Official Coffee Lake Thread/BIOS For ALL SkyLake/KabyLake Clevo LGA1151 laptops

anyone has a P775DM3-G running with a 8700k? Any feedback? Third post asking for this info and hopefully waiting for a feedback

 

I would like to have this info as well

 

With this bios you lost creative sound effect

 

@Dr. AMK i saw you was playing with different bios versions. Please tell me do G-sync for KM still not working? any other bugs?

I saw your posts but its a bit confusing coz one time u write that G-sync is working and other time not. Also what is your screen in P870km1-g?

 

The BIOS I'm using now is the newest stock from Clevo, and the G.Sync still not working. The one I tried and the G.Sync is working is this one:
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachme...316225840087050/P870KM_all_done_beta_ver1.zip

Posted in here:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/p870km-km1-coffelake-support-bios-are-on-line-now.820848/

It was working fine and I didn't notice anything wrong with it, but I preferred to use the stock official BIOS rather than the modded one, I don't use actually the G.Sync and most of the time my laptop attached to a 4K monitor, never used the laptop monitor for gaming. I have been told that the G.Sync will be fixed in the new BIOS, but unfortunately it is not fixed yet.

 

@Dr. AMK What you mean by "stock bios"? - i thought that official stock bios from CLEVO would never run i7 8700k.

And why you use bios without g-sync when there is bios that works with g-sync? I'm a bit confused

 

Stock means from factory version, you can find it in this links:
https://repo.palkeo.com/clevo-mirror/P8xxTMxG/

https://my.hidrive.com/share/yze8mg-wf8#$/

I'm still testing, giving some time for each BIOS to see which one will be more reliable. And I told you I don't care much about G.Sync.
Just be careful when you are trying any custom or modded BIOS's, and get it only from trusted modders. It could broke your machine.

 

@Dr. AMK so basically you're using stock bios for P870TM1-G, am i right? Or is it moded one for TM1-G which can be used on KM1-G also?

 

The one I'm using now is the stock one, no mods. I'm waiting for the next update, maybe it will fix the G.Sync without needs for mods.

 

775dm3 user here. Would love if someone could make a video guide/tutorial for this.

 

So i assume that u flashed newest EC and BIOS for TM1-G?
EC 1.05.05
BIOS 1.05.13

ATM im using


Should i go straight forward to posted EC/BIOS for TM1-G? Or should i update VBIOS for graphic also - before performing EC and BIOS update?

 

Guys, you really do need to cover up the two pins mentioned on the first page otherwise the tips of the two pins will be erradicated LITERALLY!
I can tell you that this has happened over time.

Look to the right side and notice the two pins 'tips' seemed to have 'corroded' away


ALWAYS COVER THE TWO PINS STATED ON THE MOD!

This doesn't cause any alarm since the coffee lake cpu runs perfectly fine, I just don't know if 9th gen cpus will work on this socket now... Oh well I have a tornado f5 with no socket issues and a similar bios mod LOL.

 

On the plus side I don't need to cover the pins anymore

 

I still would, just in case it still has light contact.

 

Dear Dr. AMK,
How did you do with 8th gen? You use a programmer to install the modded bios and isolated the cpu pins? And with the stock bios? KM model supports 8th gen with stock bios? Pls help me to understand, I am considering a p870km now

 

Hi matyee hope you are doing well,

I flashed the stock TM1 BIOS usnig AFUDOS.exe under DOS, no programmers needed except if you face a problem and you need to flash the BIOS with it, I have it already just in case, and yes I did the CPU isolated/shorted pins mod.

As I know KM model unofficially will work with 8th and 9th generation, the only problem, that you can't use it @5.0 for all cores for all time coz of the heat, the KM1 heatsink can't handle any heat after @4.80 -125, so I'm trying now to get he TM1 heatsink and the CPU X back plate to give the system more cooling.

The @4.80 on all 6 cores gives me 1600 points in CINEBENCHR15 and that is a huge jump from the i7 7700K with only 1040 points at @4.70 -80.
I'm happy with the results up to now and maybe I can improve the performance more by replacing the heatsink if I can find the right parts, and it will need some modding to the housing but it can be done.

Make sure your GPU BIOS is the right one, otherwise you will face issues.

