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    Page 87 of the manual....

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by Alitronic, Jun 16, 2009.

  1. Alitronic

    Alitronic Notebook Consultant

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    Has anyone else read this yet?

    Or has anyone tried it yet?

    It states, To Change the clock speed of your Processor:

    Restart your notebook. As Soon as you see the bios screen hit F2

    Select the Advanced menu, then select Extreme CPU Speed.

    Press the space bar to change , then exit and save.

    Now, it also says thats only for the extreme cpus... but, figured it might work for the standard.

    Just a thought.
     
    Alitronic, Jun 16, 2009
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  2. RangerXML

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    Which notebook we talking about here?
     
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  3. Alitronic

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    78xx Series, I have a7805u Guess I should have mentioned that...
     
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    One way to find out, since you have a 78xx series. Good luck and if you can, let us know how it worked.
     
    RangerXML, Jun 16, 2009
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    Few models of P-FX series had extreme CPU. I guess, this part of manual refers to them.
     
    martee, Jun 16, 2009
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    Yea, I tried, and failed. I wonder if it works with those who have the Xtreme procs...
     
    Alitronic, Jun 16, 2009
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    Yes, it is referring to the Extreme series of cpus...
     
    madmook, Jun 16, 2009
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    Anyone got an Extreme series proc in their 7805u that wouldn't mind trying this out? Would love to know if it works.
     
    Alitronic, Jun 18, 2009
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    My understanding is the P78xx's do not overclock. They wouldn't anyway as even the ones the manual is nrefeering too could only overclock to 3.0 Ghz and the extreme cpu available for the pm45 chipset is at 3.06 Ghz.............
     
    TANWare, Jun 18, 2009
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    I have an x7800 in my 6860 and I used the BIOS option to overclock it to 2.8 ghz, very stable and it idles at about 38 C
     
    cyclist14, Jun 20, 2009
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