I found the problem. The main problem was the GPU vent. It was blocked by a thin layer of dust from inside. I found that out when I noticed the air flow from CPU vent was much better than GPU vent, like 5 times better. GPU vent was barely working. I had to take out the fan to totally clean it. I also had a chance to clean the VGA chips and CPU top by alcohol. I applied IC Diamond thermal paste on both CPU and GPU and Aikenuo thermal pads on GPU chips.
I contacted the person who sold me the card and asked for the make and model of the laptop that this card belonged to. It was a MSI GT72S 6QE Dominator Pro. I found the actual NVIDIA driver for that laptop and installed that.
I run all tests on the main panel, without any additional monitors. GPU never went over 75C and never throttled. CPU temp was also dropped by 10C.
Time Spy: 3013
Fire Strike: 8184
Sky Diver: 21800
I'M SO HAPPY NOW![]()
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@TenGauge kinda off topic, but you're the first person that popped into my head for this. I was offered a pretty good price on a 3940XM and I'm considering upgrading from my 3920XM, but I'm kinda hesitant, mainly due to this comparison I saw on UserBenchmark showing the 3920XM actually outperform the 3940XM in various categories ( http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-3940XM-vs-Intel-Core-i7-3920XM/m7092vsm5061). Did you happen to have a 3920XM before? Or do you know/have you heard anything about this before?
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tilleroftheearth Wisdom listens quietly...
See:
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=901&cmp[]=1482
Unless the 'pretty good price' for the 3940XM was in the range of 'free' or, we'll pay you $50 to take it, I wouldn't be considering this swap in a working system.
Both are good CPU's for their time (circa 2012, 55W TDP units...). Keep enjoying what you have. The grass isn't greener on the '40XM side (as you've linked).Verklärung likes this. -
EDIT: got me thinking though. can anyone think of an easier way to clean that out regularly, cuz opening this up to do that is a PITA, and that's bound to get dirty and dust filled on a pretty regular basis.Last edited: Nov 21, 2017 -
Didn't run any benchmarks or anything but left my system on for a while, and played some league. I'm idling like 17 degrees cooler now at 51. Temps during game were much lower than usual too. I'm happy.
EDIT: this is docked with my 3x 2560x1440 144Hz and 1x 1920x1080 60Hz displays connected btw. Previously this setup was idling closer to 68 degrees. Haven't tested undocked yet.tilleroftheearth likes this. -
@TenGauge. Do you know if the dreamcolor panel has a 40 pin connector (not the color board). I may be able to get a dreamcolor panel on here for around $200 it looks like if these are what I think they are. If I search ebay for the part number of the dreamcolor panel itself (not the assembly), which is 688736-001, I get a ton of results for 40-pin LG panels (and I know the dreamcolor display is an LG one): https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=688736-001&_sop=15
I had to go to a few other sites to find this, but searching for the part number of the color board (which took me a while to find), 652686-001, yielded some results as well. The best I could find was http://www.radwell.com/en-US/Buy/HEWLETT PACKARD COMPUTER/HEWLETT PACKARD COMPUTER/652686-001
It would add up to about $180 if these are in fact the right parts, which is my main concern. Are you able to check this at all?
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This would be the color board if you can find one: https://www.terapeak.com/worth/hp-e...cable-6050a2422501-6017b0299301/361805040584/Last edited: Nov 28, 2017 -
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I'm about to buy a 980M to upgrade my 8770W.
Do I need a 980M with a specific VBIOS?
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Yep those should all work. You just need to make sure it's an LVDS card and not eDP.
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We have complete upgrade kits available - check our upgrade section. GTX 9xxM cards support both LVDS and eDP LCD panels.
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Read and tried everything all day long yesterday, no result.Attached Files:
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Excellent! I finally did it. Thank you so much!
One trouble tortures me - every time I close the lid the goes blank. HP brightness up/down buttons don't work. On External monitor works fine. When starting in morning - screen is blank. Only restart fixes it.
