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    DV6-6140us with A8-3500M CPU, upgradeable? Can you turn off quad/dual core switching?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by aaron7, Apr 12, 2014.

  1. aaron7

    aaron7 Notebook Consultant

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    Just curious as I'm always looking to squeeze any extra horsepower that I can out of my machines!

    I have a DV6-6140us ( HP Pavilion dv6-6140us Notebook AMD A-Series A8-3500M (1.5GHz) 6GB Memory 640GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 6620G 15.6" Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit - Newegg.com) with the A8-3500M dual/quad core.

    Two things I'm wondering:

    1) Any way to disable the CPU from switching to a 2.3GHz dual core for power saving reasons? This laptop doesn't ever get hot on my cooler so that's not the issue.

    2) Is there a better CPU I could drop in? A10 possibly?

    :thumbsup:
     
    aaron7, Apr 12, 2014
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    simonmpoulton Notebook Deity

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    Have you tried to set the power options to high performance?
     
    simonmpoulton, Apr 15, 2014
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  3. aaron7

    aaron7 Notebook Consultant

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    Yeah, it's a clean install and running high perf. power settings; it's something inherent to this model.
     
    aaron7, Apr 15, 2014
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