Undervolting...

[fallenxlionheart]

Would love some help undervolting...ive had a little bit of practice with overclocking but none with undervolting...i would like to undervolt my 9280...(specs in sig) i have a few questions i must ask

Will undervolting anything affect performance in anyway?

Is it safe(or even worth it) to undervolt my 9280?

How do i go about undervolting?

Anything else i should no about undervolting?

Thanks...id love any help i can get on this

[DRY_ICE]

Undervolting has the potential to greatly reduce the heat in your laptop. At the same time it increases the instability of your machine. A little bit probably wouldn't hurt... I've done it before on a laptop with a dead fan, but I wouldn't suggest pushing it, or even doing it if you don't have a good reason. You can really hurt your nice new powerful laptop.

I think the program I used to undervolt was RMClock Utility. You just need to set what clocks you want to be run and at what speeds the voltage will be. Pretty straight forward, but be careful if you do it! Undervolt too much and you'll lock up.

[NasGhost]

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=235824

Read that, itll be easier than me trying to explain it.

[fallenxlionheart]

thanks for the help guys...will i see any speed or performance decrease

[fallenxlionheart]

the link was dead btw...or at least i encountered i problem trying to follow the link

[fallenxlionheart]

the rmclock utillity dosent recognize my i7

[powerpack]

The link is working and it is a very good link. Having the I7 might throw all off. New technology and all. RMClock is old. ClockGen might work?

If you could UV no it would not hurt performance. If it increased instability you simply would change the UV. In other words UV is not UC'ing. Yes in theory lowering voltage could reduce stability when you OC. Undervolting should not damage your system just as application OC'g will not either. It will just fail to run so you reset to default or do not set to run on start then you just have to restart. Then all will be good.

Your machine is so new going to take some time for the info on what can and can't be done. Good luck.

[fallenxlionheart]

thanks ill try the clockgen...i guess the i7 is still a little to new for the rmclock to recognize it

[Woody]

I agree, undervolting won't directly damage anything. Overvolting has the potential to cause damage. The only thing I can think why DRY_ICE thought you might seriously damage your laptop is if you accidentally increased voltages instead of decreased. The only other thing I can think of is possible data loss during a crash caused by instability but this is unlikely. You should simply stress test the machine to make sure it runs stable. Keep in mind that Intel chips automatically undervolt when in a low power state and when on battery so you want to make sure you don't interfere with the normal thermal control Intel has built in.

[DRY_ICE]

What I was saying is undervolting can cause BSOD, data corruption, lock ups etc. I don't think unless you need to undervolt it's really a great thing. I guess you could say I go against the grain on this one, as most people will say there are NO issues with it and your computer will live longer, wink and smile at you etc. Aside from the possible system instability/corruption I have read there are possible strains on internal components - not to mention resetting system and force shutoffs.

I probably won't get much agreement if any, but this is one area I remain skeptical. I'd prefer not to mess with this much unless there is an actual need - I won't do it because people say it's "good".

[Woody]

I agree with that also....you should really know what you are doing and if you like to tinker around and don't mind the possibility of crashes as part of the process go for it but don't do it as a matter of procedure and don't do it on a mission critical machine like something you use for work.

[DRY_ICE]

I like how you think. Never expected agreement on this haha.

[fallenxlionheart]

i was just worried about how effective the cooling would be