Attempting to overclock a Precision M6800 & Failing (Collection of all my "research" and attempts)

[SuperMG]

2 minutes ago, Bublik said:

Here's a more detailed breakdown of the process.
I have PL1/2 set to 70W. Before the Time Spy test and afterward, I check the TDP with Throttlestop benchmark. I also check under “Limits” to see if anything is being throttled. In my case, nothing is reset, the CPU consistently draws 70W. The battery isn’t the original one—it’s one I bought on eBay. The BIOS is in UEFI mode and is version A26.
I’d be happy to test the same thing today with an M6800 and P4000 as well. So far, I haven’t noticed anything unusual there either.
 

 

Does your battery have settings on the BIOS under the Power Management section?

 

Like you can set a custom charge %, set 4 different modes.

[Bublik]

8 minutes ago, SuperMG said:

Does your battery have settings on the BIOS under the Power Management section?

 

Like you can set a custom charge %, set 4 different modes.

You mean this ExpressCharge? Yes, I can enable that in the BIOS.

[SuperMG]

46 minutes ago, Bublik said:

You mean this ExpressCharge? Yes, I can enable that in the BIOS.

More than that. How many options do you have?

 

Standard

Adaptive 

ExpressCharge

AC Primary

Custom charge 

 

Because you can get the TDP unlock bug to work without needing to reach the 100% level by manipulating the Custom charge values.

 

You can stop charging in the BIOS and set your laptop in "Idle" state and that's how you can unlock the TDP.

 

In "charging" state, you can't unlock the TDP.

 

The K KYUER battery I bought works with this mod (have the 5 options) but sadly it's not available anymore on Amazon.

 

I bought another unknown battery, same FV993 but it doesn't have any advanced options...

 

I bought 2 another batteries to test with. All have the blue color. One is a FV993 97Wh and the other one is a 60Wh one

[Bublik]

21 minutes ago, SuperMG said:

More than that. How many options do you have?

 

Standard

Adaptive 

ExpressCharge

AC Primary

Custom charge 

 

Because you can get the TDP unlock bug to work without needing to reach the 100% level by manipulating the Custom charge values.

 

You can stop charging in the BIOS and set your laptop in "Idle" state and that's how you can unlock the TDP.

 

In "charging" state, you can't unlock the TDP.

 

The K KYUER battery I bought works with this mod (have the 5 options) but sadly it's not available anymore on Amazon.

 

I bought another unknown battery, same FV993 but it doesn't have any advanced options...

 

I bought 2 another batteries to test with. All have the blue color. One is a FV993 97Wh and the other one is a 60Wh one

Thanks for the tip—I would never have thought of that 😁 Yeah, I have all the options in the BIOS. The way I use my laptops, it’s not a problem—they’re almost always plugged into the charger. But maybe I should give it a try and set the charge limit to 90%. Let’s see if that triggers the error.