brand new P151hm1. time to overclock :)

hey guys I just bought a P151HM1. fairly budget entry-level machine it cost me $1,300 AUD with a 2630QM and 560M. 8GB 1333MHz blah blah blah you all know the specs. oh and i just dropped $230 on a OCZ agility 3 120GB SSD and love it! (please understand the prices in australia are much higher than in the US even though our dollar is currently very strong)

anywho ive been running some benchmarks and am really impressed with the power this little thing packs (my last notebook was an asus G1s which was almost $2000 from memory)

driver support and overclocking of nVidia is the reason i went with the 560. the GPU runs well at 900 MHz (up from 775) and the memory at 1500 (up from 1350). for benchmarks ive pushed the core clock higher but in the interest of longevity i've kept the clock lower for everyday computing.

my question is, how can i change the base clock (ive seen people refer to it as BCLK) for the 2630QM? there are very few options in the bios and i'm wondering if i should update it somehow but the clevo website is not terribly helpful. Can this be done in the OS at all? the only cpu overclocking i've done is with various automated ASUS utilities and SETFSB.

thanks in advance!

edit:
3dmark06 - 16555 with the gpu @925,1500
3dmark11 - P2598

 

congrats on ur sager mate!

i'll receive my p170hm soon and will also keep a close look at this thread, power is never enough ha!

 

I don't think the 2630QM is OC-able, although you would have to wait (and hope) for a reseller to reply in order to be sure.

 

NP8150/NP8130 CPU cant be overclocked at all, regardless of what CPU you have. Just the GPU can be overclocked.

No software is out that supports these for any type of overclocking. That being said, remember these CPU have they own tubro. For example my CPU is 2860 which is 2.5Ghz, but it normally runs at 3.2Ghz under load and peaks at 3.5Ghz I think.

 

hey i have the same XD, METABOX hahaha, hey how are the temps with that oc ???

 

It is currently not possible to overclock the processors in these models that end with "QM" (2630, 2720, 2760, etc). Only the "XM" models (2920, 2960) are multiplier unlocked and allow you to overclock them. Even then, it's only possible on HM67 chipset machines like the P170HM. HM65 machines including the P150HM and P151HM1 do not support overclocking even with the "XM" models.

As a note, the HM65 models also don't support 1600Mhz XTU RAM- just JEDEC 1600 Plug and Play.

 

Would this stuff run at the correct speed?
Newegg.ca - Kingston HyperX 8GB (2 x 4GB) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1600 HyperX Plug n Play Laptop Memory Model KHX1600C9S3P1K2/8G

 

Yep, that stuff should run at 1600Mhz just fine. Specifically because it says:

It's the XTU RAM that doesn't work correctly because the HM65 chipset does not have support for XTU overclocking to reach the advertised frequencies. JEDEC RAM runs natively at the listed speeds.

 

Hmm when I called Eurocom about this issue they just made up a whole bunch of excuses. I have factory installed XTU I am assuming.

 

thanks for the response!
@Trewhela temps are fantastic the GPU never goes over 77C which i thought was incredible even at 925MHz

ive seen the 2630QM overclocked by adjusting the BCLK from ~100 to around 104 MHz. i know the multipliers can't be changed on this model. theres a thread about it for an alienware m18x or something.

okay i guess i should give up on that then haha thanks for the input (the 2630qm is fast enough anyway!)

edit: Also Malibal, do i have SATA3 in the HDD bay? i just installed a sata3 SSD and am hoping its not going to waste. HD tune reports a max speed of around 350MB/s where as OCZ claims it will go as high as 525MB/s

edit2: i took a boot up video for those who are interested in the SSD's performance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRchLqRmsiE

 

The optical bay on this model is SATA II only. Your SATA III drive may be limited in speed if that's the bay you loaded it into. If you're running an HDD in the primary bay, I'd swap the two

 

sorry i think you misunderstood me it is in the HDD bay i was just checking that it is SATA3. but you still answered my quesion haha thanks mate

 

hey guys sorry to resurrect this thread but i figured my question didn't warrant a new one.

i installed my SSD and installed windows etc with the bios set to IDE mode not AHCI so when i switched it back to AHCI windows wouldn't boot. it boots and runs fine in IDE mode but im wondering if theres going to be any problems or speed drops with SATA in IDE mode. thanks

 

There aren't any serious issues with running it in IDE mode, though you are going to have a decent performance drop. See the review below for more info:

SSD Benchmark Tests: SATA IDE vs AHCI Mode | AHCI vs IDE,SSD,AHCI,IDE,SATA,Solid State Drive,Benchmark Performance SSD Testing AHCI vs IDE,Benchmark Performance SSD Testing: Intel ICH10 SATA AHCI vs IDE Mode Speed and IOPS Comparison

You can't switch from IDE to AHCI after installing Windows without some work. I believe the KB article below may be of help though:

Error message when you start a Windows 7 or Windows Vista-based computer after you change the SATA mode of the boot drive: "STOP 0x0000007B INACCESSABLE_BOOT_DEVICE"