When people refer to the XM, they are referring to the CPU, which normally is the 920XM or the 940XM i7 core processor.
X refers to the extreme Intel core processor, M refers to it's mobile status, ie it's a laptop processor.
There were several different CPU options available to you if you purchased you m15x from new, ranging from the lowly i3 to the magnificent i7 extreme.
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Can anyone direct me to a tool for easy vbios updates? I have the 560m
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Ekmek, you are 100% right. I just put my 260M back in, and i got really good performance up until it got hot. if i paste it properly, then maybe it will perform better than the 560M...? D: It runs so much more smoothly, the 560M has FPS spikes. It has higher video quality, but the FPS just spikes so freakin much... it's getting slightly annoying. anybody have any solutions to that? -
You could down clock the gpu to more stable clocks or try overclock the p state that your throttling down to, this will reduce your fps drop or completely remove it if you overclock to 3d clocks. But i dont have a 560m so im not sure how well it would work
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Well, the lowest is p-0, then p-1, then p-2.
I had always set p-2 to 910/1700/1820 and never looked at the other two.
I just now checked p-1 and it was set to 202/324/405 and p-0 was 50/135/101. bahahahha, that's my problem, isn't it?
I'm gonna try setting those to the same clocks as my p-2. Temperature is not an issue, thusfar IC diamond works beautifully.
UPDATE: i tried to set p-1 to my p-2 settings. Entire screen went black and nothing happened. I restarted and tried setting p-1 to my factory p-2 settings and once again, it blacked out. What should i set p-1 and p-0 to so that i can stop fps loss without causing my screen to go black. Why exactly does it go black in the first place? Not enough voltage? -
Overall I'm bummed out that 560M didnt bring the better performance I wanted.
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You dont have to touch p0, just p1 and p2. If your 560m is like my 580m than there is a limit to how much you can overclock p1 reguardless of the voltage. You are just going to have to tweak it up until it becomes unstable (driver chashes) this should reduce how bad the spikes get. And/or downclock your p2.....
Your could try to overvolt p1 to see if that would work on your card, hit par1ow with a pm he can mod your vbois -
Someone with a 920XM and a 460M seems to have the same throttle issue I have:
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Hello can you please help me PLease.
I have just bought this graphics card and I wanted to know if it will work with my m15x 820qm
NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 560M 1.5GB Laptop Video Card Untested for Parts / Repair | eBay -
I think there is an earlier post that it has to be a green card not a blue one
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The blue cards will not work only the green ones!
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I found in the NVIDIA control panel that you can set power mgmt to max but default is adaptive. I think with the reduced power setting and setting to max I got a bit better performance -
What is the higest GPU score in vantage with GTX 560?
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m15x/560m/940xm combo
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so I updated my vbios successfully, but Nvidia Inspector still only shows 3 p-stages. is this expected?
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ya/ combo score >>>> ?
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Are you guys sure?? The blue card will not work? Cause the buyer said that one of his costumers tried it and it worked.
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thanks.!!!!!!!!!
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Blue will not work on alienware or ASUS . only works in Clevo or Eurocom.
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p-1 or p-8 just how you look at it becomes unstable(operating at 0.820V) when you try to oc it. It would be nice to have p-1 state(at least) running at 1,000V as well, just like p-2 now, but cant be done from NI.
That little vbios tuner software I posted earlier can do this I think. There is a user that offered to provide help with the vbios mod I believe, read a few posts up.
btw the max for 560m is 1,000V - we cant go higher than that.. So there is only means by modding the other p stages voltage.
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I currently have an m15x with the 6970m installed however that damn card keeps making my laptop shut down on certain games so i'm wanting to sell this card and go with something more stable - like the 560m.
Which card should i go with and can you explain the install process? There are tutorials everywhere for getting the 6970m installed and running but nothing else and i want to make sure i get everything installed correctly.
Anyone know where i can get the 560m, i'm not seeing any on ebay (other than the blue ones)
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i had shutdowns before and i fixed it, with the 560m(nvidia in general) you will get throttling, so pick your poison.....
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1) what thermal paste are you using?
2) are you using new thermal pads or old ones?
3) are you overclocking at all?
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2)old ones, however from everything i've read there's people placing new pads all over the damn place and the shutdowns will still occur so i doubt swapping them would make a difference.
3)i've tried stock clocks as well as overclocking and shut downs occur regardless.
4)temps range during shutdowns from mid 80's to mid 90's
The only thing that's preventing the shutdowns most of the time is if i disconnect the external monitor I use. If i run the games straight off the built in monitor then 90% of the time i don't get a shutdown, however if i run it off the external monitor i'll get a shutdown 100% of the time (for certain games like Alan Wake, Witcher 2) -
I just wanted to add something to the information base here about the green Eurocom GTX-560M
Linux (ubuntu 11.04, 64bit) detects and uses this card just fine on the m15x on late-ish Nvidia drivers (295.x I believe).
I still had to add the device and vendor ID for the latest Windows 7 64bit drivers.
