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    15R2 i7-6700hq max clock 800Mhz

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by ColaMonster, Jun 3, 2017.

  1. ColaMonster

    ColaMonster Notebook Consultant

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    I recently purchased a 15r2 off of a guy, it has a dud battery (1% not charging, need to spend 100$~ to get a new battery, but cant afford that at the moment) But it works decently other than that, 965m in it, 16gb ram. but after opening HWinfo64, i noticed my cpu wouldnt go over 800Mhz clock speed, even if i use cpu stress tests. 40C-50C temps, so throttling shouldn't be the reason. any help would be highly appreciated :)
     
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    judal57 Notebook Deity

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    look at the battery power plan, set as high performance
     
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    Already did, and it has been set to that, no dice :(
     
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    Hi,
    i had the same problem on my AW 17 R2
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/cpu-always-below-0-78-ghz.805290/

    1) reset the bios parameters to factory
    2) update the bios

    => cpu speed fixed after the bios update

    ps: battery not charging should be fixed too,
    but i'm afraid you need a battery with at least 10% in order to update the bios;
    maybe you have to borrow one, for the bios update
     
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    scop, Jun 4, 2017
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