AW M15x Throttling Issue Investigation - Stock clocks and overclocked.

[CitizenPanda]

Originally Posted by 5150Joker

Hey thalinx, the PSU is rated at 150W. I believe the old area m15x used the 120W adapter. I'm going to do a respawn (factory restore) to rule out any possible software glitch and then run the Tmonitor with the benchmark programs. I'll update this thread once I do.

Your 210W comes tomorrow right? I'll be waiting for good news (And demanding Dell give me a free one once this is clearly the issue).

[thalanix]

150W is stretching it very thin. if it's a lower quality PSU, then at usage that high it might fluctuate too much to be stable (hence the underclocking). if any case, i would expect Tmonitor to show fluctuating CPU clocks as well, in sync with the GPU.

i wish asus would give a bigger brick

[CitizenPanda]

Originally Posted by thalanix

150W is stretching it very thin. if it's a lower quality PSU, then at usage that high it might fluctuate too much to be stable (hence the underclocking). if any case, i would expect Tmonitor to show fluctuating CPU clocks as well, in sync with the GPU.

i wish asus would give a bigger brick

I have the same brick as you. I don't experience any throttling however, as my T9900 uses much less power.

[5150Joker]

Originally Posted by CitizenPanda

Your 210W comes tomorrow right? I'll be waiting for good news (And demanding Dell give me a free one once this is clearly the issue).

Monday is what it says. They didn't process my first order (which would have arrived tomorrow) so I had to put in a 2nd one. BTW to add to the bad news, I underclocked the GPU to 450/850/1125 and it still throttled. I don't know what to make of that, either it's a power issue or something more nefarious.

[Abula]

Well this an Asus flaming into IBT+Furmark Extreme burning, 8xAA.


This is my Killwatt meter, screen while doing the test


It spike to 138W, while mantining between 119 -135.

[thalanix]

what if you try with the clocks only slightly over 3d low, 385/300/770 +50each.

[CitizenPanda]

Originally Posted by Abula

Well this an Asus flaming into IBT+Furmark Extreme burning, 8xAA.


This is my Killwatt meter, screen while doing the test


It spike to 138W, while mantining between 119 -135.

My G60 does not throttle either. Heavy overclock on the GPU and 3.3ghz on the CPU. 32 threads on INtel Burn Text, 1920x1200 16x MSAA on Furmark.

Chipset starts to toast at 90C and I'm done. GPU seems to top at 90C as well.

[CitizenPanda]

Originally Posted by 5150Joker

Monday is what it says. They didn't process my first order (which would have arrived tomorrow) so I had to put in a 2nd one. BTW to add to the bad news, I underclocked the GPU to 450/850/1125 and it still throttled. I don't know what to make of that, either it's a power issue or something more nefarious.

Are you serious? My M15x better not be here before your PSU gets here... I need to know the "truth" before I open that box...

[5150Joker]

This is pretty bad, the flaming Asus laptops are holding up fine but this uber M15x can't even hold a steady clock under load. I just did a complete system restore with everything stock and tested with P95 + furmark and it was the same throttling. Definitely not good news and that pretty much rules out any software conflict that could have arisen from me installing programs and/or different drivers.

I REALLY hope the 210W PSU solves the problem but I have my doubts at this point. It seems it will either take a bios update to remedy it or even a motherboard revision. It would be nice if other M15x users stepped up and did some testing. I see so many people complaining about ridiculous things like stuttering sound or bad customer service yet they don't seem concerned enough to test their systems for throttling--which completely defeats the purpose of this laptop!

[Brock_Sampson]

Honestly from my standpoint it sounds like a bios issue.