Intel centrino overclock software

For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Thread starter pingpongmury Start date Nov 28, Status Not open for further replies. Overclocking a laptop is not a wise thing to do especially by a beginner. Any overclocking results in great rises in heat.

My desktop Q at 2. You will also notice a long list of supported motherboards. Of course, none of which are notebook motherboards or even use the same chipsets.

But each motherboard listed has a particular ClockGen utility linked to it. They have been named according to the clock generator used in the motherboard. Users of supported motherboards only need to download the specific ClockGen utility to overclock their motherboards.

Other ClockGen utilities will not work. Since Intel Centrino motherboards are not officially supported, we had to try each ClockGen utility to find out which works for Centrino motherboards. A good bet would be the ClockGen utilities for Intel-manufactured motherboards. The CY clock generator is used for the i motherboards while the ICS is used for the i and i motherboards.

Let's take a look! Articles ARP Forums! It's impractical, if not hard, to open up notebooks to gain access to the motherboard. Even if you do break into your notebook, you wouldn't have a clue where to start. After all, many notebook manufacturers use proprietary motherboard designs.

In addition, notebook BIOSes seemed to be designed to frustrate the overclocker or tweaker. Only a bare minimum of BIOS options is usually available to the user. Thinking of hacking the BIOS? Well, you may succeed in enabling some hidden functions but nothing that can help you overclock the processor or anything else. However, today, we would like to present a guide on overclocking Centrino notebooks.

Yes, believe it or not - Centrino notebooks are overclockable! For this, we have our forum member raz to thank! Without raz , we would not be aware of this possibility. Articles ARP Forums! Join Team ARP!