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A simple and easy guide to manually enabling Turbo Boost on your i5 processor
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This wikiHow teaches you how to enable Turbo Boost Technology on your Intel i5-equipped PC. Many manufacturers enable Turbo Boost by default, but you may need to make a quick change in your BIOS to get it to work.
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Boot your PC into the BIOS. Here’s an easy way to do so from Windows 10: [1] X Research source
- Click the menu.
- Click Settings .
- Click Update & security .
- Click Recovery .
- Click Restart now under ″Advanced Startup.″ The PC will reboot to a blue screen.
- Click Troubleshoot on the blue screen.
- Click Advanced options .
- Click UEFI Firmware Settings .
- Click Restart . The computer will now reboot into the BIOS.
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Go to the CPU/processor configuration screen. The BIOS will look different depending on who manufactured your motherboard. In most cases, the setting for Turbo Boost will be in a menu called CPU Specifications , CPU Features , Advanced Core Features , or something similar.
- Use the arrow keys on the keyboard to navigate the BIOS, and press ↵ Enter to make your selections.
- Press Esc to go back a screen.
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Locate ″Intel® Turbo Boost Technology″ in the menu. You’ll usually see either ″Enabled″ or ″Disabled″ beside it. If you see ″Enabled,″ you don’t need to change anything in the BIOS.
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Select Enabled from the menu.
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Save your changes. The exact key to press should appear at the bottom of the BIOS. In most cases, it’ll be F10 .
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Exit the BIOS and reboot the computer. Press Esc and then follow the on-screen instructions to restart. When your PC comes back up, Turbo Boost will be enabled.
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1. Reboot into the BIOS.
2. Open the CPU configuration settings.
3. Set "Intel Turbo Boost Technology" to Enabled
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4. Save your changes and reboot.
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