Overclocking my Acer... Help!

I have an Acer Aspire 5100 That I am trying to get up to speed after it has been out of comission for a while. I'm not interested in spending really any money to do this, I may upgrade the RAM if the laptop can prove itself to me first by not being a piece of junk for longer than a week. I am new to the idea of overclocking, and after doing a little online research, I have decided to give it a go. I have downloaded clockgen, CPU-Z, and prime 95 after reading that I would need these programs to do this. After opening clockgen, I am lost. I have an AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-50 processor, 1.60GHz I think. The chipset is ATI Xpress 200 (RS480). What's next? Please help. I have read the dangers of overclocking and really don't care, as this is not my main computer.

 

I have never been able to use clockgen TBH, but i have ad great success with setfsb with acer laptops.
Download the program from here
SetFSB_HomePage

the clockgen i used was CV125PAG

Here is its score in 3dmark01
TheCodeBreaker's 6600 marks 3Dmark 2001 run with GMA 900 82915G @ 333/0MHz

If the clockgen i provided does not work out, try searching for the term acer in the webpage i provided, one of them is bound to work as they are similar because they mostly use the same PLL chip

 

BTW, your model is an aspire so you should find one that should work.
This may work too, RTM870T-691

You might get an error or something. It might even freeze, just reboot.

Keep me posted

 

using setfsb and the rtm870t-691, I got a PLL error message. But if I am reading the clockgen right, I ran "not specified" and I think it worked, but I don't really know. But if it did, What's next?

 

Do you have CPUZ downloaded to see the current frequency?
also, have you checked all the other clockgens on the setfsb webpage? I ran through a couple before i found the one i wanted.

 

OK, I found my PLL on that page and it worked with SetFSB, but what now?

 

If I am reading this correctly, the frequency is 800Mhz

 

The 800MHz is what cpu-z is calling the core speed,

 

1. Run setfsb after downloading.
2. Upon running the program, select your Clock Generator from the drop down menu, and click on get fsb.
3. Move the slider one step at a time, and click on setfsb.
4. Gradually do step 3 until you find the limit on your chip.
5. Run a stress test to check for stability.


Also, check your overclock through CPUZ

EDIT: Make sure you are not in power saver/balanced mode
High performance.

 

Well, SetFSB has my current FSB/DDR/PCI-E/PCI frequency as 200MHz.
The 800MHz as I mentioned is my core speed, which jump up to around 1596.1MHz when the cpu is not just idling.

 

OK, one more question, there are two sliders, should I move them both up one notch at a time?

 

So did that clock gen work for you? Were you able to OC it i mean...

Move them both but the one on top is what will make the difference.

 

It appears to be working, I'm not sure how high I should go with it, haven't moved it much yet, but I'm getting there. You're the man!

 

LOL, just here to help.
+1 for OCing that thing. Post a screen shot

 

Try stressing it with Prime95 or a program of the likes for an hour to see the maximum overclock that is stable.
Free Software - GIMPS

 

Still doing great, up to 1.77 GHZ! So this resets when I reboot, correct? And also, do people overclock apples?

 

Yes, it does reset when you reboot, i believe you can get it to start up when windows boots up.

I am nto familiar with the OS but if it was XP/Vista/W7 on it. It most likely does. You just need a PLL chip.

I doubt apple will give out software to OC them. But maybe 3rd party software or something. Or maybe a PLL mod.

 

Thanks, if I knew how to post a screenshot I would. I'll leave my apples alone for now.

 

Print screen button, paste it in paint, and upload it through imageshack or something. But no need, glad i could help watch the temps there.
more cooling = better temps = higher OC