CPU Turbo (locked)???

I go into my HWiNFO32 and it says that the CPU Turbo is locked. Is it possible to unlock it?

 

Dude... ive been trying to find that out, but the good people on here tell me its not possible.. so yeah...

 

With a name like Pc solutions I would expect you to have a way to unlock it

No its not possible it is locked and most probably would require a lot of unsafe and very intelligent programming to unlock it if thats even slightly possible.

If you could unlock the turbo everyone would just run the CPU at full pelt over all 4 cores with all multipiers at full so Intel would make no profit by having better models or Extreme versions. The turbo and multiplyers are locked for the 720QM as such.

Core1: 22 Core2: 18 Core3: 12 Core4: 12

Throttlestop and SETFSB are your best bet to up the FSB but make sure you remove the Windows 7 timing fault first or you wont see any gain.

 

When it comes to this kinda thing with CPU's I am sometimes clueless. LOL
How do you remove the Windows 7 timing fault??

 

It would appear you have the M11x as per your sig? or do you have an Asus as well because you posted in the Asus section. If you are referring to your M11x then you can just use Throttlestop and you should be able to change the CPU settings.

If you have a G series you will need to follow the information in this post along with paying for the privilage of SETFSB to acquire the G73 code to overclock. Or Twin Turbo gives you 10% extra FSB. You cannot do this for the Sandy Bridge I believe Throttlestop might work but I haven't seen any information that works yet as you cannot use SETFSB with a Sandy.

If you have not overclocked before I cant recommend it to you though the I7 is powerful enough anyway.

 

No I used yo have a M11x. I now have a G51jx So what do I do?

 

I just said above what you need to do. You need SETFSB and if you are using windows 7 the timing fix. I dont know if the G5jx settings are with the freeware version of SETFSB you will need to contact the owner and find out if not you will need to pay $8.

 

So now that I have SETFSB... how do I do the timing fix in windows 7??

Also do I have to run SETFSB every time I restart my computer? Or will it automatically run every time??

 

There's a reason why they locked the multiplier. The 720QM, 740QM, 840QM, 920XM, 940XM are all made from the same silicon. They go through stress tests to determine the VID(voltage required to run at specific multipliers), and then they get binned to different "models" based on how much voltage it requires to run at a specific multiplier. If you unlock the 720/740/840 by modifying the firmware on the CPU, you probably won't go very far with it as it is locked for a reason (it can't run higher than it does or it requires a ridiculous amount of voltage to go any higher).

Anyways, what is this Windows 7 timing fix you're talking about.

 

+1 <tenchar>

 

Dallers post up above stated that I should use SETFSB and do the Windows 7 timing fix. I am trying to see what he is talking about and how I would go about it.

 

+1 for not reading my post above? Thats clever. If you dont want to know why overclocking the I7/I5/I3 in windows 7 is not performing as it should and why the twin turbo does not give an gain in performance that is fine overclock away without my advice but dont mock me I clearly state in the post above how to access the link that fixes the timing problem when overclocking by raising the FSB using programs such as SetFSB. And it works thanks to Unclewebb.

So again if you have Windows 7 and your overclocking with software and not flashing the BIOS and notice poor performance gains read this.

Now Pc solutions.

It is difficult to teach someone to overclock and not recommended, it is best you do the research yourself before attempting it because it can cause hard lock, freezes and BSOD along with the possible cause of hardware damage. If you would rather go for it you need again as I said fix the windows 7 timing issue (link quoted above).

If your G51 settings do not come free with SetFSB you will have to pay the donation to get the settings for your laptop which will be emailed to you after donating in the form of an activation code to enter when starting the full version of SetFSB, you can then overclock by raising the PLL by 1 or 2 at a time and testing to see if it is stable to find your maximum overclock. You will begin to reach your maximum once things start happening ie Gadgets start shutting down, programs stop working and eventually it will lock up and BSOD. Restart, the PLL will be reset so you can then go back to what your highest stable PLL was and stress the hell out of it.

Programs such as HWINFO32 and Prime95 are good to have around when doing this.

There are a few programs that keep the PLL the same even after reset but for the sake of the restart if things go wrong I personally leave it as it is and overclock only when required. I can reach 176 PLL at 1.9-3.2Ghz as my max which is very high without a volt mod.

Again I will say it you do this at your own risk its not recommended nor will it be by others on here the I7 is fast enough.

 

I read your post, how else would i know about the problem?

I was +1'ing asking about the timing problem, as others also asked. I only skimmed your link though, i didnt realize thats what it was about, so thats my bad ill read through it more thoroughly. Thanks