can m4600 overclock the i7 2920XM .?

[raptorddd]

since my keyboard is gone i been looking a for for parts m4600 and one of those happen to have th i7 2920XM 

question is can it be overclock.? needs unlocked bios.? or it wont matter it wont overclock.? and if it does any idea how much more can it go.?

[nforce4max]

With an program yes but thermal performance isn't great but regardless Dell sold loads of M4600s with this cpu and got one myself.

[raptorddd]

On 12/9/2023 at 4:24 PM, nforce4max said:

With an program yes but thermal performance isn't great but regardless Dell sold loads of M4600s with this cpu and got one myself.

care to share your temps and how much more can you gain. and what program.?

[nforce4max]

On 12/10/2023 at 10:43 PM, raptorddd said:

care to share your temps and how much more can you gain. and what program.?

Don't remember temps as much beyond that they were not satisfactory though something like honeywell ptm7950 would help. As for the program Intel Extreme Tuning Utility and for the version I got installed is 4.2.0.8 for compatibility reasons.

[raptorddd]

On 12/12/2023 at 1:03 PM, nforce4max said:

Don't remember temps as much beyond that they were not satisfactory though something like honeywell ptm7950 would help. As for the program Intel Extreme Tuning Utility and for the version I got installed is 4.2.0.8 for compatibility reasons.

can you tell me your clocks after overclock. stock is 2.5 ghz and 3.5ghz how much more were you able to overclock. ?

[nforce4max]

On 12/14/2023 at 12:06 PM, raptorddd said:

can you tell me your clocks after overclock. stock is 2.5 ghz and 3.5ghz how much more were you able to overclock. ?

I didn't do extensive testing as the temps were not great at stock but would have expected at least 3.2 give or take.

[raptorddd]

7 hours ago, nforce4max said:

I didn't do extensive testing as the temps were not great at stock but would have expected at least 3.2 give or take.

thank you for taking the time to reply..

[TheQuentincc]

You should follow this : 

[GUIDE] Dell E6530 CPU TDP/multi unlocking - Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision - Tech|Inferno Forums (techinferno.com)

Or this : 

Undervolting 2020 Dell Laptops like the Vostro 7500 and More Tips to Improve Thermals, Battery Life, and Speed - Brendan Greenley

Basically you can increase the CPU ratio doing stuff like explained in those tutorial. I was able to OC my 3920XM at 4.2GHz in my older M6700.

[raptorddd]

On 1/10/2024 at 7:45 AM, TheQuentincc said:

You should follow this : 

[GUIDE] Dell E6530 CPU TDP/multi unlocking - Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision - Tech|Inferno Forums (techinferno.com)

Or this : 

Undervolting 2020 Dell Laptops like the Vostro 7500 and More Tips to Improve Thermals, Battery Life, and Speed - Brendan Greenley

Basically you can increase the CPU ratio doing stuff like explained in those tutorial. I was able to OC my 3920XM at 4.2GHz in my older M6700.

in need of a working keyboard  found one cheap but beat up for parts . but fedex delivered to wrong location 🤬  so they lost the package

reading on those forums was very hard just been there now... theres a file M4600A16_IFR.txt but it doesnt download anything. 

so its not just open a program and change values.? 

you must dump bios and modify it.?and flash it.? 

mom still have few weeks before she goes to california. gives me time to look for cheap one if available.

will read the 2nd link.. and see if i can make all the steps. once my bios was bricked so already have programmer..

 

found this .

 

[TheQuentincc]

you can dump your own bios using "bios backup" :

Download Universal BIOS Backup Toolkit - MajorGeeks

Then yeah it's the same procedure as recent bios like the 2nd link