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So I thought I was happy with my temps. 10min of Aida64 showed good results with the settings I was trying out. Upon running Premiere and exporting a video, my temps were through the roof and it had to thermal throttle. I lowered ICC max to deal with this, which in turn reduces CPU speed. Does anyone have any tips I could try, or is this just the nature of the beast? I would have liked to enjoy the 8750's speed to help with exporting, but it seems like I won't be able to take full advantage of it.

EDIT:

Playing with TS some more and adjusting power limits, I've got it hovering around 3.5GHz, and it seems to be keeping temps under 90c for now. Fingers crossed. I'd be pretty happy with this if it works. Sure would be nice to get a bigger or better heatsink/fan setup on this.

 

Thanks for your feedback.

I'm playing around with its settings, but for some reason the seem not to have any perceptible effect (at least an immediately perceptible one). It feels like the program isn't working tbh, adjusting the volume bar does nothing, and everytime I close the program the settings just reset...

I'll check the audio drivers to see if its related to that in any way

 

The OP Driver pack comes with around 6 different audio driver iterations, some of which don't work at all. Does anyone know if other resellers carry more recent and working drivers?

 

Can someone share Walmart OP's Customer Service phone number? I'm still unable to download the free games which came with it . When i enter the code it says invalid codes. I need to call them and find out from them. Let me know.

 

Thanks for the info! Do you know how big the difference is between the standard and this 4 cell battery when it comes to battery life? My battery dies within 2 hours, not sure why, it used to last longer, so I'm thinking about replacing it. Might have to stick to the original one though as I use an SSHD in the 2.5" bay.

How do you actually get your SB app working? I couldn't manage to get anything Sound Blaster related stuff working, as if it was the hardware missing.

 

Intel has a contact email on the activation webpage.

 

Thank you. I was able to contact them & able to download it now.

 

Can you please share which version of Realtek Audio Drivers you're using? From the ones included in OP drivers package the only one that seems to actually work is the older 6.0.1.8142.

Did Sound Blaster Cinema 3 come preinstalled in your machine? I only have Sound Blaster Connect installed, so if Connect is a dependent program, that might explain my issue.

 

that is oddly impressive under a big long read my 970 1tb in my desktop gets lots hotter then that by deafult the crystal disk does only auto refresh temps every 10 mins unless you set it to less or click the drive again 45c under load just sounds quite amazing even for a heatsink since there is not really air flow over it

 

Just ordered 2x 32GB SODIMMs... Lets hope they work in this machine.

 

Okay.... luckily it’s still in my history. There are two URLs I’ll put them both here for people to find. I believe the first one works and the second is broken, but try em both.

Intel games software pack url link (to help people searching)

Https://softwareoffer.intel.com/Redeem

Https://starterpack.intel.com/#/home

 

Finally upgraded to an NVMe SSD - 500GB WD Black. Installed it in the second slot while keeping the stock 256GB SSD as storage. Getting full advertised speeds. Now just need to wait for 1-2TB 2.5" SSDs to drop further to replace the annoying HDD.

 

What software did you use to get the read/write speeds?

 

CrystalDiskMark

 

I have the same issue with mine when the panel goes past 90 degrees. Also, noticed when compared to the right it is somewhat lop-sided. Same with you? @ZaiArgylle

 

Mechanical whine? Perhaps someone has figured out a way to disable the HDD without having to open up the laptop and remove it. I'd be interested in learning how as well.

 

Group T-FORCE DELTA R RGB SSD (Rainbow) 1TB
from newegg it was $93.99 i don't care about led its not even going to light up in a laptop configuration.. i thought it was good deal for 1tb.

 

I mean, I've set it to power down after a couple minutes in Windows' Power settings but it just turns on seemingly randomly sometimes. That droning hum it makes, that slight vibration I can feel. I thought I had left this all behind me cause I've used an HDD-less laptop for the past 5 years, lol. It will be a lot nicer to replace it with an SSD. A 1TB 2.5" can now be had for under $100 and a 2TB under $200. I will have to bite soon.