I'm not the expert in this regards, and there are many senior members already did the upgrade successfully and they have more information about it. I didn't find what I did is difficult but it needs time and some skills especially for molding the CPU isolated/shorted pins mod.

EDIT: My advice if you will consider the KM1 as a new barebone, just go for the TM1 directly and save your time, the price different is very small. I did what I did coz I already have the KM1.

Hope that will help you.
Good luck.

 

The old lady from 2015 still works as the day I got her

http://hwbot.org/submission/3964019_papusan_cinebench___r11.5_core_i7_8700k_18.81_points

 

Thank you very much for your detailed description. I would go for the KM1 option if I can find some good offer Otherwise I keep my P775dm3, as I do not play much, 7700k+1060 combo is more than fine for me atm If the KM1 is a good bargain, I might consider some fuss actually 4,7-4,8Ghz for the 8700k would be fine for me, I was never for maxing out cpu OC. Will see thx anyways

 

DM/DM2/DM3/KM/KP/KL series should have 9900K compatibility, and other series may not work with 9900k, but work with 9600K/9700K. I will try fix that soon.

 

Laptop CLEVO P870KM Gaming Notebook Intel i5-8600K Coffee Lake -S
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Laptop CLEVO P870KM Gaming Notebook Intel i5-9600K Coffee Lake -S
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I just received an SPI programmer but I can't seem to find the BIOS chip. I found the EC chip but that's useless. Anyone know where to look?

 

Directly beneath mouse pad. There is a bios chip. Remove the full motherboard.

 

Ugh that’s what I thought as the i2c chip is next to it. I was thinking of just cutting the metal part that blocks it. Not sure if it will impact thermals though.

 

It took me 7 minutes to get the whole thing disassembled. Doesn't take that long actually but there are A LOT of screws to take out.

 

Here is the repair manual with instructions.
http://s472165864.onlinehome.fr/anyware/manuels/P870DMG_ESM.pdf

 

I'm a little confused as to the total purpose and possibilities of this mod and coffee lake bios in general, so please forgive me if this has been answered before.

Are these bios intended to be used for laptops running, and still using, skylake/kabylake cpus OR are they intended for laptops that are supposed to use sky/kabylake cpus but you want to put a coffee lake cpu in it OR is both of those?

Also, are these modded bios OR are these just the new bios going forward from Clevo for all new machines running coffee lake cpus?

 

I can run all 3 of your choices?I think all non coffee lake board bios that run coffee lake cpu's would be considered a mod.

 

Are you answering my question or are you asking the same question? I can't understand what you're writing here.

 

BIOS mod allowing coffee lake cpus to work in skylake/z170 and kabylake/Z270 models of the P870.

Pics in OP show a i5-8600K and i7-8086K working in P870DM (Skylake model)

 

Yes, I know that's the intended function of them, but do they also work with skylake and kabylake cpus?
And do they have a lot of unlocked options or is it barebones and empty like default Clevo bios? That's the clarification I need.

I'm asking because it will really affect my next purchase. I have an extra skylake i5 lying around that I'm planning to use, but I cannot use these machines with the bios completely empty like they usually are. I haven't been in the game here and used a clevo since 2014, but I see Prema is pretty much out of the game now unless you want to buy very select models from very select resellers. And I have spent days scouring the internet trying to find other sources and this thread is all I can come up with other than begging some modders on other forums to throw something together for me.

Years ago, Prema's bios mods were THE sole justification for me getting a Clevo. Without that or a viable alternative, I can't justify buying one, which is why I'm really desperate for exact clarification on this before I pull the trigger on a purchase.

Edit: Okay, after going through the thread several more times I finally see the replies where someone said it supports skylake and kabylake cpus and that the bios are completely unlocked as well. Next time I'll just use Ctrl+F to save myself some headache.

 

Just wanted to give a shout out and thanks to @dsanke for the BIOS and @DaMafiaGamer for the guide.

I can confirm the P870DMx bios works with a P870DM3. I'm happily running a 8700K without much trouble. No bugs so far with audio and ethernet.

