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    help overclocking a locked bios (t2500)

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by tangent, Jul 26, 2006.

  1. tangent

    tangent Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi, i recently got the comp in my sig ( :D :D :D ) and want to try overcloking it, but the bios is locked, i have tried coolbits and it doesn't work. I have heard that it can be reflashed so it can be overclocked. how safe is it to reflash the chip, if somthing goes wrong, can i reinstall the drivers/ OS or is the whole system toast? How can i reflash it? thnx.
     
    tangent, Jul 26, 2006
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    hmm, I think that may void your warentee, generally messing with the clock speed is a bad idea on a laptop (espically one as nice/expensive as yours)
     
    kingcrowing, Jul 26, 2006
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  3. tangent

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    well, yeah, but simply overclocking technecly voids it too...
     
    tangent, Jul 26, 2006
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  4. Gautam

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    @tangent

    you can overclock without entering BIOS through programs, but why would you - you seem to have a top of the line notebook...
     
    Gautam, Jul 26, 2006
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  5. TwilightVampire

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    You cant overclock a mobile CPU at this point in time.
     
    TwilightVampire, Jul 26, 2006
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