CLEVO Drivers Update Utility by OBSIDIAN-PC

Hi John! Your work is amazing. Really really appreciated
Do you think something like a Premier Pro CC colour configuration could be possible with your Keybord tool? or also for other configurations for Da Vinci Resolve? Many users use these softwares

 

I'm lost... What does a color proofing software have anything to do with keyboard Led?

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Wait... What? You mean the Updater software? To update drivers? Just set it to Start Minimized in its options.

 

I was talking about something like a shortcut backlight keyboard.

 

Is it the same thing that happened to me the first time I was flashing your BIOS?

One question - is or will be Your software a true replacement for CCC in the way that CCC will no longer need to be installed?

 

I have removed CCC 1 month ago and I'm using only obsidian suite. I'm not missing anything

 

I have never used CCC, went straight away with the Obsidian tool, works fine so far, it is a decent replacement of the CCC.

 

It will only get better with time.
For now it is a beta

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hello, I do have a Clevo P157SMA and I have been using drivers update utility very often.
Now I see that I could finally get rid of that infamous Clevo Control Center and I'm aeger to do it (its keyboard and mouse filters caused a lot of bsod in the past)

I've set up the new obsidian utility and I know that this model was never sold and therefore supported by obsidian but I do have some problems that maybe are fixable easily:

As some of you probably know, this model have a "problem" with headphone jack getting deactivated every time I enter-exit sleep mode. I was forced to always have CCC just to be able to use headphones and headsets after sleep, now I've seen that there is an option in obsidian utility to do that but I do have to click "fix headphones on startup" everytime I exit from sleep mode .I've noticed that also if I manually run "phonejack.exe" headphones do work flawlessy after that. I might be able to schedule a task running it after every standby but maybe John can integrate that function into the software easily? I hope that ^_^

The other secondary problem is that P157SMA keyboard does have another "led zone" wich is the flames on touchpad. Maybe it is possible to add control for led color of that zone too? But if it is too complicated ofc never mind.

Thank you for supporting so well the clevo community!

 

What about function keys? I understand, that OSD won't work, but are the shortcuts still functional?

 

Our Control Station software already got a fix for that...
Give me some time for the extra light setting.

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I'm really sorry but I still do not understand what you mean.

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I think he talks about Fn + num pad keys shorctus (Fn + 7, 8, 9, +, -, *)

 

but i cant access to settings its grayed out it wants me to activate with key.

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Hummm I was under the impression you had an OBSIDIAN-PC laptop no?

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i have an xmg laptop

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Ohhh then for BIOS update you can just download from XMG website!

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no no you got me wrong i meant your updater program pops up in every start of pc.İt wont minimize because i cant reach to settings because its not activated by purchase.

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Ohhh that!
Then either purchase it or remove it from startup:
Go to schedule tasks and delete Updater!

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Not sure if this has been said yet, but this tool doesn't not work on the PA71ES-G. I understand that it's not a priority as of right now.

 

@J ohn@OBSIDIAN-PC whenever I connect or disconnect headphones the volume sets itself to 0% after 1 second or so. Managed to change the volume after connecting headphones to constant 40%, but I see no option to do so with speakers. Is there any chance to implement an option to remember volume levels when using speakers/headphones and restore to it after (un-)plugging them?

 

i have this too.

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I'll check that out...
Thanks for reporting.

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I'm thinking you need to change the -125 undervolt max to about -200. I have cpus that do less than -125.

 

If you mean the button yes I know, but I do have to check the box every time I resume from sleep in order to have working headphones jack, otherwise it remains silent. I was asking about integrating an auto schedule of your fix everytime the pc boots up OR resume from sleep

For the led, it's not that important. But the headphones jack problem it is, otherwise I would be forced to reinstall the old crappy ccc just for this matter :/

Thank you for your support John!

 

In Control Station software, in the Windows Tuning tab, there is a check box to fix Headphone problem.

When you check that and if you have Control Station starting with Windows, every time you boot it will start the headphone jack fix Automatically.

Isn't that enough? Do you mean that after each resume you need to reapply the fix?

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Yes, exactly.
I need to reapply the fix by unchecking and re checking the fix box everytime I resume from sleep.
So I was asking if you can integrate a fix that runs it everytime the pc wakes up from sleep too

Sorry if I didn't explain well but my English is not very good.

I do have the 0% volume bug too in case you re interested.

Thanks!

 

Go inside C:/program files/LaptopTools/libs/

Tell me exactly which exe fixes it after resume...
I'll add a filter to capture resume suspend and re execute it.

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Initheadphones.exe

 

Control Station updated to 0.0.23

- Volume tab will now display if you are using speakers or headphones
- On disconnecting headphones it will restore previous volume from before you plugged the headphones
- Suspend resume filter added to re-trigger the headphone fix if it is enabled

@oile @mcalago @Alex Please report if all is fixed now.

