https://www.dell.com/support/home/u...oscode=wt64a&productcode=alienware-m15-laptop
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See link in OP Protecting your Intel CPU from Plundervolt attacks can ruin your overclock/undervoltLast edited: Apr 21, 2020raz8020 likes this. -
I'm trying to knock all the doors until one eventually opens -
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@Papusan Well the uCode would be different since he is on 2.0.4 BIOS?
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Disable and Unlock Power Limits [ Install ].
It's just a shot from the hip, since that has to do with power limits not UV.Vasudev likes this. -
Whats more disgusting about this entire Plundervolt panic is, that Plundervolt just "begins to work" at crazy undervolt offsets, something like -300 to -400mV, and not the usual -100mV you use, which are kinda 99.9999% safe to use and dont trigger Plundervolt. The CPU kinda needs to crash to be exposed to Plundervolt. If you have a working undervolt offset, you dont have Plundervolt. Plus, you need a program (with admin rights) running on the laptop which adjusts the undervoltings. You cant do that obviously via a browser/JS.Last edited: Apr 21, 2020pressing likes this. -
Are you referring to the "reset to factory option" found in the advanced boot options menu?etern4l likes this. -
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There
Which bios menu did you access, F2 or F12 and how exactly do i find this settings
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@clarity17 what Dell laptop do you have, maybe it is too old or hasnt the option for it. G series and XPS have the option for it. What do you mean which bios option F2 or F12... you first enter bios first. And then load defaults and chose factory.
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it's from 2019, alienware m17 8750h
After some serious digging, in the boot menu, i found it
Restore device to factory setting, is part of alienware support assist recovery, and that basically wipes the laptop clean to it's stage 0 state, or atleast thats what i understood.
Is this the setting that is suggested?
Damn these forced windows/intel bios microcoded updates, and Dell seriously wtf?Last edited by a moderator: Apr 24, 2020 -
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BIOS.
If the Alienware bios doesnt have this option, well... you need to downgrade the bios then, and this trick doesnt work for Alienware laptops.
Edit: Seems the Alienware bios dont have this option:
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I wonder if its time to add another Dell-book into the shame list...
Alienware 15r3 unable to undervolt after downloading BIOS 1.9.0
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Yes and alienware m17 to the shame list, what an unfortunate turn of events
I'm down to my last dice throw, Factory state reset from the image stored in Alienware bootup menu, and hope that the image would send me below the 2.0.4 Bios i'm currently unable to downgrade from manually and perhaps land at the same bios version that came with the laptop when undervolting worked, if that fails.. it would be a tough pill to swallow
And certainly the last experience with "gaming" laptopsPapusan likes this. -
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Plundervolt:
https://plundervolt.com/
Allows to extract secret data from the SGX "secure" enclave by playing with voltages, so Intel response to fix it was to just nuke undervolting all together via micro-code updates and Dell is being extra dumb with forcing BIOS updates and locking bios downgrading.Papusan likes this. -
I'm not talking about the factory reset bios settings, cause that option doesn't exist in this laptop, so erasing the laptop through the secret boot menu and reseting to factory state through the backed up image, is my last resort, i'm just too lazy to do it now, even though my laptop is cooking and i'm unable to play any game within one month of buying the damn laptop -
more people are reporting the annoying development, but i see those using Dell G7 line have the reset factory bios setting, which don't exist in alienware.
https://www.dell.com/community/Inspiron/G7-7590-Undervolting/m-p/7512317#M75952Papusan likes this. -
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I'm using the Insider Slow Ring and I'm still able to undervolt my Gram with Throttlestop.
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https://www.dell.com/community/Alienware/m15-downgrade-from-BIOS-2-0-4/td-p/7309791
I've never heard of rolling back BIOS via a method like this and it was apparently provided by admins at Dell. I hope it helps you get back to 1.6.4, and I'm interested as well, seeing it as a future action I could be taking. Please let me know how it turns out. -
Well without undervolt, temps will be worse than before. Especially people with i9 and HK CPU, they really can't overclock it anymore. I hope they have a solution for this.
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You can undervolt if you can enable the "XTU Interrface" option in an unlocked BIOS. No idea if Throttlestop will work or not, though.
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http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr...-win-update-bios.831450/page-14#post-11005876
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i'll be objective and fair, me buying the m17 was result of months long digging, and my last finalists were Razer 17 and Alienware m17 r1 and m17 r2 i read all the warnings about razer but i had to go through the fire myself to learn, so i found a good deal on an out of box Razer 17 4k edition from a reseller and had a 3 day windows to return in-case you run into errors.
