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stewartfan   09-18-2009 at 04:52:03 AM

Currently, I am awaiting a computer from eBay with a phenom 9500 that currently runs at 2.2ghz. I would like to get it up to around 2.5 but I have no idea where to start, or what to do at all. Specs are as follows:

 

Gateway GT5658e
nForce 6150 chipset
motherboard ??
2x500gb hdd
3gb ram
phenom x4 as listed above
currently, raedon HD 2400xt, will upgrade

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------------------------------ PowerBook G4 17" [BROKEN]

Gateway GT5658E (Triple Boot 1.) Vista, 2.) Seven RC, 3.) XP Pro (fixed!))
Phenom 9500, 3GB RAM, 1TB HDD, Radeon HD 2400XT, 300W PSU
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stewartfan   09-18-2009 at 06:04:26 AM

stewartfan wrote :

Currently, I am awaiting a computer from eBay with a phenom 9500 that currently runs at 2.2ghz. I would like to get it up to around 2.5 but I have no idea where to start, or what to do at all. Specs are as follows:

Gateway GT5658e
nForce 6150 chipset
motherboard ??
2x500gb hdd
3gb ram
phenom x4 as listed above
currently, raedon HD 2400xt, will upgrade




buzz??

------------------------------ PowerBook G4 17" [BROKEN]

Gateway GT5658E (Triple Boot 1.) Vista, 2.) Seven RC, 3.) XP Pro (fixed!))
Phenom 9500, 3GB RAM, 1TB HDD, Radeon HD 2400XT, 300W PSU
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seabreeze   09-20-2009 at 12:05:53 PM

motherboard ??

Well, I'm guessing Gateway is about as popular as a hole in the head (or Dell where I am). There seems to be little information out there about the motherboard and BIOS menus. A pdf of the manual would be good, but I can only find a user guide.

So you're limited to raising the clock from 200MHz to whatever you can squeeze of of it. Most of these Phenom 9xxx's can groan out an extra 0.4 to 0.6GHz from stock without too much hassle.

It would be good to have some idea of the BIOS menu and settings to help further.

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runswindows95   09-20-2009 at 04:20:15 PM

The majority of OEM motherboards have a locked BIOS where you can't overclock them.

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stewartfan   09-20-2009 at 05:42:37 PM

Yeah, I bet it is locked, is there a way to do it inside the OS? I still haven't gotten the computer, but it has vista and I will be installing windows 7 RC and XP alongside vista. I have no idea of the motherboard, but I will check as soon as it arrives.

------------------------------ PowerBook G4 17" [BROKEN]

Gateway GT5658E (Triple Boot 1.) Vista, 2.) Seven RC, 3.) XP Pro (fixed!))
Phenom 9500, 3GB RAM, 1TB HDD, Radeon HD 2400XT, 300W PSU
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seabreeze   09-21-2009 at 11:26:21 AM

Not much point discussing it further unless more information becomes available. Best to wait until it arrives, then.

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