So i have my lappy overclocked...

...does the GPU clock suppose to show my overclocked numbers instead ? or it's like this from start.



This is what it shows for the sensor tab.

In rivatuner hardware monitoring shows a higher number.



this is confusing

So which one is the correct number. Why is hardware monitor shows higher than my overclock settings.

 

do you have other oc'ing software installed at same time?

 

only rivatuner

Throttlestop doesn't count as ocing software right ? haha

I ran both anyways

 

Are you o/c'ing the CPU with SetFSB? That can throw off some monitoring utilities?

 

riva tuner was real buggy for me. try the power drain trick and see if it reports correctly. or try different oc tools. from nvidia i'd really liked NST-nvidia system tools.

 

thanks inap, i'll give NST a try.
Anyways how to check if i have flash my gpu correctly. I follow the throttling investigation guide.

PS. Is MSI afterburner fine ?

 

what did you change in the flash just the voltage?

you can use gpu-z to save the bios on the card, then open it with the utility that you used to make the bios file to confirm that its the right one.

 

Video Bios Flash for Overclockers: WARNING, THIS COULD BRICK YOUR SYSTEM IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG, USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!

As promised, the instructions for flashing your video card are now available along with the necessary files. Please keep in mind that I have only tested these on my M15x and they work fine. Flashing your video bios can be risky and if done wrong will brick your video card. There are ways to recover it using a blind flash but that is left up to you to figure out. I only recommend this option for those that wish to overclock their video cards while using the rivatuner GPU throttle fix:

How to make bootable USB to flash the AW M15x Video Bios

1. Download the HP USB Key Utility: HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool - v2.1.8 Download - EXTREME Overclocking

2. Download the Windows 98 system files: Windows 98 System Files Download - EXTREME Overclocking

3. Download the bios .rom files (I've included the original oldbios.rom file and modified newbios.rom files) + nvflash files here: Download flashfiles.rar from Sendspace.com - send big files the easy way

4. Install the HP USB Key Utility

5. Launch the HP USB Key Utility and do the following:
- Insert your USB thumb drive.
- Select File system as "FAT32"
- Select Format Option as "Create a DOS bootable Disk..."
- Checkmark the box that says, "Quick Format"
- Locate the directory you extracted the Win98 files.
- Format the USB key using the the Win98 files.

6. Copy all the files from step #3 to the USB key
- nvflash.exe
- newbios.rom
- oldbios.rom
-etc.

7. Set your M15x bios to boot from USB Storage Device.

8. Attach the USB key to the system, reboot and it will load a dos prompt.

9. At the dos prompt you will need to type: nvflash -4 -5 -6 –A –y newbios.rom and when it asks if you want to flash the file, press ‘Y’.

10. You are done! If everything went well, you will now have 1v for your 2nd level 3D clocks which should enable you to overclock your GPU using RivaTuner. Be sure you do not use NST to overclock, only RivaTuner will do the job if you are applying the throttle fix.

^ This

 

i like afterburner, i'm pretty sure it shows the correct clocks, seems more updated than rivatuner. really like those two because of the OSD option.

well on the extreme series it does

rivatuner may report the wrong clocks, but gpu-z reports the right ones. with my 260m i had overclocked and used gpu-z to check the clocks.

 

Rivatuner has always been buggy for me too. It always seems to show the wrong clocks.

 

so i uninstall rivatuner, powerdrained, and install NST. Now in GPU-Z shows the correct overclocked GPU... why don't i post the picture instead.


seems good, BUT...


Now my computer feels underclocked like stealth mode. Well i'm sure speedometer is off. Now what should i do.

 

Toggle stealth mode on then off see if that rests your clocks.

 

seems like i fixed it by reinstalling nvidia driver. Thanks for the help anyways inap

Anyways, i should still be using throttlestop even though i change from riva to NST right ?

 

I don't think ts is even needed for non extreme cpu. I would just open it and make a log file, if you see any problems then use it. The new bios should already fix most of the issues already.