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    G50v(t), finally we have unlocked multiplier access!!?

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by ickibar123, Jul 19, 2010.

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    ickibar123 Notebook Consultant

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    Have you heard of ThrottleStop? I'm sure most of you reading have. It has a new feature where it can somehow modify the multiplier value of an unlocked CPU even if the BIOS does not support this! This may be what us G50v(t) users have been looking for.

    Has anyone (that has an Extreme Chip) tried this software on this laptop? Does it work with both modifying the multiplier (up&down) and Vcore (up&down)?


    http://forum.notebookreview.com/har...unlock-core-2-extreme-multiplier-windows.html
     
    ickibar123, Jul 19, 2010
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    .bmp 12345
     
    ickibar123, Jul 21, 2010
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    bitmap bump. Anyone try Throttlestop on their G50vt?
     
    ickibar123, Jul 31, 2010
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    fraikonz Notebook Enthusiast

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    Shucks, I don't think ours is extreme enough. (I tried it, didn't work, at least it did't seem to).
     
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    I'm pretty sure that you always had access to all the multipliers via different utilities. The only exception is half-multipliers. You can't disable EIST from the BIOS, so you get BSOD.
     
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    With this laptop, the typical utilities that can change multipliers are blocked by a BIOS issue on the G50V and G50VT. I don't know the technical details, just that the BIOS does not have the functionality internally, or something like that.

    ThrottleStop is the only program I know that can bypass the BIOS, by writing to registers of the CPU to adjust the setting.
     
    ickibar123, Aug 2, 2010
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    Did you use CPU-z or similar utility to look at clockspeeds? Which CPU?
    Thanks!
     
    ickibar123, Aug 2, 2010
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    fraikonz Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yea I used cpu-z to check the clockspeeds.

    It's a core2duo p8400
    The only thing I use to overclock is SetFSB which only changes the FSB.
     
    fraikonz, Aug 3, 2010
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    Right. Well, with that CPU it is not an Extreme chip and so impossible to adjust multiplier with software.
     
    ickibar123, Aug 3, 2010
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