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    BIOS says one thing, cpu z another.

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by clienterror, Jul 1, 2011.

  1. clienterror

    clienterror Notebook Consultant

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    Hey all, I'm ocing my memory and cpu and it shows its OCed in bios but when I boot and open cpu z it shows it hasn't changed from stock. I can even reboot into bios and it still shows it as OCed still. Anyone else have this problem?
     
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    Tergazzi Notebook Enthusiast

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    I dont rely on cpu z when OC'ing, i use the BIOS, and then when you OC go to your system properties in windows and see what it says for the CPU Speed, it should reflect what your BIOS is detecting as the CPU Speed, as long as windows detects the same as the BIOS then you are good.
     
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