chamillitarysk8
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My Pc is a dell inspiron 1150 like all 1150s it has over heating problems and i want to know how to underclock the P4 mobile or if there is any other way besides buying a cooling pad to help cool it down
I'm not sure if underclocking alone will help. You will probably need to decrease the voltage as you underclock to actually see a change in temps.Exonimus said:if it's still running too hot, underclocking is indeed an option(but I'd recommend better cooling). you need to go into the BIOS and find the part where you can either change the FSB(front side bus) or the multiplier. The FSB and multiplier together make up the speed.
small example: let's make believe your pc runs at 2Ghz. Your multiplier is 10. Your FSB is 200mhz(FSBxmultiplier:200x10=2ghz) Now, if you lower your multiplier to let's say, 8. It'll be 200x8=1600mhz(=1,6ghz). You may have to look for a while to find these options though. Sometimes the multiplier is locked, and you can only change the FSB. e.g. put the FSB to 150 instead of 200. 150x10=1500mhz. You can usually find these settings in the 'advanced settings' tab, or anything that looks like it.
Good luck!