The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.
← Previous page

    CPU Temps Problem Clevo P150EM/Sager NP9150

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Triple3A, Dec 17, 2015.

  1. Triple3A

    Triple3A Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    38
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    16
    Hi,

    Having now setup my laptop, I am interested in trying that 'prema bios mod' since everyone here keeps talking about it.I have tried looking up what it does but to no avail. I also want to overclock my 7970m for extra performance but after googling im still very confused in the process, anyone help me?
     
    Triple3A, Jan 8, 2016
    #51
  2. Triple3A

    Triple3A Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    38
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    16
    Basically what i researched is that i need to disable ulps? then use msi afterburner to increment the core and memory clocks? how do i do this safely, Also if i want to install the prema bios mod. On the website it says i need to have my bios and ec on version 1.00.04 how do i check this, on msinfo32 it says i have bios: "american megatrends 4.6.5 24/04/2012" and ec version "255.255"??
     
    Triple3A, Jan 8, 2016
    #52
  3. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

    Reputations:
    9,436
    Messages:
    58,194
    Likes Received:
    17,909
    Trophy Points:
    931
    Safely involves small steps in voltage and clocks and keeping a close eye on temps.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jan 8, 2016
    #53
  4. SMOKE_SKULL

    SMOKE_SKULL Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    183
    Messages:
    1,030
    Likes Received:
    133
    Trophy Points:
    81
    I have a Eurocom Racer and had the CPU out once and the CPU overheated after that. I looked carefully and found the heatsink was not pushing hard enough on the CPU to have good thermal conductivity. I would examine carefully how the heatsink applys pressure and make sure yours has enough. I remember I bent something to make it fit tighter and that fixed it. Luckily I didnt hurt the CPU.
     
    SMOKE_SKULL, Jan 8, 2016
    #54
  5. Triple3A

    Triple3A Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    38
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    16
    Do I just run a game to check the temps? Or which benchmark and what about the prema bios mod?
     
    Triple3A, Jan 9, 2016
    #55
  6. Triple3A

    Triple3A Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    38
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    16
    Please look at the latest posts, my temps are really good now
     
    Triple3A, Jan 9, 2016
    #56
  7. SMOKE_SKULL

    SMOKE_SKULL Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    183
    Messages:
    1,030
    Likes Received:
    133
    Trophy Points:
    81
    It was just a lot to read through. Your welcome.
     
    SMOKE_SKULL, Jan 9, 2016
    #57
  8. Triple3A

    Triple3A Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    38
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    16
    Anyone else?
     
    Triple3A, Jan 9, 2016
    #58
  9. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

    Reputations:
    9,436
    Messages:
    58,194
    Likes Received:
    17,909
    Trophy Points:
    931
    Crysis 3 skybox test is pretty good, any modern taxing game on both CPU and GPU will work.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jan 9, 2016
    #59
  10. Triple3A

    Triple3A Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    38
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    16
    I still can't figure out how to overclock my 7970m, can someone link me to a noob tutorial
     
    Triple3A, Feb 1, 2016
    #60
  11. Triple3A

    Triple3A Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    38
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    16
    anyone please help me to overclock the 7970M,

    i have followed both these guides:
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/overclock-7970m-omega-14-12.771294/
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr...0-in-the-m17x-r3-an-illustrated-guide.658958/

    to no avail, the only thing i managed to do successfully was disable ULPS, i know this because i now get a temperature reading, my problem is that i can't move the sliders in msi afterburner. I have tried waking the 7970M by using GPU-Z PCI lane checker thing, like i know most people don't have this card anymore but please help me, im using amd driver 15.1.1 beta

    Thanks
     
    Triple3A, Feb 6, 2016
    #61
  12. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

    Reputations:
    9,436
    Messages:
    58,194
    Likes Received:
    17,909
    Trophy Points:
    931
    Have you tried using sapphire trixx instead?
     
    Meaker@Sager, Feb 6, 2016
    #62
  13. Triple3A

    Triple3A Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    38
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    16
    Thanks I'll try it, do you think it is maybe because I don't have that prema bios mod installed?
     
    Triple3A, Feb 7, 2016
    #63
  14. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

    Reputations:
    9,436
    Messages:
    58,194
    Likes Received:
    17,909
    Trophy Points:
    931
    The system bios wont impact the GPU being able to overclock. It's a vbios/software issue.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Feb 7, 2016
    #64
  15. TomJGX

    TomJGX I HATE BGA!

    Reputations:
    1,456
    Messages:
    8,707
    Likes Received:
    3,315
    Trophy Points:
    431
    Agreed, try that... I always OCed my 7970M with Saphire TRIXX and of all the software's I used, it worked the best..
     
    TomJGX, Feb 7, 2016
    #65
  16. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

    Reputations:
    9,436
    Messages:
    58,194
    Likes Received:
    17,909
    Trophy Points:
    931
    Sometimes with mobile cards it is worth trying a couple to avoid odd issues that certain combinations have.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Feb 7, 2016
    #66
← Previous page