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    Overclocking the SZ2, possible?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Private-Cowboy, Aug 27, 2006.

  1. Private-Cowboy

    Private-Cowboy Notebook Consultant

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    Hi

    I just thought if it is possible to overclock the CPU of the SZ2. The SZ2 runs very cool and has a lot of headroom before the CPU gets ugly. The CPU would consume ore power but when on AC this is not a problem. Any idea if and how that can be done?
     
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    AlexMcIver Notebook Consultant

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    I'm wondering the exact opposite: is it possible to reduce the FSB so the CPU can be clocked below 1GHz while on battery? A 100Mhz FSB would give me 600MHz, which should still be good for running XP and simple applications.
     
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    Well, from my desktop days I know tools like SetFSB ( http://www13.plala.or.jp/setfsb/), those allowed the modification of the FSB on the fly under Windows both over- and underclocking the bus. They are specially optimized towards certain chipsets and I don't know to what extend they are compatible with the SZ2 mainboard and chip.
     
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