*** Official Clevo P75xDM and P77xDM/Sager NP9758-G and NP9778-G "Batman 2.0" Owner's Lounge ***

LGA 6700 is locked vs. 6700K. No fun, No enjoy!!
BTW. Tested 6700hq BGA SPEED in Cinbench R11.5 http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/clevo-overclockers-lounge.788975/page-839#post-10423602

 

Big performance difference. And a lotmof headroom with the latter.

 

Hahaha getting into the business of gaming laptop is giving me such headaches to the point where I am having nightmares of choosing between the friggin alienware or clevo p770 argh. Where can I buy gtx 1070 for soon replacement for the installed 980m on the clevo that I'm about to purchase?

 

At the moment it is not easily possible. And AFAIK no one has tried it yet. Plus the costs are not worth it.
Might as well just get the newer system with a 1070 in it.

 

BUT the newer systems (Sager for example) with the 1070 gpus has the 6700hq processor again (at least from our country, Philippines)

EDIT: If given the chance to just earn the money for another clevo with a 6700hq processor but with gtx 1070, would it be a better upgrade than the 6700k with 980m?

 

Hello everyone,

I have a Batman 2.0 (Metabox P750DM). I was wondering about buying parts for the laptop. Specifically; the headphone jack on the right side. The plastic circular piece that holds the 3.5mm cable has cracked a piece off, so it doesn't firmly hold what I plug in anymore. Is there a resource somewhere online I can buy this part? Was wondering also if this would be a repair I could do myself without too much trouble?

Metabox offered to do it for me for freight, handling, and repair fees. But I would like to save some money and do it myself if possible. Also I don't like the idea of sending my whole machine away for a week for such a minor repair. Advice appreciated, thank you

 

Still a better option then a 6700hq and 980M... Not the best, but better..

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Hey guys, I've been looking around for any news on upgrading the graphics in my laptop... Should I give up on getting a 1080 or similar mxm card in this laptop? My 980M is still great, would just be nice to have a bump up in Premiere/After Effects...

Thanks!

 

There is nothing particularly easy at the moment.

 

Hi guys,
I want to buy a p771dm-g with a gtx 970m.
I would like to know if the laptop can work without the mxm card? I'm not gaming for a while, and I consider to sell it for some upgrade.
Thanks

 

Nope. But you can buy a cheaper mxm card to use. Example, gtx 560m, K3000M, M600M, etc.

 

Do we need to flash the vbios in this case?
Or can I use a non working card?

 

Some Quadro cards require vbios flash, but most Geforce GTX cards are plug & play ( requires modified INF and might not support uefi boot )

 

Its not worth it.. Don't buy the laptop if your going to do that.. Honestly, pretty dumb.. The 970M won't get cheaper when you want to get it again.. 9 series cards are getting hard to find so price will stay the same or even increase!

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Yes MXM cards do a shallow smile in terms of price starting high, dipping slightly maybe as a new card is released and then going back up.

 

Thank you all for your replies.
I've a good offer for a 7700k, have the P771DM1-G supported yet this cpu?

 

in theory, yes. in real life, not yet, havent seen bios upgrades for maxwell DM series machines.

 

I don't think kabylake is usable yet.
No newer bios update, clevo gave up support for old machines

 

some vendors like XMG or Eurocom are thinking about releasing updated Bios versions for kaby lake on the DM maxwell machines. nothing is for sure yet, though. so speak up and make them aware that there IS indeed demand for this!

 

Please help me understand I own a P750DM with a 980m what would a Bios update mean for me?

 

same config here (see my signature )

a bios update would mean that you could update your bios and then use a kaby lake cpu in your / my machine if you would install a kaby lake cpu right now, you would be stuck with a black screen

 

Oh okay, thanks

 

Not that Kaby lake is a huge improvement, it's more for the benchmark chasers

 

I'd imagine a GPU upgrade would be a more noticable improvement.

