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    How to overclock?

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by 68graybeast, Jun 4, 2009.

  1. 68graybeast

    68graybeast Newbie

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    Hey guys, just wondering what program I can use to overclock my cpu. I know that Gateway locks the BIOS and cpu, but I have seen in some posts where they did it somehow. I want to tinker around a little. Are there any advantages to underclocking? I guess what I'm asking is I just want to learn about my computer and how they work a little bit more.Thanks for your help.

    68graybeast

    Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T5750
    2 MB L2 Cache | 2.0 GHz | 667 MHz FSB
    4096 MB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM (2 × 2048)
    ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 2600 Graphics
    512 MB GDDR3 Dedicated Memory
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    Optical drive 8X Multi-Format Dual Layer DVDRW with DVD-RAM with Labelflash
    Vista 64-Bit
     
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    rice4u Notebook Enthusiast

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    can you overclock? no, you cannot overclock the CPU. no on your specific laptop anyways.

    Are there any advantages to underclocking? yes, it keeps your laptop cool and use less battery. your computer CPU does this constantly all the time, you just dont knotice it. once it idles it underclocks to about 800mhz or so depeing on what processor you have. when you run programs or do things that require processing your CPU instantly jumps back up to max speed or near max speed dependending the situation.
     
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    Ok, I was just wondering. I wish I could find the post again that says they are using a 3rd party app to overclock. It doesn't matter too much, I just wanted to tinker some. Thanks

    68graybeast

    Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T5750
    2 MB L2 Cache | 2.0 GHz | 667 MHz FSB
    4096 MB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM (2 × 2048)
    ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 2600 Graphics
    512 MB GDDR3 Dedicated Memory
    200 GB 7200 RPM SATA hard drive
    Optical drive 8X Multi-Format Dual Layer DVDRW with DVD-RAM with Labelflash
    Vista 64-Bit
     
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