GS30 Mod journey begins!

Betlo · 21 Jan 2016 at 21:46

Thanks for the advice, have tested it and it doesn't work. From what i understood the 6XX series are indeed a pain to make work with windows 10. Especially with all the complications you have with MSI GS30. the 9xx series is adapted to win 10 so folks who use those cards with the gs30 generally tend to have less problems.

As a measure of last resort i tested to use my antiquated GT8600 (I know it is a disgrace...

) and it works....

Will do as a stop-gap measure until summer when Nvidia and AMD release their next generations.

Also tried the bios you uploaded, but i cant find any hidden options under advanced. How should i do to access them?

Thanks in advance!

Meaker · 25 Jan 2016 at 13:28

The BIOS i linked was not modified, the modified BIOS can only be flashed by removing the chip and manually programming it.

I've actually refreshed my setup a bit:

I've put in a noctua 92mm fan and swapped the ultra high density koolance for a slim medium density EK 120 radiator where the single fan can get as much air as it wants.

Cooling is little touchier but with a similar fan profile I was getting 53C max running at 1490/8000 in games.

The advantage of this setup is getting more air running through the box helping the ambient temp inside stay cooler for the PSU and GPU VRMS.

CEUOTC · 1 Feb 2016 at 07:52

Well Meaker dude, after following this journey of yours

it has re-kindled my interest into gaming laptops once more, so as of this morning have a Clevo P750DM sporting a i7 6700 and a GTX 980M on its way. It will never match your Titan, however this laptop is going to be replacing my desktop and it is the closest l could get to my i7 4790k + 980 (GTX 980 Ti got booted as it had really bad fan noise/oscillation and now run a MSI 980).

Meaker · 2 Feb 2016 at 06:28

Nice machine

You can get a lot more than stock speeds out of that 980m

Should be fairly close to a stock 980 desktop with some love :cool:

Have a look at the premamod bios files if you feel like having an adventure.

CEUOTC · 2 Feb 2016 at 09:24

Will do cheers dude.

Meaker · 14 Feb 2016 at 08:54

The primochill tubing is doing a lot better than the masterkleer stuff, very pleased I moved over

Meaker · 10 Mar 2016 at 08:53

Of course

Meaker · 31 Mar 2016 at 05:00

As part of a second stage I have moved fan control over from the GPU and gone for the aquaero 5 LT control board:

I have used the 4 included sensors to help expand my monitoring, I may get the LED expansion and move the lights over to it too but we will see.

CEUOTC · 31 Mar 2016 at 09:31

Impressive Meaker dude.

Meaker · 1 Apr 2016 at 06:29

CEUOTC said:
Impressive Meaker dude.

Thanks

How is your machine?

CEUOTC · 1 Apr 2016 at 09:17

Good mate, have added a further 16gb of RAM and expanded the storage with another 500gb SSD and a 250 M.2, flying through the Division quite nicely. Oh and nabbed a cheeky 330w PSU for a little wiggle room down the road. More than happy.

Meaker · 4 Apr 2016 at 21:06

I've ordered the LED controller and some RGB strips :cool:

CEUOTC · 4 Apr 2016 at 23:00

Nice will wait patiently for the photos.

Meaker · 4 Apr 2016 at 23:15

Some thought will need to be put in the cables to make them tidy however I will be able to attach them to the actual front plastic and no longer have a cable going to the GPU at all (except for power) which makes that easier to take out if I need to.

I may need to get some light diffusion material as i'll no longer shine the LEDs through the reservoir but being too close and they will just look like point lights.

I may be able to give the dragon a glowing heart however

CEUOTC · 5 Apr 2016 at 11:32

Sweet.

Meaker · 10 Apr 2016 at 05:57

I need to extend the bottom strip and sort the wiring still along with improving the light blanking in certain areas but it's a start

CEUOTC · 10 Apr 2016 at 10:07

Looking good mate. Love the red flame

Meaker · 10 Apr 2016 at 13:50

I'll tell my wife you said so (she cut it out for me

)

I have ordered a few tools to re-do the molex on my pump power cable (the male molex plugs and a crimping tool) as the outer clamp came loose and the cables are fraying. I'll probably shorten it while I am there as it's far too long for my needs.

I'll also strip off the floppy connector and replace it with a molex as I need another molex plug for the LED board and don't want messy adapter cables.

Meaker · 13 Apr 2016 at 21:25

I have decided to plum for this little guy:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cors...sfx-power-supply-cp-9020105-uk-ca-218-cs.html

It's working well and I am using the extra space

But I could not figure out why channel 1 would go bright green with any level of green output....

Spent the last 2 hours checking for shorts with my multimeter.....

I had tied the green output to range between.... 100% and 100% *bangs head on desk* now it's back to 0% to 100% it works properly again

Meaker · 14 Apr 2016 at 09:17

The SF600 is really tiny:

Compared to the gear S2 smart watch:

Left to right: SF600 (SFX), SX-500LG (SFX-L), VX450 (ATX)

Stacked:

Messy but all in:

See the rewired molex right by the pump

Turned out really well.

I think I do need the material to spread the light for the flames.

I'll make a video of it changing.