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Can i over clock a T30
Name: j0k3st3r_69 Date: December 10, 2007 at 09:17:23 Pacific OS: xp CPU/Ram: 2.4 80gbhd 2 gig Product: T30 thinkpad
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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
Name: jam Date: December 10, 2007 at 09:33:14 Pacific
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
Name: j0k3st3r_69 Date: December 10, 2007 at 11:18:45 Pacific
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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
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"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
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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
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"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
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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
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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.
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