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Subject: Can i over clock a T30

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Name: j0k3st3r_69
Date: December 10, 2007 at 09:17:23 Pacific
Subject: Can i over clock a T30
OS: xp
CPU/Ram: 2.4 80gbhd 2 gig
Model/Manufacturer: T30 thinkpad
Comment:
If i get it runing i would like to over clock it b.c i am upgradeing it all since its cheaper then getting a new one being i got it free i have a 2.4cpu with 160gbhd and a 2 or 4 gig mem what do i need to over clock it if i can if i cant what eles can i do to make it faster like new computers thanks

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Response Number 1
Name: jam
Date: December 10, 2007 at 09:33:14 Pacific
Subject: Can i over clock a T30
Reply: (edit)
Laptops/notebooks generally can NOT be overclocked. And judging from your two posts, you probably should let someone more knowledgeable do the upgrading.

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Response Number 2
Name: j0k3st3r_69
Date: December 10, 2007 at 10:06:36 Pacific
Subject: Can i over clock a T30
Reply: (edit)
ok but is there anything eles i can get and do to it to make it faster

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Response Number 3
Name: Sabertooth
Date: December 10, 2007 at 10:21:35 Pacific
Subject: Can i over clock a T30
Reply: (edit)
Yup! .... hook it up to a jet engine ;-)


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Response Number 4
Name: j0k3st3r_69
Date: December 10, 2007 at 10:27:31 Pacific
Subject: Can i over clock a T30
Reply: (edit)
tryed it only went far but did not work faster and stop frezzing sorry lol

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Response Number 5
Name: jam
Date: December 10, 2007 at 10:41:47 Pacific
Subject: Can i over clock a T30
Reply: (edit)
You need to realize how a laptop works. The CPU speed varies depending on load. If the CPU ran at 2.4GHz all the time, the battery runtime would be short & the CPU would run hot & possibly overheat. But by varying the speed, the CPU runs cooler & the battery runtime is greatly increased. Intel uses "SpeedStep Technology", AMD uses "Cool 'n' Quiet"

"is there anything eles i can get and do to it to make it faster"

You probably need to clean up accumulated junk files, runs virus & spyware scans, disable useless startup programs, defrag the drive, etc.

BTW, 4GB RAM is *probably* unnecessary & won't increase performance unless you actually need that much memory.


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Response Number 6
Name: j0k3st3r_69
Date: December 10, 2007 at 10:50:31 Pacific
Subject: Can i over clock a T30
Reply: (edit)
ok well i give the hd and all back now i just need to get the computer runing so even if i get like 2 gigs and put a 100gb hd and put a cuple games on it will run the same as if would with 80gb and 1gig mem

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Response Number 7
Name: jam
Date: December 10, 2007 at 11:15:34 Pacific
Subject: Can i over clock a T30
Reply: (edit)
I don't know what games you're hoping to play, but with a "16MB RADEON 7500 ATI Mobility video chipset" you're not gonna be able to play any recent titles, regardless of how much RAM you have installed. The bottomline is the T30 is not a gaming laptop & no amount of upgrades will turn it into one.

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/s...


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Response Number 8
Name: j0k3st3r_69
Date: December 10, 2007 at 11:18:45 Pacific
Subject: Can i over clock a T30
Reply: (edit)
i play the c&c game on it now is there any way to upgrade the video chipset or anything

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Response Number 9
Name: jam
Date: December 10, 2007 at 11:22:08 Pacific
Subject: Can i over clock a T30
Reply: (edit)
"is there any way to upgrade the video chipset or anything"

No.


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Response Number 10
Name: j0k3st3r_69
Date: December 10, 2007 at 11:24:52 Pacific
Subject: Can i over clock a T30
Reply: (edit)
will i be able to play the c&c game though

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Response Number 11
Name: jam
Date: December 10, 2007 at 11:49:10 Pacific
Subject: Can i over clock a T30
Reply: (edit)
"will i be able to play the c&c game though"

You just said you can already play it? C & C is well over 10 yrs old (depeding on which version you have) so the system requirements are pretty low by today's standards. The original version was released in 1995.



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Response Number 12
Name: j0k3st3r_69
Date: December 10, 2007 at 11:52:41 Pacific
Subject: Can i over clock a T30
Reply: (edit)
i mean the new one generals zero hour and tiberiam war

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Response Number 13
Name: Sabertooth
Date: December 10, 2007 at 17:28:51 Pacific
Subject: Can i over clock a T30
Reply: (edit)
Dude .... you can at least put some effort into your personal inquiries, this forum is for computer issues & hardly a free tutorial classroom. A little googling goes a long way .... try it. We really shouldn't be looking up System Requirements for your games, if we have to: you probably shouldn't be playing them to begin with.

Can You Run It?

Command & Conquer3 Forum


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