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    Clevo P170EM BIOS Updates

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Jimba_Itai, Mar 5, 2018.

  1. Jimba_Itai

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    Hello all,
    I'm a proud owner of a Clevo P170EM (GTX680m) that I bought in 2012 :).
    I was shearching the web for a BIOS update for it, since it still has the same version that came with it when I bought it :p and I came across with some reference to an optimised BIOS version called Prema Bios.
    I found some posts in this forum and also some links to a webpage of the person that created this optimized version but looks that is offline now.
    Can someone point me into the right direction :)

    Thanks in advance
     
    Jimba_Itai, Mar 5, 2018
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    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    What problem arenyou trying to fix?
     
    Meaker@Sager, Mar 5, 2018
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    Hi, it's not a problem per say but more of an optimization of old setup.
    Skeezing a little more out of it before it becomes obselete.
     
    Jimba_Itai, Mar 5, 2018
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    What tweaks have you already done? Most of the performance is available through XTU.
     
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    Apart from changing the thermal compound to a better one and upgrading the CPU not much can I do in the graphics department since the VBIOS on my card is locked.
     
    Jimba_Itai, Mar 5, 2018
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    Not if you can put the card in another machine, it's the system firmware getting in the way IIRC.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Mar 5, 2018
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    So I need to update the BIOS so I can update the VBIOS and do OC to improve my system?
     
    Last edited: Mar 6, 2018
    Jimba_Itai, Mar 5, 2018
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  8. nixliu

    nixliu Notebook Consultant

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    for motherboard bios, you can upgrade to 1t SPD timing
     
    nixliu, Mar 7, 2018
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    What is that?
     
    Jimba_Itai, Mar 8, 2018
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    faster memory timing.
     
    nixliu, Mar 8, 2018
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