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Vostro 1400 overclocking, its crazy.

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by Zer0N1nja, Aug 9, 2007.

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  1. mrg666

    mrg666 Notebook Evangelist

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    This is not dangerous regarding a physical damage to your hardware as long as you do not play with GPU voltage; but you can see bluesecreen or system freeze/crashes by overclocking too high with RivaTuner. The main risk is harddisk corruption: rarely, system freeze/crash can lead to corruption of your file system.

    If I were you, I would increase the frequency in small steps, e.g. 10-15 MHz, and test with 3DMark06 or ATiTool until artifacts appear on the screen. Then, I would take about 25-30 MHz back and do longer artifact tests. I recommend avoiding too many crashes.
     
    mrg666, Feb 19, 2008
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    ok , thx men!
     
    alexlm, Feb 19, 2008
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    KGB44 Newbie

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    Hello,

    i've got my Dell Vostro 1400, with Core 2 Duo T7500, 4096 MB RAM and a GF8400GS.

    With the Driver 169.09 i can overclock to ~ 500 / 1684 / 1000 - but with newer Drivers (testet 174.31 for XP) i can't overclock anything.

    I want to flash my BIOS. I've done this several times with my GF8800 Ultra, but with the GF8400 i've got terrible things. Nibitor 3.5 or 3.8 aren't able to read the BIOS correctly. What can i do? =)
     
    KGB44, Mar 3, 2008
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    mrg666 Notebook Evangelist

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    If you search the forum, you can find that there are other people who were not able to read the BIOS from Vostro 1400. I think this is the general case and you can only overclock Vostro 1400 through the driver. If you want to check the service manual, the link is below
    http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins1420/en/SM/index.htm
     
    mrg666, Mar 3, 2008
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    millermagic Rockin the pinktop

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    Is the 8100 in the 1400 intergrated?
     
    millermagic, Mar 3, 2008
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    mrg666 Notebook Evangelist

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    Vostro 1400 service manual does not have any section about the GPU module, while there is such section in Vostro 1500 manual. I think Vostro 1400 GPU is soldered on the motherboard. Is there anyone who can confirm this?
     
    mrg666, Mar 6, 2008
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    Ok so whats the update on which is the best driver when regarding overclock??

    Is it still 169.09 as i seem to understand from most posts??

    THanks
     
    ahuneeu1, Mar 9, 2008
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    mrg666 Notebook Evangelist

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    I am at 174.31 from laptopvideo2go on my Vostro 1500 with 8400M-GS running WinXP. Although I overclocked the GPU through BIOS flash, the driver is also OC capable using ATITool. Performance is on par with 169 series and I have not encountered any crashes or incompatibilities yet. And, it is WHQL certified using the default INF file when installed on a Dell. It seems that I will keep this one for a while. :cool:
     
    mrg666, Mar 11, 2008
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    Now THAT'S is very interesting. I own a i1420. If the 8400M GS is as good overclocker as we state, ¿it could perform with no problems with a lower voltage and still overclock a little?

    I mean if this are the default voltages:

    3D -> 1.15v
    Thrtl -> 1.15v
    2D -> 1.15 v

    Then go straight for lower voltage

    3D -> 1v
    Thrtl -> 1v
    2D -> 1v

    And get al least an overclock of 600 of the core? The memory would be apart of this tweak because the voltage only applies to the GPU.

    This would be great, because the GPU will generate less heat and gain a little of battery life i think...

    Regards
     
    DooMaster, Jun 13, 2008
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    ikso Newbie

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    I've just gotten a Vostro 1400.
    C2D 2.0Ghz
    Geforce 8400M GS
    2GB DDR2
    XP Pro

    Man... these dell drivers've gotten me pissed off. Finally managed to install and o/c with the 169.09 and already the A08 bios.
    I pushed it up only to 450-561 to see if it worked. Works fine.
    I've just dowloaded 3dMark 05 and 06 now.
    Gonna put it back to stock and runs these benchmarks then I'll start o\c hard =)
    Brb
     
    ikso, Jul 2, 2008
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