Laptop overclocking adventures

[kwchang007]

They were around fucking 50. I mean what the hell, this card should not have bust!

no where close....and no artifacts for 2 days? it should've been fine, i mean it was only two days that you pushed the vram to 900 (1800 effective)...im scared to overclock my vid card again, but mine is only for an hour or so. psu is powerful enough...umm try underclocking, or try a different vga, no need to start messing around with your 7600 if it's something else. and try dropping the whole system to stock, one thing at a time.

 

[theonetruewill]

no where close....and no artifacts for 2 days? it should've been fine, i mean it was only two days that you pushed the vram to 900 (1800 effective)...im scared to overclock my vid card again, but mine is only for an hour or so. psu is powerful enough...umm try underclocking, or try a different vga, no need to start messing around with your 7600 if it's something else. and try dropping the whole system to stock, one thing at a time.

One thing is for sure. My PSU is not fine. Its crap, utterly shit. It can't supply the CPU or anything else with consistent voltage, so I'm getting a new one. 430 watt Coolermaster. Less power but it should actaully work!

 

[nflesher87]

hey guys I just started F@H and I'm running two consoles at all times (just started yesterday and I'll probably shut them down just when I game) my cpu temps are averaging about 86 deg. C how bad is that? lol

 

[kwchang007]

hey guys I just started F@H and I'm running two consoles at all times (just started yesterday and I'll probably shut them down just when I game) my cpu temps are averaging about 86 deg. C how bad is that? lol

pretty bad, seeing that core 2 duo is based on core duo, you shouldn't run your cpu over 60 C. that's the core 2 safe limit basically, can you manually control the fan with speed fan?

@theonetruewill: i didn't know, lol. i thought it was a good psu. you find any problems with the gfx card?

 

[DOM]

hey guys I just started F@H and I'm running two consoles at all times (just started yesterday and I'll probably shut them down just when I game) my cpu temps are averaging about 86 deg. C how bad is that? lol

its 100°C MAX what in intel says

http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sSpec=SL8VN#

 

[kwchang007]

its 100°C MAX what in intel says

http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sSpec=SL8VN#

intel says 100 C max, as in the cpu shuts down when it hits the temp b/c it's wayy to high. i believe it's something over 60 C when you start to have damage on the chips. personally, id like intel to have two numbers, one telling what's the absolute highest (100 C) and what it really shouldn't go over (60 C). i don't think any cpu was amde to run at 100 C and not have any damage, otherwise people would be pushing their cpu's higher on cheaper fans.

 

[DOM]

intel says 100 C max, as in the cpu shuts down when it hits the temp b/c it's wayy to high. i believe it's something over 60 C when you start to have damage on the chips. personally, id like intel to have two numbers, one telling what's the absolute highest (100 C) and what it really shouldn't go over (60 C). i don't think any cpu was amde to run at 100 C and not have any damage, otherwise people would be pushing their cpu's higher on cheaper fans.

but aren't laptops suppose to take more cuz they do run hotter cuz lack of space and air flow ? cuz intel says for desktops is Lowerst QX6800 54.8°C-65°C highest QX6700 and all the others fall in the 60's

 

[kwchang007]

but aren't laptops suppose to take more cuz they do run hotter cuz lack of space and air flow ? cuz intel says for desktops is Lowerst QX6800 54.8°C-65°C highest QX6700 and all the others fall in the 60's

ehh, you can look at a mobile core 2 duo as this....a normal core 2 duo with a lower fsb, so higher multiplyer, and many more "steps" it can take to save energy. like my cpu has steps from 6x multiplyer to 12x multiplyer (yeah i don't think multiplyer is spelled right either). since core 2 duo is based off of core duo, it should be around the same, im sure the intent is for mobile chips to release less heat and take more. but you have to remember the release less heat part, my cpu uses 35 watt, with my cpu undervolted, i don't hit above 60 C on low fan when im running two instances of prime. oh and nflesher, have you undervolted your cpu yet? it can help alot with heat.

 

[nflesher87]

nope my attempts and any type of manual clocking have been very unsuccessful, both cpu and gpu, I think it has a lot to do with me running on boot camp

 

[DOM]

yeah heat is bad, but he has a Core™ Duo processor not a C2D and you must have better setup on cooling then he does or the room must be hot or theres no aitflow under the laptop but its kind of hot I agree with that

 

[kwchang007]

nope my attempts and any type of manual clocking have been very unsuccessful, both cpu and gpu, I think it has a lot to do with me running on boot camp

ohhh you're on a mac. do you windows all the time? if so you should download nhc (see first post) then undervolt (you know how people raise voltages to get a stable oc? well undervolting is where you purposly drop voltages so you use less energy, and output less energy, id highly recommend it since you seem to run your cpu hard alot.

 

[theonetruewill]

yeah heat is bad, but he has a Core™ Duo processor not a C2D and you must have better setup on cooling then he does or the room must be hot or theres no aitflow under the laptop but its kind of hot I agree with that

Remeber Core duo is basically just two Pentium M's. Yes the great Pentium M, All hail the Pentium M!
It should not be running that hot, My brother's Core solo (core duo with faulty other core disabled) reaches about 40 max. And I mean max.

