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August 17th, 2020 12:00

17 R5, can't turn Turbo boost back on

Alienware 17 R5, i9 8950HK

Hello, a while ago I turned off Turboboost on my laptop because it was heating and i didn`t need that extra power (it was turned on by default). Now i tried to turn it back on and i can`t find that option in bios anymore, i tried to restore the default setting in bios but nothing changed. Is there way i can turn it back on with a 3rd party software? I want to mention that my bios and graphic driver are up to date. How do i turn it back on?

\looks like i can`t post an imgur link with bios photos\

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August 17th, 2020 22:00

Press [Win]+[R] and run "services.msc".

Change all intel settings from manual to automatic

link to more info here. 

Also set your system to "performance" in the bios it will ramp up your fans to help with the heat, also I have a small desk fan pushing air under my laptop to help with heat.  

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August 18th, 2020 00:00

Download intel XTU and then enable the turbo boost option.

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August 18th, 2020 02:00

@Alienware Area-51 ALX 2006  Thanks for that software suggestion, I downloaded it and it says my 2.80ghz is not able to be turbo boosted, but as you see every voltage is stock for my chipset, no clock speed, or voltage overclocking done, but is running at 3.55 ghz  love it...

I might tinker a little just to see what i can push out of the system now i have this software to adjust the Intel settings my spec results below.

https://hwbot.org/xtu/analyze/4526501?recalculate=true

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August 18th, 2020 03:00

Hi @Alienware Area-51 ALX 2006  sorry to let you know, I had to remove that software, I seen my temps were way high 95c and I seen my cpu was 80% to 100% being used up by, EFRService.exe Check Point Endpoint Forensic Recorder service (32 bit), so I used iobit uninstaller to fully remove it, and now my system is back to normal.

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August 18th, 2020 03:00

Turbo boost is speed fake marketing.  Its not something that can be SET to be ON all the time and it doesn't apply to all the cores.  It can boost the speed of 1 core if the others are idle and only in small bursts.  The CPU decides when this happens. The increased clock rate is limited by the processor's power, current and thermal limits, as well as the number of cores currently in use and the maximum frequency of the active cores. (Translation You never get all the cores running at top speed AND you never get top speed maxed the entire time.)  Don't be fooled by the Mhz myth.

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August 18th, 2020 10:00

Thanks dude I never knew that the MHz myth was false. I just pushed my 15 R2 to the limit today by making my room 65F and then setting my fans to max, then I overclocked the 6700HQ from 3.7Ghz to 4.2Ghz. I altered the bus frequency and I'm using the graphics amp.
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