M15x CPU in Low power mode on battery

Is there a solution for the issue of m15x fixed CPU frequency when it's working on battery power. I have a Core i7 740QM, 8GB RAM and HD5850. When unplugged, the notebook runs awfully slow, and never gets up from 933MHz.

I know there is throttle stop to kinda fix this, but is there a permanent solution I tried the A09 BIOS, but it didn't fix anything. I love m15x, but it's an agony to work on battery because it has problems with common tasks like browsing the internet, and it's completely idiotic that it forces conserving power so much, i have 9 cell battery and it i think it could easely run on higher frequencies. Also while on battery, for example, i can't run HD Video (.mkv - 4GB movie), and it feels like having a netbook performance, rather than a highly expensive notebook...

I tried the clean Windows install, updates, and latest drivers, but nothing helped... It's like it's constantly in stealth mode, but i definitely turned it off...

Thanks in advance...

 

have you tried adjusting the advanced power options for while its running on battery for your processor?

 

yup, everything is on max or 100%, I tried turning Turbo and EIST off, but it's not working...

Only ThrottleStop fixed things, but i would like to solve the problem for real...

 

Throttlestop is solving the problem for real...

 

It looks that ThrottleStop is the only solution...
I don't get it, how is it possible that Dell/Alienware can't solve this problem, for such a long time, they make a great notebook with a stupid defect...

I got a m14x for a review, and tried to max it out with Cinebench and it didn't have any of the problems like m15x... Guess the Sandy Bridge Core i7 2670QM, and GT555 are simply less power hungry even though the new CPU is far better performer (3,2pts vs 4,9pts in CineBench 11.5)

 

I got the same problem
It is really annoying me

 

it's completely retarded concept, and i can't believe that they managed to screw up such a great notebook... I love it though, and it is solved by ThrottleStop, but it would be nice if they mada a bios that addresses this problem...

 

Yes, they use much less power. You have a next generation 32nm CPU and a much weaker GPU.

It isn't a bug, they're trying to get a much battery life as they can because shoppers care about that number more. The first gen mobile i7's were very power hungry, so downclocking as much as possible is needed to get that number up. There is a fix for your performance issue, so really there's no problem.

 

Okay, that's great and very usefull, but that's what power profiles are made... On any normal working notebook there is a difference between power saver and high performance mode, and i would like that i can actually choose if i want high performance/short battery life or vice versa...

Since m15x works the same in any profile when on battery, they made a choice instead of me, and didn't let me do what i want with my notebook...

 

But you do have that choice, you've fixed it.

For the average user messing with power profiles is just as difficult as finding and setting up Throttlestop. You have to remember, the majority of Alienware purchasers fall into the "ooo shiney!" category. If they say "2 hour battery life" to those people and then under heavier usage it only gets an hour they'll call and complain. That's more calls to deal with than from the likes of us. They've only "messed up" if there's no solution possible at all.

 

I agree on this definitely, for users like this could be the best solution
Maybe an added setting in bios for us, advanced users, would of been the best choice, but anyway TS works as well an i'm thankful for that because i never liked a notebook like this one and have changed quite a big number of notebooks...

 

well see i dont really have a problem while surfing the net, but if i watch a movie usually 1080p then yes its pretty much unwatchable, but my xm runs at about 1200mhx (9 x 133) constantly, and to get it working all i really have to do is open throttlestop and really not mess with anything except chipset clock mod and turn it on, and than everything works fine... also you can set throttlestop to work like this if you set it to start with windows and this way you wont have to worry about it again. post 2 has a tutorial on this http://forum.notebookreview.com/har...arket-upgrades/531329-throttlestop-guide.html

but on my 6cell i really dont get much the 30mins of power so i rarely you it with out the plug