Mobile/PDA About Us Advertise here
User User name Password  
  Not registered yet? Register here.
Lost your password? Click here. 		 
  Home   News   Guides   Downloads   Glossary   Hardware   Profiles   Forums   v4  
 Advertise at AfterDawn.com     Link to us!     Private messages     Compose a private message     List of all updated threads     Threads without replies     Search messages
Saturday 23.11.2024 / 19:28
Search AfterDawn Forums:        In English   Suomeksi   På svenska
afterdawn.com > forums > pc hardware > building a new pc > dell xps 420 q6600 pin mod?
Show topics
 
Forums
Forums
dell xps 420 q6600 pin mod?
  Jump to:
 
Posted Message
ryanmcf
Junior Member
_ 		19. June 2010 @ 03:46 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hey guys just picked up an xps 420 q6600 2.4 with monitor keyboard mouse 3 gigs of ram and win 7 ultimate for 300 bucks. Felt it was a good deal since im upgrading from a 2004 dell p4 3.0ghz.

Anyways i was browsing the net about bumping it from a 2.4ghz to a 3.0ghz by putting a piece of tape over a certain pin on the chip since dells bios is locked. Is this safe to do with the stock power supply of 375? Also most of the tutorials are dead links on how to do this. Anyone can provide me with some good info on this procedure. thx little buddies
Heres from cpu-z Q6600@2.40ghz Stepping B Revision G0 Chipset X38


[ + quote]

This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 19. June 2010 @ 03:56
sammorris
AfterDawn Addict

4 product reviews
_ 		23. June 2010 @ 02:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Be advised if you do this the BIOS doesn't have any options to increase the voltages, so if the CPU can't handle 3Ghz at stock volts, it isn't going to be stable.
The 375W stock PSU will be ample to handle the increased overclock.
[ + quote]


Afterdawn Addict // Silent PC enthusiast // PC Build advisor // LANGamer Alias:Ratmanscoop
PC Specs page -- http://my.afterdawn.com/sammorris/blog_entry.cfm/11247
updated 10-Dec-13
afterdawn.com > forums > pc hardware > building a new pc > dell xps 420 q6600 pin mod?
 

Digital video: AfterDawn.com | AfterDawn Forums
Music: MP3Lizard.com
Gaming: Blasteroids.com | Blasteroids Forums | Compare game prices
Software: Software downloads
Blogs: User profile pages
RSS feeds: AfterDawn.com News | Software updates | AfterDawn Forums
International: AfterDawn in Finnish | AfterDawn in Swedish | AfterDawn in Norwegian | download.fi
Navigate: Search | Site map
About us: About AfterDawn Ltd | Advertise on our sites | Rules, Restrictions, Legal disclaimer & Privacy policy
Contact us: Send feedback | Contact our media sales team
 
  © 1999-2024 by AfterDawn Ltd.

  IDG TechNetwork