Tweaking your GHz!

why didn't you ask him?

He said he couldnt tell me directly. But he promised it could be done

.....another 'puter headed for the grave yard

You didn't say...okie, heres my e-mail?


kona will probably know....he loves Dell

You aren't still talking laptops are you? Even on a desktop you gotta worry about heat when you overclock. There are different ways to do it depending on the hardware. Sometimes you have to adjust hardware, sometimes not. Google it and try at your own risk.

Yeah....let's ask Kona!!!!

Ok thanks, I'll google it, but if anyone knows specifaclly please post. I will put anything I find here that works!

Kona what u got to say?

google luck, Scooby

"I will put anything I find here that works!"

What exactly does that mean? Just understand that you can be unlucky even slightly overclocking something. I would never, ever overclock a laptop.

http://www.tweak3d.net/tweak/notebook/

I found this, am reading the full article now, but looks promising

overclocking a lap top is about as stupid as putting a turbo in a vw van...

well then I may wait till I decide to get a new laptop. I'll clock it then, if it gets to where I want it, I will keep it, or Ill just get the new one

Ya on the bottom right, it does have directions on overclocking, but I dont think I wanna go there... Darn!

Ummm, not sure if thats possible, especially on a laptop. #1: cooling and #2 hardware. Some motherboards and memory are better for overclocking.

I would like to know how to overclock my PC. I'd built it myself. (2GHz) AMD Athlon XP 2400, IWILL 723 <~~some model number.

You should be very careful when overclocking, as you can cause damage. IF you can boot into Windows that doesn't necessarily mean your system is stable. You should be able to do it through BIOS or with older mothboards you have to change the jumpers.

If you're interested, I would suggest you read up on it first and know what you're doing. Go here for everything you need to know and more: http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/

Also, AMD are now locking their processors:
http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=244237

Thanks, I was trying to find some sites like that, but only gotten commercial sites trying to sale this and that.

I have friends who seem addicted to over-clocking. The amount of money they spend on better heat-sinks, hi-powered fans, better system cases, even water-cooling, not to mention replacement cpus, just to get an extra 8 frames per second in their favourite game always makes me think "doh!"

these are usually ppl who were getting 150 frames per second in the first place, viewed on a monitor that only refreshes 85 times per second by eyes that "refresh" a good deal slower than that...

Overclocking is like that redline on the tacho in your car.

You 'can' get your car's engine to 'exist' on the wrong side of that redline.....but it will be a shorter life than if you had stayed on the correct side.

No amount of tech-savy BS from any engineer can refute that.

As with the most powerful Formula One engines built, sure you could get 1200hp from 1500cc .....but only for two or three laps.....a sort of 5 minute controlled detonation. [Brabham BMW qualifying engine].

Needless to say, the engine capable of surviving the full race length was limited to around 900hp.

Neither would get you and your kids to Aunt Mabel's each Xmas for dinner....the engine would be dead well before your Aunt Mabel.

Souping up your CPU is guaranteed to shorten its life......which is tenuous at best as it is....just wait for the standard fan to fail and see what ensues.....but relying on insane cooling processes to handle the added stress just means that when it goes bad you'll just be witnessing a more pyrotechnic melt-down than normal.

As clever as looking down the barrel of a gun, pulling the trigger and remarking....'wow, you really CAN see the bullet coming.....'....

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Not my machine, I swear. Never ever had an AMD.



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Let me get this straight, you called Dell Tech Support (it is staffed in India by the way) and someone there told you that you could tweak a 1.5 ghz CPU by almost a 2/3 rd gain to 2.6 ghz and you believed them?

I don't think you belong pulling the screws out of the body if this is the case.

The only way to make gains like that with a Lapto CPU that is designed and laid out inside so the air flow keeps the CPU within heat ranges so it does not burn up, is to install a 2.6 ghz CPU. Then again you have to make sure that the plumbing inside will allow that 2.6 ghz cpt to get enough fresh air to keep cool enough to not burn up, or to not over heat and burn up something located near it such as the DMA chip or BUSE controller, Video, Modem and on and on...

If you do this, take pictures before(when your making the tweaks) and after(it melts down) so we can all get a look

Now on a serious note, you need to check and see about a CPU upgrade, that is probably an option that can be done...

kona does not have the answer but will say this:

overclocking is dangerous and don't expect dell to give you any more tech support if you overclock.