 

That has always been the case and remains true.

 

I definetely would like to upgrade to kabylake for my p751dm-g. I need and want those extra percentages. With any luck it clocks higher also

 

Has anyone used G.Skill branded ram in their clevo? It stood out to me because it's cheaper than the leading brands.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/331764672005

 

I use 2x8GB 3000mhz modules in my own machine.

 

g.skill actually seems to be to go to brand of high clocked ram in clevo machines of the leading ethusiast users here i myself am using corsair sticks and cant complain (although the weak IMC on the 6700k is annoying, hoping to correct that with a future 7700k purchase)

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I just reinstalled windows and v5.0001.1.07 control center, but can't add the overclock fan profile. I tried @Plur instructions which work on earlier versions of CC but not on this one. Does anyone know how to add overclock fan profile to the Control center without installing XTU?

 

Part of it is board and part of it is IMC. You don't have the same luxury when tracing a laptop board as a desktop board.

 

tru dat, still, im staying optimistic if its indeed due to the board traces then im f***ed but theres still higher DIMM voltage and the 7700K IMC to check out...

 

Hey folks. I've recently set-up my NP9758-G in a semi-permanent desk location (after a good 1.5 years of travel gaming, hooray!), and am now noticing that the fans seem to run *constantly* regardless of load.

Taking a look at my idle temps, I'm seeing temps range between 70 and 80 degrees C - see screenshot. (Note the TZ0_ is pretty constant, but the individual core temperatures bounce all over the place.)

There's no GPU overclock, no CPU overclock cpu usage around 11% (40% RAM). No voltage modification either.

I currently have the Control Center app set to "quiet", although none of the profiles or settings (except fans @ maximum) seem to change the idle fan speed or temp. Windows power settings are at "high power" but even on the "battery saver", these fans are spinning constantly - understandably, because, well, look at my temps.

So my question to you guys is - is this normal? I assume it's not. If not, are there any software tweaks I should try? I assume the next step would be to repaste my CPU, but would rather explore the less risky options first.

Thanks guys and gals!

EDIT: Oh, forgot to mention: The interior is clean, recently air-dusted, and the laptop's back is elevated with a couple of plastic bottle lids. Rear vents are not obstructed. I've even cracked the lid open slightly (as I'm using an external monitor) to help dissipate heat through the keyboard. Ambient temps are 60* F

 

That's because you have the Clevo Control Center with its built in CPU Overclocking utility, the problem is, that utility install Intel XTU components which in turn, mess up the fan tables badly making them randomly spin up even if you're doing something basic like web browsing and the CPU temp is low:

1) Uninstall your current CCC then reboot

2) Perform an NVRAM Reset:

Spoiler: How to perform an NVRAM Reset

To perform a soft NVRAM Reset without having to open the laptop and remove the CMOS battery:


Hold FN + D + Power button for 5 seconds, then keep the FN + D buttons pressed and release the Power key, after 30 seconds, you should see the NVRAM reset message on your screen.


Another user also mentioned:

3) Set your BIOS options to back to what they were


4) Install the latest Clevo Control Center for your laptop model (AKA Hotkey Driver) Use the OBSIDiAN-PC Tool, select your laptop model / wifi card that's in your laptop. If you download CCC though that tool, it has the OEM.INI file already set to not install XTU components by default but just to check..........

To install the Clevo Control Center without the built-in CPU/Memory Overclocking tool (which contains XTU components):

Edit the OEM.INI file in the Clevo Control Center driver's directory before you install it:

Change SupportXTUFanTable=1 to SupportXTUFanTable=0

 

That's awesome, I love this forum, thanks for your fast response.

I'm having trouble resetting the NVRAM, or at least am not seeing the 'cleared' message, nor losing any of my bios defaults. I followed the tip about battery removal etc, no luck though. Will open up and pull the CMOS battery - anything else needed to clear the NVRAM?

