M11x Overclock.

Ok, My question is this:

Is all I have to do to Overclock my CPU is to change the one setting in the BIOS from Disabled to Enabled?

And if so, I did that, and my laptop maybe stays on for a minute before it just shuts down and reboots.

So how do I OC, or what is wropng with my CPU?

Thanks

 

@steven

That doesn't sound good. You are correct, that will OC to 1.60/1.73 but it shouldn't reboot. One of the first owners of the M11x had a similar problem where everything would work fine until he OC his system through bios and he would soon get a BSOD. This was last thursday/friday, and through the forums, it was unresolved and he eventually gave up and was going to return it/exchange it to dell.

You have a 21 day thing return policy through Dell so hopefully everyone here can troubleshoot with you. So far there was only 1 defective system prior to you posting this. Your's is a bit different than the first one, though, so hopefully the issue can be identified! Did you get a BSOD or did it just reboot?

 

Hmm, thanks for the reply.

Also, after I oc'd when I ran cpuz it still said I was running U7300 @ 1.3Ghz.
I would of thought I would of said 1.6, or 1.73, maybe I'll take a closer look at others screen shots.

 

i dont know if im correct but some of the experts where saying it may be the ram being clocked at 800 keep in mind im no expert so feel free to correct me

 

@steven

I'm pretty much 100% sure that you only need to enable OC in the bios to overclock the beast. There aren't any additional steps.

 

true the bios only gives you 2 options disable or enable

 

I don't know than. I would be surfing and it would just bsod on me, after disabling OC I have not had any problems.

I played a few games before I oc'd, MW1 and MW2. I must say I wasn't overly impressed with the performance, but then maybe it is because I am used to playing on my desktop.

Other then that, All I have done is installed programs and games, I haven't messed with any settings, so no clue why it would be bsoding me. I'm hoping I didn't get a lemon.

 

bump this thread in the morning to try to get more people to help you, bro. Or maybe some of the out-of-us people can jump on board to try to help ya.

 

when you overclock you overclock the ram also. I was thinking that your ram doesnt have enough room for the overclock. I would try 1 stick at a time. testing this way for both sticks. to see if its stable. 1 stick may be holding it back.

the best way would be to buy a pair of so-dimm ddr 3 1066 memory and try that, but its an added expense with unknown results.