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    Need the firmware for the 1651 that disables the OC button.

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by NecessaryEvil, Apr 8, 2009.

  1. NecessaryEvil

    NecessaryEvil Notebook Evangelist

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    If there is one, at least.

    I might be selling my 1651 to a family friend, and I don't want her PC freezing up because she accidentally brushed the hidden Turbo button with a Merom in the unit...
     
    NecessaryEvil, Apr 8, 2009
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    dfirstevilangel Notebook Guru

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    what you need to do is warn her about it... not gimping the notebook =)
    You could go into bios and set the overclock to a lower setting so even if she
    brushed it by accident it still should work fine
     
    dfirstevilangel, Apr 8, 2009
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    NecessaryEvil Notebook Evangelist

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    No, if I hit the button, the system freezes. Only solutions I can think of are going back to the older firmware (it can always be flashed back if need be), or replacing the CPU with a 1067mhz FSB Penryn.

    There's no option to set the OC to 0, otherwise I'd have done that already.
     
    NecessaryEvil, Apr 8, 2009
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  4. zfactor

    zfactor Mastershake

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    just uninstall the system program for now then the button will not work
     
    zfactor, Apr 8, 2009
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