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    Power tab in BIOS

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by fred2028, Aug 28, 2008.

  1. fred2028

    fred2028 Sexy member

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    I can't access The Power tab in my BIOS ... How do you enable that? I want to undervolt my laptop through The BIOS so I don't have to do it at a software level.
     
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  2. stewie

    stewie What the deuce?

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    That's not possible.
     
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    What? I saw a video on You Tube of a guy going into his Power tab in BIOS and OCing.
     
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    stewie What the deuce?

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    Then that depends on the BIOS I guess, was he doing it on a desktop PC?

    I haven't seen any notebook BIOS that allows that yet, maybe they exist, I don't know.
     
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    FrankTabletuser Notebook Evangelist

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    99% of laptops can't be overclocked in Bios.
    This guy in the video used a special laptop, probably a gaming laptop with some sort of this ridiculous expensive extreme Intel CPUs, with a special Bios from the manufacturer which allows you to overclock the CPU in Bios. There are some of these laptops out there, but this is not the norm.
     
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  6. Gregory

    Gregory disassemble?

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    Yeah I think Stewie is right on this one. When you can't select something in the BIOS it's because that spot only displays current conditions. The BIOS (yours) simply wasn't designed to let every feature be user adjustable.

    Why don't you want to use software?
     
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    Software means:

    - 1) Extra processes running in the background
    - 2) Tray icons
    - 3) Starts when I bootup, slowing bootup time
     
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    Gregory disassemble?

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    Well yes... But I read through the undervoting thread and tried out the software mentioned(although my processor doesn't allow undervolting, so it was just out of curiosity). It was very very low resource software. I don't think you are going to notice any major performance difference.

    But still the BIOS would be a better method if possible.
     
    Gregory, Aug 28, 2008
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    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    All Acer notebooks have the Advanced Menu locked out in the BIOS. To open 'em, you'll have to mess up with the BIOS strings with a BIOS editor, and it'll be hard for you to find or buy an editor in the first place.
    Undervolting and Overclocking wasn't meant to be done on notebooks, so you won't find any similar old OEM strings to add to it, or any locked/hidden menus in the Phoenix BIOS. Just keep playing with software.

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    Andy, Aug 28, 2008
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