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im glad to hear you fixed the bios and only have the temp left to fix

1, if you can, start GPU-Z and let us know what core clock, memory clock, and voltage you have set for your graphicscard, also what is the temps you have in idle state and how fast does it go up to 90'C LINK to program 2, are you running with "turbo cooler boost! on? (the mode that puts the fan in max spin) 3 how is the temperature in the room you have the laptop, no hot radiator close by or blocked ventilationports on the laptop? sorry bout the basic Q's but i dont know your knowledge level so just getting it out of the way, not offence meant dont run the laptop if its 90'C it might get damaged, you might need to repaste the Gpu/Cpu if its running that hot even with the cooler boost mode on. the reason your card is throtteling might be the high temps themself so i think we should adress the heatproblem you have first b4 messing with Bios/vbios and drivers start with checking so fans are working, the ventilationports arent blocked or full of dust, if all that is okay i think you might nee to check/reapply thermal paste EDIT: also if you bought it refurbished, was if from a store that as such must provide warranty? if so you might want to consider having them fixing the heatproblem to not void warranty or right to dissolve the purchase and get your money back should it be a hardware problem causing... just a thought b4 you open it up since i dont know your legal rights and such were you bought it..

i think you are correct, ill ask svl7 for help. but ill have to wait untill the end of the month, to much work and wanna afford to donate for the help aswell

i got an update on this i managed to get the application installed and working that monitors and enables Hybrid power, and hybrid power is working as it should, i ran benchmarks with GPU OC 1100 core, 1.0620v and memory at 1200 i was up at 190w sometimes (the program monitors watt ussage so i could se it there. it was fluctation alot between 150 and 190 depending on the load on the PC overall during the benchmark (3dmark11) so it would seem my PC does get enough watt via hybrid power and that is not why the drivers report perfcap "pwr" for extra info 1.0500v seems to be right on the border of hybrid power not kickin in and system staying under 180w i was wrong i do have 2 extra multipliers on the cpu so its running 200mhz faster than stock clocks, but its on stock voltage but that might be why im in the high 180w area around 1.05-1.062v on the gpu

iv'e been thinking,... my gtx770m is a 75-100w gpu and the cpu is 47-56w, then add in all the other stuff in the laptop like the backlit keyboard, mobo, SCREEN, fans, blueray player, speakers, ect... my ac adapter is at 180w, and gpu+cpu alone is @ 156w when in full load,.. that leaves 36w to the rest of the laptop, does that not sound very low from the start?.. asus ships some laptops with 230w adapters and im starting to think that with the OC on my gpu im running out of watts, and thats why MSI has this "hybrid power feature" were the laptop draws power from both the battery and the ac-adapter untill batery becomes below 30% or there around. and im thinking that this hybrid power thing does not work on my PC or simply isnt enough with the OC on both gpu and cpu. So im going to look into the cost for getting a 230w ac adapter with 5mm/2.5mm connector, mean while im going to reinstall win 8 (have win8.1) becouse i suspect the hybrid power isnt working becouse the program that for it wont start since win 8.1 update i should measure the watts my PC is pulling from the wall to be sure, but dont have the equiment for it now when i dont work with diesel electrics anymore, im a chef these days anyways any thoughts about my thesis on the wattage shortage is welcome, ill post back later when i got hybrid power workin if that solves the throttle mabey other users should look at the wattage of there ac adapter while doing OC on laptops for reference i have a GT70 20c , i7 4700mq, gtx 770m

its grayed out and locked but it also says 100% but seems to be a read only state... is it the same for you? i think svl7 set it to 100 and locked it. mabey svl7 can shed some light on this for us?

i dont know how to do that, i only flashed the bios with svl7's modded bios and then just used MSI afterburner and later asus gpu tweak becouse msi afterburner didnt allow me to change voltage even thu i changed the config for it to enable overclocking as per instructions on msi forum.. so the vbios should be exactly as svl7 modded it, only used software overclocking programs in windows...

i've set the program to run as administrator. but it does not change anything..., yes im using SVL7's bios. the one for GTX770m named MSI 770m - 80.06.54.00.11 'OC edition' - rev02.zip (60.4 KB, 30 views) it has the exact same bios version number as my stock bios unless this is something thats happening becouse im using nvidias latest drivers "v332.21" instead of the drivers from MSI's homepage that is v327.39

thanks for the tip, i havent used that program b4, i was using asus gpu tweak. i downloaded and ran it, my power and temerature setting is grayed out ( but the value is 100%) only "prioritize temp" is adjustable and its set to 96 celcious allready hehe. but my card never runs over 65/68 degrees so temps are fine...

