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    920xm wont work with turbo boost enabled

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Anal4o, Jan 8, 2013.

  1. Anal4o

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    Hey,

    When I install the 920xm I bought recently it just hangs between after post info and windows loading screen- black screen, no HDD activity, no response from keyboard. When I disable turbo boost option , everything goes just fine. Its and alienware m17x R2 laptop, with A10 bios. I tryied a clean windows install...just the same...could the BIOS be corrupted? Should I try reverting to A09?
     
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    What are the multiplier settings? Since it's unlocked maybe the raios are set too high?
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jan 8, 2013
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    Have you tried updating the BIOS to the latest version?
     
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    As I mentioned in the OP its already updated to A10 , which is the latest version... I tryied tweaking it a bit with Throttlestop today. It behaves like it doesnt get enough power. I can get the multiplier max to 19 on all cores, and its perfectly stable. As long as i try to get even 1 core ( tryied on every core ) to 20 multiplier, the system hangs... i dont know what to think anymore...but I guess its not a faulty CPU and the problem is elsewhere...
     
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    It could be the CPU, if a transistor has partially been damaged it can mean it won't clock up properly.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jan 10, 2013
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