80 on that is frankly shoddy, but then no offence about macs intended, but their cooling is shoddy. And I mean really shoddy. Have you got a cooling mat? They work wonders, and keeps you HDD temp down which is the main contributor to overall in-case heat.

 

[kwchang007]

yeah heat is bad, but he has a Core™ Duo processor not a C2D and you must have better setup on cooling then he does or the room must be hot or theres no aitflow under the laptop but its kind of hot I agree with that

oh yeah..i forgot about ambient temps and dust. still, you got to say, anything above 60-70C is bad, even with mobile chips. @nflesher, how long has your laptop gone without a dusting?

 

[theonetruewill]

oh yeah..i forgot about abient temps and dust. still, you got to say, anything above 60-70C is bad, even with mobile chips. @nflesher, how long has your laptop gone without a dusting?

He can't do it. Automatically voids the Mac warranty.:shadedshu
F***king Macs....oh sorry oops no flaming...I love macs (he doesn't - he's lieing) yes, yes I am.

 

[kwchang007]

He can't do it. Automatically voids the Mac warranty.

people who are sane apple. how can they tell he's dusted his laptop? just stick a toothpick in to hold the fan, it worked brilliantly for my laptop, but there was no dust!!!!!!! it all got stuck on the underside grate (i clean that about every 2 weeks, or whenever the temps start rising a bit) i was like OMFG dell actually designed a piece of the laptop that works better than other laptops !!!!!!! that and the cooling system for my laptop is very good, it can keep the vga and cpu under 50 C. when the vga is oc'ed it keeps it under 55 C, so it's quite good for one vent.

 

[theonetruewill]

Well there is no way to currently test the temperature of my Gfx, but don't worry it should be fine I mean its only PASSIVELY cooled. Oh Yes I probably have slowly deep-frying my card....something thats been happening a lot recently..............

 

[kwchang007]

Well there is no way to currently test the temperature of my Gfx, but don't worry it should be fine I mean its only PASSIVELY cooled. Oh Yes I probably have slowly deep-frying my card....something thats been happening a lot recently..............

are we talking about the laptop or desktop? i was under the impressiong that the 7600 comes with a fan, unless you buy a fanless design. and your laptop gfx should be hooked into the cpu cooling? lol....how's the 7600?

 

[theonetruewill]

are we talking about the laptop or desktop? i was under the impressiong that the 7600 comes with a fan, unless you buy a fanless design. and your laptop gfx should be hooked into the cpu cooling? lol....how's the 7600?

Laptop, and it not part of the cooling, I checked. Weird I know

 

[kwchang007]

Laptop, and it not part of the cooling, I checked. Weird I know

oh snap that's super weird. oh and 2 more posts till you get another star!!!! now comes the big question.....how do you passively cool a vga card in a laptop?

 

[theonetruewill]

oh snap that's super weird. oh and 2 more posts till you get another star!!!! now comes the big question.....how do you passively cool a vga card in a laptop?

Basically there's a small black heatsink, (like the one on the X300 desktop card, but smaller) and that is positioned to the top of the fan just near the air vent. NOw the fan technically included it as there is a side vent in shich I suppose the air comes out to cool the gfx when the fan is one cooling the cpu, but its not really part of it.

 

[kwchang007]

Basically there's a small black heatsink, (like the one on the X300 desktop card, but smaller) and that is positioned to the top of the fan just near the air vent. NOw the fan technically included it as there is a side vent in shich I suppose the air comes out to cool the gfx when the fan is one cooling the cpu, but its not really part of it.

ummmmm wow. talk about an easy way to melt a vid card. i thought the whole, one vent for vga and cpu was bad. but then again that's because im mad dell doesn't offer a 7700 or x1700 type stuff. i mean, two vents=smaller e1705=7900 gs....:shadedshu

 

[DOM]

Can this be OCed and with what...

 

[nflesher87]

sheesh you guys post so much I can't keep up with you

1. I have a macbook pro which is super thin
2. for some reason my fan hasn't kicked in even once since I started F@H (and I know it works, it comes on sometimes), also speedfan doesn't work for me
3. nah I don't run xp all the time, I love osx for anything non gaming it's so much nicer
4. I do have a laptop cooler, had it for a while it's the notepal by cooler master, it's silver and matches my labby perfectly but the fans run really slow and quiet and the back of the laptop clears it by a good inch and a half haha

 

[theonetruewill]

Can this be OCed and with what...

Read the first post DOM, and hope it works for you. From my own knowledge that should oc fine (some guy I know got a 25% oc! on that sempron) so long as clockgen has the pll gen, if not pm me.

 

[kwchang007]

Can this be OCed and with what...

it may be able to oc. look at the first post of the thread, the one will recently added the guide there. just remember that you have no way of matching fsb:ram, or drop the HT. so, you're probably be limited in how far you can oc by those two factors.

@nflesher, your fan doesn't come on much...oh dear. are you using the latest bios? sometimes when they update bios, they also update when the fan comes on. this is another good part about dells, you can control the fan speed, but it's not speed fan, still great though. oh and they are loaded with temp sensors

EDIT: the onetruewill beat me. oh and good job man 6 stars, and 500 posts!!!!!!!!!!!