SO far on my unit i've been able to pass a TS bench several times at about -200mv

New problem with my Selenite aside from the ongoing C State issue

The backlight on some of my keys is stuck on green at the lowest brightness setting. Keys are "/ 2 5 0" on my numpad

Reinstalling command center did nothing and Illegear support is not responding as usual

Received and thanks for following up!

Theres a fix for it. I'll edit my post with the link once i find it. Ihave it on my laptop and it is running perfectly fine with none of the issue. You also get the original sound control panel back

Edit: http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/to...815943/page-462

Link to download the driver: http://asrock.pc.cdn.bitgravity.com/Driver...v8619_FF00).zip

Make sure to completely uninstall your current realtek and soundblaster drivers before doing this

This post has been edited by Jared21: Jan 5 2020, 01:32 AM

Using the equalizer in the sound manager for this one gave me the same results as the SB software did. Disabling power management on this one may or may not be required but i've disabled mine anyways

Dont trust their support to actually give updated drivers without a lot of prompting

You're better off going to the notebookreview forums and getting help from proper enthusiasts and company reps who actually communicate with the community

This post has been edited by Jared21: Jan 5 2020, 10:57 PM

Neither one of them uses the MAG15 chassis. The MAG15 uses the QC7 and has a mech keyboard while the Onyx and Selenite Pro uses membrane

Interesting. Seems that only the chassis is different among all these models while the actual board is the same. Thanks for clearing that up

This post has been edited by Jared21: Jan 7 2020, 11:59 PM

Use this to fix your popping sound

Uninstall your sound blaster and current realtek drivers and only install the realtek driver in the link from Asrock. Then you can open up the OG realtek sound manager and tune it to your liking. I used the rock preset and change a couple of levels and it sounds basically the same as when tuning with the SB software

This post has been edited by Jared21: Jan 8 2020, 11:49 AM

Don't really feel that on my unit.

When messing around with the volume levels for the main speakers and the sub, the level of the sub doesnt affect anything on my end and it sounds perfectly balanced when using

Most likely its something to do with the speaker balance. Perhaps its more towards one side

Have a feeling that its probably his left and right channels which are out of balance

Illegear staff: Will flashing another reseller's bios void warranty? Am looking to flash the XMG bios

To anyone with the Selenite or Onyx suffering from unusually high package power draw, follow these steps. Full credit to eddi3x3x3 on the notebookreview forum:

1. DO NOT use geforce experience
2. Reinstall the nvidia drivers using the NVcleaninstaller (https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/...an-installer-for-nvidia-drivers-alpha.249085/)

When you run the NVcleaninstaller, make sure you select the following:
1. Display Driver (need this obviously)
2. PhysX
3. HD Audio via HDMI
4. Microsoft Visual C 2017 Runtime
5. Optimus (Need that battery life right?)
6. USB-C driver (need this for display port over usb C)
7. Shield Wireless Controller (only if you plan to stream gameplay to another device, otherwise leave it unchecked)
8. Virtual Audio
Leave everything else unchecked until nvidia fixes this issue. My CPU wattage went down from an idle 12 W average to 1-2 W average.

I'm now getting less than 1w idle on both battery and while plugged in and this fix sticks through restarts. Who needs nvidia's dumb telemetry and GFE anyways. C states also drop down to C8 with mine being around 50 to 60% in C8

This post has been edited by Jared21: Jan 14 2020, 09:42 PM

Its not exactly GFE per say. Rather its one of the components in the driver thats causing the massive power draw. In all honestly GFE and all the other stuff not needed for gaming just bloat running in the background along with the nvidia telemetry. As long as you keep your drivers somewhat up to date its all good. Theres even a subreddit dedicated to the benchmarks of nvidia drivers

Here is windows new estimate of my battery life. So taking in to account typical use at college with documents and the occasional youtube or spotify on break, i'd say i can comfortably get at least 5 and a half to 6 hours maximum of real world use with this fix


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Hmm which driver did you do this with. IIRC the thread only tried with 441.41 and 441.66

Interesting. I used the HIPM+DIPM+DevSleep section before i discovered the driver bug

http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/gu...-states.815602/

Did you try the realtek workaround that was posted on the GK5 forum in notebookreview?

1) For audio refer to the last post on this page of this forum: http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/to...815943/page-462
I've done this workaround and its improved my speaker experience quite a bit. I dont get any popping sounds and the equalizer does so much more than the SB software. Its the OG realtek control panel so no installing additional software or anything. Simple and clean with all the options you need

2) Regarding thermals, TG Kryonaut is possibly the worse choice of thermal paste for this laptop. The heatsinks are very uneven (typical ODM stuff, Clevo has this problem as well), CPU hold down uses 3 screws instead of 4 corner ones combined with a thin paste like Kryonaut equals pump out and the eventual rise of temps in the long run. Save money and just repaste yourself with something thicker like GC Extreme, Mastergel Nano or Phobya Nanogrease Extreme if you can find it. Personally wouldn't recommend IC DIamond cos it tends to scratch the die but is more than thick enough to compensate the shitty heatsink balance. I had core differentials up to 15 plus degrees on Kryonaut but managed to drop it to about 5 with Mastergel Nano. LM wont do you much due to the uneven heatsink and the voiding of warranty.

The BIOS used to allow undervolting all the way to -200mv but the latest can only get you to -50 and the rest has to be done via XTU or throttlestop. My chip draws around 1.2v stock so i have a -185mv undervolt on core, -85 on cache and -70 on igpu. If you want more control, custom BIOS is the only way to go or you can try to flash an XMG one which has a ton more options than any tongfang reseller so far. Kind of sad when you think about it. Other companies like XMG and Eluktronics offer so much more in the CC software and BIOS while we're stuck with something so barebones

Illegear should do their burn in test with Prime95 and Furmark at the same instance if they really want to test stability. This test combo will bring any system to its knees and if it can pass this test, it can hold up with any task.

3) I'm trying to source the keycaps of the XMG Neo 17. From what ive read they seem to have less wobble and their font is soo much cleaner than what oterh vendors have

4) Dont expect much from ODMs with battery life lmao. This is normal. However some peeps are trying to source the Selenite Pro/MAX17 battery and trying to see if it fits. Undervolt as much as you can to save power even on battery.

5) What panel is in your laptop? Some people have gotten Chi Mei CMN175D panels instead of the BoE one and i'm trying to source it due to it not using PWM to control brightness and its also a brighter display

6) Looking at the link it shows just a 6 month warranty. Even with that price, i'd much rather pay a bit more for a vendor that at least gives SOME support rather than going through so many loops just to fix something. With the 11/11 sale my unit came out to just above RM6.5K which isnt THAT much more than the GE75 in that link. The boosted 2060 gives close performance to a full 2070 as well, easily beating a Max Q 2070.

This post has been edited by Jared21: Feb 3 2020, 02:27 PM