I bought the fujipoly thermal pads referenced earlier in this post and used EVGA silver thermal paste on the GPU. I had to reuse the really thick thermal pads for the smaller chips and didn't put heatspreaders on the backside memory chips. It seems to run just fine, furmark got up to around 86C after 15 minutes. -
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2) I had my old sh*tty thermal pads, then i replaced them with brand new ones at the same time that i applied the IC Diamond 7, so I'm pretty sure they helped. At full load, I hit 63C now. I was getting over 90 degrees before just like you. TRUST ME BRO, get IC Diamond 7 and new thermal pads. I was skeptical too, but they fixed my overheating/shuttingdown issue. (I was in the same position as you before)
3) the only way you're gonna keep from overheating is downclocking (I went through this as well)
4) Those are the exact same temperatures I was getting when I was shutting down. The card's threshold temperature is 90 degrees, so it shuts itself down once it hits 90C.
GET NEW THERMAL PADS AND IC DIAMOND 7. Other people on this thread did not seem to have this issue, but I did, and apparently you are too. Your symptoms are the exact same as mine. I honestly think brand new pads + IC Diamond 7 will fix you. (I got both from Eurocom. On ebay, Eurocom's username is Upgradeyourlaptop. The thermal pads weren't listed. Just send them a message, and they should make a deal with you. Make sure to ask for a lower shipping price, because the listed shipping price for the IC Diamond 7 was 65 f*cking dollars. Just tell him that you're not gonna pay that much for 2 small items, and you guys should be able to work something out ;D).
I HOPE THIS HELPS
HEYYYY DUTCHESS, CHECK THIS OUT ;D
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-740QM Processor,Alienware score: P2610 3DMarks
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which driver is this ?
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but it's not the most stable driver (i guess because it is a beta driver?). it crashes at relatively low clocks sometimes
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You two are not alone, I got the same problem, mine shut itself down when the temp. reach 80 degree.
Already have new thermal pad, and going to try IC Diamond 7 a try (I am currently using arctic mx-4).
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And make sure your new thermal pads cover these areas:
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I have cleaned, repaste with arctic mx-4. Re-apply new fujipoly pads that people suggested in this forum to the areas.
With standard setting, I did 1920x1080 burn-in test with FurMark. GPU tempature reach close to 80C around 8 minutes mark (and the temp. want to continue climb up)..... Any point more than 80C, it will shutdown itself.
How do you guys manage to keep that tempature so low?((
Usual surfing net is 44C. I use HWINFO to maximize my fan setting too..
My driver is 296.10, i7 Q720
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I have recently upgraded my GTX260M with a GTX560M, used new 1mm pads and reused the thick ones, i have applied mx-4 and i idle at 37-38 degrees celsius.
3DMark Vantage score: 8852, Max GPU temp while testing: 68 degrees celsius.
3DMark11 score: 2192, Max GPU temp while testing: 65 degrees celsius.
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Cosmic Black
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Core i7 720QM
GTX560M
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Hi guys!
I created an account just for a little advice.
I researched the heck out of this and decided it was time my m15x got a video upgrade.
So I bought a GTX 560m from eBay (the green card, NOT the blue) for $175 and it's on its way.
I did also purchase some thermal paste, I went with the Arctic silver 5, I honestly am hoping this works for me seeing as how some people are having problems with it.
What thermal pads should I go for? and where in the heck do i get them? Newegg doesn't have them.
Just a couple of quick questions though.
What exactly do I need to do to get this card working?
I see that you have to modify some drivers, which I'm probably not very good at. Not sure what the VBios is either.
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1. Thermal Pad
This is the one I got, but there are different ones which was suggested by others. You just need to search it.
Steps before install the card:
1. Download different version modded drivers from previous posts. They have provided the modded driver links, all you need is to find them and download it. (In case one driver is not stable for your AW, you can try the other driver)
2. Teardown your AW, take out your old card and put your new card in. Make sure you clean the old paste and replace with new ones. Put new pads on Vram, there are pictures indicates what areas you need to put pads onto.
Install driver:
3. Power up your AW and install modded driver. Go customize install then make sure you tick something about clean install.
4. If you have throttle problem, go to dell website and download vBios driver (to install you need to burn the driver onto CD and boot it from CD).
5. If you have overheating problem (like myself), download fan control application to monitor/control it. dkocak94 provided me with permanent solution, but I don't have the time to try it out yet. -
Use thermal pads to cover ALL the spots on this picture: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/56470267/560M.jpg
For the drivers, you can use ANY Nvidia driver, just add the two red modded lines that Dutchess specified all the way back on PAGE THREE of this thread.
Go to Computer > C: > Nvidia > DisplayDriver
Pick the one that you want to use, click on it, then find the Display.Driver folder (Different from DisplayDriver). Go to the NVDM file (that's the one I use). Edit it, adding the two lines that Dutchess specified on, again, PAGE THREE of this thread, save, and you're done! Start the setup for the driver again and it will work.
When you add the two lines, just find the code in NVDM that looks similar to each line. Then paste each line that Dutchess created at the bottom of those lists. You should see what I mean once you get into the file -
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And i used these pads: http://www.frozencpu.com/products/13408/thr-113/Phobya_Thermal_Pad_XT_120mm_x_20mm_x_10mm_-_7Wmk_V-Regs_RAM_Ramplex_Koolance_MIPs_Innovatek_19100.html?tl=c487s1290b189
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Hey mine was 3DMark Vantage score: 8874 & 3DMark11 score: 2200,
but my temps are like in the 75s and idles at 50s
I guess it's time for another repaste
M15x and GTX 560M
Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by dutchess63, Aug 11, 2011.