G53JW + Power 4 Gear issues

Hey everyone,

I'm having issues with the power setting associated with my G53JW.

I'm using the Power 4 Gear ver. 1.1.43 provided for the G53JW on the Asus website.

It has the S.H.E (Super Hybrid engine) associated with it, however, it doesn't seem to be working properly at all. It simply keeps my CPU in "turbo" more constantly even at low frequency state. The memory is constantly overclocked to 1420mhz and my performance and battery life is actually suffering quite a bit because of this. I thought S.H.E was only supposed to overclock when it was needed, and not have the overclock in a constant state?

I looked at chastity's driver page and noticed a discrepancy between what is suggested by Asus (1.1.43) and what is posted there (1.1.37). I tried using the version hosted on Chastity's website with some luck. Initially I had access to the turbo toggle and it made everything at regular spec (mem 1333 / CPU 933 @ C1 state). However, when I restarted it reverted back to turbo mode even though turbo was not selected in the Power 4 Gear menu. After I toggled the turbo switch to on and then off it fixed it however. It's just a pain to have to CONSTANTLY do this every time I start up.

Thinking it was Power 4 Gear all together, I uninstalled the program and decided to go with windows power management. Big mistake... It kept everything in overclocked state. Even the battery saving mode!

I'm thinking that this is a bios issue associated with the G53JW. The fact that they don't give us an option to turn on / off the turbo mode in the bios like the G73 models is really a pain. If other owners could chime in with their experiences, I would be greatly appreciative.

BTW, i'm using bios 211 which is the most recent on the Asus website. Also, ever since I updated to this bios, my left ALT key stopped working.

Yeah...

 

No, there is no option in the G53JW bios. I wish there was...

 

Bump for ideas

 

The SW's use the later versions of P4GH. The .37 version is for JH/JW models.

If you open up P4GH, you will see the 4 modes of operation (High Perfomance, Entertainment, Quiet Office, and Power Saver, AC and battery versions) Each power plan also their own Processor Power Management setting. You'll see a dropdown menu for Power4Gear processor control.

High Performance uses "Maximum Performance" setting
Entertainment uses "Moderate battery savings" on battery, "Max Performance" on AC
Quiet Office & Power Savings uses "Maximum battery savings"

If you want to calm the CPU down, change your Power Plan to Entertainment. If you want even lower settings while on AC, then change the Processor Control to "Moderate battery saving". Don't forget to Save.

 

It's strange because the version of P4GH that came with my G53JW is the exact same version as the G53SW (both with Super Hybrid Engine). Also, the one on the Asus website uses SHE as well.

I know how to use the software so that's not an issue.

What i'm wondering about is how do I eliminate the perpetual overclock that my G53JW is locked into?

My CPU and memory are both overclocked (in turbo mode basically) but there is no way I can disable it either from the bios or from P4GH. The overclock is even going in low frequency mode so it affects my battery considerably.

Ideas?

I just wish they gave us an option to eliminate turbo mode! Do the G53SWs suffer from the same issue?

 

Why not give ThrottleStop a try? A lot of monitoring software does not correctly report when turbo boost is being used. ThrottleStop follows the monitoring method recommended in the November 2008 Intel Turbo White Paper and will show you exactly what each thread of your CPU is doing. Keep in mind that CPU-Z is designed to be a MHz validation tool so what it says when lightly loaded doesn't give you an accurate look at what your CPU is really doing. ThrottleStop doesn't have this limitation and tells it like it is.

It also has an easy to access Disable Turbo option, user profiles, etc., etc. and might be a useful replacement if Power 4 Gear is not working the way you'd like it to. ThrottleStop isn't pretty but that's a good thing since it takes up very little memory and CPU resources when minimized to your system tray. Check out the ThrottleStop Guide in my sig and read the included documentation in the download.