ferrari one cpu/ram upgraded (& Bluetooth) - Page 3

Originally Posted by majorwedgy

well i have got my tk-42 working fine off battery @ 1.6ghz using rmclock and semi stable @ 1.4ghz using my graphicbooster and mains.

You are going to have several problems firstly the choice of cpu is not only very limited due to heat constraints, socket issues, cpu availability and as i have found bios compatibility. I believe the only compatible cpu that is of the same heat output is the L510

I have upped the ram to 4gb, done the bluetooth, upgraded the hd to a 7200 rpm scorpio black and they all make small differences but none dramatic.
Interestingly if you upgrade the cpu and get it running at the correct clock you will also find that the memory and gpu clock will also increase which i found odd and a pleasant surprise - the speed difference in 3dmark 01 was dramatic to say the least! Although a word of caution, my system will not run @ full speed using the XGP - think there is an issue with bus speeds; despite the multiplier being used to increase the cpu speed.

Honestly dont think the fan upgrade will bring much since it is the size and rpm that make the noise rather than the mechanical noise.

My tip for the graphicbooster (Acer never actually produced a XGP unit) is to look on www.ebay.de - after a massive amount of trawling I managed to get brand new one from there for £40 all in.

Please keep us up top date with what you do - if you succeed with a cpu that doesnt require RMclock and runs stable @ full speed be very interested.

Originally Posted by majorwedgy

basically if I run the cpu @ 1.6ghz whilst the 3870 is plugged in and i play a game the graphics card causes the machine to crash.
I am pretty sure it is because the bus speed increases with the increase in cpu clock (assuming this is the case since memory speed increases as does the onboard gpu core)
I am not sure if it is different Ferrari Ones but I am not entirely convinced that my machine isnt multiplier locked, other people have fitted other cpus and they have run at full speed without using rmclock, mine is detected as 1.6ghz in the bios but once in windows it runs exactly as though the cpu has not changed.