The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    OC Problem

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by zekaks92, May 5, 2012.

  1. zekaks92

    zekaks92 Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    45
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    I don't understand,i OC my m11x r2 i5 on BIOS to 160 a 1 week ago...only now starts a freeze randomly...i try OC 150, but dont stop freeze,only when i disable OC works fine...and i use this OC 150 for 3/4 months..i want to know why i have this...sorry my BAD english..
     
    zekaks92, May 5, 2012
    #1
  2. tonkatrain

    tonkatrain Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    35
    Messages:
    143
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    On most m11x's the OC is memory limited. Try 140 or 145, if that works changing to different ram may yield better overclocks.

    Also remember to run throttlestop when overclocking the R2 if you really want to get a performance boost.
     
    tonkatrain, May 5, 2012
    #2