The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Flashing DDR3 and another question regarding bios M18x R2

    Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by murphey1965, Jan 1, 2015.

  1. murphey1965

    murphey1965 Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    62
    Messages:
    199
    Likes Received:
    23
    Trophy Points:
    31
    firstly Happy new everyone , my question is I have purchased thaiphoon burner and flashed my Kingston 1866 PnP to the 2133 PnP , the flash was no problem and when I read the ram it shows exactly the correct info 2133 etc etc , but my problem is in Aida 64 , and cpuz it still only running at 1866 , tried winsat and was around 24500 , so why is it not running at 2133 , and secondly running the A11 bios but would like to try the A10 unlocked version , can I just flash the new bios in Windows 7 64bit or do I need to do the dos procedure , as after reading too many horror stories got a bit paranoid , and if anyone has a link to the the A10 unlocked bios or even a spd profile for thaiphoon burner for Kingston 2133 pnp ram maybe the one I have is not compatible maybe Mr Fox can help with that ....as always thanks for your time and replies ..
     
    Last edited: Jan 3, 2015
    murphey1965, Jan 1, 2015
    #1
  2. murphey1965

    murphey1965 Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    62
    Messages:
    199
    Likes Received:
    23
    Trophy Points:
    31
    I have sorted the memory issue for some reason I needed to increase the voltage to 1.55, I assumed this memory ran at 1.5 , but still need an answer regarding flashing the A10 unlocked bios currently running the Dell A11 at the moment on the R2 and maybe a link if poss ...cheers
     
    murphey1965, Jan 2, 2015
    #2
  3. anarky321

    anarky321 Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    65
    Messages:
    1,190
    Likes Received:
    49
    Trophy Points:
    66
    EDIT: ill be damned....burned and runs at 2133mhz 13CL......will this run at 12T ? kind of afraid to burn it unless it worked for others....

    EDIT2: CAS is displayed as 12 in TB but 13 in CPU-ID.... not sure where the discrepancy is but id say im overall pleased with the results for now
     
    Last edited: Feb 8, 2015
    anarky321, Feb 8, 2015
    #3
    Mr. Fox likes this.
  4. Mr. Fox

    Mr. Fox BGA Filth-Hating Elitist®

    Reputations:
    37,250
    Messages:
    39,344
    Likes Received:
    70,712
    Trophy Points:
    931
    If you just flash the HyperX PnP 2133 firmware you will be good to go. Even the embedded RAM part # will be changed to the 2133 RAM part #, LOL.

    Reach out to svl7 for the A11 unlocked. It really doesn't make any difference whether you use A10 or A11. The only visible difference is the boot logo. They both perform exactly the same, and so does A09 unlocked. Using his PRR tool you can flash the unlocked A10 binary piece over A11 to get the full menu access. I did it once completely by accident and nothing bad happened.
     
    Mr. Fox, Feb 10, 2015
    #4
    murphey1965 likes this.
  5. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

    Reputations:
    9,436
    Messages:
    58,194
    Likes Received:
    17,906
    Trophy Points:
    931
    What sort of tests have you run to be sure it's stable?
     
    Meaker@Sager, Feb 10, 2015
    #5
  6. anarky321

    anarky321 Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    65
    Messages:
    1,190
    Likes Received:
    49
    Trophy Points:
    66
    it's been about a week or so not a single lockup or crash with any of my games
     
    anarky321, Feb 15, 2015
    #6
  7. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

    Reputations:
    9,436
    Messages:
    58,194
    Likes Received:
    17,906
    Trophy Points:
    931
    Well I hope it stays that way :)
     
    Meaker@Sager, Feb 16, 2015
    #7