 

I hunted through this thread after going through the readme and couldn't find the answer. I have an Origin-branded P750-DM2G (6700K, GTX 1060). Device Manager shows the ME driver version as 1828.12.0.1152. I've performed the VBIOS upgrade without issue, but I'm pausing before the next step:

From the readme, it sounds like the ME version is possible wrong, but even if that's not an obstacle, I'm uncertain which of the .bin files would match this model - the readme suggests the P7xxDM_10 would be correct, but I wanted to ask in case that was wrong, or the ME information suggests I'll run into trouble somewhere.

 

What about G-sync? DO it works for you?

 

If it's a dm3 non -g then it wont.

 

I don't know what I'm doing wrong here. I'm trying to get these bios installed to my N950KP6 running an i5 6500.
I've tried three times now and everything seems to go okay until after the final reboot and I get a blue message saying bios has reset to default. Strange thing is I have dsanke's new bios splash screen, but my bios are completely vanilla.
Anyone know why this is happening?

 

Alright, I got it working by starting from scratch and using the cannon lake bios from the newer thread. Went step by step again and I finally got that beautiful screen with all those delicious unlocked settings. Thank you dsanke. You are my savior. Once I get a few more things in order with this machine I'll post screenshots and stuff because there's almost nothing out there about the N950KP6.

 

Cannon lake?

 

Getting an error code 43 for my gtx 1060 that I can't seem to get rid of. I'm guessing this is a driver signing issue with these bios. Any ideas?

 

have u tried reinstalling the gpu drivers with driver signature enforcement disabled? be sure to remove the old drivers first using DDU.

 

Nope, still no good no matter what drivers I try. I know it's not hardware failure because the damn thing was working fine for a while with default bios.

 

Could the vbios flash be the cause of this issue? I've run out moves here.

 

Try flashing a Clevo GTX 1060 vBIOS from an 8th gen system.

 

Do you know where I could find those?

 

Try asking one of the owners in this thread for a dump of their vBIOS using NvFlash: http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/clevo-n950tp6-n957tp6.812481/

 

Trying to flash back to my old bios now and I'm just getting a "romid is not compatible with existing bios romid"

Update 1: Managed to somehow get my bios downgraded to an old version but my vbios is still screwed up
and I somehow managed to mess up my original backup so it's gone. Because I'm stupid.
Now I'm in a blind hunt trying to find vbios for a laptop that clearly nobody else owns.

Update 2: Finally found one that worked and the error 43 disappeared. I guess PCI ID's are kind of important, huh?

Update 3: Gentlemen we have liftoff. Went for round 2 on the bios flash with the correct vbios this time and everything went good with no error 43.

Update 4: So, for reference, if you have a Clevo N950KP6, also known as a Sager NP7950, I would suggest not using the vbios provided in the download on the first page. I think the problem was with the device ID. The vbios for the N950KP6 needs vbios with device ID 10DE 1C20, whereas I think the ones provided, and most of the vbios out there for the 1060, use device ID 10DE 1C60. Again, that's just a theory and following that theory worked this time after two straight days of banging my head against it thinking I'd bricked my GPU. The lesson here is the importance of making backups and ENSURING that you actually did it. Would have saved me a lot of headache.

Sorry to be so chatty and turn this thread into my blog for a while there but I just don't want to be "that guy" that just goes "I figured it out" without any explanation as to how and then years later someone finds this thread with this exact problem but no answers.

 

Not that it would seem to affect me (I'm still bracing for a roll of the dice in the BIOS upgrade), but it might be useful to note where you found the VBIOS that saved you, also for any others that get bitten by this

 

G-sync is still working for me. But mine is the P870DM3-G

 

i7-9700K and i9-9900K doesnt work on dm2/3 and p870km with this bios unfortunatelly - need update maybe - hard to say

 

no surprise there, this is the thread for coffee lake support (aka 8th gen), coffee lake refresh (aka 9th gen) thread is over here:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr...-p7xxdm-x-p870dm-x-km-n95xkp6-laptops.825558/

 

OK,so the BIOS update left me with a black screen. I can't find board schematics for the P750DM2G so would like to find out where the BIOS chip is located on this board. The Clevo service manual that I could find seems to also have stupidly small pictures so knowing what needs to be taken apart would be good as well.

Any help would be welcome.

I wouldn't have really gone down this path, but since I'm the second system owner, Origin cut me off from updates and the BIOS was at least one major revision behind current.