Laptop overclocking adventures

Czez · May 27, 2007

kwchang007 said:
you can try this also. under the voltage tab, tick the box that says "only use multiplyer 1 and voltage 1" then set that multi to your highest, and set voltage to stock.

I set the multiplier at the top to 11x which is my max and the votage to max next to it and clicked the box...still jumps between 1000mhz and 1.83ghx though ...

theonetruewill · May 27, 2007

Czez said:
Hi

I just read this awsome guide for overclocking cpus on a laptop and of course I had to try it out, but stumbled on a problem.

my laptop is the following:
VAIO VGN-AR21M
Core 2 Duo T5600 1.83ghz
1gb DDR2 SDRAM (533mhz)
Geforce Go 7600 128MB

When I use Notebook Hardware Control and set the cpu to maximum performance the cpu seems to jump between 1000mhz and 1.83ghz So when I try to overclock in clockgen it just resets itself to the default value everytime.

Anyone knows how I can keep the cpu at 1.83ghz all the time and not jumping as it is now?

cheers

Thanks for the comment on the guide

If you're still having problems with the speedstep. Go to Control Panel> Power Options > Then select 'always on' This should disable speedstep by default.

Also go to the NHC website and get the patch for Core 2 duo's. This may be the reason as to why it's not working optimally.

Oh and when you can, run a 3dMark03/5/6 if you can. I really want to see the power from that Go 7600. I've heard great things about them but never been able to actually have physical access to one.

Czez · May 27, 2007

theonetruewill:

Thanks for your answer, however sad to say...it had no effect

I couldnt find a core 2 duo patch on the NHC website, only a dell bugfix...which I tried if it was that you ment. no change there either. Im hoping this isnt some sony protection they put into the bios or something

to forcing the cpu power down when not needed!

theonetruewill · May 27, 2007

Czez said:
theonetruewill:

Thanks for your answer, however sad to say...it had no effect

I couldnt find a core 2 duo patch on the NHC website, only a dell bugfix...which I tried if it was that you ment. no change there either. Im hoping this isnt some sony protection they put into the bios or something to forcing the cpu power down when not needed!

Ahhh he's added the patch into his new release thats why. Damn, it's annoying that it won't work with yours. I'll try and find another solution.
Have you tried disabling it in the BIOS - probably under performance or power managment.

theonetruewill · May 27, 2007

Try this.
http://www.diefer.de/speedswitchxp/

Czez · May 27, 2007

theonetruewill said:
Ahhh he's added the patch into his new release thats why. Damn, it's annoying that it won't work with yours. I'll try and find another solution.
Have you tried disabling it in the BIOS - probably under performance or power managment.

I checked my bios settings and..well all I can do in there is to set a password and boot device start order

pretty crappy ... I must have the worst bios in the world xD

Czez · May 27, 2007

theonetruewill:

Success! sort of... I appararently had something called C2E (Enabled Enchanced Stop Grant State) I disabled this with a program called RM Clock.

Finally Notebook Hardware Control is showing constant 1.83 ghz speed!

ClockGen still reset itself however, but Im guessing it might be the wrong PLL settings, I remember I found 3 or 4 different with the right cpu speeds when I fiddle around with it last time...I'll experiment with it some to see what I can find.

thanks for the help!

theonetruewill · May 27, 2007

Czez said:
theonetruewill:

Success! sort of... I appararently had something called C2E (Enabled Enchanced Stop Grant State) I disabled this with a program called RM Clock.

Finally Notebook Hardware Control is showing constant 1.83 ghz speed!

ClockGen still reset itself however, but Im guessing it might be the wrong PLL settings, I remember I found 3 or 4 different with the right cpu speeds when I fiddle around with it last time...I'll experiment with it some to see what I can find.

thanks for the help!

Good on you mate!
If clockgen doesn't work, try CPUFSB. :toast:

Czez · May 27, 2007

theonetruewill:

Hmm, I don't think clockgen wants to work for me, and I tried sytools so many times, with so many crasches. No luck...and I didnt understand CPUFSB...do you know if there are any other softwares I can use?

cheers

theonetruewill · May 27, 2007

Czez said:
theonetruewill:

Hmm, I don't think clockgen wants to work for me, and I tried sytools so many times, with so many crasches. No luck...and I didnt understand CPUFSB...do you know if there are any other softwares I can use?

cheers

Check out the new front page for more programs/details. Like the new Guide dudes? I want to see if I can get this thing as a sticky; what do you think? If anyone thinks it should could they pm me with their support and I'll take the idea to the Mods.

theonetruewill · May 29, 2007

...anybody check out the front page?

kwchang007 · May 29, 2007

theonetruewill said:
...anybody check out the front page?

yeah, and i am sad to say i've tried all those oc utilities, they all don't work for me :banghead:

theonetruewill · May 29, 2007

kwchang007 said:
yeah, and i am sad to say i've tried all those oc utilities, they all don't work for me

I'll try and find one for you. What do you think about stickying this thread?

kwchang007 · May 29, 2007

theonetruewill said:
I'll try and find one for you. What do you think about stickying this thread?

ok thanks. stickying, YES!!!!! dude, i have finals at the end of this week, im not going to be able to catch up to you in posts.....

theonetruewill · May 29, 2007

kwchang007 said:
ok thanks. stickying, YES!!!!! dude, i have finals at the end of this week, im not going to be able to catch up to you in posts.....