 

MechRevo GamingCenter 2.0.1.1 is available (in the download page for the gtx 2060 version but works for the 10xx version too, i tested it!)
http://driver.tongfangpc.com/d.mechrevo.com/driver/GamingCenter_2.0.1.1_Mechrevo.zip
They did update the UI but they made it worse (colors and settings are less usable).

By the way i found out that the standby problem may be caused by GamingCentre but it must be installed to correctly turn off the keyboard during standby.
I After some re-installation of GC i found MechRevo GC with Mechrevo BIOS seems to work.

 

could you please do a benchmark with ATTO and tell us the speeds?

 

I have a problem! I have an undervolt of -135 and every time I unplug the charger the notebook goes off to the undervolt ... is there any way to solve this? It's very frustrating ...

 

Simple - the -135mV is too much. Step down to just -100mV, that's it.

 

Yes to the noise, but the hinges look even to me

 

The problem is when I remove the charger, which shuts off, I guess because some mode of saving or something is applied, if I leave it in 100 it turns off the same

 

Do you have it set up to apply different profiles when switching to battery vs AC (in options)? If so, you need to set up your undervolt for each profile in FIVR.

 

Playing around with some battery settings. Aside from the performance drops due to lower power consumption, are there any other reasons why toggling battery saver on all the time wouldn't be advised? (risks, etc...)

 

I do agree:
your pc may be stable on benchmarks but to be sure it's 100% stable you need to test it against a lot of condition like playing games or applications that may be more suscieptible to undervolting (there's not a global rule, just test it on everything you have, games usually do the job better than benchmarks).
The fact that it crashes when switching to battery means it's not a stable configuration at all:
repeat the test from -100mv and go down in small steps; when you find a stable configuration do test it for at least a week of normal usage because it may be unstable only in certain conditions and not only on heavy benchmarks

 

Is this post in page 109 going to be updated with new BIOS/EC versions and download links? (Anc ControlCenter)

There have been reports in the thread about new things.

 

Evidently you missed this part of his post... "I'll try to keep this post up to date as much as I can"

Sent from my Samsung Note 9 "SM-N960U" using Tapatalk

 

thanks a lot, I definitely have something strange with my 970 evo or my laptop, because my reads are half the write speeds. still doing some test to figure it out.

Edit: I benchmarked an Intel 660p 1TB and speeds are fine, both seq write and read around 1600-1700MB/s (max speed on specs is 1800)...

 

Seems that MSI Afterburner option "Apply overclocking at system startup" was the problem. It was turned on, and it seems to keep the GPU on all the time to properly oveclock/undervolt/tune it, weither you use it or not. I turned off the option, and now the GPU is off as long as Afterburner is not launched and/or it's not needed by an app. And now PKG power in TS goes down to 0.5W when idle

@clone1008 Thanks ! Indeed I'm quite busy these days so it's hard for me to keep the mega post up to date. Actually last time was about a week ago... so @Paska Houso please notice that it's quicker to scroll last weeks's posts in this thread and find information you're looking for, rather than for me to update the post p.109 right now. This said, I'll do it soon.

 

By no means, that's why I didn't ask "when is it going to be updated ...?" and rather "is it going to be updated ... ?". It's a question and not a requirement the poster has to comply with.

 

@clone1008 Thanks ! Indeed I'm quite busy these days so it's hard for me to keep the mega post up to date. Actually last time was about a week ago... so @Paska Houso please notice that it's quicker to scroll last weeks's posts in this thread and find information you're looking for, rather than for me to update the post p.109 right now. This said, I'll do it soon.[/QUOTE]

Thanks. No need to rush it. Actually it would be nice if people who have come across some new information bits would keep on posting them.

