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    ferrari cpu upgrade help!

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by majorwedgy, May 18, 2010.

  1. majorwedgy

    majorwedgy Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi guys,
    purchased and installed a 1.6ghz tk-42 cpu in my ferrari one netbook, the bios detects it as a 1.6ghz cpu but i cannot get it to run @ 1.6ghz in windows without using 3rd party tools. tried reinstalling windows 64/32bit and it always boots @ 1.2ghz (default cpu clock). Does anyone have any idea how I can sort this out? Possible bios hack etc?

    It is driving me insane as I can run without my external graphics card fine @ 1.6ghz, with it the machine crashes constantly. :mad:
    SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!
     
    majorwedgy, May 18, 2010
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  2. techiediva

    techiediva Notebook Consultant

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    might want to put the l310 back in. the tk-42 will overheat if you do manage to run it at full speed. heatsink was designed for 13W TDP
     
    techiediva, May 18, 2010
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  3. majorwedgy

    majorwedgy Notebook Enthusiast

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    hurray a response!
    The TK-42 is a 20W TDP cpu; heat isnt a problem, even under load I am only hitting 60 deg - way below the 'pain threshold' plus (not that it is working at the moment) the cpu supports cool n quiet unlike the l310. As stated above problem is it acts like an l310 ie fixed @1.2ghz and cool n quiet isn't enabled by default :confused:
     
    majorwedgy, May 19, 2010
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  4. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    What type of BIOS is it? AMI?

    Maybe you should overclock the CPU? Do you know what clock generator is used in that notebook?
     
    moral hazard, May 19, 2010
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  5. majorwedgy

    majorwedgy Notebook Enthusiast

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    think it is phoenix bios, and not sure about the IC, tried OC with RMclock and found it crashed the machine when connected to graphicbooster
     
    majorwedgy, May 19, 2010
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