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    Overclocking G51

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by msparrow88, Jul 7, 2009.

  1. msparrow88

    msparrow88 Notebook Evangelist

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    hey everybody,

    my bro just got the new G51.
    does anybody know how to overclock the
    2.0ghz dual core processor.
    any links or instructions would be helpful.

    thank you
     
    msparrow88, Jul 7, 2009
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  2. G8GT594

    G8GT594 Notebook Consultant

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    Download setFSB

    Clock Generator: ICS9LPR604AGLF
     
    G8GT594, Jul 7, 2009
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  3. dancom96

    dancom96 Notebook Consultant

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    If you'll want the clocks to stay after waking up from sleep you have to download SetFSBTray.
     
    dancom96, Jul 7, 2009
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    Phoenix.blue Notebook Consultant

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    really? i'm pretty sure if you set it it will stick to it.. now i have to check my 51 when i get home >.< haha. hate being new to all of this.
     
    Phoenix.blue, Jul 7, 2009
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  5. thalanix

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    setfsb will not stick over a cold boot.
     
    thalanix, Jul 7, 2009
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  6. jacobxaviermason

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    You can also easily add a shortcut to overclock via setfsb to the startup folder in the start menu.

    See this thread: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=373672
     
    jacobxaviermason, Jul 7, 2009
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  7. mojomikey

    mojomikey Notebook Enthusiast

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    Not sure why you'd even want to overclock it. The core2 duo 2.0 runs fine in mine. It's plenty fast for most anything you'd want. Games run great on it although it gets hot - as is the nature of the 260M GTX. OCing will just make the heat worse. If you do OC it make sure you have a cooler under it...or you may need a new laptop before long.
     
    mojomikey, Jul 8, 2009
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  8. Nothing is Real

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    OCing the CPU doesn't raise temps.
     
    Nothing is Real, Jul 8, 2009
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  9. mojomikey

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    Sorry, but OCing the cpu will definitely raise the temps. That's been known since forever.
     
    mojomikey, Jul 8, 2009
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  10. Nothing is Real

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    Err it doesn't raise GPU temps I mean.

    Normal clocks
    [​IMG]

    OC'd to 2.25
    [​IMG]

    1C for the GPU and only about 3.5C for the CPU.
     
    Nothing is Real, Jul 8, 2009
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  11. dancom96

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    Yeah but that'll only work if you login or start the computer. Not when you wakeup from sleep.
     
    dancom96, Jul 8, 2009
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  12. NAS Ghost

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    Well, in comparison, look how much it the temp of the CPU rose in comparison. Obviously, OCing the CPU wont really increase the temp of the GPU much, especially when you consider that the temps of the CPU only rose 3 degrees. However, if the CPU and GPU share the same heatsink, and the CPUs temps does raise by a significant margin, then the temp on the GPU will raise as well. Not as much of course, but it will raise.
     
    NAS Ghost, Jul 8, 2009
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  13. jacobxaviermason

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    True, and I'm not sure there's a solution unless you want a task running all the time.

    I just keep a shortcut in my quick launch bar to overclock when I need it.
     
    jacobxaviermason, Jul 8, 2009
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  14. mojomikey

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    I never said OCing the CPU would raise the GPU temp. It will raise the CPU temp obviously as well as the general heat inside the notebook.
     
    mojomikey, Jul 8, 2009
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  15. Nothing is Real

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    Yeah I was thinking about the GPU for some reason when you said it... I was tired...
     
    Nothing is Real, Jul 9, 2009
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    Actually, this morning I was just doing a little bit of OCing to test it out and somehow, I think SetFSB stuck after a reboot.

    I can't confirm this but CPU-Z stayed at 2.25Ghz after shutting down so I think you might only need SetFSB. Will go double check when I get home today.
     
    TevashSzat, Jul 9, 2009
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  17. dancom96

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    You don't need SetFSB tray running all the time. It just creates a task to start SetFSB when you resume from wake and from booting.
     
    dancom96, Jul 9, 2009
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  18. jacobxaviermason

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    If you reboot without letting the computer completely power off, the overclock will stick. The trouble, as dancom96 said, is that it doesn't stick over after sleeping. (I don't think Direct Console does either.)
     
    jacobxaviermason, Jul 10, 2009
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  19. ChivalricRonin

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    So I'm guessing that there is no bios setting for OCing? That's too bad. Asus ROG motherboards have tons of OC settings, so I thought laptops in the series would at least have something.
     
    ChivalricRonin, Jul 11, 2009
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  20. E.B.E.

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    AFAIK no; BIOSes on ASUS notebooks are pretty much uniformly simple.
     
    E.B.E., Jul 12, 2009
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  21. xtreme324

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    Just fyi.. I think your pictures are backwards or you didn't let your computer run for very long after clocking.. because according to your post and the images both the cpu and gpu temps went down after overclocking to 2.25.
     
    xtreme324, Jul 27, 2009
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