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Hey guys, I seem to have messed up my x5v6 a lot... I can boot only into safemode and all of its different modes like networking, minimal or cmd. Can also shift restart from safemode into recovery but nothing much past that. Tried to re-install windows completely but cannot boot from bootable media. When trying to enter into any recovery mode either the oem one or windows or advanced options for recovery, the laptop restarts and gets stuck on the rotating dots when windows tries to boot. The dots get stuck at almost the exact same place every time. This has led me to believe that a particular file in windows in corrupted which is not letting the pc to boot. Used windows defender and malwarebytes to scan the pc for any virus and it has found none. Ran sfc/scannow. At one time it found something it couldnt fix but now it shows no error. Cannot start system restore since vss service cannot be started in safe mode. It happe ed once before, which was fixed after uninstalling the graphic card and booting normally. This is not the case now. Any help will be appreciated. Is it possible for someone to dm me their registry keys/backups so that i can try them out and see whether it works. Also, is it unheard of oc to stick to cpu and gpu after the oc sofrware has been removed? I have an Aorus X5V6, the 3k model with a 256 gig toshiba nvme

 

This. Exactly this.


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Grab an ISO of your win 10 from the Microsoft site and do a fresh install. Windows key is in the bios so no worries there. Download all the drivers from AORUS in advance.


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Fresh install not happening. When I open the iso file and run setup it says that cannot run this installer in safe mode and then just quits. As for the drivers I have the usb tbat aorus gave so I think that that's fine. I'll post screenshots or a video of it today after my paper.

 

I am facing some problems in posting the media from my phone. Im the mean time i tried booting from a bootable mefia of ubuntu 16.04.2 which again didn't boot from the drive.... I am starting to either guess that the bios itself is going awol or there is some next level hardware screw up that I cannot fix on my own. In the coming days i will try to change my ssd from my laptop to a friends to see whether it works or not.
Is there any way to flash bios from within the safe mode?

 

@MiSJAH how's your X5 doing? Is she back from Aorus?

 

She has been back with a new mobo and keyboard(!?!) but is now back at the authorised repairers.

Idling temps of 100*C!

Hopefully home again this time next week.


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Idling at 100c??? Did they even return it with a heatsink hahaha. And a new keyboard?

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Tell me about it!

No need for a new keyboard either!

Also returned without the original shipping box, missing 3 screws from the bottom cover and the rubber HDMI cover.

Seriously unimpressed.

Let's hope it's returned next time complete and with thermal paste.


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Some of the best 6820hk overclockers ever (iunlock) only get to usable frequencies of 4.1ghz. A voltage of 1.45 @4.5ghz is pushing it and temps will be astronomical under heavy use and the system will crash.
Respectfully, showing on CPUZ that a frequency has been reached is misleading to potential buyers who think you are saying that the laptop is usable at that frequency.

It's definitely not and has been proven in dedicated threads on this site.

In fact 1.45 volts is really scary unless you are really rich and have a good shipping plan from Taiwan.

 

But you must be impressed that great service of Aorus to replace mobo given the circumstances? I sure am.

 

Merely aimed to demonstrate what was achievable rather than sustainable. Temps were tolerable running XTU's bench with no throttling.

I, of course, had no intention to mislead being a novice with overclocking myself.

The UK Gigabyte/AORUS staff are fantastic even the engineers in Taiwan have been accessible to discuss my questions about this amazing machine.

After the whole MSI MXM debacle AORUS are in a completely different league as to how they treat their customers.

Much love.


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I just have to call you out on this. You have made some wild claims including this one. That you have immense overclocks that run in the 60's in an XTU bench. And now a 1.45V 4.5 ghz overclock that doesn't throttle or reach 100 degrees....

Out of the box these units will throttle after a good run of xtu at the default aorus stock overclock. This is widespread confirmed knowledge. Going from a 3.6 or 3.8 ghz 4 core clock to 4.5 ghz/ 4core overclock would blow the roof!
You'd be redlining in the 90's in a few seconds..then throttling before you can blink.
If you made those claims in the Alienware 15/17 forum (same 6820hk), I wouldn't be the first person to tell you that is ridiculous.

I don't know why you say these things.

 

Intel Core i7-6820HK CPU @ 4370.0MHz - 1286 XTU marks on HWBOT

No throttling @ 4.370.

Temps under 100*C

But like I said I'm new to overclocking so maybe I misunderstand.

hwbot.org/xtu/share/596446 Intel Core i7-6820HK CPU @ 4370.0MHz

hwbot.org/xtu/share/594668 Intel Core i7-6820HK CPU @ 4390.0Mhz - highest temp 84*C

@knibbler am I mistaking something here?

