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    DV6t 6100 CTO - Unlocking BIOS for more settings like switching HDD to AHCI?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by ragefaced, Feb 13, 2012.

  1. ragefaced

    ragefaced Notebook Enthusiast

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    I am having random hard freeze issues while playing BF3 on an Radeon HD 6770M and sometimes on the Intel card. Someone on a forum that I found through google suggests that I should switch from IDE to AHCI in the BIOS, but I haven't found any such options.

    Is there a little known way to unlock the settings or maybe they're supposed to be accessed from somewhere else?
     
    ragefaced, Feb 13, 2012
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    zuvieltext Notebook Geek

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    Do you have a link to the quote? I would be really surprising to find a new laptop that doesn't use AHCI by default [in fact AHCI is the default since Vista!].
     
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  3. ragefaced

    ragefaced Notebook Enthusiast

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    I wish I had the link saved, but what I want is to get to these settings:

    [​IMG]

    Is that only available in a flashed BIOS?
     
    ragefaced, Feb 13, 2012
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    zuvieltext Notebook Geek

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    AFAICT, there are no voltage, no frequency and no multiplier settings available even in a modded F1-B bios. However there are options about various power-save stuff [C7, disable turbo, thermal throttle, disable cores, ...] :(.
     
    zuvieltext, Feb 13, 2012
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    You should be using AHCI by default. Check your Device Manager or download Crystal Disk Info.
     
    xAcid9, Feb 13, 2012
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    anyone got the link for custom F1B? :(
     
    hieubui, Feb 14, 2012
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