overclocking an amd turion 64 x2 1.8ghz

hey. i have a toshiba satellite a210 with an amd turion 64 dual core 1.8ghz processor and i was wondering if anyone could tell me if it would be safe enough to overclock to possibilly a 2.0ghz with out like you know melting my laptop or cuasing any harm to it.

if more info is needed ill find it out.
thanks in advance

 

OK, Make sure you have the latest BIOS, then you can overclock without worrying about heat as much.
I highly doubt that your Turion is unlocked, so you might want to check that, if it is you can not overclock with nay program.

 

Use CPU-Z to identify you chipset, that can help determine which app to use. If NVidia I think NTune, I use ClockGen (ATI chipset). 2.0 Ghz should not be a problem I get a 1.6Mhz up 1.9Mhz. I use Notebook Hardware Control to monitor temps. Undervolting can be used to control Temps. RightMark CPU clock utility can be used for this. Once you have your OC set you want to test for stability I use Pime95. Good luck. Try a search as many threads on this with some how to advice.

Edit: and I assmed this was a software/FSB OC.

 

thanks very much for the advice

 

Make sure you have the latest BIOS, it should help with temps for that AMD CPU.

 

ok right. im going to admit im somewhat of a novice here. just want to check im doing this right before jumping in

ive got the latest bios for my laptop from the toshiba site. v1.9 so thats all done

ive downloaded cpu-z my chipset is ati. so i take it i use clockgen which ive downloaded.

ive downloaded laptop hardware control

now do i overclock then check with pime95 or check then oc or what?

 

right ive looked through all the programs listed and cant find anything like simple slider or somethnig to change the clock speed of my cpu
please help

thanks

 

nevermind had a strange copy of clockgen. got a tut and and tried 2.0ghz which was fine with prime95 no errors. temp in rightmark was at 60 celcius. so im trying 2.1ghz now
dont think i'll go any hgher than that

what you guys think?

 

Post your temps if you don't mind(at 2.1 GHz).
& make sure clock gen isn't set to start with windows while your testing.

 

When you run Prime 95 for final stability tests you run it for hours, some people run for days. SiSoft Sandra has some fun benchmarks two CPU and one Memory bandwidth and like all the others we have talked about free versions. Those aren't bad for a quick stability test and fun to see the improvement.

 

Also, do you mind posting before & after benchmarks in Super Pi/WPrime?

 

it runs at 60 normal after oc it runs at 62 normal

with running ut3 for an hour which i think is quite a good test it runs at 70 and 72 oc.

ill get round the benchmarks later im going to hit the hay. lol

thanks for the help