Overclocking ULV Duo Core

How overclockable is an ULV Duo Core?
(Sorry if this question is too vague but I'm a beginner at this) =)

 

I believe it is not able to overclock. From my knowledge I believe all mobile Core Duo's are locked. Other then Extremes. Leave Rep

 

If you can increase FSB that is the only way. RMClock? Others out there I don't play with Intel. Leave rep above.

 

I dont suggest you overclock anything if your a beginner. Probably wont be able to OC anyway

 

Thank you all for the quick replies =)

I was thinking that since it is an ULV processor, they probably decreased the voltage to be able to peg it as an ULV, and all I had to do was increase the voltage to the CPU to make it a bit faster.

I've read guides on overclocking but I think most of them are for desktops.
I'm overclocking the CPU on a tablet.

PS Is there a way to add a heatsink to the CPU on a tablet? (ArcticSilver?)

More suggestions please =)

 

Voltage increases and OC are not related! You need to accept and understand that right now. Those who overclock undervolt, it does not slow things down, it lowers temps.

 

They are related. The reason people increase voltage is to accomadate the faster speeds. I have never heard of any "overclockers" undervolting anything, that's just idiotic and has the opposite effects - makes things unstabe if OC'ed. It needs more voltage at higher speeds, so overvolting will allow you to further OC.

 

Im not sure to be totally honest. But a heatsink and Artic Silver are two different things Lol. A heatsink is a copper "tray" used to dissipate heat whereas Artic Silver is the brand of "compound" used to bridge your processor to the heatsink.

*thanks for the Rep *

 

actually, there have been some people who have managed to overclock their lv processors in the sony forum. try searching in that forum.

 

It may seem Idiotic to you but with notebooks that is the way it is. And since you did not look around before you spoke and had a clue of what you spoke, and pulled out bad words! You are in fact Idiotic! That is a fact, you set up the conditions! I don't give a Rat's ass about Desktops! This is a Notebook forum, and you lack a clue and you insult me? Goodnight!!

 

Owned?!?!?!?! ^^^^^^^ hahahah
Sorry about this useless post had to say it though

 

I didn't call you an idiot, and I accidentally misspelt ship.

 

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First of all overclocking is not for everyone, you will void your warranty and it may do some irreversible damage to your pc. If you're OK with that then you should read up a bit about overclocking in general for intel Core processors.

The main problem with laptops is that the BIOS-level OC that is the most common method of OCing is not supported. Your only option then is to use a program like clockgen or setfsb.

FWIW I've managed to overclock my Pentium M ULV from 1,1 ghz to 1.35 ghz using clockgen. I very rarely use it however as the performance boost is generally not noticeable except in terms of battery life.

 

Personally. I think the wordls Ultra Low Voltage Processor and Overclock should never be allowed to be said in the same sentence

 

Lol Jaycee, very nice point, but I want to squeeze out every bit of processing power out of my ULV as possible ^^

Thank you all for the suggestions, I will go to check out the Sony forums now

 

Yes, there is a thread there where people have overclocked their ULV processors. I saw one overclocked his 1.06ghz to 1.33ghz safely.

 

Here's the thread in the Sony forum. It works for the TZ and the G series. I boosted the U1500 in my G11 from 1.33 to 1.50GHz.

The challenge is to know the PLL timing chip used in your computer.

John

 

Thank you all for your replies

 

It is possible to overclock the ULV processor in a tablet. I have a Gateway E155 (same as the C120) with a Core 2 Duo U7600 1.2 GHz ULV processor. I was able to figure out how to OC it using clockgen, but it took a good bit of work. What tablet are you trying to OC?

With the OC, it now runs at 1.32 GHz (147.5MHz FSB, quad-pumped to 590MHz). I may be able to squeeze some more speed out of it, but I only recently got the tablet and have been slowly working my way up while stability testing to make sure everything's working as it should be.

As far as heat and battery life go, I haven't seen too much of a temp increase or decrease in battery life at 1.32 GHz vs 1.2 GHz, though I haven't done a whole lot of direct comparisons. I'm going to wait until I decide what the top OCed speed I want to use regularly is, then compare temps and battery life at that speed to temps and battery life at stock speeds.

Anyway, please be aware that overclocking certainly can be dangerous--there is the very real possibility that you could damage your hardware. Keeping that in mind, if you'd like me to expand on how I managed to OC my tablet, I'd be happy to do so. And if you've got a Core2 Duo ULV processor, there's at least some chance you'll have the same pll.