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    Gt540m -> Gt630m

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by tehdrama, Apr 16, 2012.

  1. tehdrama

    tehdrama Newbie

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    So guys with M18X/M17X already flashed their 580M with VBIOS from 675M
    I think we can also flash ours GT540M to GT630M, but everything we need now is only GT630M VBIOS with 2048MB DDR3, so we can try it on our M11X R3
     
    tehdrama, Apr 16, 2012
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  2. Yiddo

    Yiddo Believe, Achieve, Receive

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    Feel free to do this and show me the results :) I have had no luck flashing mine as I wanted to update my clocks but I keep getting a message to say that I cannot change this Vbios when I try and save a ROM? any ideas?
     
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    tehdrama Newbie

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    So you have a 630M VBIOS? Can you upload it plz?
     
    tehdrama, Apr 16, 2012
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    Yiddo Believe, Achieve, Receive

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    No not the 630M. That is why I said feel free to do this and show me the result because I have had no luck at all editing my Vbios.
     
    Yiddo, Apr 16, 2012
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  5. tehdrama

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    I hope someone would give us a 630M VBIOS to give a try :3
     
    tehdrama, Apr 16, 2012
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    IKAS V Notebook Prophet

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    I don't see the point for minimal performance gain at the risk of bricking your laptop. You can OC you card manually without any risk. But hey more power to you if you want to try. Personally I always think the risk is not worth the reward.
     
    IKAS V, Apr 16, 2012
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    True, in reference to what I was referring to is the ability to edit the Vbios not flash a Vbios from another card. I normally take the risk so that I dont have extra software running and my clocks revert to what I know is stable when running in high performance. This is the first laptop I have had that when trying to access the ROM it gives an error that you cannot change it.
     
    Yiddo, Apr 16, 2012
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  8. hermitmaster

    hermitmaster Notebook Consultant

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    I'm interested in this. I'll definitely be keeping my eyes open for a bios mod in the near future.
     
    hermitmaster, Apr 16, 2012
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