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    Can you make setfsb stay?

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by joshanator, Aug 6, 2011.

  1. joshanator

    joshanator Notebook Consultant

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    Hey there guys kind of a noob question im sure, but just wondering if i can make setfsb's overclock stay after a reboot? i have a g71gx and i overclocked to 3ghz (safely with 46C idle) and i want it to stay. I mean i dont have a problem doing it every time but its getting kind of annoying now, so if theres a way to make it stay would love to here how please
     
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  2. Yiddo

    Yiddo Believe, Achieve, Receive

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    Yes there is but it is not an official way nor can it be recommended.

    The reason it resets is because the overclock you apply can sometimes causes the system to lock up and if you are trying to get back into windows with those clocks stuck on everytime you boot into windows it could just keep on locking up. Its doubtful but its there just in case.

    To do this you just need to:

    1. Make a short cut to setfsb.
    2. Choose your desired PPL
    3. Open Setfsb via shortcut and make sure the correct PPL is set
    4. Right click and go to properties on your setfsb shortcut, select target and enter your desired PLL (you can test for this using setfsb gui) For me it was 271.

    The shortcut need to look like this ".....\setfsb.exe" -s271 -b1

    Then go into Task Schedular in Administrative tasks and set a new rule for SetFsb to fire itself up at startup. Make sure you tick to allow it adminstrative rights or that annoying box will come up during startup.
     
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    ickibar123 Notebook Consultant

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    Actually, if your just rebooting, at least on my G50vt, the clocks don't reset to stock, they stay overclocked all the way thru, no need for a shortcut to setfsb. Shutting down and starting up again of course the clock resets to stock.
     
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  4. Daverish

    Daverish Notebook Consultant

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    Here's a list of cli agruments

    -w[00 up to 99; in seconds], eg. -w10. Wait 10seconds
    -s[000-999], e.g. -s100. Set FSB target value. The slider bar one
    -i[00-99], -i03. Increment FSB by 3mhz until SetFSB target value is reached
    -b1 (or -b0), setfsb as running in the background
    -cg[pll], sets your PLL. Otherwise last used pll is automatically used.

    Not sure about Dallers but when I set it automatically. I had to used timed increments to avoid locking up my system. So I'd go from whatever my stock 133mhz fsb to around 158-160 in increments to my target
     
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  5. Yiddo

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    My 720QM was practically radioactive for some reason it would just not lock up I was able to run the FSB at 190PLL+ and it would just throttle like mad over 190 till it was like a Pentium 4 wittling away. Very very strange OEM. http://forum.notebookreview.com/asus-gaming-notebook-forum/581409-g73jh-2ghz-720qm.html was the maximum stable overclock SetFsb could handle though for me anyway.
     
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