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post #541 of 565
9/6/06 at 6:29am
I'd just like to say thanks for the guide. I have been running 1.6@2.13 since the end of last year, but I just upgraded to 1.8@2.4 with 1.436 volts...I found a cheap one on eBay, so I thought I would give it a try. Just a pity that my 7800GTX doesn't go over 425/1150!
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post #542 of 565
9/6/06 at 3:40pm
Thread Starter 
Glad it helped you . What are you using to stress test your 7800GTX? Are you doing the core by itself and then the memory by itself to ensure that not only one of them is holding you back?
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post #543 of 565
9/6/06 at 4:18pm
I use ATI Tool. I have been making changes to the voltage and core separately, but even 435 (with default memory speed) and 1175 (with default core) result in problems. Admittedly, I have not tried arctic silver on the graphics core, but I would still have hoped for a little more - especially from the video memory.
Still, it runs everything well and so I am not that bothered...I just like to know that I managed to get maximum performance for my money!
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post #544 of 565
9/6/06 at 8:04pm
i hope you can help me:

i have a pentium m 735 wich is actually running at 2,47ghz.
i grounded the bsel[0] and overclocked it in the bios. i'd like to oc the pentium to 2,6ghz but its not stable at 1,340V.

which vids do i have to ground to have a voltage of 1,452?
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post #545 of 565
9/7/06 at 8:51am
ok, i found it out. i grounded vid 0, 1 and 2 and my Pentium M 735 ist now running at 2,6 ghz
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post #546 of 565
9/7/06 at 2:47pm
Thread Starter 
lol, beat me to it. Very nice scores and overclock. I take it the clevo's have an unlocked BIOS?
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post #547 of 565
9/7/06 at 4:08pm
only the Clevo M570As (sager 5720) with P-ATA harddrives can be overclocked up to 15% in the bios. I think thats great, my 1,7ghz cpu is now clocked 900mhz higher than default and its stable
Btw, my cpu is always less than 55 degrees
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post #548 of 565
9/26/06 at 2:10am
alright,

i have a 1.7 400 mhz chip. With just the pin guide it will boot into bios, and says. 2.24. With the VID 0 and VID 2 grounded, it will boot into windows with low stability. With vid 1 and vid 2 grounded, it will boot to windows with stability. The problem is that cpuz, ramcheck, and windows system tab all report that the cpu is a 1.7 running at 600 mhz with a 100 fsb. I have disabled speed step and i was thinking that i must have done something wrong since its not running at 2.24? Am i crazy or does this make sense. What can i do to fix this?

Sean Smith

ps. the chip was brand new...
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post #549 of 565
9/26/06 at 1:49pm
Thread Starter 
Enable speed step, otherwise the CPU won't ramp up in speed (it'll lock itself at a 6x multiplier). Also, make sure you grounded the pin that does the pin mod, which is C16 to B16, otherwise it will run at its native 1.7GHz.
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post #550 of 565
9/26/06 at 5:22pm
^^^ if such is the case, the pin isnt grounded, then why would BIOS report it as a 2.24??? doesnt make any sense to me. My windows install might be botched since it didnt do the detect new hardware thing like it should have.
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post #551 of 565
9/26/06 at 8:33pm
update****

I have the computer plugged in, speed step enabled. The box says, 1.70 GHZ. battery optimized mode of 600 MHz (0.988V) I dont have the xps gen 2 power cable yet even though i have the hacked bios installed. could this be the problem since im starting it off of battery power? Windows is reporting it as a 1.7 chip running at 297 mhz even though its plugged into the wall and prime has the cpu at 100 percent. I am totally stuck on this guys. Any advice would be great. I think im going to take it out, and do the pins again.

EDIT:
also, upon booting into windows, solely on battery power, the desktop is pixelated and prime fails immediatly. With the power supply plugged in, prime will run, i havnt tested past like 15 minutes but it will go for 15 minutes without errors.
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post #552 of 565
9/26/06 at 9:09pm
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You need to isolate variables. Pull out all your voltage mods and see if the chip boots into your BIOS. Then test for stability in a pre-os program (burn an iso of of memtest 86+ from www.memtest.org and see if it ramps up to 2.26GHz). Sometimes, if you had a really bad crash, it can botch your windows install, so you might have to look into re-installing your OS. But go in that order and see what you find.
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post #553 of 565
9/26/06 at 9:17pm
thats exactly what im doing. The chip boots into 1.7 with no problems and while prime is running the proc reads at 1.7. I am redoing the pin mod right now and was actually planning on the memtest cause i have the cd handy already. ill be back with results. thanks for the help.

