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    GX740 New Bios

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by Bearclaw, Oct 25, 2010.

  1. Bearclaw

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    Bearclaw, Oct 25, 2010
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    I'll be the guinea pig again an test it!
     
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    I'm still pretty interested in what it's trying to fix. It says fix CPU frequency issue but I didn't know there was on...

    Unless it's fixing the throttle issue when overclocking, LOL
     
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    I dont know about OC'ing as I don't really do that, But I'll see if its any good on temps & performance.
     
    Portugeeza1, Oct 25, 2010
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    Maybe this will let you disable processor C-states having it turn off Turbo Boost in the process. That would be just the thing for fixing the SSD performance issue that plagues the HM55 chipset if you aren't keen on doing a bunch of tweaks within Windows.
     
    saturnotaku, Oct 25, 2010
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    I'm keeping to this one, there is no performance loss and the temps are the as as E1727IMS.107
     
    Portugeeza1, Oct 25, 2010
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    so temps are better? What do you mean with E1727IMS.107
     
    Bearclaw, Oct 25, 2010
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    My temps are the same as I had before with bios E1727IMS.107, but with this new bios there is no loss of performance
     
    Portugeeza1, Oct 25, 2010
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    So compared with stock is it better?
    I have a stock E7405 bought in September.
     
    Bearclaw, Oct 25, 2010
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    Can you explain the SSD performance issue please? or give me a link to it...
     
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    60+ page thread and there are links to supplemental threads contained in the first post.
     
    saturnotaku, Oct 25, 2010
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    I can answer the Turbo Boost/SSD question, and no, simply disabling C-states still precludes the use of TB. Oh well.

    Not that it matters much in my case because I don't have an SSD any more, but for those who do, now you know.
     
    saturnotaku, Oct 25, 2010
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    Flashed and all working fine. The performance seems to be the same than with the previous version.
    Temps are also the same.
     
    elemir, Oct 26, 2010
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