Asus UL80AG Overclock Thread

Some of you may be wondering what the need for this thread is, and after doing some extensive reading, I've come to the conclusion that I need some help . You see, I can't help but overclock/mod most of the computers/electronics I own, and while I posted in the UL80VT/UL50VT Owners Lounge asking about how to overclock this particular model, I was asked, "Shouldn't you have found this out BEFORE buying this laptop?" Well you see the answer to that question is quite simple, I purchased two of these UL80AG's, 1 for my dad and 1 for myself, and I got them for $625 dollars each. The cheapest I could find a UL80VT was roughly $790 after Bing discount and the price difference was not worth it to me. But that won't stop me from trying to overclock the AG hehe .

Now moving along, I have tried most of the PLL's in setFSB and tried clockgen, neither of which worked. In fact, Sandra does not even list a PLL for the system under "mainboard" and all the PLL's I tried in setFSB either gave an "Smbus Error" or a "PLL ID" error. None detected the correct 200mhz FSB.

The PLL information I gathered was under the assumption that the UL20/UL30a/UL80a/UL50a all would utilize similar internal hardware. From this UL20 Thread: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=445925

I got this information: PLL = ICS9LR3362CGLF. Now, the interesting part is I cannot find this PLL listed anywhere, not even on IDT's (the manufacturer) website. So I am not sure where to go from here. I tried installing the Power2Go version from the VT line on the AG, but the turbo33 option does not show. I installed all ATK drivers/utilities so this should not be an issue.

Just one observation I wish to make, the datasheet for the GS45 Express chipset lists two supported FSB modes separate for DDR2 and DDR3. DDR2 maxes at 800mhz FSB support (official not oc) and DDR3 maxes at 1066mhz FSB support. This leads me to believe that Turbo33 on the VT models which utilize DDR3 are just utilizing a software switch which tells the chipset to run 1066 FSB since it is technically supported, thus overclocking the cpu. Both models support the "easy" overclock of up to 5% in the bios, however, which leads me to believe that despite other differences, the PLL chips in either are able to be overclocked meaning I should be able to either mod the bios to increase the %oc options, or access and change the FSB from within windows. Another option to consider is the possiblitiy of pin-modding the cpu to get 266mhz FSB, but would the chipset support this since only DDR2 is installed (holding ram stability constant at 266mhz, thats an issue I will address separately).

Sorry about the rambling and I appreciate all the help I can get. I'm sure most of the guys around here can understand the sentiment.

 

I am an owner (unfortunately) of UL50VG, and ofc turbo33 is for ULXXxT models only - as u wrote, because on DDR3 fsb it runs 1066 fsb...

I am kinda a maniac when it comes to OC and (damn it!) i cant OC my laptop too......

I think that G versiong of UL series may lack memory dividers to run at 1066 MHz - but with some good memory modules maybe u could reach even 240 mhz fsb?

I am happy that u found pll of those laptops - its more than i found out

If u find some oc tool with this pll generator support please, mail me