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    M15x Throttling?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by ettehbrute, Oct 8, 2013.

  1. ettehbrute

    ettehbrute Notebook Consultant

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    Hey everyone, 15x
    8gb ram
    ATI 5850m HD 1g gddr5

    just happened the other day, in games you would have nice flow of fps, 59-48 , now it flows but slams down to 20 or even 2 before. It is unplayable and driving me nuts. I have checked to see if the good for nothing stealthmode is off. Its off, then i removed and updated video drivers, did a spyware scan, did a virus scan.. checked log files, nothing. Any help would be awesome!
     
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  2. Mexic00ls

    Mexic00ls Notebook Deity

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    eliminate your OC, clean out the fans and heatsink, re-paste and re-pad the gpu (you may want to do the cpu while your at it) and test it out playing game for a couple days. if this doesnt work than your may have stealth mode issues
     
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  3. Alienware-L_Porras

    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    Same suggestion here. Try following this article.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Oct 9, 2013
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