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So I increased the voitage with Nvidia Inspector, but it never goes above 1.025 under load, which is the stock voltage. I guess it doesn't work on the fly as suggested by svl7. 3dMark11 is still crashing at +310/+600 on both cards.

I'm using the MOD 2.04 BIOS. Are you saying there's another one, because I don't see it listed.

Thanks for the info Espo. The temps actually seem to be better with the 2nd GPU installed. The problem I'm having now is the voltage. I'm not sure how to change it since the option is greyed out in MSI Afterburner. I'm also not sure what I should change it to. My passmark 3dmark11 tests crash if I push any further, but temps seem to be fine, so I assume it's a voltage issue but not really sure. With 1150/2600 I score a 5150 with safe temps. I'd like to push it a little bit more, but it keeps crashing. Any advice on what to do about the voltage would be much appreciated.

I would really appreciate some advice on this from anyone. Thanks

Also I'm getting the ultrabay GPU tomorrow. I'm hoping to overclock that one to roughly the same specs. Should I consider using thermal paste on the GPU since it's already out. Also, should I do the CPU? Do you think it would help by much? Still not clear on the voltage and what that does exactly or how to change it.

At load it maxes at 1.025. Is it worth changing?

Thanks for getting back to me. In HWiNFO it shows my core voltage at 0.812. Should I change it? If so, how do I do that since I can't seem to do it in Afterburner. Thanks again for the help.

Hey guys thanks for all the info. So I put it at 1150/2350 as suggested and it's still crashing, but heat is only hitting 83 on CPU and GPU at 62. Is this a voltage problem? If so, I'm not really sure I understand how to change that or if I should. What is the factory voltage and how can I change it? It is greyed out in MSI Afterburner.

Hey guys I'm hoping for some help with this. I have a y500 with single GT650m. I've flashed the modded bios and am able to overclock the card to 1050mhz core clock and 2600mhz memory. The temperature for the GPU is only 68-70 and the CPU is about 80 under load. I show a 3dmark11 score of 2988, which seemed pretty good. Since then I have tried to up the boost a little and bring it to 1100/2750 since the heat seems fine. However during both the 3dmark11 test and while playing Far Cry 3 the gpu seems to jump back down to the factory 790mhz. I checked the temps and it looks like the GPU is still fine, but the CPU is hitting 93 degrees, so for now I've been sticking with the 1050/2600. I see a lot of people on the forums pushing to 1200/3000, so I'm just wondering why I'm not able to do so. I have the y500 on a Cooler Master U3 and my house is about 70 degrees F. Any ideas from anyone? I would really appreciate any help you guys can offer. Is there something I'm missing? Thanks

Hi I installed a bad or wrong BIOS on my Y500. It runs Windows 7 with i7 and 650m GPU. I can't find the original BIOS anywhere to download and flash. Can anyone help me out here? Or if anyone has any advice that would be great. I don't mind installing any BIOS that will work. Right now system restore doesn't work, nothing works. My only option is to reformat, which I would prefer not to do. Thanks, Josh

I'm looking at getting a Plextor msata SSD. Any opinions on this brand? The speeds look great and good reviews on amazon/newegg.

If I'm stuck at the boot loop should I just try to flash a different bios and see if it works? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Really not sure what to do at this point. Tried system restore with no luck and system repair, etc.

So I got my U3 cooling pad today. I'm going to do a few tests to see if there's a temperature difference. I'll try overclocked and not overclocked to see the difference. Will post the results later today.

Not sure the problem, sometimes the visuals don't show up when I adjust, but still works.

I'm stuck in a boot loop now after flashing the 2.02 bios, any advice?