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    W3V noise and CPU speed

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by akaidiot, May 6, 2005.

  1. akaidiot

    akaidiot Notebook Geek

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    I'm somewhat of a noise geek. Well I try to keep my coputers as silent as possible. I have actually hade friends trying to turn on my computer when the screen is turned of and they have been sitting ~2 meters from it for a while watching TV.

    What I'm wondering is if there is possible to manually change the CPU speed(and GPX speed) on the W3V so when plugged in to the power cord the fan will turn itself of completly or be virtually silent..? Say.. 1 GHz?

    When web browsing etc. in windows I don't need full power anyway..
     
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  2. LiKWiD FuZioN

    LiKWiD FuZioN Notebook Consultant

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    SpeedStep & Power4Gear.

    [l]ikwid.[f]uzion
     
    LiKWiD FuZioN, May 6, 2005
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  3. Underpantman

    Underpantman Notebook Virtuoso

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    There was a detailed post on how to underclock your CPU, do a quick search and that will provide you with your answer
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    ASUS M6Ne 15.4" WSXGA 1.7 PM ATI9700 80Gb HDD 1Gb RAM
     
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  4. akaidiot

    akaidiot Notebook Geek

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    Thanks for the reply but that wasn't the kind of reply I was looking for.. Porhaps I wasn't clear on that. Could you who have the W3V try turning down the speed of the CPU/GPU until the computer is virtually silent and report it here!
     
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  5. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    "Under-volting" is the term: How to carefully lower your CPU voltage (and therefore power consumption=heat generation) without any loss of performance.

    The thread is at http://www.notebookreveiw.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=15492 .

    It worked for me.

    John
     
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  6. wawawa

    wawawa Notebook Consultant

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    yeah, the 'under-volting' definitely works

    Before I 'under-votling' mine, the fan spins really fast at around 69 to 70 C, when the cpu is running fully at 100%.

    After 'under-volting', my W3V hardly reaches 63 C even when the CPU is running at 100%, and I don't notice the fan anymore.

     
    wawawa, May 6, 2005
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