Edit: also only gave temps in the 60's for 3DMark stress test, never claimed that about oc'd CPU.

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Fire up CINEBENCH_R11.5 and CINEBENCH_R15 Run HWiNFO64 in the background for monitoring your hardware temp and clock speed. Post pict of the results afterwards in the thread.

 

Laptop is in repair centre again. Already has a new mobo so different chip.


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Then you can use it for test purposes after the repair. Always smart seeing that everything works as intended Good luck.

 

With the links to my XTU results at 4.4Ghz with temps of 83*C on my 6820HK in a post above could you explain why you felt it necessary to call me out, state that what I said would be ridiculous and not 'understanding why I say these things'?

I'd find it helpful if you could point out my errors and I'm open to suggestions to I can learn more about overclocking so my statements are accurate. Thanks man.

@Papusan can you point out the inaccuracies in what I said? I'm quite confused. Thanks.


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The links don't seem to be links.

Look, all I'm saying is these laptops don't cool well enough to run at 1.45v @4.5 ghz and not throttle.

I've had two different x5 v6's and never saw anything remotely close to that. Check out the notebookcheck review.

Now that chip is gone forever and you can't run proper tests which would confirm that.

I'm no expert either. Papusan and those guys are. Have you read the dedicated 6820hk overclocking thread? And they mostly use thicker Alienware with a better cooling.

Only reason I spoke up, out of line, is that I see posts in this thread where people are believing if they buy this laptop they can achieve 4.5 ghz and not thermal throttle..because you say so.

Edit: Misja, when you like my posts it makes me feel really bad for saying anything. Forget whatever I said. The chip is gone anyway. Maybe it really was a one in a million chip. Let's drop it, my apologies

 

You could add two and two together. And got the correct answer in the end.

I expect this is you on Hwbot.org Take care of your account. Then it's easier showing other people your benchmarks.

http://hwbot.org/submission/3507714_sl1cker_xtu_core_i7_6820hk_1286_marks


PS your Clock speed frequency score isn't fully Validated.

 

Am I the only one looking at this like "**** 1.45 volts is more than I ever pushed my 4790k to and that thing gets hot with a 240mm rad..." I mean how the hell did a laptop cool that without packing dry ice all around it or something?

(not trying to discredit you or anything I mean I see the result. but seriously did you add cooling of any kind to it or something?)

 

You can do it for a simple Validation of clock speed. Maybe you missed something in the posting. Not my Validation score with BGA and 1.45V Core Voltage, but @MiSJAH

 

Yep, that's me.

And I've had higher scores with lower clocks

How do I get clock speed frequency fully validated?

No additional cooling, set the fans to auto-maximum on the AORUS app so they spin up to 80% if needed.

Just so I understand;

Anyone should be able to get 4.4Ghz for a simple validation of clock speed with a 6820HK?
1.45V Core Voltage is waaaaaay too high?



As AORUS has locked the bios for oc'ing all my oc'ing must be done with XTU. All I did was was keep bumping up the various sliders until I got the above results. I would genuinely love to see what the max stable oc I can achieve on the new chip is, any guides for oc'ing the 6820HK with XTU (I've googled but not found anything particularly helpful)?

No worries amigo, but still open to any advice or knowledge you want to share about oc'ing this little monster of a laptop.

 

Yeah, I know but had to search for confirmation. You need to take care of your account and post proper links if you have something to show off. This below isn't good enough. Only a mess. See and you should understand this by yourself.


XTU bench isn't the best benchmark out there. Very dependent on high performing ram sticks. Higher clock speed but trash ram can give lower XTU score than opposite setup. And Yeah, if you feed your processor with too high voltage, you will most likely get lower score. The processor will throttle under max load and you will in the end get lower score vs. the lower clock speed tested as you already have seen.

Most part but eveything depends on the silicon. There is even BGA Crap out there in BGABOOK's who have +1.42v as stock voltage.
If the machine don't shut of, use whatever needed for max clock speed validation. BGA silicon is pure Trash as I have stated before!! Put max oc and you will see it clearly. 1.45v is more for +4.9GHz. I expect you understand most part of laptops haven't same cooling as home build desktop.

 

hi,

whats about this fault?

 

It should be said that I retract and regret my statements doubting @MiSJAH claims of amazing temps with liquid metal at 4.5ghz.

After I repasted with grizzly LM my CPU temps dropped by over 10c compared to IC DIAMOND.
My CPU isn't very special and I don't break 76/77c at CPU stress test at 4ghz 4 core. (-59mv undervolt)
Previously I was at about 89c at 3.8ghz.

