Alienware 13 R3 GTX 1060 OLED VBIOS modification?

Hello guys,
just wanna ask you whether it is able to mod the alienware 13 gtx 1060 vbios to get more out of this graphics card?
e.g. open the power limit?

 

Yes, with a vBios hardware flashing kit, and Mobile Pascal TDP Tweaker v1.1.1.0 by @Coolane .

You can edit the GTX 1060 TDP up to 120W - 140W (Target - Limit) recommend max. I would try to go lower for BGA vs MXM though. Probably 110W - 120W on AW 13

You would be the first to try on Alienware. Would be awesome though

http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/mobile-pascal-tdp-tweaker-update-and-feedback-thread.806161/

https://github.com/LaneLyng/MobilePascalTDPTweaker/releases

 

unfortunately i dont know how tro flash it on aw 13.. thought it would be as easy as with previous generations to flash modded vbios with nvflash...

 

@ThatOldGuy whats about this thread? Won´t we able to do the same with modded vbios on the aw 13?

http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr...7-and-increase-your-performance-today.802078/

 

Sure a 1.7 - 2.2% increase. WOOOO (sorry about the sarcasm )

Otherwise no; vBios and BIOS in general are not compatible across chip-sets or GPS

That BIOS update was nothing more than clock speed increases. You absolutely need hardware flasher to increase Pascal TDP for foreseeable future.

Somewhere down the road someone may figure out a software solution...

 

thank you for your answer ! Thought it would be able to install the bios as easy as it is shown in that video

@ThatOldGuy Is there anyone trying this with an alienware system right know?

 

Not that i know of. But I was too lazy to read the whole 66 page tread. You can also assume that people have tried it but not joined or posted on the forum

 

@ThatOldGuy so this vbios should be the right way to go?

http://www.directupload.net/file/d/4903/w37vgxb5_png.htm

tl866 is already ordered with all the other stuff needed for flashing

 

@leeloyd much thanks for all information provided by him! I will let you guys know if the flash went through smoothly.

 

Yes, just modify the stock vBios, and follow all steps carefully.

 

I will try my best don't wanna breake my little alien

 

Considered doing this as well, it'll be interesting to see your results, mine I planned on doing the opposite and going more of a Max-Q route.

 

Unfortunately i can´t get any vbios provided by Coolane to work in my Alien..

@Sentential do you already have a hardware programmer ?

Are you willing to try the vbios on yours?

 

I'm currently flashing the newest vbios from @Coolane
Hopefully this will work..

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Recently i got it to work now!!
Did the wrong reinstall with ddu... i'm stupid


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No I don't have a hardware programmer I was either going to use a dumped BIOS from another MQ vendor and use pascal flasher or similar to force flash mine into a 1060-MQ

 

unfortunately it is not possible to flash pascal cards with modded vbioses these days...
You need to use a hardware programmer. @Sentential

 

Wait, why?

Just underclock in MSI Afterburner. Of put FPS cap if you wan't better thermals/noise level

 

This is my highest bench today under 100% fan load.
Actually with max. TDP of 115 watts for the gpu. If i set the power limit to 120% my notebook crashed cause my power supply is too small but i think this are really impressive scores.

stock settings: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/12483552
overclocked settings: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/12511217

 

@hans12321 Glad you finally succeeded ! Gratz

I see that you hardflashed the UG15 labelled chip for your AW 13R3.
As i told you, i hard flashed the UG13 one on my AW 15R3.

UG13's and UG15's label locations are swapped between our motherboard.
Looks like the good one is the lowest located on both mobo.

I wonder if those chips aren't both VBios chip with a backup one... or maybe are mux/demux related.

 

Thank you i'm really happy!
I think that it really doesn't matter if you modify the ug13 vbios or the ug15 one. I'll try to flash the ug15 back to stock dump and flash the ug13 modded vbios.
Looking forward to the results whether i can still adjust the sliders
I will let you guys know it!

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Could you tell me where you got that clip from? I had a cheap one from china and that thing would always snap off the damn chip.

 

Hello,
I got mine from Ebay.


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Can you be more specific? A link would be great!

 

Sure sorry. I think it was this item but i'm not 100% sure. Those are all cheap chinese crap items and as already mentioned in another thread they can be all a little bit different. Some are a little bit more thick while others are smaller. I hope i could help you!

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.de/ulk/itm/122877461228

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