Dell Inspiron 2650 Clock Speed Programs

[Overclocked412]

oh and check this out:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4300.html
sounds like it might be the trick for full speed when on a battery..

[rabidaardvark]

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Originally Posted by byunews

Whoops. Wow, you hit the nail on the head aardvark.
Thanks for being so quick, helpful, knowledgable and polite.

Cool deal. It sucks to think you got ripped off but at least you didn't pay for return shipping yet.

[byunews]

That software does the trick: now this slow, bloated bugger is the fastest it can be 24/7. Perfect! It's much, much more responsive now, and the extra RAM will make it even better.
Thanks again. You guys rock.

Edit: Question #3 is answered. According to Crucial, the laptop has a 512mb memory limit. There is 128mb of non-removeable memory in there, which means that I'll only be able to put 384mb in there total. Oh well, at least I know now.

What's the moral of the story? Do your homework before going shopping!

[Overclocked412]

non-removable memory? Im not laptop expert but..unremovable ? Must be a dell thing.

[byunews]

Yeah, I went in there. You can only get at one slot. The other is somewhere in the laptop beyond the realms that Dell permits you to unscrew!

[wtfyletmereply?]

If anyone else stumbles upon this thread, the modules max out at 256mb each. DDR333 didn't work for me and I only tried because I had that readily available at the time. Even though PC Wizard lists each module maxing out at 512, this isn't true, it's 256. And removing the other module is fairly simple as it resides under the keyboard. I think the steps go: remove battery, remove display hinge panel screws, tilt lcd back 180 from open, pop off power button panel starting from insert on right, remove four keyboard screws, unplug keyboard and remove, unscrew untape and unplug video cable, remove three sheet metal screws and the shield to access the other module.

I came upon this thread because I swapped out the 1.6 celeron with a p4 2.0 for $20 with shipping from ebay. Basically replacing it involved similar process above, plus the heatsink screw on the back of the laptop. Four mounting screws, pull out heatsink, partial unscrew locking mechanism to release old. Clean up, I removed thermal tape, and reverse. (the one downside to these instructions is i thought it would be harder than it was, so removed way more screws and components than apparently necessary... didn't read directions as I didn't stumble and scratch my head going wtf [for a change, lol])

Now off to check out the max-processor-link which hopefully does not spell out the power options in screen saver. Yeah, my dad gave this to me and it had 256 running xp... yeesh.

[menoaya]

try speedfan a freeware, that mesure your RPM of your hardisk and motherboard and automatically put things to work as it is good.