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    Lowering Voltage (lower temps) on the P-6860

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by hehehemann, Jul 1, 2008.

  1. hehehemann

    hehehemann Notebook Enthusiast

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    I was looking around other forums on this site and came across a long long thread showing how to lower the voltages thus keeping temperatures low, prolonging battery life and laptop life without any noticeable down grade to performance.

    Here is the thread http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=235824

    Has anyone done this to the p-6860? I'm curious as to the results. I have just bought a t9300 and installed it. My highest temp is roughly 80c under a stress test, idle is around 38c to 41c. (Is that about right?)

    Thanks
     
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    Diablo Metalhead

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    i've undervolted with a T9300 in this beast...my idle is 26C or lower, and i never see 50C under load. check out page 90 or 91 for my results.
     
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    hehehemann Notebook Enthusiast

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    Diablo85 - you have a great lower voltage set up, temps are so low thats great. Any chance you could post your voltages? I would like to try and copy what you have as we use the same processor and laptop.

    Thanks
     
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    Diablo Metalhead

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    in all honesty, i recommend you do it yourself. even though we have the same processors, they could have come out of a completely different batch of silicon and there could be minor differences between them. heck, you might wind up having a lower voltage set-up than me. if you really want them, ill post them, but i still recommend doing it yourself.
     
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    hehehemann Notebook Enthusiast

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    diablo85 - I will start to follow the instructions on the main thread and go from there. Anything I should know beforehand? I don't have any back up devices except my DVD Burner. If I get BSOD's will a normal reboot to windows fix the problem?

    Thanks again
     
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    all i can really say is to follow the guide to a T and you should be fine. a BSOD is normal to get when you are testing the voltages. and a normal reboot to windows, along with raising the voltage of whichever multiplier you were testing, will fix a bsod problem. flipfire has been a huge help to me. point your other questions regarding UV'ing to him.
     
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