M15x Nvidia 470M Mod

Yeaht, good idea... I once saw in his signature that he claims to have a working 480m in his M15x... unfortunately he didn't seem to have written a thread about it. I wanted to PM him about his 480m a while ago and ask for some information, but somehow I totally forgot about it. It would be really intriguing to now some details about his work.

Anyway, thanks for all your effort so far, Inap!!

 

@Inap How much you pay for the 470?

 

I may be interested in taking it off your hands and experimenting more but I dunno, I'm scared that it would be a lost cause...

 

yeah so far fynight hasn't given any real info on the 480m mod, other then saying he got it to work. really hope he replies soon.

if your interest in it let me know, otherwise i will just return it. but these are pretty hot right now, i can prolly sell it for a profit but i'm lazy, hehehehe

 

The largest difference I'm seeing there is the Bus Interface and subvendor id, I don't know enough about the pci bus to say if that's something that would cause a clash or not though.

 

If we still think its a PSU issue, you could try severely under-clocking your 940xm to like 700mhz or something insanely low lol.

 

yeah i tried that too, i got it running at lowest possible multi and with tdp at 62/62. still no luck

 

I seem to remember you stating that the Sager/Clevo driver didn't install, so I'm editing the 263.09 inf to include the extra strings from the Clevo inf as it has a total of 4 entries for the 470m and 5 for the 460m. Will upload when done.

 

sweet thanks widezu, fingers crossed

 

have you tried the ones for the dell 460m but with the inf file edited?

 

Ok I've attached 2 be sure to change the extensions back to inf.
The nvcv is obviously the clevo and the nv_disp is the universal one. Try the clevo one first, then the other one...

 

Good idea as well.

 

i haven't tried a dell with the inf yet.
just tried installing without the inf and it was a no go.

thanks widezu gaving it go right now.

 

modded nvcv does not work, something is missing that wouldn't let the install run.
tried to use the modded inf for the 460m driver, no go also.

 

i am sure i can dig up a i3 processor from somewhere if you need it INAP but not sure if that will make a difference. Sounds like a software or update related issue then power draw.

 

yeah i can prolly rip one out of one of my other notebooks, but those aren't as simple to take apart as the M15x is. really doubt that it can make a difference anyways. but will see when i get home after work.

 

I really doubt it's a power issue, as there are systems with almost identical hardware specs to the M15x but with just a 120W PSU, running with a 470m...

 

Maybe the Sager driver with the new modded inf. Or this driver: v259.47 Windows 7/Vista 64bit | HP/Compaq - OEM INF - LaptopVideo2Go Forums

 

ok gonna try that out. man pretty pooped from uninstalling and reinstalling drivers, heheheheh

 

here something everyone is dying to see. hahahaha

 

um LOL

10 char.

 

jajajajajajajajajajajajajaja good score inap

 

just think inap, if you can find out a way to put a 10 in front of that score you'll have the top of the board again lol, there's gotta be something we're missing here this card should work. Did you try emailing the guy on the one bios editor to see if he could add support for it to try to work the vbios?

 

oh yeah number 1!!!!!!!!!! still no matter how low the score i still got the number one spot for 470m bench, heheheh

 

Lol nice. xP

 

there's gotta be a way to get those clocks up. :/ Have you tried ATITool? I've had some luck with it in the past.

 

i don't think ati tools work for nvidia cards. but i tried nst, inspector, riva tuner, and after burner. all with no luck.

 

Not yet. I'm still on temporary duty status at a location that doesn't have internet access. (Yes, those still exist here in the 'States'. ) I'm almost done though, having only 2 weeks to go and then 22 days of vacation before heading back home to HI. Once I get back, I'm sending it in to 'The Mothership' for repairs. So for about 5 months now I've been rocking my M11X(R1). This thing is a champ!

 

ATITools should work for nvidia cards. I used it for my GTX 260m 1gb DDR3 a while back.