Tried to flash the 980M GTX vbios however a strange thing occurs:
nvflash says:
WARNING: Firmware image PCI Subsystem ID (1462.1140)
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https://drive.google.com/open?id=1gMOZB2HPDJ-pEvSLUq5Pz-mx1qA9u6SD
(Link Above) Verified working driver for 8740w
Version 391.24
Windows 10 x64
Nvidia GTX 970m 6GB
Above is a link to my custom driver I used in my 8740w. It is version 391.24 and includes updated INF files for the 970m in the 8740w as well as a variety of Clevo and Alienware builds. You must disable signed driver checking in Windows 10 and it will install with no issue. I'd imagine if you add/edit a line in nvhmi.inf you can make it work for any other Elitebook depending on chipset.
Install was a complete success and I am so far happy with the results. Will be trying games and benchmarks later on tonight. So far I've observed 10-20C lower temps on both CPU and GPU surprisingly. Curious to see how that holds up after stress testing for a bit to factor in heat soak.
Below is the link to the how to PDF provided to me by my ebay seller (dsyzyl). He also provided me with nvcvi.inf and nvbli.inf modified for our needs but that did not work as I had to take the above steps to get my drivers installed. Figured it would be a good reference to link it in this thread. If you need those modified inf files download my zipped driver above and they are within the "Display.Drivers" folder.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzCUtaSqUXj9RFVTQzM1WDdXR0RXQlZkWDJPNlhWSVo4MEdZLast edited: Mar 26, 2018 -
Download and extract it and then within "Display.Driver" Open up nvcli.inf and search for your system ID (1520 in my case) and copy the line with that AND your GPU device ID (13D8 in my case) and paste it into the same location within nvhmi.inf. Example line below for my 8740w with GTX 970m.
%NVIDIA_DEV.13D8.1520.103C% = Section002, PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13D8&SUBSYS_1520103C
You will also need the device name for device manager (no performance loss if you don't do this but it will not display correctly in device manager) line copied from nvcvi.inf into nvhmi.inf. Example Below.
NVIDIA_DEV.13D8.1520.103C = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M"
Besides disabling driver signing detection on Windows 10 that's all I had to do to get this thing up and running. Also make sure to perform a clean install from the Nvidia driver installer.
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Hi guys, can someone just answer me a quick question please.
Would this card fit and work perfectly in my 8770w elitebook? Is there anything special I have to look for or watch out for?
I bought my 8770w refurbished last september, it has an ssd 250 and 1 tb disc, also the cpu was swapped to the i7 (i suppose, cos there is a sticker on the laptop sayin i5)
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I said this a few pages back (page 12 to be exact) but maybe it was missed? Since quite a few driver versions ago, I have NOT had to modify the drivers at all to get them to install on my 8770w. My current driver version is 388.13 (which I installed with no modification), and I'm currently updating to 391.35 as I'm typing this, and the installer started fine with no modification.
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Any info on thermal pad size? looking for a rough estimate for the 980m...
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I just wanted to post on here an update I had with my 8770w. I have a Core i7-3840QM (2.8Ghz base and 3.8Ghz Turbo) and a Geforce GTX 970M 6GB (w/Prema VBIOS clocked with Turbo of 1038Mhz) installed on it and the temps was getting too high for my liking. This is with Noctua NT-H1 TiM. I would see temps reach 55-60C idle and 90-95C load on the CPU while gaming and 45-50C idle and 80-85C load on the GPU. I did some research on better TiM's and what would work well in my system. Some suggested to try liquid metal. I know that there is some drawbacks and the care that would needed to be taken when using it. But when I see people posting drops of 15-20C under load, that pushed me to try it.
I picked up some Cool Laboratory Liquid Ultra compound and slowly + CAREFULLY pasted it on the CPU and GPU. You only need VERY LITTLE of this stuff on the CPU and GPU die. You can put some electrical tape on the outer edges of the die so it prevents leakage to the metal contacts. (Which if it does make contact...bye bye CPU/GPU) The pasting was surprisingly easy. I was worried about the temps when I installed the 970M and 3840QM due to them being high powered parts. I had a right to worry when I was getting temps before applying the liquid metal on. But I gotta tell you this stuff is insane when it's put on correctly.
I now have temps 38-42C idle and 80-85C Max on load for the CPU. (Most games have 70-80C under load unless the game is CPU intensive). The GPU got even better temperature drops, So much that I had thermal headroom to OC the 970M! I set the core clock to 1157Mhz and put 2620Mhz on the Shader clock. The card is actually clocked a little faster than the stock 980M right now! Temps for the GPU idle at 36-42C and reach 70-75C on full load. All of this of course can change depending on the ambient temperature in the room.
