Overclocking Gateway Tablet

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AoN

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I have a Gateway M290 Tablet with a Intel Core 2 Duo CPU T5450 @ 1.66GHz and 3 GB of DDR2 RAM running Vista Home Premium SP2. I'm fairly amatuerish when it comes to actual computers and their components, but I've done a bit of research into overclocking and I've found that it requires that I be able to edit certain settings in my bios. The problem is that my bios have 90% of their settings disabled! :(

Can anyone give me some help with editing the bios restrictions, or bypassing them to overcloak the CPU?
 
I would not recommend overclocking a laptop. The main reason is because of heat. Laptops run fairly warm to begin with due to all the parts crammed together real close. If you overclock it, that will make it even worse.
 
I wish I knew, but the specs for my laptop only say "Systemboard with 128 MB Graphics 965PM Chipset and 1394 (FRU) [Part #4006213R] ". Looking up the part number I get this link, but I don't understand half of what's on it. :S

I'm sorry I'm so little help.
 
AoN said:
I have a Gateway M290 Tablet with a Intel Core 2 Duo CPU T5450 @ 1.66GHz and 3 GB of DDR2 RAM running Vista Home Premium SP2. I'm fairly amatuerish when it comes to actual computers and their components, but I've done a bit of research into overclocking and I've found that it requires that I be able to edit certain settings in my bios. The problem is that my bios have 90% of their settings disabled! :(

Can anyone give me some help with editing the bios restrictions, or bypassing them to overcloak the CPU?
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OEM BIOS.. you won't be able bypass the BIOS restrictions. On a lappy they do that for a reason. Also as others have mentioned OCing a lappy is not a good idea due to heat considerations.

You might be able to do it with a software OC program but I would not recommend it.
 
Alright. Thank you for the quick replies, I hadn't found much distinguishing between laptop and desktop overclocking. ^^'
 
That's because overclocking a laptop doesn't happen. without it mleting/dying/burning you in the process.
 
90% of the time, laptop's multipliers and clock settings are locked. and they are locked for a reason.
 
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