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    M17x R4 cant change Frequency in BIOS

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by raiden87, Nov 25, 2014.

  1. raiden87

    raiden87 Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi there,

    I wanted to try the overclocking Feature of my R4 and got a little Problem with it. Whenever i try to set the fsb it always changes back to 100mhz. If i highlight frequency and press + or - it doesnt increase by 10khz but instead it jumps right to 111Mhz or 98Mhz.
    Does some1 else got that problem? Is this a known bug by the A13 BIOS?
    I got a 3610qm so the extreme Edition features wont work and i am ok with that... But i think i should be able to increase the fsb of my cpu

    Thx for the help

    raiden87
     
    raiden87, Nov 25, 2014
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  2. TomJGX

    TomJGX I HATE BGA!

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    Hi,

    No you can't do any of that.. 3610QM is totally locked down.. You need to have a 3720QM/3740QM to change the turbo etc... the 36XX series is totally crippled..
     
    TomJGX, Nov 25, 2014
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  3. J.Dre

    J.Dre Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    J.Dre, Nov 25, 2014
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  4. Mr Pras

    Mr Pras Hardware and systems

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    My 3740QM is running at 3.9-4GHz on all cores except when it gets pushed up to over 50W then it pulls back to around 3.6-7 - Not sure if the 3940XM running at 3.9GHz is rare? Sounds like it should go higher or am I just really lucky with this one?
     
    Mr Pras, Sep 4, 2015
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