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I upgraded my 8770w with firepro m4000 to nvidia k3100m with new larger heatsink. the k3100m is new one, HP one.
First it was black screen with display output only from DP port. I used Display port and used nvflash dos version to flash dell vbios to the card. The display was then output from laptop screen, and no DP. I was able to login with basic display driver and k3100m recognized,but with basic display driver.
I downloaded nvidia driver from nvidia website and installed the driver, but when i restarted, there were multiple screens, green flickering all over the laptop screen and no output from DP port.
In upset situation, I again flashed another HP vbios. Now I am stuck with black screen both in laptop and no output in DP port.
I tried to used blind flash (changed boot order to run from usb drive at first before looking hard drives) too using the backup original firmware I created, but now I am stuck and when I type in using keyboard, I start to get beep sounds on pressing every keys. CAn some body explain why I am getting such sound?
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Has anyone managed to resolve the problem with grayscale of the DC display and nVidia GTX graphics?
I installed GTX 780m on my HP 8760w and now I can clearly see some banding in grayscale...the transitions between the colors in grayscale are not smooth even for 8bit panel...Last edited: Sep 13, 2018 -
Currently using IC Graphite in my multiple 8560w's, 8570w, 8770w, and ZBook 17 G4, and I couldn't be happier. The material is easy to work with. It's a bit fragile, though more durable than I was expecting. You can cut through it easily with scissors or a razor blade (though probably not a Razer Blade) to fit to size. I was able to cut out enough for the CPU and GPU for 2 laptops from a single sheet and still have some left over. The only tricky bit (not really) was positioning it and keeping it in place due to how lightweight it is. It is electrically conductive so you have to be careful with it. I noticed little pieces can come off of it if you don't cut it cleanly, and I'd suggest not having those flakes floating around in your system.
If you ever upgrade the CPU or GPU, or decide to sell or dispose of the laptop, the IC Graphite can be removed, re-cut to fit, and reused in your next system, with no performance loss. It's completely moisture free so it'll never dry out, and with the proper care (and if by luck, you never have to resize it), it could theoretically be used hundreds of times over before wearing out.Last edited: Sep 14, 2018 -
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But temperatures don't compare at all. It's comparable to paste and I've found my temps are within a couple degrees, if even that much, of paste. My 8770w and ZBook 17 G4 both have pretty powerful GPUs (a GTX 980M and Quadro P5000 respectively) that can run on the warmer side, and I haven't noticed any loss in performance. The main reason for using it isn't because of the amazing performance gains; rather the main selling point is never having do thermal compound related maintenance again, especially on systems like AIOs and laptops which can be annoying at best to open up repeatedly.
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In your NVIDIA control panel you havbe options to set the color range and bit of the panel.
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Another idea for using IC Graphite is if you're putting together a system (desktop or laptop) for family or friends who you know won't regularly maintenance the system, whether that's a build from scratch, or even if you're just tuning up a laptop for someone. I've taken apart some new gaming laptops and such for friends just to replace the crap stock paste. I'll be replacing it with IC Graphite going forward unless it's for someone who knows how to service it themselves. -
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Definitely not, if you mean by “source” the file I am using to check the grayscale.
I did test it on another system with Intel Integrated graphics and 6+frc bit laptop IPS screen and the grayscale looks much better than on my 8760w with DC2 panel and GTX 780m. This problem appears exactly the same on Win 8.1 and Win 10...Last edited: Sep 14, 2018 -
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That would be a problem...I don’t have another and would be difficult to order a new one...
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DC2 screen remains black, and there is no “monitor” in device manager, once the nvidia drivers are installed...
What is the problem? I thought that GTX 980m is fully compatible with 8760w DC2...
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The vbios is the original one from Clevo - 84.04.2F.00.79
I don’t know how to flash the vbios on my system as long as I can’t see the option “disable” when I go to “device manager”=>”display adapter” and right click on it...this was on Win 10, today I will check on Win 7 via DP port.
Is it safe to flash the vbios without disabling graphics driver from “device manager”?
HP EliteBook 8770w and 970M 6GB and 980M 8GB - they work!
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