I did that, and whilst the razer 17 is a nice looking laptop, everything else is complete let down, starting from the horrific color calibration and it is a big disappointment, the color accuracy is completely off the mark, and i should have taken the advice of one youtuber named Andrey Lebrov but i ignored his frustrating experience with Razer and the overly saturated colors.
While the temperatures where great, considering razer "undervolts"their laptops by -100 out of the factory, but i soon ran into a second problem while playing games in the form of ghosting and jitters..i tried every method there is to eliminate these jitters to no avail, from locking FPS to using Riva Tuner, nothing worked!, third day i got lucky, while trying to modify reinstall the graphics drivers and needed a restart laptop went into BSD loop and crashed, called the vendor and sent that junk machine packing..
So the choice was between m17 R1 and R2, ofcourse the fact the Ram sticks on the m17 R2 are soldered and can't be upgraded and the motherboard is inverted which makes repasting at home an extreme effort, i opted for a brand new m17 r1.
The laptop checked all the marks for me, colors were accurate, no ghosting or jitters while playing intensive games and the lowest GPU temperatures on laptop graphics card i've ever owned, whilst i was suspect of the performance of Nvidia's Max-q line-up the trade off in performance against temperatures was worth it, RTX 2080 Max-q and GPU doesn't heat beyond 65C!!..
And now to the rough part, so as was highlighted by many youtube reviews which noted that the alienware m17 throttles and the only way to eliminate that problem was to undervolt, and they were correct, the laptop throttles when playing games and in loading games to 100c, but the tempertures go down to 78-90 soon after, and ENTER undervolt by -140 and the laptop never throttled again and was a joy to use.
Then came the intrusive windows updates, and you should know that with Windows Home you can't permanently disable windows update, regards of all the loopholes you opt to employ disabling services, editing registry, i dunno why windows had to do this to their home edition, but the updates restart it self forcibly and in one of the updates, it microcoded their update right into the bios and upgraded the bios from version 1.6.4 to 2.1.4 and all hell broke loose, from bad tempertures, to the fans overworking randomly to extreme throttles..
And that's where i am now, i did a repaste yesterday to see if that matters, it still throttles but not towards the 100C more around 90C, and i'm waiting to see if there is any new way out of this mess..I hate windows updates with a passionLast edited: May 5, 2020tilleroftheearth likes this. -
If you want to get the same laptop, the only advice i can give you is, right out the gates, upgrade to Windows Professional, and disable all windows updates using the services app and through registry and i reckon it would be good from there on.
And the choice to go between the newer m17 r2 or m17 2019, was immediately justified, as i was always low on ram and upgraded to 32 yesterday, what a difference that makes, colossal error by Dell on that front to solder rams into motherboard and negate upgrading in a "gaming laptopLast edited: May 5, 2020Duck W, Papusan and tilleroftheearth like this. -
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The throttling under stress is immediate, high spikes in voltage up to 100C, while in stress test or whilst playing games, that issue was completely resolved when i was able to under volt using XTU prior to this Plundervolt security, tempertures back then didn't reach anywhere above 85C...i'll knock on the remaining doors and see which can send me back to the factory Bios version
unsure how they will be able to sustain these limitations over time, when gaming laptops are currently the cool looking kid on the block and people are altering their past perceptions on gaming intensively on the go on a laptop as oppose to the more capable and stationary PC'sLast edited by a moderator: May 5, 2020Gumwars likes this. -
Forget XTU. I'm on the latest 2.4.1 BIOS and ThrottleStop, which is a far better tool, is working fine. -
I'm upgrading immediately to 32GB. I've got the sticks waiting on my desk for the delivery later today! Good luck with your XTU/Throttlestop issue. I hope that solution works for you as I'm fearful what BIOS version my laptop shipped with. Hopefully, it's been sitting in a warehouse somewhere and is still on a version that gives me control over what I purchased. I believe in order to roll back, a prior version must have been installed on it. If it comes with 2.4.1, I believe this may be a return. -
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I can't say for certain as we don't have @clarity17 laptop on hand to do a deeper dive into what exactly is going on. What we can do is give that user the benefit of doubt that they are competent in troubleshooting and have looked at that as a part of trying to resolve their issue. However, what we do know is that other users have reported that after rolling back from 2.4.1, undervolt capability returns.
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Yeah upon further inspection i remember coming across this thread and if you go through the pages, you will see some horror stories of users wrecking their CPU and having to replace it using that method, whatever the error they've committed whilst following the instructions accurately or perhaps going too deep into bios downgrade territory..
i don't think i'm willing to take such risksLast edited: May 5, 2020
BLACK LIST. Adjustable voltage control/turbo ratio limits are locked out due latest Win Update/Bios
Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Papusan, Dec 24, 2019.