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| System Name | Alienware M17 R2 |
|---|---|
| Processor | Intel i7-9750H |
| Memory | 16GB RAM |
| Video Card(s) | RTX 2070 Max-Q |
| Storage | 1.5TB |
If you are anything like me, you would be at this point seriously fed up with your laptop when dell removed the ability to tweak your laptops performance. Out the box it was all over the place but after learning about my laptop i made it into my own design of how i wanted it to perform. It has bugged me for so long i have been motivated to find a fix (for my system at least) to get back the control i once had on the expensive laptop i initially paid for.
After months of forum reading, trying this method and that nothing worked. Dell had locked down their machines like the FBI locked down censorship with twitter.
Until recently! I am thinking of doing a Youtube video on the step by step process to do this. So if you are interested let me know!
DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS IF YOU HAVE NO EXPERIENCE IN THIS AS YOU CAN MESS YOUR SYSTEM UP AND BRICK YOUR MOTHERBOARD.
If you have tried the grub boot method before then you will be able to get this info so i recommend trying that before entering your bios.
Have a empty folder and call it something like dump to place info in there.
You need to use Universal bios back-up to get your info. Then drop that file into the UEFI Tool push cntl + f click the 'text' tab and write "overclocking lock". Get your overclocking lock and cfg lock var offset name and var store.
Use RU.EFI to access your bios. Need to boot this file from a usb stick
In the bios i knew my var store nuumber was named 'Setup'. So i went into the variables and scrolled down to see there where two options. The first Setup only had one line so wasn't it. The next had all the values. I used Cntl + pgdn to find my var offset number for the cfg lock and the overclocking lock. They were set to 01 which is locked. i set them to 00 to unlock and wrote that to the bios then rebooted. And boom! undervolting unlocked!
This is a simple version for those who already know what im doing and need a work around. I've heard this resets every time you boot so need to figure that out if that happens.
Edit: Putting the system to sleep and starting up again hasn't changed anything. Also retstarting hasn't changed anything. UEFI capsule update is disabled.
After months of forum reading, trying this method and that nothing worked. Dell had locked down their machines like the FBI locked down censorship with twitter.
Until recently! I am thinking of doing a Youtube video on the step by step process to do this. So if you are interested let me know!
DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS IF YOU HAVE NO EXPERIENCE IN THIS AS YOU CAN MESS YOUR SYSTEM UP AND BRICK YOUR MOTHERBOARD.
If you have tried the grub boot method before then you will be able to get this info so i recommend trying that before entering your bios.
Have a empty folder and call it something like dump to place info in there.
You need to use Universal bios back-up to get your info. Then drop that file into the UEFI Tool push cntl + f click the 'text' tab and write "overclocking lock". Get your overclocking lock and cfg lock var offset name and var store.
Use RU.EFI to access your bios. Need to boot this file from a usb stick
In the bios i knew my var store nuumber was named 'Setup'. So i went into the variables and scrolled down to see there where two options. The first Setup only had one line so wasn't it. The next had all the values. I used Cntl + pgdn to find my var offset number for the cfg lock and the overclocking lock. They were set to 01 which is locked. i set them to 00 to unlock and wrote that to the bios then rebooted. And boom! undervolting unlocked!
This is a simple version for those who already know what im doing and need a work around. I've heard this resets every time you boot so need to figure that out if that happens.
Edit: Putting the system to sleep and starting up again hasn't changed anything. Also retstarting hasn't changed anything. UEFI capsule update is disabled.
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