How do I Overclock intel's Core 2 Duo T5250 form 1.5 Ghz

How do I Overclock intel's Core 2 Duo T5250 form 1.5 Ghz???
I tried Everything in the Bios and some stuff like Device Manager, but I can't figure it. Is it even possible? By the Way I'm running Windows Vista Home Premium, and I don't care about the warranty.

 

Telling us the specific laptop you have would be the first large step.
Consider the possibility, even likelihood, that it is not possible in your laptop.
If it is, you will have to use a tool like SetFSB.

 

Real Sparks, welcome to the forums.
I have one word for people who want to overclock their CPU - DON'T.

 

Its most likely not possible.
The only systems which maybe overclock are msi, asus, and some flextonic/clevo laptops.
If you have a dell or hp, basically forget about it, they lock you out of overclocking with their PLL.

The only way to overclock is to use your PLL (clock generator) to force the system to run faster.
To do this, you can try, setFSB, cpucool, clockgen, and ntune.

Their are two ways to find the pll,
take your laptop apart and find the number,
or try all of the hundreds of combinations one at a time.

Seriously though its easier to just get a higher clocked cpu, like a T7xxx, T8xxx or T9xxx socket P processor.
Their are usually some good deals every once in a while in our '"marketplace" section, the for sale section on hardforum, and on the anandtech forums.

K-TRON

 

I'm using a medion MD 96370 and I've decided to use setFSB, but what exactly is it and where do I find it?

 

I'm also trying cpucool, clockgen, and ntune, but I don't know how to use them.

 

Some Samsungs overclock... the R20 goes to 2.55Ghz

 

My last thread says I have a medion MD 96370 NOT a samsung. Please only tell me stuff that helps!

 

You'll have to open up the notebook, locate the clock gen chip, and get the PLL no. printed on it. Then checkout all software that support that PLL. If there is no software support, you'll have to contact the software developers to find out if your PLL no. can be added or not. The whole process is a PITA!

If you really want more CPU power, you'll be better of spending a couple of $100 and upgrade the CPU to a faster one.

 

tough titties, get clockgen and try every PLL until one reads the correct clock.

 

Just a hint. If you don't know how to use them, then DON'T!

I tried setFSB on my laptop, using the "go through the combinations until you find one that works" method. I found one that worked. I set the speed to 2.2GHz from 2GHz. I hit apply... BSoD.

 

LOL yes, that is one problem, however you need to make sure that it is the correct PLL first, with Clockgen this is possible just by pressing the clock button, normally they will run for about 30 seconds before crashing (think t2250 1.73Ghz at 2.6Ghz)

 

In ClockGen, I tried all the PLL Selections, and the best options seem to be any of the RTM Values. So now what do I do?

I'm here to learn how to use them, so telling me not to doesn't help!!

 

So if you pick the RTM PLLs and get the clocks they're correct for your laptop? In that case your best bet is to go one by one through them and set the fsb up say 5 mhz and apply the change, if it doesn't crap out check it with cpu-z and see if its actually speeding up the CPU. If it is, you win.

Assuming you can get clockgen working you might want to check out ATItool .27b4 for your 8400GS (if im reading the specs for your laptop correctly, they're in german, lol)

As for the rest of you, you gotta learn somewhere, if you don't want him to do it just don't post, most of these programs aren't gonna magically melt down your laptop if misused, they'll just BSOD the thing, worst case you need to reinstall windows if you set it to automatically clock it up and then screw the pooch on the settings. That said, OP, you're doing this at your own risk, but I think you understand that. I do crap like this all the time so it doesn't even phase me anymore.

 

Ok so I'll try setting it up by 5mhz, and I'll try ATITool since I speak German.
Also, what is "BSOD" and what is "PLL"?

 

Blue Screen of death, ya know the blue screen you get when somethin bad happens. PLL I believe is short for phase locked loop, the PLL controller is what generates the clock signal for your FSB and therefore your processor speed.

 

Wait... I think it just worked!!! I set it up about 3mhz so it crashed and when it started up it is going at the speed I set it. I think I get it now. Thanks allot everyone this is the 14 forum I've tried in the past half year and I'm grateful that you all helped. I'm going to be trying to set it up 20mhz and I've got my fingers crossed so wish me luck.
If you have any additional advice or think there's something else I should know please write cause i'll probably be checking back.

 

No My Mistake, sorry
I misread the figures, and didn't actually change anything. Back to square 1.
Anyone got any new suggestions?

 

did you try each one of the RTM chipsets that you said seemed to report the right clocks? only one of them is likely to work correctly, you need to test them all, but there's no guarantees, it could be none of them will work.

 

Yeah I tried them all - and none actually changed anything

 

probably not much you can do then... there's pin modding but that's pretty extreme, and it only works on certain processors

 

pinmodding is a biiiig nono... could end up buggering the cpu

 

Depends on whether you need to jumper a pair of pins together with wire or remove one, removing them is when its REALLY dicey, though some people have also successfully insulated pins that needed to go away. A lot of the newer cpus can't be effectively pin modded anyways though.

 

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