P35X V3 modified BIOS

So yeah these forums are currently messed up so I'm creating a new thread.

I used the old P34G BIOS mod instructions to mod my BIOS, disable the "Hidden Function" and found a whole bunch of new settings, mostly stuff you wouldn't want to change. You can however disable Turbo mode, Hyperthreading and VT-d which is what I was looking for. You seem to be able to set fan trigger temps but sadly nothing related to Optimus that I can see.

For those who care the thread is here http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/gigabyte-p34g-unlocked-bios.738723/

NOTE: I DID NOT USE THOSE FILES (obviously). I used the method that he explained, which you can see if you scroll down a ways.

I'm not posting my files because they might be somehow different and your laptops might brick etc. I'm not responsible for what you guys do with your laptops so BEWARE Messing with these options can easily brick your laptop.

If you have any questions about the method I used I'll try to help.

Update #1: DO NOT DISABLE INTERNAL GRAPHICS haha. I was hoping this might force the nVidia to take over but nope just gave me a blank screen. Had to navigate through the BIOS blind to re-enable it, was quite worrying as you might imagine. Luckily the BIOS layout seems to be the same as that post I linked above.

 

Hi, did you notice any significant differences in temperatures or battery life after disabling Turbo mode, Hyperthreading and VT-d? Thanks in advance.

 

I tried with Turbo off and yeah the max temperatures are better (still not great). But as this can be done via the Intel XTU appplication there's no need to flash your BIOS for that Also, VT-d has nothing to do with temperature, it needed to be disabled for an OS I was installing.

 

So i enabled the hidden menu and when i boot into bios it will allow me to enable or disable the hidden menu. How do i actually get into those settings?

 

Did you flash the new BIOS? Go to advanced and change the Hidden Function setting to Disabled.

 

Thanks, setting it to disabled did the trick. I guess i just thought it made sense that setting it to enabled would turn them on

 

Yeah I agree it is weird. I guess by setting it to Enabled you say you're enabling the hiding

 

Were you able to modify anything related to the stupid 70C CPU throttling limit?

 

There is no 70 degree throttling limit on the P35X and never has been, it's set to 90. Yes, you can change it if you like.

 

Disabling turbo boost on XTU is locked for me, you mean after using unlocked BIOS you can disable turbo boost using XTU or am I missing something?

 

Yeah you can turn off turbo when using the unlocked BIOS. However, with XTU you can turn the multipliers down to 24x (instead of 36x, 35x, 34x, 34x) and this will ensure the CPU never goes past its base clock of 24x (2.4Ghz).

 

Hi Joe... I updated my 980M vbios using Prema's modded Clevo bios without first backing mine up (IDIOT!). Now my GPU clock is locked at 405MHz. Can you backup and share your P35x v3 980M vbios using NVFlash...
Please help as I'm desperate (and an idiot)!

 

PS. To do this, you need to disable your 980m in Device Manager and run the following command from wherever NVFlash is located:
nvflash --save test.rom

NVFlash can be downloaded from:
http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=44031897533029362005

 

Anybody?

 

Please can you help me... It will only take 2 minutes of your time!

 

Hi Joe, hope you are having a great day. Have a quick question for you, already did the mod but when I go to the BIOS\BIOS.BIN folder to extract the bios, there are two files, if I understand properly, one of the files is for standard disk configuration and the other is for RAID support right?

With the latest bios I have these files: P35V3BF.B0A and P35V3BF.D0A, I did the modification to both of them but I want to make sure to flash the right one which in my case would be the P35V3BF.D0A as it supports RAID config. Which one did you flash?

Thanks for the help!

 

I actually wouldn't recommend either. Through some weirdness my BIOS lost my windows 8.1 key and I have to send it in for servicing to get it back. You are correct about D0A being the one to use for RAID though

Whoa sorry man, I had no idea anyone had posted here. I haven't been keeping an eye on this and unless you quote my post I don't get an alert. Hope your problem has been solved since.

 

What are the differences between the official P35X V3's BIOSes? Currently I'm on FD0A/F00C, but smart update states FB0A.F00C Is available. Shoudl I update? Last time I did that I couldnt boot and had to reinstall windows.

 

FBoA.FooC upped the thermal limit from 90C to 95C so it throttles less now.

 

But ideally you want to stay below this. Throttling is, after all, the system endeavoring to bring the temps down because it's getting too hot.