I have overclocked my A6-3400M from 1.4MHz to 2.4MHz, and it can boost up to 2.8MHz.
I'm using k10STAT. All the temperatures are around the same as when they were 1.4MHz, since I was able to also reduce voltage consumption.
At 1.4MHz temperature during idle is about 50c and at 2.4Mhz temperature during idle is about 52c. Not really a big difference In temperature. (Reason why I believe temperatures are high at idle is because the heatsink needs to be air dusted. Haven't done so in about 7 months I've had this computer)
Will this clock speed reduce the laptops life or is it based on the amount of heat thats created?
Since you reduced the voltage as well, I would actually guess that your chip will last longer than it would have at default settings. I'm not sure what the safe temp is for the mobile APU's though, so make sure you're within the safety range.
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Just keep the temps under 70c and you should be fine they could probbly take temps in the 90c but better safe then haveing a melted laptop.
Whoops sorry about the MHz/GHz switch, my CPU monitor says MHz some reason? and tempatures will get around 70-80c when gaming... During crysis 2 it gets to 90c and so I won't play that until I get a cooling pad.
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Whoops sorry about the MHz/GHz switch, my CPU monitor says MHz some reason? and tempatures will get around 70-80c when gaming... During crysis 2 it gets to 90c and so I won't play that until I get a cooling pad.
CPUZ says 2423mhz not 2.423mhz.
See if you can get the voltages down a bit more and get it dusted you honestly should be fine in the 90c area and it should shutdown before it metls.
Is your CPU running hotter at load speed than it did at 1.4GHz? If it doesn't then you should run before and after benchmarks with something like 3D Mark 11 or something. I just found this page that says apparently the APU's can appear to be overclocked when really they are running at the same speed as before. This can be avoided by increasing the base clock instead of the multiplier.
Is your CPU running hotter at load speed than it did at 1.4GHz? If it doesn't then you should run before and after benchmarks with something like 3D Mark 11 or something. I just found this page that says apparently the APU's can appear to be overclocked when really they are running at the same speed as before. This can be avoided by increasing the base clock instead of the multiplier.
I feel like stupid now, lol. I've tried to get the 2.4ghz voltage down to 1.0v but it seemed to crash my laptop and give me a bluescreen.
My laptop does get a little hotter after I change the clock speed, like 2-7c
You really shouldn't feel stupid.
Ya You could mess and tweak a bit of the other values to get it stable with the lower voltage but it is most lickly the max your chips going to do. If you lowerd the voltage you should be running cooler just dust it out you should be fine.
But dam you should be happy thats a pretty large overclock assuming its 100% stable.
You really shouldn't feel stupid.
Ya You could mess and tweak a bit of the other values to get it stable with the lower voltage but it is most lickly the max your chips going to do. If you lowerd the voltage you should be running cooler just dust it out you should be fine.
But dam you should be happy thats a pretty large overclock assuming its 100% stable.
Seems pretty stable to me, minecraft runs much more smoother then it did before. No bad lag spikes anymore.
Oh and it is bad if it crashes from me putting the voltage to low? it wouldn't harm my laptop, would it?
Edit - Would anyone know how to change a laptops fan speed? Program Speedfan isn't working
Congratulations once again on the overclock. That's about a 70% increase which is absolutely remarkable considering that it's at a lower voltage than stock as well. An overclock like that is exceptional especially on a mobile chip where heat becomes a major factor.
Don't forget to make sure your overclock is stable though. Run Prime95 on blend for at least 12 hours to test if it's stable. If it crashes or produces errors during the test then start raising the voltage by small increments such as .005V. Once you can run Prime95 for 12 hours on blend with no errors or crashes, your overclock is stable. Happy overclocking
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I had to tone down the overclock to 2Ghz because It was little unstable at the voltage it was at, which made me have to increase it and that increased the temperature. At 2Ghz I'm able to keep voltage at 1.0v and is more stable then at 2.4Ghz at 1.1v
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I'm using k10STAT. All the temperatures are around the same as when they were 1.4MHz, since I was able to also reduce voltage consumption.
At 1.4MHz temperature during idle is about 50c and at 2.4Mhz temperature during idle is about 52c. Not really a big difference In temperature. (Reason why I believe temperatures are high at idle is because the heatsink needs to be air dusted. Haven't done so in about 7 months I've had this computer)
Will this clock speed reduce the laptops life or is it based on the amount of heat thats created?
Laptop I have now - http://www.newegg.co...30216&Tpk=k53ta
I'm lucky for being able to get it, been out of stock ever since I've had. (Got it right around Christmas)
In picture temperature is around 54c
Just keep the temps under 70c and you should be fine they could probbly take temps in the 90c but better safe then haveing a melted laptop.
Whoops sorry about the MHz/GHz switch, my CPU monitor says MHz some reason? and tempatures will get around 70-80c when gaming... During crysis 2 it gets to 90c and so I won't play that until I get a cooling pad.
CPUZ says 2423mhz not 2.423mhz.
See if you can get the voltages down a bit more and get it dusted you honestly should be fine in the 90c area and it should shutdown before it metls.
http://www.passmark.com/forum/showthread.php?3580-AMD-Llano-fake-overclocking-A4-A6-A8
I feel like stupid now, lol. I've tried to get the 2.4ghz voltage down to 1.0v but it seemed to crash my laptop and give me a bluescreen.
My laptop does get a little hotter after I change the clock speed, like 2-7c
1.4Ghz Performance Test
2.4Ghz Performance Test
Its seems to me that k10stat worked.
You really shouldn't feel stupid.
Ya You could mess and tweak a bit of the other values to get it stable with the lower voltage but it is most lickly the max your chips going to do. If you lowerd the voltage you should be running cooler just dust it out you should be fine.
But dam you should be happy thats a pretty large overclock assuming its 100% stable.
Seems pretty stable to me, minecraft runs much more smoother then it did before. No bad lag spikes anymore.
Oh and it is bad if it crashes from me putting the voltage to low? it wouldn't harm my laptop, would it?
Edit - Would anyone know how to change a laptops fan speed? Program Speedfan isn't working
No running at low voltages runs no risk at all.
Running at too high of voltages yes but low no.
Most laptop fans aren't controllable by software.
Thanks for the info
Don't forget to make sure your overclock is stable though. Run Prime95 on blend for at least 12 hours to test if it's stable. If it crashes or produces errors during the test then start raising the voltage by small increments such as .005V. Once you can run Prime95 for 12 hours on blend with no errors or crashes, your overclock is stable. Happy overclocking