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Overclocking ram with locked BIOS

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I recently purchased an pre-built HP computer and I am trying to overclock the ram. My issue is that the BIOS is locked and/or doesn't have the option to enable XMP or overclock the ram. Is there a way around this? Or is there a way I can install a different BIOS? I've heard of BIOS modding but I don't know anything about it.

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You can bios mod 

Sadly I'm not really into it and my knowledge on this topic is very limited.

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16 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

You can bios mod 

Sadly I'm not really into it and my knowledge on this topic is very limited.

So there is no way to overclock it without a bios mod?

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Just now, Mattattack94 said:

So there is no way to overclock it without a bios mod?

No. 

Oem's real limit a lot of the features.

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Do you know how I could go about modding the bios? I can't find any good tutorials online.

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2 minutes ago, Mattattack94 said:

Do you know how I could go about modding the bios? I can't find any good tutorials online.

Hop on over to https://www.bios-mods.com/ if you want to get into it. Unlocking HP's is notoriously difficult, and may be straight up improbable for your system.

 

Also keep in mind, there is significant risk of bricking the motherboard, so if it's a daily, don't even think about it. It's not worth a couple of percent.

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2 minutes ago, svmlegacy said:

Hop on over to https://www.bios-mods.com/ if you want to get into it. Unlocking HP's is notoriously difficult, and may be straight up improbable for your system.

 

Also keep in mind, there is significant risk of bricking the motherboard, so if it's a daily, don't even think about it. It's not worth a couple of percent.

Ok, I will probably leave it alone then because I don't trust myself not to mess up installing it.

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