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Aaron_C

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Hello everyone,

i have been trying to follow the guide (I have a HP nx9420) with an ATI mobility x1600. Trying to trick it into think it is just a regular ati card. I have gotten stuck @ step 3. I modded the drivers of the one i downloaded but i don't know how to install them through the control panel I can't see a way to do that. Every i uninstall my old driver and wipe clean of it and restart, the computer automatically reinstalls the driver so it is a mobility card again. I don't know what to do at this stage to unlock the card. I appreciate all the help!

1) Download latest Catalyst/display drivers.
2) Mod them http://www.driverheaven.net/modtool/
3) Install from Windows control panel (Start> Control Panel> display driver, searching them MANUALLY into the .INF that you can find into the modded MODDED ATI DRIVER - select x1600 or x1650 (no mobility)
4) Restart
5) Install Catalyst Control Center Modded
6) Restart
7) Install ATI Tool and check the clock, if it's strange (like 7400 mhz clock - impossible) go to settings and check, on the x1000 overclocking section, "use driver level clocking". This will alleviate many headaches with OC-ing your ATI Mobility based Radeon.
8) Before starting to overclock, write somewhere clocks you see after the point 7 because the new "defaults" botton will go to 85.9/85.9....and this mean that if you unluckily click it a lot of articrafts will appear (because of too much downclocking), but don't be scared...it's all ok, nothing dangerous, the problem is that it's hard to find something to click on the screen . So, to be prepared, create a new profile with you real default settings and us it like defaults before starting to joke with clocks.
 

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go to device manager. display adapter click drop down arrow. right click on card go to properties. driver tab. update driver.

 

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I found the .INF and installed it correctly and then restarted. Then went back into the device manager and it still says that the card is a mobility radeon x1600. Is that ok? I thought it was suppose to say just Radeon x1600
 

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I found the .INF and installed it correctly and then restarted. Then went back into the device manager and it still says that the card is a mobility radeon x1600. Is that ok? I thought it was suppose to say just Radeon x1600

you wont know for sure until you try clocking it.
 

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are you sure you unchecked signed drivers and picked the right one from the list?
 

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are you sure you unchecked signed drivers and picked the right one from the list?

under the driver info in device manager, the driver is not signed. Are you asking if i picked the correct driver from the list online? or the correct .INF file?

I also tried to set the clock in ATI tool and when i hit tried the screen flickered in a checkerboard pattern then went black and nothing happened after that.....
 

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under the driver info in device manager, the driver is not signed. Are you asking if i picked the correct driver from the list online? or the correct .INF file?

I also tried to set the clock in ATI tool and when i hit tried the screen flickered in a checkerboard pattern then went black and nothing happened after that.....

yup it worked then. it means it oc'd wasnt stable then the driver restarted which brought you back to default. try smaller jumps
 

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yup it worked then. it means it oc'd wasnt stable then the driver restarted which brought you back to default. try smaller jumps

smaller jumps (in setting the clock) in ATI tool or ATI tray tools?

I've read people jumping my card from 425 to 550+ for the core....? I have tried to find max core and max memory but the same things happen, the black screen comes up and nothing else happens. It's version 0.24 (i read it was the good one).
 
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smaller jumps (in setting the clock) in ATI tool or ATI tray tools?

I've read people jumping my card from 425 to 550+ for the core....? I have tried to find max core and max memory but the same things happen, the black screen comes up and nothing else happens. It's version 0.24 (i read it was the good one).

every card is diffirent what other people do need to be taken with a grain of salt. if you cant go 1mhz then you cant go 1mhz and the card wont clock.
 

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Alright... I tried 0.26 instead and it works better.. But i can't save the program. When i go to set the clock here, it just reverts back to the original (80.95/71.10) (core/mem)....
 
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anyone tried overclocking the i3 330m yet?

cant get none of the fsb programs to work
 

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I lucked out with the core i5 540M, stock 2.53ghz and turbo is up to 2.93 for two core and 3.06 for one, and it never seems to go below about 2.80 when on AC power.

