I was wanting to know if it's easy to overclock a laptop to play games better without all this lag I'm experiencing,i have averatec 7100 series with a amd processor???...looks like world of warcraft can't run good on this laptop i have and i was wanting to make it better is all,thnx guys...
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Overclocking a Laptop...
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You *may* be able to overclock your laptop using software (SetFSB or Clockgen). However it isnt reccomeneded as a laptop can barely keep up with heat removal on stock speeds, none the less higher speeds and more voltage.
I would also reccomend doing a search on this subject as it has been covered many times and there will be more specific ways to do it, and why not to. Choose your poison.
You *may* be able to overclock your laptop using software (SetFSB or Clockgen). However it isnt reccomeneded as a laptop can barely keep up with heat removal on stock speeds, none the less higher speeds and more voltage.
I would also reccomend doing a search on this subject as it has been covered many times and there will be more specific ways to do it, and why not to. Choose your poison.
EarthDog is correct, I upgraded my T-30 (see sig) from a P4 - 1.8 to a 2.0 to a 2.5 the fan runs constantly now where as with the 2.0 it would shut down after a few minutes then start up again in a few, now it doesn't shut down. (This will drain the battery faster BTW).
One of the side effects of doing the CPU/Memory upgrade is the FSB went from 400 to 537 (537 not 533 - [shurg]) and I beleve that is the cause of the heat increase.
Check the manufacture's web site for the model number and see what they used as the max CPU/Memory combo's by the end of their production run.
IBM lists the T-30 with a P-4 2.0 and PC2100 memory at the end of the production run but there was a foot note that the motherboard/bios would support a P-4 up to 2.8, I didn't get that coragious even thouth I have a P-4 2.8 M I didn't use it.
Another thing you need to keep in mind is the Video Ram, how much does the laptop have and can the system memory be shared? My T-30 has 32 Meg and it can not share the System memory, thus when I loaded World In Conflict it puked on me, not enough Video ram, needs 128 meg...
Good luck with your project if you go forward with it...
One of the side effects of doing the CPU/Memory upgrade is the FSB went from 400 to 537 (537 not 533 - [shurg]) and I beleve that is the cause of the heat increase.
Check the manufacture's web site for the model number and see what they used as the max CPU/Memory combo's by the end of their production run.
IBM lists the T-30 with a P-4 2.0 and PC2100 memory at the end of the production run but there was a foot note that the motherboard/bios would support a P-4 up to 2.8, I didn't get that coragious even thouth I have a P-4 2.8 M I didn't use it.
Another thing you need to keep in mind is the Video Ram, how much does the laptop have and can the system memory be shared? My T-30 has 32 Meg and it can not share the System memory, thus when I loaded World In Conflict it puked on me, not enough Video ram, needs 128 meg...
Good luck with your project if you go forward with it...
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