MSI Wind BIOS 1.09 Enables Overclocking for Real

malware · Oct 25, 2008

MSI recently released a new BIOS version 1.09 for their first netbook MSI Wind. Thanks to this new BIOS Wind owners may now overclock their netbooks by pressing Fn+F10 on the keyboard with an AC power plugged in. This enables 8%, 15% and 24% (1984MHz compared to 1600MHz stock) automatic overclocking. Enabling a 24% overclock will roughly give you a 30% increase in performance. The new BIOS also enhances Wind's performance by approximately 5% over the older BIOS version 1.08. The only downside of this BIOS is that it changes the fan speed, so your Wind may appear to be louder even when it is not overclocked. You can download the new BIOS directly from MSI here, but if you intend to upgrade I strongly recommend you to read this guide first.

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PaulieG · Oct 25, 2008

Very nice. I've been looking for a laptop. With this news, the Wind might be it.

sideeffect · Oct 25, 2008

I was thinking of waiting for the Samsung NC10 but this new BIOS is a real bonus for the Wind.

WarEagleAU · Oct 25, 2008

Extremely impressive that a notebook can be overclocked and at such a low price point.

Hayder_Master · Oct 25, 2008

wow, that's cool you don't need to mod bios or something everything are ready , good move

Mussels · Oct 26, 2008

interesting.

now all i need is a superpi run, to know how fast these chips are when OC'd... because i want to make then HD media capable

qwerty_lesh · Oct 26, 2008

very cool, so you could oc it on charge just before you leave the house!

such a feature will stand out amongst other NETBOOKS

Urbklr · Oct 26, 2008

I think this made up my mind on with Netbook to get for X-mas

SimFreak47 · Oct 26, 2008

Mad props to MSI!

This idea is freaking awesome!

wolf · Oct 26, 2008

are there tools out there for overclocking an eee? i have a 1000H but the software that comes on it overclocks from 1.6 to 1.7....... not exactly awe inspiring...2ghz would be nice

newtekie1 · Oct 26, 2008

1.) The MSI Wind has had this feature before this BIOS. Read the reviews on it from when it was released and you will see talk of it.

2.) The MSI Wind isn't the only netbook to offer this feature. The EeePC has a similar feature, though it isn't as aggressive with the clock speed. The EeePC only clocks the CPU to 1.8GHz at the highest setting.

3.) Yes, the EeePC can be overclocked even further using SetFSB or EEECTL.

sproyd · Oct 27, 2008

malware said:
MSI recently released a new BIOS version 1.09 for their first netbook MSI Wind. Thanks to this new BIOS Wind owners may now overclock their netbooks by pressing Fn+F10 on the keyboard with an AC power plugged in. This enables 8%, 15% and 24% (1984MHz compared to 1600MHz stock) automatic overclocking. Enabling a 24% overclock will roughly give you a 30% increase in performance. The new BIOS also enhances Wind's performance by approximately 5% over the older BIOS version 1.08. The only downside of this BIOS is that it changes the fan speed, so your Wind may appear to be louder even when it is not overclocked. You can download the new BIOS directly from MSI here, but if you intend to upgrade I strongly recommend you to read this guide first.

Source: Electric Vagabond

Thanks for the link.

I can confirm that this bios update make the Wind a must have for those thinking about a Wind for xmas. MSI's huge experience in the HQ MoBo space over the years is showing through in their great bioses - whereby Asus was always a low quality provider. I love my Wind more and more with every update.

Sure the Super Hybrid Engine in the Eees is ok but this function is really amazing and couldn't be any easier. And the Power LED glows orange so you know you are O/Cd. What a netboook!

Spencer
Electric Vagabond dot com

sasa1203 · Oct 30, 2008

Mussels said:
interesting.

now all i need is a superpi run, to know how fast these chips are when OC'd... because i want to make then HD media capable

Super Pi / mod1.5 XS results:

Wind (AC power) 1:37
Wind (AC, "turbo") 1:17
Wind (DC power) 1:37
Wind (DC, "slow") 3:10 (Fn+F10 on battery power)
Core2 Duo (T7700@600 MHz) 1:31
Core2 Duo (T7700@1,2 GHz) 0:43
Core2 Duo (T7700@2,4 GHz) 0:20.8

I ussually use my business laptop (HP 8510p) downclocked to 600 MHz (RightMark CPU Clock Utility) and all apps work perfectly (Firefox, Outlook, MS Word, MS Excel...). Only time I bring the clock back to 2,4 GHz is when running some very demanding Visual Basic apps.

Therefore, overclocked MSI Wind is just... Well, perfect! :respect:

Mussels · Oct 30, 2008

thank you for registering to post that information to me.

was that the superpi 1M test? If so, 1m 17s seems pretty bad for the turbo (2GHz?) speed

sasa1203 · Oct 30, 2008

Mussels said:
thank you for registering to post that information to me.

was that the superpi 1M test? If so, 1m 17s seems pretty bad for the turbo (2GHz?) speed

It IS SuperPI 1M. My bad.

Mussels · Oct 30, 2008

damn

i've seen a celeron 2.66Ghz get faster results

again, thanks for posting that.

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