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    Overclocking the cpu in the bios

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by ElGranCachudo, Jun 12, 2010.

  1. ElGranCachudo

    ElGranCachudo Notebook Guru

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    Just wondering, in the bios under performance, i'm able to turn turbo on and off and change the voltage but under that is shows cpu overclocking and its disabled and greyed out. What do i do to enable that? Thks in advance.
     
    ElGranCachudo, Jun 12, 2010
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  2. richy creations

    richy creations Notebook Enthusiast

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    i'm not 100% sure, but im pretty sure the 5% turbo only works on the i7 extreme chips. can someone varify this?

    as for it being greyed out i cannot help you there.......would someone like to elaborate on this?
     
    richy creations, Jun 12, 2010
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  3. ElGranCachudo

    ElGranCachudo Notebook Guru

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    Ya ur right just read codebreaker's overclocking thread.
     
    ElGranCachudo, Jun 12, 2010
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