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    I'm undervolting - can I get some support?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Smashy, Jan 28, 2006.

  1. Smashy

    Smashy Notebook Consultant

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    I'm running the notebook in my signature.. AMD Turion ML-37 processor.

    I'm using Right Mark to do the adjusting, and I'm using Prime95 and playing Warcraft III to test the voltage changes.

    In the undervolting guide link, he talked about the min. of 4x FID and max. 8x FID.

    Mine on the "General" tab are min. 4 and max 10. So I should use those instead of 4 and 8 correct?

    So my defaults are 4X FID/ 1.000V and 10x FID 1.500V.

    Does anyone have any tried and true suggestions that I can undervolt to given my defaults?

    Appreciate it.
     
  2. Smashy

    Smashy Notebook Consultant

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    Actually on current it was 4x/1.000v but under Startup it reads 4x/1.000V, Minimal it reads 4x/0.800V, and Maximal it reads 10x/1.500V.

    So does anyone have any safe suggestions to undervolt each to? Thanks
     
  3. Smashy

    Smashy Notebook Consultant

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    I've set the minimal to 4.0x/0.950V and the maximal to 10.0x/1.225V.

    Prime95 torture test gave me an error when I went down to 10.0x/1.200V, so I went back up to 10.0/1.225V.

    I have noticed that the fan has gone down (I'm not sure how many levels it has, but it's gone down for sure).

    I set Rightmark to run at startup, so have done this correctly?

    Two things:

    1) Do the req. voltage readings change on the "General tab?" I'm assuming they don't but the current will display the setting.

    2) The startup voltage is 1.000 and the minimal voltage is 0.800, both on 4x FID. So should I undervolt for the 1.000 as I have done, and not go anywhere near the 0.800V?

    Thanks
     
  4. chinna_n

    chinna_n Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    check the L2000 undervolting thread,

    ML-37 default has 4x,8x,9x,10x multipliers, you could ad one 6x.

    I have ML-37 and have 4x,6x,8x,9x,10x and voltages are
    0.95v at 4x, 1.0v at 6x, 1.075v at 8x, 1.175v at 9x and 1.25v at 10x.
    for safety you could add 0.025 volts for above settings.
    like 0.975, 1.025,1.1,1.2,1.275v for above multipliers 4x,6x,8x,9x,10x.
     
  5. Smashy

    Smashy Notebook Consultant

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    Okay thanks a lot man. The minimal req. reads 0.800.. my lowest is 0.975. So we don't touch anything close to that "minimal" reading? The startup req. reads 1.000 so I know we're undervolting that.