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    Dell 970m Stock Volts VBIOS (request)

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by Schurke, Dec 17, 2020.

  1. Schurke

    Schurke Notebook Consultant

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    Hi, all. I'm looking for a stock VBIOS for my Dell 970m (6gb). It seems as though I've misplaced my backup (give me a break, please - it's been 3 full years).

    Context: I was running a svl7's "oc edition" VBIOS on my 970m. Turns out his fears about aging cards and under-volted VBIOSes were justified: 3 years in, the voltage settings are seemingly no longer adequate to start the card (or rather, this is what I suspect because a few weeks ago my m15x started having trouble booting and required 2-3 attempts to start but had no issues while running... a few weeks passed then it couldn't start with the 970m and just threw the GPU error code - swapped to the 5850 and it's running fine).
     
    Schurke, Dec 17, 2020
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    Bester Notebook Enthusiast

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    Bester, Dec 18, 2020
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