So i got a laptop for college and its a really cheap 450 dollar compaq presarion laptop.. i've a dual core AMD athlon 64 x2 on it and it runs like 1.73ghz i think.. i wanna overclock it so it runs faster.. i've windows vista and a gig or ram on it although i dunno if either of them have anything to do with overclocking but just mentioning them.. btw i don't wanna kill my laptop so i don't wanna open it up.. if there's like any easy way like messin with the bios r somethin that'd work.. well thanx for any answers guys..
2007-09-20 11:59:52 · 5 answers · asked by sesh48 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
You don't.
Laptops are not made to be overclocked.
The processors are set at their speeds, and to save money and space, the laptop manufacturer creates a cooling solution (heatsink/heatpipes) that is just efficient enough to keep the processor at operating temperature.
Overclocking a processor creates more heat, so the laptop will overheat quickly.
Not to mention the fact that Compaq strips all overclocking options out of the BIOS's that are installed in their computers.
You could do it using Nvidia's Ntune or some other software-based overclocking utility. But again, you are just creating more heat that the computer cannot disappate.
2007-09-20 12:09:29 · answer #1 · answered by Bjorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
instead of overclocking (which is by the way the worst thing u can do for a laptop) just get more RAM if u double u'r current RAM I guarantee u a speed up of more than twice the speed it runs on now
plus over clocking won't do anything to a laptop with 1 GBs of RAM I assure u
2007-09-20 14:26:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be caused by the software. Is it Vista. Try going to start, connect to after turning on the switch. If the light doesn't come on and no networks are found then I would click on diagnose the problem and follow the instructions. If it says that you need to flip the switch then you have a problem.
2016-05-19 21:06:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you need to ask, then you don't need to know.
How would you like the Compaq to turn into a "Brick". Just overclock it to much.
2007-09-20 12:13:44 · answer #4 · answered by Retired and Glad 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You could try Clockgen. Laptop BIOS usually does not have fsb adjustment.
2007-09-24 01:17:22 · answer #5 · answered by Karz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