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    Gateway P-6831FX/P-6869FX/P-171FX/P-172FX Bios question

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by JDELUNA, May 20, 2008.

  1. JDELUNA

    JDELUNA Notebook Deity

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    Does the bios in these laptops have the provision to Overclock the CPU or GPU ??? What is the Bios brand ??


    The reason I ask is that I have a MSI GX600 that has a BIOS that has several options to overclock the CPU, GPU Memory, etc. If they are the same brand, maybe just maybe we can extract it from the MSI GX600 and use it on the Gateway ??? I have seen other people do it on desktops, why not laptops ?? What do you all think ?? God Bless :)
     
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    no. but you can change the extreme from 2.8 to 3.0

    and im looking for just that. i seen a few things i would like to change in the bios. matter of fact..that i can change, but i dont have the correct bios to flash back to the computer.
     
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    is their anyway to have the bios screen to speed up it takes like 2 minutes
     
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    should take about 23 seconds to start booting windows. not 2 minutes.....
     
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    well it takes a long time it is like 23 seconds of the bios screen then like 30 seconds of vista
     
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    about the fastest your laptop will boot is about 1:30 to 1:45 seconds. (vista)

    i recommend using hibernation. it's what i use.
    20 to 40 seconds and your up and running.
     
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    i think you could flash the bios with what ever the mother board brand is and thats what i did with my emachines desktop i had(bought one of ebay for a project... lol emachines is pretty bad glad gateway bought them and glad they are redoing them so there legit now )
     
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    only one problem...a laptop bios is locked, not like a desktop bios. and many manufactures dont want people like me in there making changes to their "already perfect product" (LOL) and you cant just flash any bios on a laptop either... you might make yourself one hell of an expensive paper weight. (well for some of us) others may have an in expensive one instead. LOL
     
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    lol i theres many programs out there that can unlock the bios. i know dell locks there bios.
    well there is typically manufacturer bios. i think the most of the time there hosted on the companies website
    you would have to find the model of the motherboard and then you would have to unlock the bios and then flash it
     
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    Actually the BIOS on the MSI GX600 allows you to over clock the CPU and other parts. MY CPU is stock T7300 @2.0Ghz and with all max settings of the BIOS it overclocks to a stable 2.6Ghz. I hope this helps. God Bless :)
     
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    i was a bit hasty in my post...

    meaning laptop's like gateway/hp/fujitsu/toshiba and some dells.
    locked bios meaning changing things like cpu clock speed and setting fsb speeds or memory speeds and timings. a sager will allow you to over clock all that as well.. ergo another reason why they cost more money. most mainline (best buy/circuit city/frys or or other retail store)laptops dont allow for such changes as you could void the warranty on your laptop.

    you'll probally find more acer/msi/sager/alienware or clevo laptops that have unlocked bios's

    when i posted i was under the impression you we're familiar with these types of branded laptops and their locked bios's.

    hope this clarifies things.
     
    Johnksss, May 20, 2008
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