Forum RSS Feed Follow @ Twitter Follow On Facebook

Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
[-]
Welcome
You have to register before you can post on our site.

Username:


Password:





[-]
Latest Threads
[REQUEST] Acer PT715-51 (Triton 700) ins...
Last Post: curlycopland
Yesterday 07:22 PM
» Replies: 23
» Views: 12265
[REQUEST] Acer Aspire 9300 BIOS Unlock
Last Post: Geortor
Yesterday 04:01 PM
» Replies: 10
» Views: 2219
Lenovo ThinkCentre M700 10GS - Kaby Lake...
Last Post: DeathBringer
Yesterday 02:55 PM
» Replies: 10
» Views: 3754
[Request] Asus H110M-R Mainboard - Xeon ...
Last Post: kusslegyen
Yesterday 02:04 PM
» Replies: 14
» Views: 6722
LGA771 Bios Microcode for HP dc7800 sff
Last Post: Netuser232
Yesterday 01:27 PM
» Replies: 136
» Views: 92046
Dell Vostro 3500 full unlocked
Last Post: kamilchno
Yesterday 10:51 AM
» Replies: 0
» Views: 40
Bios logo
Last Post: Nkosenhle
Yesterday 10:43 AM
» Replies: 0
» Views: 46
Gigabyte AORUS 5 (KB/SB/MB) BIOS Unlock
Last Post: Dudu2002
Yesterday 10:41 AM
» Replies: 18
» Views: 4768
[REQUEST] Lenovo G580 (5ECNxxWW) Whiteli...
Last Post: Dudu2002
Yesterday 09:09 AM
» Replies: 1730
» Views: 671790
[REQUEST] Lenovo Thinkpad X230(i) (G2ETx...
Last Post: willow25565
Yesterday 02:06 AM
» Replies: 1090
» Views: 450982
[REQUEST] Lenovo Thinkpad Edge E430 & E5...
Last Post: RuryGame
11-25-2024 06:23 PM
» Replies: 494
» Views: 171154
2x CPU Dell Workstation BIOS modding
Last Post: William P
11-25-2024 03:30 PM
» Replies: 0
» Views: 84
[REQUEST] Lenovo T440(S) (GJETxxWW) Whit...
Last Post: Dudu2002
11-25-2024 01:28 PM
» Replies: 492
» Views: 186010
[Request] ECS P6LX-A bios mod for HDD si...
Last Post: pdesrosiers
11-24-2024 11:20 PM
» Replies: 0
» Views: 347
Sony Vaio AW11Z - Support for Quad CPU -...
Last Post: lala2025
11-24-2024 08:19 PM
» Replies: 12
» Views: 3867
[REQUEST] HP Pavilion G42-272BR Whitelis...
Last Post: eepromm
11-24-2024 06:14 PM
» Replies: 1
» Views: 196
[REQUEST] Bios for packard bell tj65 wit...
Last Post: THECAIDA
11-24-2024 03:49 PM
» Replies: 2
» Views: 153
[REQUEST] Lenovo G710 BIOS Whitelist Rem...
Last Post: Dudu2002
11-24-2024 02:47 PM
» Replies: 476
» Views: 168725
[REQUEST] Lenovo G50-70 (9ACNxxWW) White...
Last Post: tarikyeter
11-24-2024 02:44 PM
» Replies: 236
» Views: 89336
[REQUEST] Remove whitelist in a Panasoni...
Last Post: coco62
11-24-2024 11:20 AM
» Replies: 2
» Views: 1611

[REQUEST] Sager NP8875E / CLEVO PD70SNE-G / TUXEDO GEMINI GEN 2
#1
Hi there!

I bought my laptop from Sager, and it's the totally awesome NP8875E. It's a rebranded Clevo PD70SNE-G, and this model number is still etched on the chassis! It's also identical to the Tuxedo Gemini Gen 2.

Anyways, I am running into what I suspect is a bug in the BIOS, and so I would like to unlock the BIOS, poke at it and generally mess with it so that I get a bit more knowledge of this bug. 

Short description of the bug:
In Windows, the CPU will boost up to 5.4GHz, and generally runs fine. In Linux, if you don't do anything special, there is a file /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/policy0/bios_limit
Inside this file the Linux kernel writes a value that it gets from the BIOS, and in my case it's 2400000, which is the speed to which the CPU is limited. 

Since this is a mobile platform, the BIOS is locked down, and I can't see why in the world the Linux kernel would think that the CPU speed should be capped. 

Unlocking this BIOS would be the first step in figuring out what is going on.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. 

Attached is a copy of the file I received from Sager to flash my bios, hopefully that helps?
Also attached is a zip file with all the screenshots of the BIOS, and a DMIDECODE text file. 
One interesting option in the BIOS is the "Overclocking Feature" You can turn this on, but this does not result in another menu, but rather you can control some power features of the Laptop from a program in Windows.

Kind regards,
-Evert-


Attached Files
.zip   PD5xSN11S_LS1.efi.zip (Size: 6.08 MB / Downloads: 6)
.zip   BIOS_Screenshots.zip (Size: 2.78 MB / Downloads: 6)
.txt   Dmidecode.txt (Size: 18.55 KB / Downloads: 2)
find
quote


Forum Jump:


Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)