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    SXPS 16 Overclock and Undervolt?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by LLWesMan, Jun 22, 2009.

  1. LLWesMan

    LLWesMan Notebook Enthusiast

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    Any reasons to do these for this machine? I would undervolt just to cool it off a bit - are there agreed upon settings somewhere on here?
     
    LLWesMan, Jun 22, 2009
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  2. Eambo

    Eambo Notebook Evangelist

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    Undervolting is always a good idea as it cools down the system and gains precious battery life. There cannot be an 'agreed upon' setting, because each individual processor has their own tolerance. Check out the undervolting guide to find out how to find your processors tolerance =-)
     
    Eambo, Jun 22, 2009
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    LLWesMan Notebook Enthusiast

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    RM Clock won't work for me because of the unsigned driver issue - if I use NHC do I need to use the "bugfix" version since the SXPS is a dell?
     
    LLWesMan, Jun 22, 2009
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    Eambo Notebook Evangelist

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    Well, for the unsigned driver thing, what OS are you using? If you tap F8 on startup you can disable the protection checks, and it'll allow you to use unsigned drivers. However this I believe needs to be done each startup...but there's a command line somewhere to properly disable it...

    Edit: Here's the commands: http://www.vistax64.com/drivers/9351-unsigned-drivers.html
     
    Eambo, Jun 22, 2009
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    Trekster Notebook Guru

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    RM Clock works in Vista64 aswell as 7 64bit. You can acquire an signed driver here: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=235824 (direct link: http://redirectingat.com/?id=525X832&url=http://www.flipfire.net/download/rtcore64.zip)

    that's also an excellent guide(which i followed to undervolt my SXPS). No extra stuff needs to be done for it work(except the signed driver). Just follow the guide :)

    It has done miracles for my temps!
     
    Trekster, Jun 22, 2009
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  6. Logan5

    Logan5 Newbie

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    Hi trekster,
    Would you mind telling me the settings in RMC as I have the same laptop with same specs and want to undervolt it too. Thank you.
     
    Logan5, Aug 24, 2009
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    chrusti Notebook Evangelist

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    If I undervolt my processor, the temperature falls around 5-8 C° from 60° to 55° how about you guys?


    By the way, I was playing COD4 at 1600x900 with everything at max.
     
    chrusti, Aug 24, 2009
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    Trekster Notebook Guru

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    It's different for every processor, so check these and if they don't work tweak them.
     

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    Thanks Trekster. I am doing now with this conf. (run ORTHOS for 2h), try it if you wish. Question: I would like to work with full processor power when on AC and to save as much battery life as I can, when on batteries. Which is the neccesary configuration to this in RMClock? Thank you. Kind Regards.
     

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    Mart-XPS, Sep 22, 2009
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