COMPAQ Presario QC60 can't edit bios or overclock :(

Hi everyone! What a cool looking forum!!

Here is my laptop spec

Property Value
Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard
Family 103C_5335KV
Product Name Compaq Presario CQ60 Notebook PC
Version F.3C
Serial Number 2CE925H6RL
SKU Number VA163EA#ABU
PC System Type Mobile
Machine Type AT/AT COMPATIBLE
Infrared (IR) Supported No
DMI System UUID 82C42380-63E511DE-A859DFCD-DF492C8C
UUID 8023C482-E563-DE11-A859-DFCDDF492C8C

Windows System Assessment
CPU Score 4.80 (Calculations per second)
Memory Score 5.70 (Memory operations per second)
Graphics Score 3.60 (Desktop performance for Windows Aero)
D3D Score 4.10 (3D business and gaming graphics performance)
Disk Score 5.50 (Disk data transfer rate)
Windows Experience Index 3.60 (Base score)

Disk Space Disk C: 133 GB Available, 222 GB Total, 133 GB Free
Disk D: 1742 MB Available, 10320 MB Total, 1742 MB Free
Disk F: 0 MB Available, 3892 MB Total, 0 MB Free

Physical Memory 2814 MB Total, 1495 MB Free
Memory Load 46%

Virtual Memory 5862 MB Total, 4299 MB Free

PageFile Name C:\pagefile.sys
PageFile Size 3113 MB
In use 277 MB
Max used 284 MB
Registry Size 19 MB (current), 682 MB (maximum)

Profile GUID {d8932e40-6a6f-11db-b6ab-806e6f6e6963}

The system clock interval 15 ms


Here is the CPU spec -

Property Value
Number of CPU(s) One Physical Processor / 2 Cores / 2 Logical Processors / 64 bits
CPU Full Name AMD Athlon Dual-Core QL-65
CPU Name AMD Athlon X2 QL-65
CPU Code Name Griffin
Platform Name Socket S1 (638)
Revision LG-B1
Technology 65 nm
Instructions MMX (+), 3DNow! (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, x86-64, NX, VMX
Original Clock 2100 MHz
Original System Clock 200 MHz
Original Multiplier 10.5
CPU Clock 2100 MHz
System Clock 200.0 MHz
HT Link 1799.9 MHz
Core 0 Speed 2099.9 MHz
Core 0 Multiplier 10.5
Core 1 Speed 2099.9 MHz
Core 1 Multiplier 10.5
L1 Data Cache 2 x 64 KBytes
L1 Instructions Cache 2 x 64 KBytes
L2 Cache 2 x 512 KBytes




So I tried AMD OverDrive (failed to start)

And I tried Clockgen and it wont allow me to edit anything... Just shows the clocks and no options... I also tried to edit BIOS but it just shows it all but you cant scroll on it its all greyed out...

Is it because the laptop isn't very high spec that I cant overclock it?

Help would be great

I haven't heard of many laptops with overclocking capability, probably due to the cooling requirements overclocking imposes, and battery life. Per the system requirements, AMD overdrive requires a compatible AMD chipset motherboard:
http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_overdrive.aspx

AMD OverDrive™ utility is compatible with the following operating systems:
Windows 7 (32 or 64-bit)
Windows Vista (32 or 64bit)
Windows XP (32 or 64bit)
AMD CPU and a compatible AMD Chipset motherboard are required for installing and using AMD OverDrive™ utility.
AMD OverDrive™ utility supports the following chipset models:
AMD 790FX
AMD 790GX
AMD 790X
AMD 785G
AMD 780G
AMD 770

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As far as I know, those chipsets are only found in desktop motherboards.

Laptops dont overclock, there is a reason for that. Heat dissapation, or better, lack thereof. You can try by suing a program called SetFSB or Clockgen, but again, its not reccomended to do so.

If you want to overclock, get a desktop and a board that actually supports it.

As usual I have to tell someone why its bad to OC a laptop:



Please don't, they are not in any way shape or form capable of handling the added heat you are going to put on it.