I'm convinced that a slicon lottery type CPU (6820hk) can stay amazingly cool even at high voltages and clock speeds while using liquid metal.

@MiSJAH I didn't repaste GPU. Too scared.
AAA games range between 75 & 80c and never seem to go higher.

 

No worries mate. I'm inexperienced so wasn't sure of my own claims. But I saw a 20*C temp drop on my CPU running the timespy stress test.

(Hahaha, I really understand your repasting the gpu concerns, oops).


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Hows your laptop coming along after that weird mishap?

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The repair company have fried the cooling system somehow. so it's back with them again waiting for new cooling from gigabyte.

GRRR!


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what was the original problem when you LM-ed the GPU anyways? I'm thinking of LM-ing my X7 but seeing what you went through, thought i hold out until you find out what was wrong

 

The X5 has a 'cover' surrounding the gpu on the pcb. This cover is not completely flush with the gpu and some clu leaked though the gap.

I would lm my CPU again, but would just use the best non metal thermal paste for the gpu.

I've got some pictures on my X5 I'll post to show what not to do but the temp drops are fantastic. @knibbler has had some great results too with lm.


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Oh that cover. I took it out when i repasted with kryonaut a couple of days ago. Not flush at all on my X7. Shame it had to happen to your unit

Kryonaut for days! Excellent temps all round on my X7!

Can't wait for the pics! It'll be a good learn for us!

 

As someone that might potentially LM an Aero 15 interested to know what to look out for!

 

Shame how they half assed the cover. Either put one on right or dont put one at all

The one of my X7 wasnt even fitted straight so i ripped it out

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What are your GPU temps when gaming/benching mate?


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Hey man sorry for the late reply. Been pretty bogged down with ultimate training these few days.

Just to put it out there my settings are:
+45mhz on core and +200mhz on memory in MSI Afterburner (no changes made with the OC Gauge)
-170mv undervolt in XTU (confirmed stable on my unit, saves me quite a bit of battery too)
Repasted with Thermal Grizzly Kyonaut
Fan is set on Auto Max 100%

Average room temp is around the mid to high 30s (its malaysia. hot as hell)

This is roughly what i get:

3DMark Firestrike: 69c GPU, 65c CPU
COD BO3 (Ultra preset 1080p): max 65c GPU, low 60s for CPU
World of Warships (Ultra 2x AA 1080p): mid to high 60s GPU, max 63c CPU
Unigine Heaven (Ultra, 4x AA, tessellation normal: 74c GPU, 68c CPU
BF4 (Ultra, x2 AA no MB): 62c GPU, 64c CPU

This what i usually run as training has been taking a lot of my time but i would be happy to benchmark, test out some more games or try any suggested overclock or undervolt settings you have in mind if you would like

 

They're some great temps.

No oc on the CPU?

I could do +150 on the GPU core but see no benefit increasing the memory offset.

I'd be intrigued to see your temps after the timespy stress test.

Good going though. Enjoy.

Edit: what did you score in firestrike?


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Most i've gone on the GPU was also around the +150 mark. The 1070 really kicks ass and it looks like Aorus is putting some good chips in here

Nope no OC on the CPU

Sure thing i'll run Timespy when i have the time to really sit with the laptop for a couple of hours

 

Check my edit.


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http://www.3dmark.com/fs/12194878

Here ya go! This was the first run i did the day i received the laptop. All stock

 

Sweet. It has more to give


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Hi MisJAH - how are things going with the repair?

 

Hahaha, don't ask.

The repair company MendIT, have damaged the cooling system so it is not making contact with the CPU. They are waiting on AORUS in Taiwan to send another cooling module.

Hopefully have the X5 back at some point next week!


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Sorry been a bit busy. Just ran timespy with lvl 4 OC on both GPU and CPU

Max temp in MSI AB is 72c on the GPU and 63c on the CPU

edit: still not going above 13k in firestrike even with an aggressive OC. Any ideas? @MiSJAH

 

Nice results.

I'm still waiting to get my X5 back from the repair company, they claim AORUS sent them a faulty motherboard and this caused the CPU temp issues!


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Check edit

 

Set all 4 cores and uncore at 4Ghz in Intel XTU and core offset at +125 in nvidia inspector and try again


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They "claimed" eh? Hahahah. They probably messed up when taking your laptop apart imo

 

I agree I think they bent the cooling.


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It's that quite easy to do? Wanted to repaste my Aero 15 but that's one thing I'm afraid I'd do without knowing.