G73JH OverVolting?

Hello, I'm sorry if his is in the wrong spot or if it has been asked before. I've been Googling for days and can't seem to find a straight answer.
I've read posts going both ways about being able to overvolt the G73's ati GPU.
I've tried using rbe but any change to the voltage locks the clocks at 700/1000
I read somewhere that you can edit the vbios and flash with dos to get around the locked voltage, that had the same effect as using rbe to flash them.
I have also read that the voltage is hardware locked and is impossible to change without cracking out the soldering iron, which isn't something I feel is worth doing.

My temps are solid 71c with heavy load, I left furmark on for 8 hours and never went above 78c. So, there is some headroom for extra heat.

Again I'm sorry if this has been answered before.
Thanks for the help!

 

78c on furmark for 8 hours?

Did you repaste? :O

 

G73Jh GSOD Vbios Update
in the video in the first post the dude says the numbers should change, how come they do not change when he does it? am I missing something?
Sorry to get off topic, I watched it about 7 times and was afraid i was missing something.Thanks XXscionxx

 

Nope, came that way. 78c is OCed, W/O OC I don't get higher than 73c.
I Heard that the stock thermal paste can dry out after 3 months. Hopefully I can lower it even further with some as5.

 

I own the BST7 from best buy and my temps are like yours...but under load my temps never go past 70c so I got a really good paste job on mine too....hope it stays this way for a while....I also baby my G73 and clean it weekly...

 

It doesn't change because he already flashed once before. Hes just saying if someone coming from stock vbios flashed those numbers would change.

Awesome! We got lucky I guess I clean mine constantly too haha.

idk if you feel safe opening your lappy but here is a link to disassemble it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp90M_N6dzs Repasting is also easy just google it. If its still under warranty I'd rma it.

 

....yea after reading all of the temp stories on here it makes me feel really good....lol....just hope it stays this way....and this was my first gaming laptop so I am being very careful with it....so nice to be able to play pc games again where as before I never had a decent pc to game on....I was one of those console gamers.....now im stricly a pc gamer...

 

Well welcome to the best gaming platform!

Its all good Its pretty easy, just type "dir" without quotes and then "vflash" also without quotes. It will start flashing (only takes seconds) and then it will ask you to reboot. You might have to reinstall drivers but you shouldn't have to.

 

Chastity confirmed with Gary and co. that there are 2 voltage levels/settings, and they're hardwired into the card. Clocks are changeable, but voltage ... nope.

 

I read that, but johnksss http://forum.notebookreview.com/asus-gaming-notebook-forum/458025-asus-g73-benchmark-thread-141.html said that it could be flashed through dos? From what you've stated and what I've gathered it doesn't sound possible.

Still hoping

 

When was it confirmed by asus? link please.

I am very grateful to DCx for posting what he knows. I have also read however, that it has been done. It sounds like it is impossible but I'm still hoping that someone knows something different. links would be nice

I just want to confirm that it is or is not possible.

hardwired on a chip? can the eeprom be flashed?
Thats what I thought the guy in the link I posted was talking about. It sound like he did it.

btw Hoping "A person or thing in which expectations are centered"

 

Dug this up for you, going to add it to the sticky in a sec:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/asu...stion-about-health-hd5870m-2.html#post6794254

 

aaah I did skim through that the other night I didn't read what jmhdj said before. Thats too bad.

Thanks for digging it up for me.

I am interested in the link asus confirms this, if anyone has it.

I'll try google.

 

That is the link, Gary Key is from ASUS.

 

Aahh haha that makes sense I've been coming here for years but I don't know anyone

Thanks again!

Nice Dp btw made me laugh

 

He actually is new posting around these parts, I'm not sure if it had anything to do with ASUS closing their own forum or whatnot... but anyway that's all the info I think there is about the video card's voltage limitations.

 

Yeah thats all I could find. Man, asus already seems pretty shady when it comes to tech support (from what I've read) and now there forums are gone.

 

not 4 hours but i can confirm that you will get more than 2 hours minimum
on stock clocks i was getting baterry around 1.40min max

 

I never got 4 hr batter on a JH, but I did manage to squeeze out 3. And I'm glad everyone got the hardwired voltages issue resolved.