Sean. PS. i got my 7800 gtx delivered today for 210 shipped yay. I hope i can get the proc working though.
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post #554 of 565
9/26/06 at 9:27pm
alright, with no volt mod, memtest detects the proc as 2.26 like it should, but errors constantly. 21 errors in the first 30 percent of test one.... the computer will not boot into windows.


EDIT:im going to try to pin vid 2 and vid 0 now... and ill run memtest again. This is all being done on only battery power because i need it stable through the battery.

EDIT EDIT: (lol) boots to login screen and freezes with vid2 and vid 0. mem test is running now but so far is at 50 percent on its first pass with no errors. the extra voltage seemed to do it good. THis is consistant with what happened the first time. Could i just have gotten a bum chip????
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post #555 of 565
9/26/06 at 10:23pm
alright, completed memtest, pass one with 0 errors at 2261????? So, if it is memtest stable for at least one pass, how can it not boot into windows. I think im going to leave it on overnight, to get a few more passes in. Heat couldnt have something to do with it right? if it is able to run memtest without overheating and shutting down? Any ideas as to why it wont boot into windows

EDIT: after one pass of memtest with no errors, the system was giving me a blue screen of 0x0000007F, 0x0000000F, and the rest were all 0x00000000 while trying to boot into windows. It crashes out when attempting a new install of windows as well... i guess ill up the voltage again. I dont think that this is a good chip. If supposedly 75 percent can do this with out a volt mod... then my chip is sucking ass. .

Sean
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post #556 of 565
9/26/06 at 11:04pm
alright... we now have vid 0, vid 1, and vid 2 grounded for a total of 1.452v. Same thing, prime is immediatly unstable with only the battery plugged in? WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ger... ne ways, so if i sell this back on ebay as used now... and try another, what are the chances that its the chip and not my computer since the chip was brand freaking new when i started.
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post #557 of 565
8/21/07 at 5:47pm
Hi, i got a 745 M pentium and if i perform the pinmod (with voltmod to 1.452v) the CPU is running at 800 MHZ and is not speeding up.
If i start NHC ithe PC freezes immidiatly. Any Ideas?
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post #558 of 565
2/4/08 at 9:47am
I've had my B130 for a while now and was recently looking around to do something to speed it up. I never considered it before other than the 2 sticks of 1gb mem.

Found this place through a search and have read for two days. This thread and the one that's 51 pages about the FSB pin mod are very informative. I've decided to try it.... I've been convinced that my laptop now out of warranty is fair game now.

I have the 735 and by what I can glean that seems pretty successful w/o a volt mod. But if needed I can manage.

My old boxes, amounting to a Abit BH6, Sloket 3, 566 Celery @ 1000. lol... still works.

Then my Abit VP6 w/ dual P3 700's @ 1000. Got to love that Soft Menu!! Both boxes have big copper Vantecs with fans on them that sound like a freakin helicopter is in the room.

Well anyway I told myself I would not mess with the laptop. After the memory install and doing some peaking around at the guts I changed my mind. Because not messing with the laptop is just a silly thing to do.

Wish me luck.

Oh yeah, Hi everyone.
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post #559 of 565
2/6/08 at 3:46am
just ordered a p-m 735, hoping for 2.26ghz

hoping for a cheap yet viable upgrade. another gb of pc2-4200 on the way as well.

current: b130 c-m 1.5ghz 1gb - ubuntu 7.10

anyone have a clue where the 12cell batteries are at? support.dell.com at one time said they were available, didn't take advantage of it then. my 6cell lasts about an hour after two years. acceptable, but longer batt life would seal the deal for another two years.
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post #560 of 565
2/6/08 at 3:55am
I really hope the chipset on the B130 supports 533 MHz FSB
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