 

thanks gonna gave it a try. my bad got it confused with amd clock tools

 

@mb67 -- Good deal. Know you're going to love going home.

 

That I am. 1 year on active duty learning weather forecasting has made my brain hurt.

Besides, I've been missing the bikinis on the beaches

Also by the way I love that Snake Pilssken avatar of yours.

 

yeah that avatar is awesome

 

LOL. And such a gentle soul down deep.

 

That's an actual photo of the Rev. I know I met him in person.

 

oh! I should have known! only a person from the future could have the knowledge he has bestowed on this forum! only from the future damn it!

 

I don't think ATiTools is gonna work as it is out dated and not supported any more. I think now is the time to use Powermizer Switch just try it out might even work.

 

Did you try the new version of NVflash adn nibitor? it has been updates 2nd december 2010.

Changelog:
Added Min/Max Fan Speed Editing
Added GeForce GTS 450
Added GeForce GTS 360M
Added GeForce GT 310M
Added GeForce GTX 285M
Added GeForce GT 240M

It might work now.... hope so

BTW you are doing a great job!

EDIT: Did you try this? http://hw-lab.com/nibitor-edit-unsupported-fermi-bios.html

 

Inap - Their is a person in the ACER forums that sometimes provides bios updates, meaning he updates and re-packages them. Have you tried to reach out to see if he can add what is needed for the m15x and the 470?

I think his name is KIZWAN

Thanks, Stevenx

 

Oh, that's a good idea... there's a user on the sager-clevo forums who lately managed to edit the vbios of the 480m for overclocking. His name is Soviet Sunrise, I haven't read a lot in the sager clevo forums, but it seems he knows quite a lot about such stuff.

 

Don't bother asking Soviet, because he won't even consider editing a random users vBIOS.

Anyway, I was messing around with that 470M BIOS in NiBitor. Opening it up as an 8800M GTX allowed me to edit the 3D and 2D clocks. Then I saved it back as the unsupported 470M ID strings.

 

Yes... probably not, but nevertheless it's worth a try... it doesn't hurt to ask.

 

Well there are alot of users that know about these things I think there are 2 guys over tje acer forums, one at the asus forums who achieved to mod a c90 with a HD4650 which was not supported by the C90, you could ask soviet sunrise he is a remarcable member here or perhaps nando could help you .

 

thanks for all the responses guys, i really don't what to flash this card. too risky for such an expensive card, hehehehe. i'm gonna try out powerimizer and a few other drivers. if don't work then i'm gonna call it fail. sorry for not going all out and flashing but its too expensive for me to brick.

 

Yeah I don't advise flashing especially with the whole opening as a 8800m gtx thing (no offence Kevin) but there are too many variables. I might want a go but I'd have to think about it. Hopefully powermizer will work.

 

Yes, right... good thing you don't loose your head in shee despair ^^ They're really expensive, that's the main reason why I didn't get my hands on this card already.

 

well powermizer is a bust too. arrghhhh i think thats it guys. the last few days have been a huge headache for me but i guess it worth it to know that the 470m will not work. also from what i've heard some clevo owners are having the same problem, seems to be some kind of mobo revision for 470m to work.
there can be a small chance that it may work for someone who just ordered the laptop with a 460m, but who knows. man i think i have to do another clean install on my ssd. so many drivers and oc tools installed and uninstalled and reinstalled, hahahah

dang it was so looking forward to benching this card. sorry guys i tried and failed.

 

You could sell it on to someone who has a 460m in their M15x. And see what they can do with it. However, we still haven't ruled out that the card is faulty in itself.

 

with success or not we need more people like you with bal..s to try things like this

 

well i'm gonna post it up on the nbr marketplace for one day, if anyone is brave enough to gave it another go just let me know. otherwise it going back.

thanks speedy!! and thanks to everyone here for your tips and encouragement. special shout out to Larry without him none of this would be possible.