious problems

 

I can tell you are a married man, and a smart one hehe

 

your both wrong.
if you don't pick up "your kid" first! your still going to get yelled at..haha

 

this is interesting news for sure, but for us 6990m owners the only thing that really matters is software that can bios flash these cards with increased voltages. i am 100% sure we will be seeing stable 900+ core with a little voltage increase to these gpu's. i wonder what is holding back, it can't be the motherboard bios?

 

I completely agree, there is so much more room in the 6990s its crazy talk. Even with the fan controls from this Mod it should be pretty awesome.

 

Also, should note, at the cottage all weekend, so I can't really play. I mean, don't feel bad I am in Muskoka Canada, on a nice little island ... its amazing. But I do kinda wish I was home, just a little, to play with this !

 

Did anyone try changing the thermal controls yet (Fan speed, thermal trip points, etc.)

Directly modifying the registers didn't have an effect, these unlocked hidden menus should be modifying the same registers, as I disassembled the SetupUtility to determine which registers each menu option modifies. so I suspect it won't have an effect still (as it is being controlled by the EC)

I'll flash and test myself shortly

 

I guess you right my CPU still throttling down after 85c even if i set 90C on the bios

 

Flashed to unlocked bios. OM G!!! So much more options!! Thank you bar-code. + rep.

I upped the throttling to begin at 90C instead of 85C. Is there anything else I need to change? Gonna go run some benches to see if my score has changed.

 

yes...run a bench and see what happens

 

OK, so probably some more work to be done. If throttling is handled in EC like I suspect, original BIOS A03 Compal Embedded Controller firmware will need to be modified, rather than InsydeH2O BIOS part of things. This one has no established documentation that I have come across, unlike things readily available for InsydeH2O. Ouch

 

from my last tiny bit of understand of the bios changes...some changes have to be implemented in more than one spot and sometimes that can be 4 separate bits just to make one menu change stick....

 

Well, if more than one bit needs to be modified, it should be clearly visible in the disassembly of the forms table, I didn't see anything like that yet (except for BCLK modification, and IGFX/Dedicated GFX toggle)

First thing I noticed with the unlocked BIOS is that modification was done to un-hide all menus, but not to unlock limits. So for example, short TDP is still limited to 80W using this method when it can be set higher with direct register modification.

Should be an easy change in the setup form for ahmed

 

yeah, not always going to be clearly visible. nor in the same place. because these other bits are triggers (so to speak) where "this", "this" and "this" have to match before "this" can change.

again..i'm not the expert in the bios modding..just some things i have seen in the past.

 

bench scores are the same.

 

Awesome post, many thanks!

 

They will be though, wont they? - I mean, unlocking the bios doesnt actually give you a performance boost....its just unlocks certain areas that were previously "hidden".

Im a total noob when it comes to this kinda stuff but my understanding is that the main benefit of unlocking the bios is to remove the throttle point for cpu/gpu to ALLOW better performance or for them to pushed harder and further for better performance. without them being limited by Dell bios constraints.

Simply unlocking the bios is a bit like unlocking a door....its still the same closed door until you open it up more.....

 

pretty much so...

 

What do people think about the potential of pushing the 2630 or 2720 or 2820 further with this bios ? Any potential there ?

 

im wondering the same thing, i have a 2630 at 107 mhz base clock, what does flashing to this bios help with non extreme cpu overclocking?