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    M17x R4 - Custom Bios Fan Table?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Crustieraxe01, Jul 9, 2020.

  1. Crustieraxe01

    Crustieraxe01 Notebook Consultant

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    I have an unlocked bios on my M17xR4 with a ton of unlocked features. My question is if it is possible for me to set a custom fan table for the CPU and GPU within the parameters of the bios instead if going to another program like HWinfo to do so.

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    I'm not to keen on really touching any of these settings without knowing what they do or if they will brick my computer
     
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    IVHOTEP Notebook Consultant

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    I think I remember something about unlocked settings fan tables working only with unlocked, mx cpus.

    I would also like somebody pointing out some unlocked bios tabs instructions coz I cant google them out for the life of me
     
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    Yea same. Most of these extra settings I wouldn't like to touch without some more information
     
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    I had those features available in the M18xR1 and M18xR2 svl7 BIOS and I could never detect any difference in the fan behavior when testing different fan settings on that page. I think on most laptops the fans are controlled by the EC rather than the BIOS.
     
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  5. Crustieraxe01

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    I changed the throttle temp to the max, 90C and it made a difference. All of the values above actually change for me at least according to what I put. Now thr bottom ones I don't even want to touch because I don't know what they do at all
     
    Crustieraxe01, Aug 20, 2020
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