CPUMSR -A utility that can alter a lot of processor options. !Use with caution! Try that baby on for size!

Oh and thanks for the support. Well I've got my GCSE's still so I have no idea why I'm posting so much. good luck in those by the way!
Though if this doesn't work, we're running out of options. It maybe that Dell's jusrt refuse to overclock, unless your lucky enough to have got a retail motherboard that can be flashed to a "real" BIOS.

kwchang007 · May 29, 2007

theonetruewill said:
CPUMSR -A utility that can alter a lot of processor options. !Use with caution! Try that baby on for size!

Oh and thanks for the support. Well I've got my GCSE's still so I have no idea why I'm posting so much. good luck in those by the way!

ahh boo it's not oc utility, lol. it changes things like l2 cache latency, and things that are a bit to complex for me, lol. good luck to you to, thanks.

theonetruewill · May 29, 2007

kwchang007 said:
ahh boo it's not oc utility, lol. it changes things like l2 cache latency, and things that are a bit to complex for me, lol. good luck to you to, thanks.

Oh I just thought it might be useful as an alternative to overclocking, that's all. I'll look into it more at some point for you.

kwchang007 · May 29, 2007

theonetruewill said:
Oh I just thought it might be useful as an alternative to overclocking, that's all. I'll look into it more at some point for you.

ohh ok, lol thanks. i just didn't know....i was like...don't see core 2, or core duo, so it's possible it doesn't even know how a unified l2 cache works, or how a dual core works.

Czez · May 29, 2007

Im starting to think my bios is locked, which wouldnt surprise me one bit since it IS a sony computer after all

I'm going to install windows xp 64 soon so I'll try this out then as well, perhaps its a stupid software somewhere installed by sony

wouldnt surprise me wither...got so much shit on this computer ^^

theonetruewill · May 29, 2007

Czez said:
Im starting to think my bios is locked, which wouldnt surprise me one bit since it IS a sony computer after all I'm going to install windows xp 64 soon so I'll try this out then as well, perhaps its a stupid software somewhere installed by sony wouldnt surprise me wither...got so much shit on this computer ^^

What do you think about stickying this thread Czez?

Spid · May 29, 2007

I got Sony VAIO A617M with following configuration

Pentium M. 1.86Ghz
based on I915, with
Mobility X700 256MB

ATI tool working very fine. I can overclock my GPU for more preformance

Altought i'm worried about cooling :|, GPU has really small cooler

theonetruewill · May 29, 2007

Spid said:
I got Sony VAIO A617M with following configuration

Pentium M. 1.86Ghz
based on I915, with
Mobility X700 256MB

ATI tool working very fine. I can overclock my GPU for more preformance Altought i'm worried about cooling :|, GPU has really small cooler

What are the temperatures of the card? Use ATiTool or Everest to find out.n Under load (ie during scanning for artifacts, and idle - using Word)
My card doesn't even have a temperature gauge so I'm a bit screwed but I overclocked anyway, quite drastically. There has been no damage to mine, although I keep mine well ventilated. Can you take some pictures of all the vents of the pictures please, and post them so I can assess your position.

Czez · May 29, 2007

theonetruewill said:
What do you think about stickying this thread Czez?

Gogo sticky! It would be sad if this information was lost!

theonetruewill · May 29, 2007

I'll ask the mods...nicely

frankie827 · May 30, 2007

ugh i was bored today
so i opened up my dads dimension 8200 and tried to take the heatsink off
well, with the lightest touch part of the tab broke off
so i turned it back on and it still worked but it soooo slooow so i opened up the case again and i finally managed to the half of it that still clipped on to fit in place
so my problems fixed
computers hate me lol

System Name	COLOSSUS-MK4
Processor	E8400 @4.4 GHz - FSB @550 MHZ
Motherboard	Asus P5K Premium (Black Pearl)
Cooling	Xigmatek HDT-S1283
Memory	2x1GB Geil BlckDrgn 800 @1158 5-5-5-18
Video Card(s)	8800GT 512MB @740/1782/2080
Storage	Hitachi T7K250 250GB & 7200.10 Seagate 250GB
Display(s)	Gateway FPD1975W 19" Widescreen
Case	Antec 1200
Audio Device(s)	Xi-FI Xtreme Audio
Power Supply	CoolerMaster IGreen 500W
Software	XP Home SP3
Benchmark Scores	SuperPi: 10.563 Sciencemark: 2563.14

