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    Need help OCing R1.

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Orangee16, Jan 30, 2011.

  1. Orangee16

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    How do I overclock my cpu to 1.73?
     
    Orangee16, Jan 30, 2011
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    DavyGT Overclocker

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    Press F2 on boot to enter BIOS and navigate to the Advanced tab. There, enable the Overclock option. Note, this will give 1.6Ghz not 1.73Ghz as some programs will misread the clockspeed.
     
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    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Thanks.. Gonna try it now..
     
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    It shows 1.30ghz, 1.73ghz. Can I make it higher than that?
     
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    It only overclocks one of the cores, I believe. So if you did it through the BIOS, no.
     
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    Can we have a screenshot?

    It overclocks both cores. Use CPUZ to check by right clicking the clockspeed in the bottom left and selecting core 1. That is the second core and it will show 1.6Ghz.
     
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    [​IMG]

    Here is the screenshot..
     
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    There are many threads about it, when you ask for 1.73ghz, what happens is something like a BSEL mod and since you have an intel chipset the multi and voltage become locked to the lowest setting (6x).
    So you get 6 x 266mhz = 1596mhz.

    If you want anything higher, you need to do a pinmod (a bit hard but might be worth it if you can get to around 2ghz).

    I think dell does not advertise the R1 as 1.73ghz anymore, because it's incorrect info.

    WEI does not tell you the real frequency, it thinks you can still have the default multi for the CPU (6.5) but it's not true.
     
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    Coulkd you guys post some pics. :c

    This is sucks.. >_<
     
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    Let's say one overclocks, and then the laptop needs to be services ...will the tech notice and if he/she does, cut off warranty support, or do they just not care if you do?
     
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    Dell supports the BIOS overclock, so they don't care, the most they'll do is ask you to disable it for stability purposes. The pinmod overclock will void the warranty.
     
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    Here's mine for comparison, I have an SU4100 R1
     

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    Almost the same as mine.
     
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    That's normal. It means you overclocked to 1.6Ghz. Windows says 1.3Ghz as that is the stock clock and 1.73Ghz as that is the incorrect clockspeed reading. CPU-Z shows the correct clockspeed at 1.6Ghz.
     
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    I did 3Dmark 06.. When I saw the result it says CPU Clockspeed: 1.7XXX....

    I'm actually confuse. The correct reading is 1.6ghz? So you mean both cores are 1.6ghz?
     
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    Yes, the correct reading is 1.6Ghz on both cores.

    The reason for this is that in Overclock mode, we lose the 6.5 multiplier and it is replaced by a 6 multiplier (6x266=1600mhz). Many applications presume the CPU is running at the highest multiplier so they misread it as 1.73Ghz.
     
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    I see... Thank you for the info.
     
    Orangee16, Feb 1, 2011
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