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    So help me understand undervolting the Lenovo y410p.

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by sweatyballz, Jun 10, 2014.

  1. sweatyballz

    sweatyballz Notebook Consultant

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    I download the Intel XTU program to undervolt right?

    *The ideal unvervolt is -100 MV?

    *Also after I undervolt, do I turn on or off turbo boost for more temperature reduction?
     
    sweatyballz, Jun 10, 2014
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    Varroa Notebook Consultant

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    There is no idea undervolt, it is depends on each cpu. I got -110 on one laptop and only -80 on another. I have my current one -80mv on the CPU and another -50mv on the cache and iGPU. I wouldn't turn off turbo boost but I would modify your multipliers. I have mine set to something like 36x,33x,31x,29x (1 core, 2 core, 3 core, 4 core) so mine basically runs at 3.6 Ghz for more single threaded things but drops all the way down to 2.9Ghz when all 4 cores are running (and it can run at this speed for over an hour).
     
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    sweatyballz Notebook Consultant

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    Does the XTU program have to be open in order the settings to stay?
     
    sweatyballz, Jun 13, 2014
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    plazing Notebook Guru

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    XTU will have background service after you close the window and there will be a service will start after windows start up.
     
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    So you have to enable it in the background too huh? I close it off after I didn't need it lol.
     
    sweatyballz, Jun 14, 2014
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