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    Underclocking with SoftFSB - what clock generator?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Ollollo, Nov 29, 2009.

  1. Ollollo

    Ollollo Notebook Consultant

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    Greetings!

    I'm trying to underclock my laptop, but am not too successful. At the moment I am trying my luck with SoftFSB. Anyone have any tip on what clock generators I could try for a Turion based system? I have the 780G/SB700 chipset. (It's an Acer 5536G).

    Thanks in advance!
     
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  2. TehSuigi

    TehSuigi Notebook Virtuoso

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    SoftFSB requires a Front Side Bus, which AMD Turions don't have (they use HyperTransport instead).
    Try RMClock to force your CPU to a lower P-state.
     
    TehSuigi, Nov 29, 2009
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  3. Ollollo

    Ollollo Notebook Consultant

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    Hi there TehSuigi!

    I already use K10stat for that :)
    The thing is, I can almost get a stable system with a lower voltage setting for the P0 stage. I think I can get there by lowering the top speed just a little bit. There is a bus from which the CPU speed and HT Link is derived. I think that is the one I need to somehow lower. Any ideas how to do that?
     
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    Not a clue - AMD machines are as far removed from my knowledge as Macs.
     
    TehSuigi, Nov 29, 2009
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