Upgrading my G73 to i7 920XM Extreme cpu

yeah, three strikes and the system blows up. I'm thinking it has something to do with power and automatic shutdown.

 

My problem seems to be my memory. I hope it's not a compatibility issue. Here's a quick screen shot of it being successful with the default ram.

 

Yikes. Maybe your HyperX isn't getting enough voltage to be rolling at the higher clocks? But then again, if that was the problem your stock memory would have the same issue. Hmm. Would be weird if it was a compatibility problem seeing as how the stock ram is KIngston too. Could explain your firefox crashes?

 

I was able to reproduce the issue using OCCT linpack since it utilizes 90% of your memory. Once my memory rocketed the frequency of firefox and chrome both crashing went up. I swiped all but one module out and it tested fine. Since I have a boat load of the HyperX memory I replaced the 3 original modules with two new HyperX modules. Testing right now and so far no crashes.

 

I cannot believe that the Asus screen saver causes more heat in this system than OCCT. I guess it's the new "ultimate" burn test. lol.

 

use linx 6.4 instaed of occt.
reason why...you want to watch the gflops... this will tell you how well your memory is working, when it's working. the higher the better. there is no real standard yet because no one has really been testing for it in the laptop world.

and i checked and asked a few people about the strike counter...and no one knows what it is...they suggested calling asus and asking.

 

Thanks for the new info. New symptom, when ever I add a 4th memory module the system won't boot and everything seems to test fine now on the 3 modules I have installed.

 

probably voltage...
may need higher than what your giving it.

and if your system is a triple channel setup like the desktop version..your gonna want to ditch the last chip anyway.

 

Yeah but it was working before I started troubleshooting. Time for a power drain.

 

did you mess with the power in any way?

 

Nope......

 

I remember a bios update for the W90 I think it was just to add compatibility for more memory IC's for sure the memory you have can cause problems. Its a lot more than just voltage than can be a attributing factor.

Was a lot of issue with memory compatibility in the C90S also. But all said I think its good news that you probably found the problem and that the system itself is fine. The ram my system came with is great I see no reason to replace it. Its even 1333mhz (im not one to care about that the 1066 is just fine as well)

 

tis is true vic...


do you get a bsod error code?

 

No BSOD. No more app crashes either with the 3 modules installed.

 

hummmm...next step...

system restore to yesterday or earlier today

 

Id give up 2GB of ram for 2x the cpu power without a 2nd thought not like I will ever need 8gb anyways.

But not willing to pay $1200 for a cpu, thats almost the cost of the entire unit and killing the warranty to boot.

 

Quick question for the ones who have put in the i7-920XM:

I heard that there were throttling issues with higher end CPU's in the Alienwares and Sager/Clevo/Metabox, is this happening with the G73?

I saw Vic's post with the power readings on different loads, did it make much of a difference with the 920XM?

P.S. Sorry if this has been answered somewhere in a different thread, but they can get VERY long to go though.

 

ViciousXUSMC
if that allowed you to play wow at 450fps...you would be all over that!...lol

j/m

 

There was a power change I forgot about. I added a second hard disk. I just put back all the regular memory and it booted fine. I also removed the second drive.

 

looks like we have a winner.
so now you know...you will need to slim down to bench accordingly...

 

Yeah now I still have the issue where I think one of my modules is bad so still testing that.

 

mand, no problems here.... yet.. I only have 2 sticks installed right now. But I am also running 2 HD's

 

My problem were fixed after replacing one of my sodimms. I have no idea why the hard drive gave me an issue. It no longer is and I'm using both drives.