Is my power adapter not enough watt or something else?

jaydent1800

Commendable
Apr 18, 2016
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1,510
Hello guys. recently i bought a second-hand Lenovo Thinkpad for temporarily my work use and game some.
(Its a low end crappy Nvidia GPU so i still can play some low demanding game)
I always run HWmonitor for monitoring my device everytime i use my computer. But while i playing video games the graphics card core clock and memory clock doesn't boost up/increase.
(Perf state stuck at 8 never goes down to 0). I also noticed that my PCI-e stuck at 1.1 never raise up to 2.0. (Sometime it will raise up to 2.0 and perf state at 0 for awhile when i re-plug my power adaptor) :??:

Ps: i always update my gpu driver and i tried every previous driver from Nvidia or Lenovo released.

Specs:
Power Adaptor: Lenovo AC adaptor 65W 20V
OS: Currently use Windows 10 1511 (I tried to downgrade to win 8.1 but this problem still exist.)
CPU: Core i7-3610qm
RAM: 4GB DDR3 + 2GB DDR3
GPU: Nvidia Geforce GT 630m
HDD: Transcend SSD
Chipset: Ivy bridge
Southbridge: HM77

Thanks in advance! :)

Software used: HWmonitor, CPU-Z, GPU-Z and Nvidia inspector
 
Solution
Hi,
I have some similar issue. I'm using lenovo W510, with 90W adapter. But this laptop is designed to use 135W adapter. It will decrease performance to 60% while working on adapter. There was some fixes for w510, I have tried with power management but had no luck.
Here is link for W510 here.

Try to research net for your model.

Good luck.

Dylan Smit

Estimable
May 13, 2015
28
0
4,610
The non boost is maybe because its a low emd card and maybe the gpu isn't pci e 2.0 but i dont exactly know.
But dont worrie too much! If the temps are still fine just give it a small overclock!
 

jaydent1800

Commendable
Apr 18, 2016
9
0
1,510


Thanks for your kindly reply.

I am pretty sure it support PCI-e 2.0

P0 Max Clocked:
Core: 660Mhz
Memory: 900Mhz
Shader: 1320Mhz

P8
Is really lower than the clock i said
 

Dylan Smit

Estimable
May 13, 2015
28
0
4,610


Maibe its a bug but i recommand overclocking up to the usual speed via afterburner
 

mironso

Honorable
Apr 13, 2013
52
0
10,610
Hi,
I have some similar issue. I'm using lenovo W510, with 90W adapter. But this laptop is designed to use 135W adapter. It will decrease performance to 60% while working on adapter. There was some fixes for w510, I have tried with power management but had no luck.
Here is link for W510 here.

Try to research net for your model.

Good luck.
 
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