 

So that i can keep all links updated in my signature i will make this Control Station post:

CONTROL STATION
A free replacement for Control Center and a software that gathers all our other apps



- Easy and useful options for Volume and Brightness
- Enable and disable Hardware like Webcam / Touchpad / Wifi
- Useful shortcuts for Windows settings
- Shortcuts to all our apps (Updater / Fan Control / Keyboard LED)

CPU Tuning tab:
Simple interface for XTU
Ability to apply / read values and then stop any XTU running service
Check / Reapply values after a restart
Load our recommended starting values for every CPU (We are adding more CPUs with each update)



Apply brightness and volume values on app start.
Apply volumes when headphones are connected (will restore to previous value when disconnected)

Windows Tuning Tab
- We will keep adding important Windows tuning options in this tab
- We also add famous workarounds / fixes like the headphones not working after Resuming from Suspend



Widgets Tab:
- Clean and simple widgets for your desktop (more to come)
- Monitor System Load
- Monitor Battery




ThrottleStop integration:
- Move your ThrottleStop folder to C:\Program Files\LaptopTools\ and restart Control Station to get minimal TS integration
(For users who use ThrottleStop instead of XTU)



Software will notify you of updates and will auto-update!

Download Link:
https://code.obsidian-pc.com/ControlStationSetup.zip

 

Even in it's beta form it is way better, than Clevo's solution, thank you very much for the current and future updates!

 

Yeah this is pretty great. I only really needed it for keyboard backlight control but even so, it's great especially for users who don't have all their FN commands built into the EC (to my knowledge it is only the P870DM3 that does?)

 

seems to work now. But probably volume still starts at 0% , I need to test more.
Anyway BIG THANKS !!

 

Seems like my P650RS-G hotkey also does not work without CC.

 

Volume starts at 0% after you unplug the headphones is that it?
That should be fixed by now.

Which hotkeys do not work?
Most of them should work, but yeah, ditching CC on some models will result in loosing some of the keyboard hotkeys... which do you miss the most? I can add an option for user to create their own hotkeys...

 

I think all Clevo related hotkeys does not work such as on/off keyboard LED, switch to maximum fan speed mode. Btw switching power saving profile setting mode coming soon?

 

Run Fan Control on startup and check "Enable Hotkeys" under "System" tab.



I don't have "start app with windows" checked as I've added my own scheduled task, so just ignore it.

 

FN + 1 is EC for all systems, it will work at any time once fan control is not running (as it overrides that command).

For me, FN + F1 (touchpad), F2 (screen backlight), F3 (mute), F5 & F6 (volume up/down), F7 (multi-monitor) and F10 (webcam) all work.

I don't have brightness control with my existing driver so I can't test F8/F9 (though I'm pretty sure they work), and F4 has no key on it so I don't know what it does. Sleep causes my system to crash for reasons unknown so I won't test F12 either but I think it works. I never installed the airplane driver to test F11. Keyboard light doesn't work.

@John@OBSIDIAN-PC think you could let me turn off the LED behind my screen with keyboard LED? Even if I turn off lights on that program the backlight remains on. If this isn't a priority, I understand, but I'll test for you any time.

 

The extra light is planned for a future release... At the moment I'm creating my own RGB color picker... More work then I anticipated... Lol

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So far my P775DM3-G works great without CCC

All FN keys are working as intended with OBSIDIAN-PC BIOS 1.06.12 and EC 1.06.06

 

I don't seem to be able to get the headphone jack working on my P750DM2G - should this function with the headphone fix?

 

Yeap ...
Did you install audio driver with the Updater software?

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Updater is showing audio '6.0.1.8172' installed.

 

So basically the headphones NEVER work?
Even on first boot?
Because that is not the typical bug, they should work, the bug is just after resume with headphones already plugged.

 

They don't appear to. The Realtek app doesn't seem to recognize the jack except as optical out (my understanding is that this is a dual purpose jack - optical and headphone). The headphones only work with the line out jack - the realtek application recognizes something being plugged in there and prompt (although that realtek application confuses me greatly and seems pretty awful)

 

That is very weird, are you sure it´s not a hardware problem? Did it ever work? Does it work if you install CC ?
Are you whiling to try another audio driver and report back?

 

I'm not sure of anything to be honest. Reading around, it seemed like the headphone jack was only enabled as such with the problematic keyboard driver (that I blocked from loading a while back to avoid bluescreens). So, my memory is fuzzy and I do not want to make assertions that I cannot back-up with data.

It's not a critical issue, but I'll try alternate drivers if there's a possibility they might help.

 

Try this one: http://obsidian-pc.com/P775DM3_Audio_Driver.zip

 

Just to reiterate, Control App is initializing the headphone port with the option enabled, however, the volume is always set to 0 upon wake from sleep.