 

try this:

To perform a soft NVRAM Reset without having to open the laptop and remove the CMOS battery:

Hold FN + D + Power button for 5 seconds, then keep the FN + D buttons pressed and release the Power key, after 30 seconds, you should see the NVRAM reset message on your screen.

Another user also mentioned:

 

Oh it's better on the 7700K, just it's all held back about the same amount.

 

Yep, I saw the spoiler the first time, thanks for checking though. I'm assuming this is done with power off, right? Personal stuff came up yesterday, so I didn't continue troubleshooting, but wasn't able to positively confirm I'd cleared the NVRAM after following the procedure you posted (including the tip mentioned by another user).

About to open her up and pull the CMOS unless you have something else to suggest. When pulling CMOS, just leave it out for 30 sec, anything else needed to clear the NVRAM??

 

No. Only the removal of cmos battery will clear the Nvram for the Clevo Pxxx DM1 models. The key command for Nvram reset is for the newer models.

 

There were some funky bios versions out there IIRC that did have it but yes it's best to assume that no, you need to remove the battery.

 

Thanks again @Phoenix - I don't want to jinx anything, but the laptop seems to be running quieter already. You rock!

 

Be smart.... be like Phoenix....

 

I wish this had more USB ports than 3.

 

Don't forget, the eSata port on the left side doubles as another usb3 port

 

My rig:
NP9758-G with 6700k and 980m
GeForce driver: v 378.49
Windows 10

I'm experiencing a complete system shutdown shutdown occurring about 10 minutes into the 3dMark Firestrike Extreme stress test. After the shutdown, the system power seems to be on but is entirely unresponsive, an indicator light on the laptop blinks. To reboot, I must first long-press the power button to shut off the device, then wait 10 seconds or so, and then turn the power back on. If I power it on too early, I get a repeating system beep, which I believe is an indication of a thermal shutdown event. Upon reboot after a failure, I have a new critical Kernel-Power event in the windows event viewer.

Here's the kicker, though: While the stress test was running, however, the CPU never climbed above 84*C, and the GPU never above 75* C. (At least according to CPUID's HWMonitor)

After the first stress test failure, I removed my CPU undervolt and ensured I had no GPU overclock. Upon re-running the test, the shutdown occurred *sooner* - likely because my CPU temp jumped up significantly after removing the -140mv undervolt. So now I'm getting concerned.

[[Previously, I've run a -160mv CPU undervolt and Prime95'd the sh*t out of it for hours on end, with no BSOD. So I believe the CPU undervolt is not the culprit here (it is probably actually helping the thermal situation due to the shared heatsinks).]]

Recently, I re-pasted my CPU/GPU and saw a major improvement in the idle and low-performance temperatures (and much reduced fan noise, woohoo!). Idle temps now sit around 55*C on both, easily a 20*C improvement. The factory paste job on these parts was pretty abysmal, there was so much goop on there (dried, solid). As a result, when gaming, my CPU was regularly around 95*C (or higher, assumedly throttling was kicking in) and GPU around the same, perhaps a few degrees less. I bring that up because I'm starting to wonder if 1.5 years at such high temperatures I may have damaged the GPU.

Is there anything else I should try here?

 

Same with older Nvidia drivers? If not, run DDU in safe mode and clean out the driver(New graphics in DDU with shut down). Fire up again and install an other driver you know worked. Repeat if needed.

 

Unknown, I haven't run the stress in the past. Is there a known stable driver version you'd recommend?

 

You could try 372.54 - 375.95 and 376.19. It's also Nvidia drivers fixing and finding threads in the forum. Most part posted by bro @Phoenix
Or you can test with the older drivers delivered for the machine. Not for newest games, but tested with your machine and can be used for testing purposess.

Edit: Remember the DDU steps.

 

Good call, I'll try-out the original drivers just for a good stability baseline.

 

Test also with both maxed fans (Fn+1) and automatic fans. Good luck Ps. Montitor the temp as well.