System Name	COLOSSUS-MK4
Processor	E8400 @4.4 GHz - FSB @550 MHZ
Motherboard	Asus P5K Premium (Black Pearl)
Cooling	Xigmatek HDT-S1283
Memory	2x1GB Geil BlckDrgn 800 @1158 5-5-5-18
Video Card(s)	8800GT 512MB @740/1782/2080
Storage	Hitachi T7K250 250GB & 7200.10 Seagate 250GB
Display(s)	Gateway FPD1975W 19" Widescreen
Case	Antec 1200
Audio Device(s)	Xi-FI Xtreme Audio
Power Supply	CoolerMaster IGreen 500W
Software	XP Home SP3
Benchmark Scores	SuperPi: 10.563 Sciencemark: 2563.14

System Name	COLOSSUS-MK4
Processor	E8400 @4.4 GHz - FSB @550 MHZ
Motherboard	Asus P5K Premium (Black Pearl)
Cooling	Xigmatek HDT-S1283
Memory	2x1GB Geil BlckDrgn 800 @1158 5-5-5-18
Video Card(s)	8800GT 512MB @740/1782/2080
Storage	Hitachi T7K250 250GB & 7200.10 Seagate 250GB
Display(s)	Gateway FPD1975W 19" Widescreen
Case	Antec 1200
Audio Device(s)	Xi-FI Xtreme Audio
Power Supply	CoolerMaster IGreen 500W
Software	XP Home SP3
Benchmark Scores	SuperPi: 10.563 Sciencemark: 2563.14

System Name	COLOSSUS-MK4
Processor	E8400 @4.4 GHz - FSB @550 MHZ
Motherboard	Asus P5K Premium (Black Pearl)
Cooling	Xigmatek HDT-S1283
Memory	2x1GB Geil BlckDrgn 800 @1158 5-5-5-18
Video Card(s)	8800GT 512MB @740/1782/2080
Storage	Hitachi T7K250 250GB & 7200.10 Seagate 250GB
Display(s)	Gateway FPD1975W 19" Widescreen
Case	Antec 1200
Audio Device(s)	Xi-FI Xtreme Audio
Power Supply	CoolerMaster IGreen 500W
Software	XP Home SP3
Benchmark Scores	SuperPi: 10.563 Sciencemark: 2563.14

System Name	COLOSSUS-MK4
Processor	E8400 @4.4 GHz - FSB @550 MHZ
Motherboard	Asus P5K Premium (Black Pearl)
Cooling	Xigmatek HDT-S1283
Memory	2x1GB Geil BlckDrgn 800 @1158 5-5-5-18
Video Card(s)	8800GT 512MB @740/1782/2080
Storage	Hitachi T7K250 250GB & 7200.10 Seagate 250GB
Display(s)	Gateway FPD1975W 19" Widescreen
Case	Antec 1200
Audio Device(s)	Xi-FI Xtreme Audio
Power Supply	CoolerMaster IGreen 500W
Software	XP Home SP3
Benchmark Scores	SuperPi: 10.563 Sciencemark: 2563.14

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Motherboard	generic laptop board
Cooling	fan control and antec notebook cooler
Memory	2 GBs@ 533 mhz ddr2
Video Card(s)	x1400 mobile, overclocked: 526mhz core/ 882mhz ddr
Storage	120 GB@ 5400 rpm fujitsu
Display(s)	15.4" 1440x900
Audio Device(s)	integrated
Software	vista 32 bit home premium

Processor	Pentium 4 2.8Ghz
Motherboard	Gigabyte P4 Tytan 875P
Cooling	Standard
Memory	2x 512MB Hynix
Video Card(s)	X800 Pro 256MB DDR 3 (non-Vivo)
Storage	Seagate 80Gb
Display(s)	Sony SDM S51
Case	Modecom
Audio Device(s)	Creative SB Audigy
Power Supply	Modecom 350Wat
Software	Windows XP Pro.

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Processor	Core 2 Quad Q6600 B3@3.3ghz @ 1.376V \| VID: 1.313V
Motherboard	Evga Nvidia Nforce 680i LT SLI
Cooling	7x 12cm case fans+Xigmatek HDT-s1283 Dark Knight
Memory	4gb DDR2-800 Corsair XMS2
Video Card(s)	896mb Evga GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 (720/1515/1135)
Storage	2x 160gb Seagate Baraccudas + 1x 640gb Western Digital Caviar Green + 1x 1tb Samsung F1
Display(s)	Sceptre 20.1" 1080P Widescreen
Case	NZXT Zero
Audio Device(s)	Creative Soundblaster Audigy SE+Creative Fatal1ty Headset/Logitech X-530 5.1 Surround
Power Supply	Silverstone Zeus 750watt
Software	Vista Home Premium 32-Bit
Benchmark Scores	15883 on 3dmark06 w/ windows 7 beta @ 3.3ghz 13188 on 3dmark vantage w/ windows 7 beta @ 3.2ghz