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    Overclocking question

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by drakobear, Feb 15, 2011.

  1. drakobear

    drakobear Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just got my new computer in and im trying to over-clock. I went to bios and overclocked it to max. Where can I got to see if it has applied?
     
    drakobear, Feb 15, 2011
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    iclicku Notebook Evangelist

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    You can use several programs that report CPU speed such as CPU-z.
     
    iclicku, Feb 15, 2011
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    infoghost Notebook Guru

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    Right click my computer, select properties.

    Under system you'll see - Processor Genuine Intel(R) CPU U7300@ 1.30GHz.

    If it's overclocked, next to the 1.30 GHz you'll see 1.73GHz.

    This of course is for the R1, you didn't say which model you have.
     
    infoghost, Feb 15, 2011
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  4. drakobear

    drakobear Notebook Enthusiast

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    i have the r2 i5 sorry when i look at it on my computer it still says 1.07 GHz

    i went to bios and went to advanced turned on overclocking at set to 266. did i do it wrong?
     
    drakobear, Feb 15, 2011
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    unclewebb ThrottleStop Author

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    Give ThrottleStop a try. It is a necessity when overclocking an R2 to 166 MHz in the bios.

    If you don't use it, your CPU can end up running slower.

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/7161458-post805.html

    The Supercharge thread is a great place to learn about maximizing the performance of any R2 so head to the first page after reading that post. Lots of good info in there. :)

    If you try to immediately overclock to 166 MHz in the bios, it may not stick and the R2 might ignore your request and boot up at the default value of 133 MHz.
     
    unclewebb, Feb 15, 2011
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  6. drakobear

    drakobear Notebook Enthusiast

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    ok ill give it a look thanks
     
    drakobear, Feb 16, 2011
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    aggiekevin Notebook Consultant

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    If you did this then you definitely did something wrong due to the i5 only being allowed to OC to 166. Hopefully that was just a typo, otherwise GET WORRYING!
     
    aggiekevin, Feb 16, 2011
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