Dell... Why???

[Hellowpplz]

Why are dell's bios' so locked down with almost no options. Is there any way around this so that I can overclock my CPU? I recently got a cooling pad and it keeps my laptop plenty cool so I wanted to overclock beyond my i1135g7's current max of 4.00 ghz. If possible I want to over clock the iris xe graphics as well, because it's clock speed shows up at uhhh 500 mhz  

[Brando212]

as far as I'm aware, that CPU SKU isn't unlocked anyway, so is not capable of being overclocked.

[da na]

Almost no laptops have options to overclock CPU or graphics. 

Dell's business laptops have excellent BIOSes but I presume you have an Inspiron or etc.

[Hellowpplz]

2 minutes ago, da na said:

Almost no laptops have options to overclock CPU or graphics. 

Dell's business laptops have excellent BIOSes but I presume you have an Inspiron or etc.

Indeed
Dell inspiron 3520 with an i5 1135g7

[Hellowpplz]

4 minutes ago, Brando212 said:

as far as I'm aware, that CPU SKU isn't unlocked anyway, so is not capable of being overclocked.

So I can't use setfsb even?

[da na]

1 minute ago, Hellowpplz said:

Indeed
Dell inspiron 3520 with an i5 1135g7

Unfortunately then, you won't be able to overclock the CPU.

However, with the ThrottleStop software you can prevent it from throttling or clocking down

ThrottleStop 9.6 Download | TechPowerUp

[da na]

Just now, Hellowpplz said:

So I can't use setfsb even?

I believe that's only for chipsets with the FSB on the northbridge, which has not been done in quite a while

[Hellowpplz]

3 minutes ago, da na said:

Unfortunately then, you won't be able to overclock the CPU.

However, with the ThrottleStop software you can prevent it from throttling or clocking down

ThrottleStop 9.6 Download | TechPowerUp

Will the laptop still shut down if it gets too hot or should I make a system backup to disable it whenever I don't have my cooling pad

[da na]

1 minute ago, Hellowpplz said:

Will the laptop still shut down if it gets too hot or should I make a system backup to disable it whenever I don't have my cooling pad

The laptop will still shut down if it gets too hot, that is a feature of the CPU itself.

[Hellowpplz]

1 minute ago, da na said:

The laptop will still shut down if it gets too hot, that is a feature of the CPU itself.

Okay I have it open how do I do it.

[Ripred]

Its not really worth it on a laptop, even many desktop cpu's nowadays the benefit's are minimal...I have the AMD 5625U version of your laptop, best you can do is upgrade the ram, maybe use an external GPU if you want to go crazy lol

[da na]

3 minutes ago, Hellowpplz said:

Okay I have it open how do I do it.

Tick the box next to Clock mod and Multiplier, set the values to the max. Make sure "Disable Turbo" is turned off too. You'll probably have some different options from me since, well, this CPU is 17 years old.

 

Edit: Once you've set values, make sure you click "Turn on"

[Hellowpplz]

1 minute ago, Ripred said:

Its not really worth it on a laptop, even many desktop cpu's nowadays the benefit's are minimal...I have the AMD 5625U version of your laptop, best you can do is upgrade the ram, maybe use an external GPU if you want to go crazy lol

I don't have any thunderbolt ports? How would I use an epgu with it?

[Ripred]

Just now, Hellowpplz said:

I don't have any thunderbolt ports? How would I use an epgu with it?

You can use the type C usb ports

[Hellowpplz]

1 minute ago, da na said:

Tick the box next to Clock mod and Multiplier, set the values to the max. Make sure "Disable Turbo" is turned off too. You'll probably have some different options from me since, well, this CPU is 17 years old.

Mine is grayed out and doesn't let me do it.

[Hellowpplz]

1 minute ago, Ripred said:

You can use the type C usb ports

There isn't any type C. Only 3 USB A

 

The whole io IS: 

1 HDMI
3 USB

1 SD

1 3.5mm

[da na]

Just now, Hellowpplz said:

Mine is grayed out and doesn't let me do it.

Alright! Wow, that laptop runs awfully hot. Good lord that's terrible.

Well, disable BD PROCHOT... is what I would say if you were in the 70s, but that's unsafe to do when your cores are hitting 100. Also disable C1E. 

Tick the box next to Set Multiplier, that'll lock the multiplier to a higher CPU and force the CPU to clock up. Even if you can't adjust the options, still good to enable

[Hellowpplz]

Just now, da na said:

Alright! Wow, that laptop runs awfully hot. Good lord that's terrible.

Well, disable BD PROCHOT... is what I would say if you were in the 70s, but that's unsafe to do when your cores are hitting 100. Also disable C1E. 

Tick the box next to Set Multiplier, that'll lock the multiplier to a higher CPU and force the CPU to clock up. Even if you can't adjust the options, still good to enable

The max was 100 C because I ran a benchmark just now lol with all 8 threads

[Hellowpplz]

1 minute ago, da na said:

Alright! Wow, that laptop runs awfully hot. Good lord that's terrible.

Well, disable BD PROCHOT... is what I would say if you were in the 70s, but that's unsafe to do when your cores are hitting 100. Also disable C1E. 

Tick the box next to Set Multiplier, that'll lock the multiplier to a higher CPU and force the CPU to clock up. Even if you can't adjust the options, still good to enable

Also I physically can't click set multiplier

[da na]

Just now, Hellowpplz said:

The max was 100 C because I ran a benchmark just now lol with all 8 threads

Ah alright... then you could disable BD PROCHOT if it typically does not run that spicy. BD PROCHOT causes the CPU to thermal throttle at high temperatures so you could squeeze a little more performance out of it - just be careful.

[Ripred]

Just now, Hellowpplz said:

There isn't any type C. Only 3 USB A

 

The whole io IS: 

1 HDMI
3 USB

1 SD

1 3.5mm

oh dang, nm lol, i miss read your model number, dyslexic moment...mines inspiron but a few years newer

[Hellowpplz]

2 minutes ago, da na said:

Alright! Wow, that laptop runs awfully hot. Good lord that's terrible.

Well, disable BD PROCHOT... is what I would say if you were in the 70s, but that's unsafe to do when your cores are hitting 100. Also disable C1E. 

Tick the box next to Set Multiplier, that'll lock the multiplier to a higher CPU and force the CPU to clock up. Even if you can't adjust the options, still good to enable

 

[da na]

Just now, Hellowpplz said:

Also I physically can't click set multiplier

Ah, newer CPUs can be that way. That's fine.