To make it easier for you (whenever you happen to find time, which I know is a scarce resource).
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XMG has published a new BIOS/EC combination, together with a tool which writes some values to the EC. The accompanying readme seems to indicate this has to do with the management of the 180W power supply unit (XMG delivers the rig with a 180w unit)

BIOS: 1.09
EC: 1.37.09
ControlCenter: 1.2.3.4 (XMG customized and with animations enabled)

Note: The files seem to be intended to be updates over the UEFI BIOS, but no "UEFI" boot code is provided, which means the user will have to use the boot code from other providers. Although there are couple of executables in the pack.

Link: https://www.mysn.de/driver/1_XMG/XMG_NEO_15_XNE15M18/NEO-RELOADED/

Best regards

 

Just a possible sign Overpowered is still active, I just bought a OP-LP3 17+ laptop at $989 today, they started selling their laptops with a quantity limit of 4, before hand it was possible to buy up to 100 units at a time.

 

SBC3 uses a licences only the factory (Tongfang's end) can install. There are ways to get SBC 3 and pretty much any other software audio equalizer to work without the factory licences, I think the forum post about it is somewhere on this site.

 

I'll test it on the 17+ I just bought once it comes in.

 

In the standard config, all of the ports that output display (displayport mini, hdmi) will use the external GPU (in this case the GTX 1050ti). The intel GPU will focus on the laptop's display, and the GTX1050ti will focus on all display including the laptop's display when there is enough load that the iGPU isn't able to keep up. Both GPUs are always active.

 

This is the laptop cooler I used: https://www.thermaltake.com/Cooler/...0003135/Thermaltake_Massive_20_RGB/design.htm
Only one big fan the blows up. The cooler can be raised up to 9in with the feet for the back. It has rubber grips to hold the laptop in place.

 

If anyone is wondering about the key switch specs, the clicky switch is 50g actuation force, 2.0 mm actuation distance, I plan on creating an accurate 3D model of the stem on the switches soon. It might be very similar to the low profile
Kailh stem, just for the keycap, might need to cut the middle of the two bars to allow the switch's own bar in between, but who knows.

 

I just bought the OP 15+ model and I'm having trouble using a second M.2 SSD. The top slot doesn't seem to recognize any ssd at all. Is there a setting I need to switch in order to populate two ssds?

 

The top drive slot does not support sata only NVME. What type of drive are you trying to use in that slot?

 

I'm trying to use two SSDs. If it only supports NVMe, then it would make sense... Thanks. Thought It was defective or something

 

Unfortunately, only the slot that is populated with the stock SSD supports m.2 sata and NVME drives. The other slot only supports NVME.

 

Skin for this laptop (might want to request logo removal): https://www.ebay.com/itm/Laptop-Sti...exP3AO0EYpYEGR98wrLA:rk:2:pf:1&frcectupt=true

 

Interesting

 

If the skin quality is the same as mine, the carbon fiber is not a gloss carbon fiber, removal is clean, there is a lack of stickiness overtime in the areas with a lot of heat, it does not like air bubbles, leads to the glue to become weak. It is okay to go over intel stickers, etc.

 

Does it have "Gaming Mode" profile for fans? The one that automatically change fan speeds.

And the Low power CPU mode?


Any impressions, reviews about the new XMG BIOS-EC-GC combo?

 

Have you encountered anyone with a problem when you run your laptop on a battery with Windows 10, windows throws bluescreen Internal_Power_Error?
When the laptop is on the power supply, the problem does not occur.

 

If no one yet knew, there are 3 version of the blue switch currently, v1 is from the earliest models, v2 has better response, sharper click, v3 refines it even more. Brown switches have two versions, v1 from the time Overpowered started and v2 that is going to be closer to a silent switch. There are 3 versions of keycaps for the keyboard, the square version is v1 (there might be a stabilized version of v1), the oval is the v2 which is more stable in the switch, v3 is in development I heard which is to be also an oval and is to be even more stable than v2.