Alienware M18x R2 with 980m - Possible throttling fix

After several tests on my single gpu M18x R2 and @Infinaris SLI setup, we have come to a workaround for the throttling problem occuring with the 980m. I am not sure if this can help 780m SLI or 880m SLI systems, but they are welcome to try.

Do the following and post results.

An unlocked BIOS is needed and one can be found from here or here
Also I would suggest flashing Premas vBios from here

1) Power up (or reboot) and keep pressing F2 to enter BIOS
2) From the Advanced menu and Video Configuration, select as primary the IGFX
3) Save and exit and boot to windows.
4) Wait till all your aplications are loaded and reboot
5) Press F2 to enter BIOS again.
6) From the video configuration select PEG
7) Save and exit and boot to windows.
8) Benchmark your system to see if it throttles.

Use an OSD software like Riva Tuner Statistics Server and HWINFO and benchamrk with 3D mark11

Keep an eye on clocks and utilization. Clocks should be maxed and utilization should be above 97% (except the physics test).

When in throttle free mode, rebooting doesn't bring back throttling so you can safely switch drivers to any version you like.

Sleeping doesn't seem to bring back throttling, but vanishes Soundblaster Recon 3di for those that has this particular problem! Another sleep and awake might bring back the SB!

My system is:

GTX 980m from @woodzstack here
Premas Clevo V2 Bios from here
Swicks modded bios from here
Aftermarket drivers from @j95 from here version 365,10

If installation fails to install 365.10 then try the following
DDU your previous installation in safe mode.
Reboot with Digital Driver signing off
Ran a command prompt with administrator rights
Use the following commands

bcdedit -set loadoptions DISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS
bcdedit -set TESTSIGNING ON

Exit and run installer

I hope I didn't forget to mention anything, please let me know if I did

Post your findings and ideas and maybe we can find a permanent solution to this problem.

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Alienware M18x R2 with 980m - Possible throttling fix