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    GTX 580m THROTTLE!!!

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by xenotech, Mar 2, 2012.

  1. xenotech

    xenotech Notebook Enthusiast

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    So I have been facing the throttle problem on my M17x R3 once in a while with that gradual rise and drop in fps, and I was looking around for solutions on different forums. I already know about the vbios fix that one of the generous members here posted :). I also found a post on nVidia forums and one of the person stated that Dell had a bios update that was urgent for fixing some kind of 580m problems. Was it the throttle fix? Are there any recent driver or bios updates about it?

    As of now, 2 bottle caps for supporting my laptop are working great and I haven't faced any throttle problem even after gaming at max graphics for about 3 to 4 hours.

    Please let me know if there are any fixes by nVidia or Dell about this. I have heard people say that it is some kind of a technical problem and not related to temperature. Any ideas about that folks??

    Thanks,
    Xeno
     
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    Also might want to read this thread
     
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    I looked into the guide but I am only worried that not being a computer geek I might just end up screwing up my whole computer....That's why I was looking forward for some easy fixes rather than some of them that involve complex fixes.

    For now as I said my 2 bottle caps are working great.....Will wait for Dell to fix the problem.

    I just can't get how come a brand like Dell can be so irresponsible despite our pleas and after all we even have a good solution.....They just have to design a good fix from it and hook it up their website so we can update it.


    One more thing.....does this fix affect the quality of my graphics in anyway or the computer? And does using alienrespawn revert back to factory settings?
     
    xenotech, Mar 2, 2012
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