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post #481 of 542
12/17/09 at 12:12pm
no. But it works.
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post #482 of 542
12/17/09 at 12:17pm
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lol, I would hope so. Tomorrow is my last day of work before vacation then we will have a benchmark-o-rama lol!
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post #483 of 542
12/17/09 at 12:23pm
i'm on vacation but I have to pay for school next semester so I will be working more. But I will be benchmarking more also.
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post #484 of 542
12/17/09 at 12:29pm
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So yesterday with all the quad/dual talk, that was with the qx9300? You were confusing me.
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post #485 of 542
12/17/09 at 12:37pm
lol. Yes. It was my qx9300 I was using. And me saying that I was stuck at 3.07ghz.
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post #486 of 542
12/17/09 at 12:43pm
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Are you using Win 7?
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post #487 of 542
12/17/09 at 12:53pm
yes. Win7 x64. That's what I have been using for all my runs...
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post #488 of 542
12/17/09 at 1:03pm
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A notebook cooler should get you past 3.07. What is your multi/fsb/mem?
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post #489 of 542
12/17/09 at 1:07pm
11.5x I did do 3.2ghz. With 12x but it fail. I also did 9.5x and 1333fsb and failed. I did your settings and dial.
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post #490 of 542
12/18/09 at 9:55am
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Hopefully our new modded bios will be released soon and we'll be hitting 4Ghz.
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post #491 of 542
12/18/09 at 11:53am

hey

i am here guys i hope zfactor unlock the m17x bios too
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post #492 of 542
12/18/09 at 5:23pm
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Yeah he's making progress. The M17x will be able to compete with desktops.
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post #493 of 542
12/25/09 at 4:16am
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Added some minor updates. Hoping this thread doesn't become forgotten.
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post #494 of 542
12/30/09 at 10:28pm
@NWGuru:

"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Processor
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Intelppm
In both these locations there is a "Start" string set to 3. Change it to 4 then reboot."

So this tweak enables me to OC my CPU higher and suppresses BSOD`s, right?

Blue sreens are really nasty but i always regarded they somehow as a warning that I oc`ed the CPU way to high. Say, like a fuse. Is there a higher risk that the CPU gets damaged when OC`ing with this tweak done?

Mimpi manis.

Dr. Doom
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post #495 of 542
12/31/09 at 3:17am
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In this case it's really the power management driver crashing. Obviously it's up to you whether or not you want to do it. I only do it myself while benchmarking.
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post #496 of 542
12/31/09 at 1:40pm
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Looks like I'll be selling my M17x and just keeping the M17. This thread has been fun.
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post #497 of 542
12/31/09 at 1:46pm
Good luck with the sale.

You have made/kept the thread and the section exciting. Happy New Year NWGuru.

cheers ...
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post #498 of 542
1/1/10 at 2:55pm
Hey I just got the M17X out here in Iraq a couple days ago. Im trying to get this thing to perform good and I have read this whole thread pretty much. I just have a couple questions:

What kind of temp range should I be looking for on the CPU's? Im wondering what temps could possibly damage it.

Is there some program out there that can OC the GPU's without flashing the bios?

I'm really new to this OC stuff so any other info could really help. And as far as the info on my computer I ordered it from Dell and about 4 weeks ago it had all the top of the line stuff. QX9300@3.00, and the Dual ATI 4870 crossfired.

NWGuru, I used all your tips on the overclocking part. Multipliers is at 10, and both memory frequency and fsb are set at 1200. So I got the 1:2 ratio. Anyways any info will help. Thanks
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post #499 of 542
1/2/10 at 2:31am
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Originally Posted by gino426018 View Post

What kind of temp range should I be looking for on the CPU's? Im wondering what temps could possibly damage it.
40C. 100C it will start down-clocking itself to try to prevent damage.

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Is there some program out there that can OC the GPU's without flashing the bios?
I haven't found one. Seems to be locked out from Windows.

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I'm really new to this OC stuff so any other info could really help. And as far as the info on my computer I ordered it from Dell and about 4 weeks ago it had all the top of the line stuff. QX9300@3.00, and the Dual ATI 4870 crossfired.

NWGuru, I used all your tips on the overclocking part. Multipliers is at 10, and both memory frequency and fsb are set at 1200. So I got the 1:2 ratio. Anyways any info will help. Thanks
Get a notebook cooler like the Cryo if you plan on OC'ing. If you plan on pushing it hard you need to find some type of refrigerated cooling. I'm assuming in Iraq it's pretty hot so that will limit you. If you plan to flash your cards don't touch the voltage unless you really like to test. You should be able to get 650 on the core and 1000 on the memory without much of an issue.
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post #500 of 542
1/2/10 at 2:32am
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Good luck with the sale.

You have made/kept the thread and the section exciting. Happy New Year NWGuru.

cheers ...
Thanks. I hit 14K in Vantage and I still have to submit that.
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