does that mean that when i run at for example 1.0620v @ 1100mhz gpu core, and memory @ 1325mhz, everything is fine, but when raising the voltage to say 1,1250 and my Gpu throttles down to like 800mhx core clock and i get "PWR" perfcap reason from drivers in GPU-Z its becouse my laptop has exceded the 180watt that my AC/DC adapter can output. because my GT70 should be able to run taking power from both the AC-adapter and the PC-battery at the same time... and i have been thinking that this function isnt working after i upgraded from win 8 to win8.1 and also upgraded to nvidias latest drivers instead of MSI drivers..... so mabey my suspiction is correct reinstalling win8 and msi drivers i might be able to run a lot more stable benchmarks at higher core/volt

the msi gtx 770m card thats in my GT70 2oc, i ran metro last light with 1.112v, core clock 993, and memoryclock at 1500mhz, but i never tested if it was stable in other programs or games. my clocks have been a bit unstable over 1100 tho, the gpu throttles down to almost 800 and drivers says perfcap power, when at 1,1v decreasing volt has reduced the throttle issue. im now running at 1.0620v @ 1100mhz gpu core, and memory @ 1325mhz, if i lower the volt the Gpu-driver or benchmark program will crash and if i raise the volt the GPU throttles down and GPU-Z reports "perfcap" "pwr" with core clock going down to 800-1010mhz depending on how high i set the volt. so for some reason it seems the more power i give to the card, the lower core clock it can maintain stable, witch puzzels me, becouse i thought that higher volt equals higher core clock freqency. these settings ran stable without throttling in 3DMARK's Ice storm, Cloud gate and fire strike <--- see link here ill see how it does in 3dmark 11 and will be back to post some results here later

may i ask what your setting were during that benchmark. specifically im wondering what vore voltage you were running with. im asking since im currently doing 1140core mhz, 1.0870v memory 1000mhz. and im curious to your settings. since my just started freeezing when trying 1150mhz core clock also im wondering how high i can set voltage without damaging the card if anyone knows. (msi gtx 770m) i used to run my card at 1.1120v playing metro last light at 993mhz core and memory at 1500mhz for hours. so i assume thats okay since the card didnt break.. lol

thanks! i grabbed them and saved them together with some other programs im going to use (like XTU, gpu-z,cpu-z, msi AB) im going to install and see if i can figure it out myself since i find it the best way for me to learn and have the knowledge stick hahaha but first its time to flash my vbios, (been doing some benchmarks with everything standard for later comparison) a bit nervous lol, really hope i dont brick my gpu, first time doing a flash like this and using a CD instead of USB (lacking usb-stick but got plenty CD-R's lying around lol ) got my stock rom saved on the CD (using GPU-z) together with the modded bios and im going to write down all the commands and such so i hopefully can do a blind flash if something goes wrong. will be back within an hour to say "Weeiii" "happyface" if everything goes well, wish me luck hehe EDIT: WEEEIIII , HAPPYFACE!!! lol. after some noob misstakes, like forgetting legacy mode in bios, i did the flash as per the guide using an USB-stick i borrowed from the neighbour. CD didnt work the flash went perfectly, and im now going to start tweaking my clock speeds and such and do benchmarks, ill post my results in 1-2 days (working tomorrow) very happy atm. also svl7, id like to donate since im running your modded bios, pls pm me with what you think is a normal amount since im afraid of accedentially being a cheap basterd otherwise lol

my fan isnt controllable via for example MSI AB so i cant set my own ratio for Celcious/rpm the boost mode is 120% and is way to high, the systems internal control dont seem to kick in and acually raise the fan Rpm untill its around 80'c would love to be able to set it at diff speeds for diff temp or just set my prefered rpm manually. so the tip for me is very well needed and approciated

was this for me? hehe sorry havent eaten yet today so im slowthinking and secondguessing myself atm, (eating now, will be back in 10min with all my braincells working hahahahaha) only thing im doing different is using boot-cd instead of a USB-drive since i dont have one. i figured id make two cd.s one with stock rom and one with unlocked rom. and write down how to flash it without seeeing, should i screwup so i can do a blind stock rom flash should things go sideways. hans i saw you 3dmark score. are those scores/clocks with the origional coolingsystem? if so what temps are you running at? cheers / tobbe aka the crazy swede rofl