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    Turbo Gear question

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Sahugani, Jan 18, 2011.

  1. Sahugani

    Sahugani Notebook Consultant

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    from time to time "Turbo Gear" pops on screen and usually i just close it without a second thought. the thing of it is is that i dont even know what the program does. can anyone shed some light on this? i run a G71GX ASUS notebook if that means anything?
     
    Sahugani, Jan 18, 2011
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  2. maximinimaus

    maximinimaus Notebook Evangelist

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    Turbo Gear allows to control/overclock your CPU. It must be enabled in BIOS as I remember. It does it a similar way as SetFSB by increasing the FSB depending on the installed CPU. Turbogear can't overclock a Quad and didn't work for me with a T9900 installed.
     
    maximinimaus, Jan 18, 2011
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  3. Sahugani

    Sahugani Notebook Consultant

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    im afraid i dont even know what overclocking is and i have a core 2 duo P8700 @2.53 GHz.
     
    Sahugani, Jan 18, 2011
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    Then consider to uninstall TurboGear to avoid the popup of the messages.
    You can surely find more information with googling for "TurboGear".
     
    maximinimaus, Jan 19, 2011
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