I solved the problem with the disappearing image :cool:. The cause was insufficient cooling of the VR chips on the board. The CPU e-2286m is a "mutant", so it's a few millimeters thicker than a regular i5. The heatsink didn't reach the VR chips, and I had to add more thermal pads. For some...
The m910x has a PCIe slot and no issues with modifications. The m720q has a weak cooling system, weak VR, and a 65W power supply. I sold my m720q and replaced it with the m910x. The e2286m CPU does not heat above 80 degrees.
The m720q has a B360 chipset and cannot be modified. The m720q has one BIOS chip and CON_ME, the m920q has two BIOS chips and COR_ME. On both ME version 12, and it won't allow installing a Xeon. It might be possible to try flashing the BIOS from an m910, but I haven't tried experimenting with...
The problem is most likely due to a poorly done BIOS. I had the same issue, but I don’t remember why anymore. My R0 E-2286m (mutant bga1440) works fine in m910x, except for some minor video issues. I did the mod using a script by dsanke and then CoffeeTime0.99 only for "BIOS lock OFF".
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