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    Something odd happening..

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by nightdex, Jun 29, 2014.

  1. nightdex

    nightdex Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi guys,

    I've just this minute enabled over clocking in my bios. As soon as I restarted and booted back into Windows, HWINFO is showing my CPU stuck on 60c? XTU shows it as 39c on. My CPU temps don't fluctuate in HWINFO either. I'm running bios A11. I honestly don't know what the hell is going on. Any help is appreciated.

    Edit: So HWINFO is showing my cores are 42c. However, the temperature for the CPU is at 60c still.

    Edit: Solved :) Now running at 3.7ghz stable. I've set ThrottleStop to start with Windows and all is running fantastic with the i7 4710MQ. 82c is the highest temp under stress testing for 15 minutes. I've ordered some Liquid Ultra in hope that it reduces my temps some what.
     
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    What stress test are you running?
     
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  3. nightdex

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    Prime and XTU. 15 minutes in each program.
     
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