- Apr 10, 2013
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Hi all-
I have a new Acer Aspire. .. it's a V5-552PG-X469, which contains an AMD A10-5757M 2.5 GHz processor . The advertisements for this model laptop both on Acer, AMD, stores selling them, etc, say it's a 2.5GHz TurboCore'able to 3.5GHz.
When I first got the computer I asked how do I use this Turbo feature and was told, Oh it automatically does it when it needs it... when the processor sees the need to go from 2.5 to 3.5 it will automatically do it. I didn't really like this answer but accepted it. (I had a very amazing ASUS G50VT-X5 high performance laptop which has a built-in mini-program to allow "factory" overclocking something like 5, 10, or 15% (Fast, Faster, Insane setting or something cute like that).
Then I see there is a program suite by AMD called OverDrive which allows you to control overclocking of all sorts of things like the CPU, GPU, etc. But when you load it it says really big it will not be covered if you do any sort of damage using this program, even though it's a factory AMD program. I didn't read it and when I went to increase a setting it says again, IF YOU PUSH OKAY YOU WILL BE ACKNOWLEDEING WE ARE NOT COVERING ANY FUTURE DAMAGE or something along the lines of that .
So if I use a factory-included feature , activated by a factory-given program, I void my warranty? That sort of sucks no?
thanks for any and all info.
I have a new Acer Aspire. .. it's a V5-552PG-X469, which contains an AMD A10-5757M 2.5 GHz processor . The advertisements for this model laptop both on Acer, AMD, stores selling them, etc, say it's a 2.5GHz TurboCore'able to 3.5GHz.
When I first got the computer I asked how do I use this Turbo feature and was told, Oh it automatically does it when it needs it... when the processor sees the need to go from 2.5 to 3.5 it will automatically do it. I didn't really like this answer but accepted it. (I had a very amazing ASUS G50VT-X5 high performance laptop which has a built-in mini-program to allow "factory" overclocking something like 5, 10, or 15% (Fast, Faster, Insane setting or something cute like that).
Then I see there is a program suite by AMD called OverDrive which allows you to control overclocking of all sorts of things like the CPU, GPU, etc. But when you load it it says really big it will not be covered if you do any sort of damage using this program, even though it's a factory AMD program. I didn't read it and when I went to increase a setting it says again, IF YOU PUSH OKAY YOU WILL BE ACKNOWLEDEING WE ARE NOT COVERING ANY FUTURE DAMAGE or something along the lines of that .
So if I use a factory-included feature , activated by a factory-given program, I void my warranty? That sort of sucks no?
thanks for any and all info.
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