hello @Dan_lanora, I am alos a fellow nitro 5 i5-10300h rtx 2060 user and planning to make my rtx 2060 a 115 W. I would like to ask wdym by using the msi rom.
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hello dan_lanora, I would also like to know the updates on your laptop. is it working well?

@Lost_N_BIOS so i attempted to mod my vbios, i already have official vbios from other legion models that give me 115w and work great but only on windows for some reason and on linux it seems like its sticking to the target tdp(80w) and not going higher than 80w.

so last night i grabbed my TL866ii+ and did a clean dump of the vbios chip, then used the Mobile Pascal tdp tweaker to just make a small change at first to see if it would work and i changed the target tdp from 80w to 90w and i left the 115w tdp limit alone. when i flashed the vbios the laptop wouldnt post which im assuming is possibly due to checksum differences? i flashed back the original and im up and running again but i'd like to figure a way of raising the target tdp so i have more wattage while on linux

i'll link my original vbios and the modded version below, let me know what you think whenever you get a chance. thanks

original and modded vbios in .zip file: https://share.unixfy.net/vbios-orig-and-mod.zip

@dglt - Mobile pascal TDP editor should have fixed the checksum, but the issue here is internal signature Nvidia does so you can't edit vBIOS anymore.
All you can do is flash other same model card vBIOS and see if they work better

@ket - Can you please confirm, 2070 is not editable vBIOS, correct? I think so, but am not 100% sure when Nvidia started doing that
User does have flash programmer

ok, the signed bios issue is why i never tried doing an edit but after reading this thread and a couple others recently on other forums i seen talks of people modding/flashing bios. the original vbios for my model was 80wt/85wl, the vbios im using is from another legion laptop that has 80wt/115wl and it works great but i've been bashing my head trying to figure out why it stays at target tdp of 80w on all version of vbios i've tried and wont go past it but only on linux. on windows its fine but i try to avoid w10 as much as possible.

i already have forced g-sync working in linux, would be great if i could figure out the TDP issue but i keep coming up empty. i thought modding the target tdp would fix that but i guess its not gonna happen and using vbios from other 2060 mobile refresh gpu's will only work in hybrid mode and black screen on discrete making them useless for my use case. thanks for the reply though, if anything comes to mind i'm open to suggestions

I think only flashing other BIOS is OK, but as I mentioned I'm not 100% sure when Nvidia started the signature stuff, and you having flash programmer may get around the issue in some series too.
We'll have to wait for reply from ket, he knows for sure about this kind of thing.

Did you test a clean Linux install, or run a test from a live Linux/Ubuntu DVD/USB? Maybe your current install is store/cache something that's causing it to use the old vBIOS info?

no need to write nonsense and mislead people
a lot of text and nothing specific
enough spam

yeah i tested from a clean arch install, and again from pop os since the live environment boots with nvidia drivers but same result. the only thing i can think of is maybe some module responsible for instructing the laptop to use a different power profile. this laptop has quiet, adaptive, and performance modes but the cpu does scale up/down in each power profile even in linux so it must be handled by the embedded controller no?

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no need to write nonsense and mislead people
a lot of text and nothing specific
enough spam

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@Lost_N_BIOS, correct, no vBIOS is editable after Maxwell II its encrypted, any attempts at modding anything like clocks or voltages immediately breaks the encryption bricking the card if you try flashing the modded vBIOS. AFAIK a few people are trying but there still isn't any success with Pascal cards let alone current cards all we have is the halfway house with that modded nvflash you did thats here ;)

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Zitat von Black Raven im Beitrag #36

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no need to write nonsense and mislead people
a lot of text and nothing specific
enough spam

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you do realize the irony in posting this yes?

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thanks for clarifying, saves me from wasting any more time on that angle.

@Black Raven - Are you saying I should delete your spam there, or what, it's not very clear??

@ket - thanks for clarification, I'll try to keep Maxwell II in mind so I don't have to bug you every time this comes up.... but you know me
Iis that 980's, or 1xxx?

@dglt - Best bet is to find another vBIOS that matches your cards specs, be sure same memory too, and try a few until you find one that has best performance for what you want.
Yes, EC FW may control some of what you mentioned, odd that Windows would ignore it but not Linux though. Can you set High Performance power profile in Linux like you can windows?

@Lost_N_BIOS Maxwell II is the GTX 900 series, Pascal 1000 series ;)

Zitat von Lost_N_BIOS im Beitrag #41

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@Black Raven - Are you saying I should delete your spam there, or what, it's not very clear??

@ket - thanks for clarification, I'll try to keep Maxwell II in mind so I don't have to bug you every time this comes up.... but you know me
Iis that 980's, or 1xxx?

@dglt - Best bet is to find another vBIOS that matches your cards specs, be sure same memory too, and try a few until you find one that has best performance for what you want.
Yes, EC FW may control some of what you mentioned, odd that Windows would ignore it but not Linux though. Can you set High Performance power profile in Linux like you can windows?

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@Lost_N_BIOS, i wanted to know if u could help me with this too, or give ur opinion about, i got a file from a msi 115w rtx 2060, and mine is set to 90w, as i said is the refreshed 2060 mobile, so can u look the files and see if is compatible? and tell me how i could flash this in my rtx i think about of -- this software, and if this fail by software could i put my original bios back by rewritten in the same bios chip? or have another chip just for vbios?

edit: in the site i found it, the guy tested the bios in a clevo, that is from where my laptop is too just with another brand wrote on it in case (Avell)

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Hi all, reading all the comments but i dont want to mislead myself in the wrong direction ...
I got V1 90W rtx 2060 mobile ...
so to put in a nutshell people 1F11 - no luck with 115W TDP refresh Vbios and 1F5 is ok iam right ?

Current Vbios is : 10DE 1F11 - 1025 1342 bios version is 90.06.2D.40.81 ...
Thx in advance ...