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    Possible to modify volt on CPU?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by MrValle, Aug 2, 2011.

  1. MrValle

    MrValle Notebook Evangelist

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    Im getting a "Clock Interrupt not received from Secondary Processor" BSOD and most people tells me its the processor not getting enough juice. Is there a way to increase the voltage to cpu, if even by 0.05?
     
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    Did you check your CPU with the Intel tool which The Rev mentioned a while ago?


    For the first gen i7 CPUs there's no way to do it per software, at least I don't know any.
    I (temporarly) increased the max voltage of my CPU by 0.2V with a pinmod, but this won't really help you, since it doesn't change the voltage across the board, but only for the voltages which use / don't use the modded pin...
    The only way to raise the voltage a couple of % would be manipulating the voltage sense of the VR, but this would require some soldering.
     
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  3. MrValle

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    Yeah the software Rev mentioned didnt return any errors. A full pass. And my current memory stick is checked with memtest. And i doubt it is my GPU that is responsible for the "Clock Interrupt not received from Secondary Processor".
     
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