Dell Precision M6700 Owners Thread

Do note that you can sign the driver yourself if you like...
See http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr...-k5000m-to-m5000m.807061/page-3#post-10797664
(This will allow you to use the NVIDIA driver setup program, basically everything will proceed without any warnings at all and you do not have to change anything with the Windows boot config.)

 

I thought of that but figured what is the point of an anti-cheat allowing me to sign driver myself. I assumed driver needed to be signed with a known trusted certificate and it was pointless for me to sign driver myself.

 

I haven't actually tried to see if this works with anti-cheat software. (Haven't run across any such games...)
However, you are basically adding your custom certificate to the system's list of trusted certificates. (I sort of doubt that the anti-cheat software maintains such a list, as it would need to be adjusted regularly...)
Also, this will work for modifying an .INF file but it will not work for modifying a .SYS file (the driver core binary). Windows will refuse to load those if they do not have an EV certificate attached and you cannot generate one of those on your own.

 

iirc you need to disable drivers verification to install the drivers then you can enable it back and anti-cheat isn't trigger

 

Suggestions on how to get a new Bluetooth speaker working with my M6700? I literally never tried using Bluetooth on this precision device until now. The original 380 bluetooth module that shipped from Dell is still in there. I have a new JBL Flip 5 that works on my other devices. However, on my M6700, Windows 10 usually does not recognize this JBL as an output device. Under Bluetooth settings, Windows easily pairs with it. However, Windows usually will not connect, or remain connected, to it. A few times I somehow got this JBL Bluetooth speaker working by turning everything off and on a few times. Nonetheless, most of the time it simply does not work (with my M6700, though it works with my other computers, laptops, and phones). I have not manually updated any drivers since I upgraded to Windows 10 about two years ago. Device Manager says the 380 module has driver version 12.0.1.410, driver date 3/25/15. Should I download/install a driver update from Dell? Should I ask Windows to try to update a driver? Does anyone have other kinds of suggestions? Everything else is still working pretty well on this precision device. Any help? Please?

 

Honestly, I doubt that there is going to be a driver update for later than 2015 on the Dell/Broadcom adapter.
If you are having trouble with the built-in Bluetooth, you could try...
* Take off the keyboard trim and pull the plug on the built-in Bluetooth adapter (it is just below the power button, hidden under the plastic trim).
* Replace the Wi-Fi card with a Intel 7260 Wi-Fi card. That will get you 802.11ac Wi-Fi, and the card also has built-in Bluetooth. You can find this card on Amazon or eBay for less than $25, and you will be able to get the latest drivers directly from Intel's site.

 

Thanks - I will keep the 7260 in mind as a next step. It turns out there was one more 380 driver update toward the end of 2015. A few minutes before typing this, the Dell driver download for that update would not install and had various problems. Just before typing this, windows located the same driver update and in less than a minute or two my bluetooth speaker immediately started working consistently! Thanks for your response.

 

Right now I have a GTX 970m that's overclocked to almost 980m speeds in my m6700, If I were to upgrade the graphics card, what options do I have for mxm card upgrades?
I've seen that people got a Quadro P5000 mxm to work, but those are expensive af.

 

GeForce 980M or Quadro M5000M — Best "normal" cards available, but not much of an upgrade over what you have. There's also the Tesla M6, which is equivalent to these cards but doesn't have any display output capability; it can be run in Optimus mode (no HDMI or DP output) and it is a good deal cheaper.

Quadro P3000, P4000, P5000 — Requires a specific vBIOS to work in the Precision M6700, but it cannot be flashed in the M6700, so you'd need to use a different system to flash it or acquire a hardware flasher
(I tried the P5000 but was having BSOD's every few days, and couldn't figure out how to fix it — went back to M5000M.)

Quadro RTX 3000, RTX 4000, RTX 5000 — There are HP cards that have been demonstrated working in the M6700. They are slightly larger than a standard MXM card but can be made to fit. The layout is different than standard MXM, though; the GPU chip and screw holes are in different positions, so a mod to the GPU heatsink is required.

Pascal and Turing cards to not support LVDS output so you must use them with an eDP display (uncommon in M6700) or Optimus enabled. (Not to mention that these are pretty expensive cards.)

...That's really about it. Newer GeForce cards do not work; Pascal is out because of BIOS/vBIOS issues, and I'm not aware of any other Turing MXM cards that aren't like funny shapes and too large to fit. MXM has been dying since Pascal so it's not really a surprise that there aren't any newer good options. I don't think that there are any AMD options that are competitive against even the 980M.

 

speaking of AMD, has anyone ever tried the fairly affordable RX 480 one can buy from aliexpress?