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    Undervolting IDA & AutoAdjust Questions

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by hydralisks, Aug 16, 2008.

  1. hydralisks

    hydralisks Notebook Consultant

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    1)
    From flipfire's undervolting guide,

    Did he mean T8100 to T9300? I have a T8300, should I turn on IDA as well? What about SuperLFM? I read what they are at the bottom of the guide but am still not sure whether it is recommended I check SuperLFM and IDA on. My specs are XPS 1530, 8600m GT, C2D T8300 2.4ghz, 2gb Dell ram, 250gb 5400rpm HDD, 1440x900 LED, Vista Home Premium 32bit and a 6 cell battery.

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    From the same guide,

    Is this the "Auto-Adjust Intermediate States VIDs" checkbox from the "Profiles" tab in RMClock? When I ticked this box and clicked apply, the dropdown boxes for the voltages all stayed the same.

    3) My highest multipler (besides IDA) is 12x. I've decreased this voltage from 1.1375 to 1.000. The next choice below 1.000 (0.9875) caused a BSOD, but after testing the 1.000V for 2.5 hours, I didn't get a BSOD. Should I keep this 12x multiplier at 1.000 or should I increase it one step to 1.0125

    Sorry for the long post. Help would be greatly appreciated.
     
  2. redrubberpenguin

    redrubberpenguin Notebook Consultant

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    1. No, the T8300 does NOT use a half multiplier, so IDA is not necessary.
    2. In my experience, the auto-adjust thing only changes other values if you change one of the values above it. i.e. if you change the 11x multiplier, it will change all the multipliers from 6x to 10x. BUT I wouldn't use that thing anyway. When it auto-adjusted for me, it changed my 11x multiplier to about 1.025 V although my system is stable at .975 V.
    3. flipfire's guide recommends you do a final 12-hour (I think it was 12 hours?) after you undervolt every multiplier. I think it'll be fine at 1.000 V but you can test it to be safe.
     
  3. flipfire

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    The T8300 doesnt have a half-multiplier so you dont need to turn IDA on. You can turn SuperLFM on if you like.

    It wouldnt hurt to bump up the voltages to 1.012v for ensured stability.Its best you stay 2 steps higher from your unstable voltage.
     
  4. hydralisks

    hydralisks Notebook Consultant

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    Should each multiplier's voltage be less than or equal to the one above it? (ie. if my 12x multiplier is 1.000, then my 11x should be <=1.000; and if my 11x is 0.9875, then my 10x should be <=0.9875; etc..)?
     
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    less than, since its a lower multiplier/clockspeed
     
  6. hydralisks

    hydralisks Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks, and sorry one last question - if I ever wanted to revert back to the original voltages that the notebook came with, would I have to undo each change in RMClock (do all the ticking/unticking boxes and other steps from the guide in reverse)?
    Or could I just simply exit out of RMClock?

    Btw, gave all of you guys a +rep, thanks so much for the help again!
     
  7. redrubberpenguin

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    All you have to do is exit out. The voltages won't be touched unless RMClock is on.
     
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    Just disable RMclock from startup and restart your system

    If that doesnt work then run RMwipeout.reg in the RMclock folder. This will completely flush all the settings back to factory.
     
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    Hi, I have studio and T8100...
    Everything OK, except I cant go below 1V on ANY multiplier...
    I set 0.9V, but it still goes on 1V...
    Is there any solution???