toshiba a210-1ao oc'ing (gpu also)

hi.
i was wondering if anyone ever tried to OC this particular model.
it has a tl-60 2.0ghz proc, a HD 2600 512 ddr2 gpu, 2 gb's of ram @ 667 and was wondering how the .... do i bypass that lousy Phoenix BIOS.
anyone,any idea?i know the gpu can be oc'ed to roughly 600-700,but i haven;t the faintest idea how,or what to use.
any idea will be appreciated.

 

You won't be able to bypass the BIOS. Laptops are specifically meant not to overclock, however, there are tools that you can use within the operating system to overclock. The best ones for overclocking a processor are SetFSB and Clockgen. You will need to find out the PLL of your notebook too. Here is a topic that could help you find your PLL.

As for overclocking the GPU, good utilities are ATI Tool and Rivatuner.

Personally I wouldn't recommend overclocking an AMD processor as they run hot at stock speeds, but undervolting should help.

BTW, a board member called Moral Hazard can really help you with overclocking. He is the one who made that guide for finding the PLL.

 

I agree with that.

Unless you have done some sort of cooling mod:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=414147

And you have to use the best thermal paste.
Still your fan will run high, so I hope you don't mind that.

I recommend using the "find max mem" and "find max core" features with ATItool. It works surprisingly well.

 

for cooling mod ,i don;t have one,but i do have an aluminium cooling pad which works surprisingly good (roughly decreases around 7-8 degrees on hot days,making the max temp at around 83-84)
as for the PLL,i got the IC dump form clockgen 1.0.5.3.

as for atitools,i can;t figure how to use it: i push find max mem,and it goes on and on for hours,basically doing the same test over and over again. i tried raising the core and the memory,and running,but it just jumps back down to standard core and memory. any tips?

 

clockgen kind of sucks.

Can you do this:
1. Open SETFSB.
2. Select "PLL diagnosis" as the PLL.
3. Click on the diagnosis tab.
4. Click getfsb.

then upload a screenshot here

 

something;s weird...it says unknown..
here is what it reads:

 

I think that's only because you have selected the wrong PLL.

For what you are trying to do at the moment, I think the numbers in the bottom table matter.

 

Ok, it looks like you don't have an ICS PLL (according to what should be your device ID register). And also it looks like you have TME mode enabled (no overclocking without a pin mod).

To overclock the CPU you would have to take apart the notebook, find the PLL and the datasheet for the PLL, then do this:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=393027

 

okay...that is bad news...
then....undervolting for a few degrees less?
what about the GPU?oc'ing?
doable or not?
from sisoft-sandra's mainboard list it says that the CPU is working at 1.100 V and it can operate between 0.750 to 1.150 V,so i guess some degree of undervolting would be a breath of fresh air...
also,another weird thing i can say is that in setfsb i was able to modify the FSB/DDR/AGP/PCI frequency a little bit,and didn;t get the BSOD,or lock-up. and the cpu frequency in setfsb was read from 2000 Mhz to 2047 Mhz when i changed the FSB from 100.2/200.4/-/33.3 Mhz to 133/266.6/-/33.3Mhz.
the clock generator used was ICS9148BF-26 and ICS9248BF-87. both worked at a few random frequencies,but didn;t pass 2047 Mhz at the top frequency showed.
ICS9248BF-96 locked up my pc.

 

Update your graphics driver and try ATItool again.
You should be able to overclock the GPU.

Yes undervolting is a good idea.

Also can you try using the PLLs in setfsb that start with "RTM". Sometimes they work even if you have TME enabled and if they are the wrong PLL.
Use CPUz to check if your CPU frequency is increased.

 

what software should i use to undervolt? i haven;t the faintest idea which should work.

 

CPU - RMClock
GPU - Nbitor(?)

 

hello.i;m back,again. is it possible to change the CPU/graphics card completely for this type alltogether?
since OCing the gpu won;t work,and i can only partially OC the CPu,i was thinking of buying a used laptop CPU along with a graphics card.
so...anyone ever opened up this model? is it doable?
CPU-Z says i have an ATI RS690/RS690M chipset motherboard ,IALAA model with a SB600 southbridge.the core runs at 1.100V at the moment.

what chips would work on this model better? what about graph. cards?

 

anyone...?