how to overclock old pentium m laptop

hi guys i have got an old ibm thinkpad laptop with a pentium m cpu,i've put win7 on it and it runs slow but steady and i would like to overclock the cpu a little bit and i've never done overclocking before on a pc can i get some basic help?


i've already overclocked my htc smartphone :)

dylanwerre said:

hi guys i have got an old ibm thinkpad laptop with a pentium m cpu,i've put win7 on it and it runs slow but steady and i would like to overclock the cpu a little bit and i've never done overclocking before on a pc can i get some basic help?


i've already overclocked my htc smartphone :)

# 1 Lesson Laptops aren't made for overclocking with that being said

Your options would be upgrade the cpu itself

Add more ram /cooling pad to relive stress heat

Other then shy of just using it as a doorstop those are your options

i dont want to spend money on this old thing so i could indeed use it as a doorstep but i wouldn't like that

Im sorry but most of the members here recomend against this .....

Just being up front and honest there would be no gain anyhow it is too old unless you plan on doing some upgrades

They shouldn't cost that much if anything if you look around old parts who knows

Also you can try cleaning it out with canned air to see if it improves ,I don't know exactly what you would want to do with it running win 7 but it is pretty limited with using certain things apps ect

Ah yes, pin modding with the thin wires from an IDE cable, whatever that is. Fun memories.
@James7679, any well designed laptop can handle full CPU and GPU load 24/7 no problems. Did that for years and years on my Asus G50VT laptop with an X9100 extreme CPU Seti@home and such. Sometimes overclocked to 3.45GHZ. Now I don't do as much of that because it is so energy inefficient with the old hardware, but still overclocked constantly. But no failure with the cores being at around 90C often times when at full load.

Thin laptops also should handle 100% CPU load 24/7 no problem unless it wasn't engineered well. I have a HP Pavilion Pentium M 1.6GHZ laptop beside me for stock charting, the fan stays at speed#1 even at full CPU load. Thankfully, the CPU doesn't take much power.
Back when I was a kid, had 500MHZ Pentium 3 crappy Compaq Presario with a single tiny tiny fan in it. Changed the dip switches to boost the FSB from 100 to 133MHZ so 667MHZ CPU. Laptop didn't care one bit at full load. Very low powered chip tho.

Desktops, yes they are built for heavy duty use of course.

I figure, when I get a new laptop, number crunch 24/7 CPU&GPU for a few months to make sure it'll last for the long haul.