Official x300/x305 Owner's Lounge

[rictorious]

Could you not increase the cpu multiplier on nvidia control panel if you got an nvidia chipset?

Also found something very interesting about the fans, not too sure if this is posted before (CBA reading 100 pages!) or if this works for everyone but it definitely works for me to keep the system cooler on idle.

Normally, the fans are off until gpu reaches around 50C then it kicks in to cool it around 47C (well for me anyway, maybe other peoples X305's are different) then shuts off again. But what you find is if you run on high performance with SLI enabled and play something intensive for 10-15 minutes (eg. 3D Mark) or playing a game the fans will rev at the fastest speed. Once youre done quickly change it to run on 9400m and the fans stay on full speed without shutting off. That keeps CPU and GPU running around 30C and i when i enable the SLI again to use for gaming etc. they start at around 23C which makes me believe they sta at that temperature when they are left unused.

So for people who keeps the laptop on all the time (like myself) and wants to keep the system cool its a nice trick. Hope it helps

[adolfotregosa]

that's actually a bug on toshiba power management that gets installed with the "value pack".

you can actually change how the fans reacts. "battery optimized" the fans are alot more time on idle and spins with less rpm. Maximum performance works the other way.

what you described is a bug.

Just have a look on the detailed part of the profiles (balanced, high performance) for the options under the "toshiba power management". smt like this.

ALSO - the models with 2 fans, they operate separately. one time i hear the cpu/gpu1 fan, other time i hear the gpu2 fan and when playing you hear both.

PS - No , you do not have access to the cpu multipliers on the panel unfortunately

[rictorious]

Yes it is a bug mate. And yes I have also set the fans to maximum performance on both "plugged in" and "battery" but it still wouldnt give a max fan speed and would still turn itself off after 47-48c whereas this bug would give the max fan speed continuously and would cool it to about 30c and thats the diffeence.

Pity about no multiplier settings on nvidia control panel i thought i read somewhere on this thread (from tomcom i think) that it can be set if you got nvidia nforce chipset instead of the intel one.

[Bartlett]

Yeah, what puzzles me is how although there is an availability for 2 fans, there is only 1 in my model. Toshiba thinks their cooling is so superior as to only have 1 and be sufficient enough. Well the GPU still hits 200F without a cooler and the CPU 160F, so talk about ridiculous.

[tuηay]

rictorious : I have also the same issue, fans kick at 50C-52C. The temps. drop to 38C.

Dude55 : That is maybe why I got like temps like you with my card

[tomcom2k]

Does anyone know how much of a difference tighter memory timings make?

Is it worth spending $200 or so for sweet memory with lower timings?

and will the system use SPD to use the manufacturers settings or would the timing be the same as the installed toshiba factory memory?

[adolfotregosa]

some time i preferred not to try and dig up things...

really, how much time would the bios programmers need to unhide this ?? 5 min ???

this is plain stupid...

[tuηay]

x300/305 users : I went back to 7-6-6-15, becouse I got some random freezing and some read errors at shutdown. I will try it out more later...

And: Does any one have Intel Storage Matrix Manager installed?

[Wickedt]

@tomcom2k

I bought HyperX 5-5-5-15 ddr3 for mine, installed it, and it was detected by spd, however it was 6-5-5-15 for some reason. After a few mem tests, i discovered the Ram was faulty, and sent it back, i will have a new 4Gig pair in a week or so and will let ya know the outcome.

I am also ordering this laptop cooler (http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...2E16834997340), i think it will make a world of difference compared to my lifting up the back edge of the laptop with a metal jar lid (LMAO) to get better air flow.

@Arcean I would love a copy of this Bios to play around with, to see what it could do.

[Bartlett]

You can adjust the timings with MemSet if they aren't detected by BIOS and faster memory improves performance in intensive applications such as CAD or gaming, which may increase frames by 1-3 per second.