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    M17x r2 freezes and other problems.

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by spacelordz, Jun 19, 2011.

  1. spacelordz

    spacelordz Notebook Enthusiast

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    My m17x r2 with 5870m x2 freezes when I start the overclocking program like msi after burner and powerstrip. Also, when I use atitools to overclock the program works but I can't slide the bars to increase the memory and core clock speeds. What do I need to do to overclock the gpu? I am using dell official drivers is this the reason why I can't overclock it? The reason why I am using this instead of 11.6 because I am playing older games and the new drivers don't work good with them.
     
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    You need to disable ulps, then you can OC without freezing
     
    mfractal, Jun 19, 2011
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    spacelordz Notebook Enthusiast

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    How do you disable ulps? In the video drivers?
     
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    I still don't know how to disable ulps. Can someone explain how to turn it off?
     
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    download sapphire trixx and there's a V you can check to disable ulps.
     
    mfractal, Jun 20, 2011
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    CptXabaras Overclocked, Overvolted, Liquid Cooled

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    or otherwise:

    open regedit>ctrl+F (this will open the search window)>search for "EnableUlps", without quotes and be aware, is UL and not UI. The value must be set to "0". There are variouse instances of this values through the registry. Change all of them to "0".

    Reboot

    done

    Be carefull with registry anyway. Do it only if you know how to.
     
    CptXabaras, Jun 20, 2011
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    katalin_2003 NBR Spectre Super Moderator

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    ^ that and do a restore point before just to be 100% on the safe side.

    Good call Cpt. ;)
     
    katalin_2003, Jun 20, 2011
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