Overclocking A Dell Inspiron--possible?

Overclocking A Dell Inspiron--possible? Inspiron 6400 w/ C2D T5600

#1 happyroach

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Posted 31 March 2007 - 12:39 AM

Okay, so this baby is already pretty fast, but I want faster >:D because darkviet said H264 encoding would be faster had I overclocked this baby.

What I would like to know is...is it even possible to overclock a Dell laptop? I managed to overclock my old desktop (Athlon XP) fine, and I overclocked my computer at work (Pentium IV), but somehow I could NOT overclock my Inspiron. It keeps saying how certain parts of the BIOS is locked.

Is there a way to unlock those configurations? And how would you ever flash your BIOS on a laptop? I know how to do it on a desktop...

Okay thanks

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#2 apparition

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Posted 31 March 2007 - 12:47 AM

even if it were possible to overclock a LAPTOP, i wouldnt recommend it.

the chassis on the laptops are barely enough to cool themselves on stock....overclocking would overheat it for sure. desktop computers have all the necessary cooling and ventilation...but imagine your laptop

. and yeah...the mobo features are minimal on laptops so...meh.....cant overclock even if you wanted to burn the thing.

i dont think darkviet knows that you were on a laptop...otherwise he wouldnt have recommmended it. the C2D for the desktop overclocks very niecly however...

#3 DaRkViEt73

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Posted 31 March 2007 - 08:01 AM

QUOTE(happyroach @ Mar 31 2007, 01:39 AM)

What I would like to know is...is it even possible to overclock a Dell laptop?

QUOTE(apparition @ Mar 31 2007, 01:47 AM)

i dont think darkviet knows that you were on a laptop...otherwise he wouldnt have recommmended it. the C2D for the desktop overclocks very niecly however...

Yeah you guys got me there. I thought you were talking about a desktop computer.

But that's how things are done in the tech forum... we give you a glimmer of hope then we CRUSH IT! Muhahaha!

#4 awdark

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Posted 31 March 2007 - 11:19 AM

You can overclock your video but if it was possible for the CPU to overclock... I wouldn't have a dead 1.8ghz comcrap sitting in my backyard =\

Your only chance would be to look up the clockgen of your laptop to see if you can get the clockgen utility to adjust the front side bus. But thats really doubtful.

#5 happyroach

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Posted 31 March 2007 - 10:31 PM

GRR YOU SERIOUSLY DID GET MY HOPES ALL UP!!!

I have an external cooler for my laptop and it works dandy. Though I would imagine that, had I overclocked my laptop, it would still overheat despite the cooling.

Ah, so much for wishful thinking ;p Oh well, at least this baby's fast at everything else <3

Thanks guys for your input anyway hahaha

I miss soompi :<