I'd still like to know how I might get to OC'ing it properly, as I cant get clockgen/setfsb to work.

I've had tremendous luck with the Mobility 5650 however, stock clocks are 550mhz core 800mhz memory, and shes rock solid at 700mhz core 950mhz memory, and I'm still pushing :)
 

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i have this specs intel(R) pentium(R) Mprocessor 2.00ghz, 1gb ram(lazy to upgrade to 2gb) ATI x700 graphic card.. its a laptop btw.. just needed some advice, should i over clock it or should not?
 

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i have this specs intel(R) pentium(R) Mprocessor 2.00ghz, 1gb ram(lazy to upgrade to 2gb) ATI x700 graphic card.. its a laptop btw.. just needed some advice, should i over clock it or should not?

you'll have very little to gain from overclocking a laptop with these kind of specs, in your shoes I probably wouldn't bother... this laptop will have a hard time playing any game thats moderately recent.
 
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Hi, i signed up just for this.

Basically, i have never overclocked anything before, though i know a bit about it.

My laptop is a Dell Inspiron 1750

Core 2 duo 2.2ghz
ATI mobility radeon HD 4330
4 GB DDR2
500 GB 5200rpm

When i first got it i ran Fallout 3 and Oblivion ok (i.e it was playable and i have quite high standards, i never noticed it being at all laggy, completed them both, played a lot)

Now, almost a year later they run too badly for me to play. I see pretty much no difference when i change the settings. I have decided to try to overclock it (if you think i can and it would be worth it) I use my laptop a lot. I install/download/remove a lot of things. (Should i try a registry cleaner?)

So any advice? Either on making my laptop faster without OC or how to OC it?

Thanks
 
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If i were you i would save any important data and do a format and re-install one of the "lite" versions of windows 7 that you may be able to find floating about.

Doing this tho, depends on u not having anything you can't replace.

The second option is to get some registry cleaner software along with other software performance tools (Defragger). You'll need to check the startup stuff through msconfig.exe and look thru the services manager to see if everything loading up when u boot is needed.

Hi, i signed up just for this.

Basically, i have never overclocked anything before, though i know a bit about it.

My laptop is a Dell Inspiron 1750

Core 2 duo 2.2ghz
ATI mobility radeon HD 4330
4 GB DDR2
500 GB 5200rpm

When i first got it i ran Fallout 3 and Oblivion ok (i.e it was playable and i have quite high standards, i never noticed it being at all laggy, completed them both, played a lot)

Now, almost a year later they run too badly for me to play. I see pretty much no difference when i change the settings. I have decided to try to overclock it (if you think i can and it would be worth it) I use my laptop a lot. I install/download/remove a lot of things. (Should i try a registry cleaner?)

So any advice? Either on making my laptop faster without OC or how to OC it?

Thanks
 

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Is there any way to the Sapphire HD5670 1GB GDDR5 card with larger series of amendments into bios?
 

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I want to overclock this laptop:

Dell Studio

- Intel Core 2 DUO T5850, 2.16GHz
- 2GB memory
- ATI Mobillity Radeon HD 3650 256MB
- 17" monitor
- Windows 7 ultimate 64

I have tried quite a few of the programs mention in Page 1 but they just don't work, I get errors, missing driver and some just don't open nothing happens.

Thanks
 
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Hmm, anyone tried overclocking a G73JH? Just got one earlier today and decided to overclock both the CPU and the GPU.

According to http://www.notebookcheck.net/ATI-Mobility-Radeon-HD-5870.23073.0.html they scored between 12,304 and 13,534 on laptops with the same video card on 3dmark06.

I got 12,508 stock, but managed 14,043 after overclocking.

This likely about all that can be squeezed from the card or has anyone managed to get more from a similar setup?
 

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If you feel like you're close to it's max power, just push it up in small increments, tweak the ram a bit if you can. Cards will vary so some might be worse some might be better depending on your luck.
 
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