How to pinmod and further overclock the M11x R1 (SLG= Hardmod only)

[vladichimescu]

whitrzac CommandPrompt Dos WinNT 101 )
make a .bat or .cmd file [or .vbs] with the application location and the parameters you want to set fsb at with an optional delay[if your chip can't take instant set-I tested on multiple machines, some of them worked without], just like [put these on a setpll.cmd and move it to StartUp or better to registry Run], or make a shortcut of the .exe with the parameters in the .lnk

@echo off
echo.
echo Wait a sec while I do your job, you lazy man !
c:\setpll.exe pll_name 200.233.266.300.333 5>nul
cls
echo.
echo Here you go, are you happy now ?
echo Press a key to see me running away
pause>nul

aKaBetty if you want to sell the board as it is, pm me as I'm interested for development of Alienware M11x [99% working triple boot, native OS X 10.7.3 completed]

[deadboy90]

Don't mean to sound rude or anything but I never got an answer to my question in my previous post: is that the right pin to mess with if it were an ics pll?

[aKaBetty]

Sorry deadboy, I wanted to answer you but I've been wrong so far. I was hoping other people will point you to the right direction.

Assuming you still use my pic as a reference, yes. I finally saw that you marked the pin in a small red dot that I missed the first time when you post the inquiry. If you look at the first post on where pin 14 is located and compare it to my pic, pin 14 should be the 12th pin on the right hand side of where I strip PIN 2; where you marked it.


I base this pin location is the same for ICS/SLG PLL chips based on the arrow as a guideline when comparing both pics. I could be wrong but it seems to match up according to the pic by OP.

[vladichimescu]

sorry deadboy90, I haven't read the ICS datasheet, however leaving FSx floating is hell no good idea, better gnd it with 10k, but you need to know what you want: 0/1 bit on the register/byte/pin
READ the first post ! it's clear like ... very clear indeed )
The pinmod consists of disconnecting the TME pin from the PLL, which is in this case, PIN 14. By disconnecting PIN 14, it is possible to unlock the PLL, allowing it to be controlled by SetFSB for further overclocking.
This means it will allow you to overclock by software methods [setfsb/setpll], it's unlocking the ICS, not FSx moding it; if you want the overclock to be induced directly hardware you can do the FSx mod [option: do both TME-unlock & FLx mod]

the 1st pin is where the little plastic dot is, that's the mark on the pll
my advice: do the TME-unlock, test the system using both OC Enabled/Disabled at maximum speed, cross the result and if result > combination(min-max[OCdisabled-OCenabled] of the FS-x index I wrote somewhere on this forum ) then do the FSx too
*OFFICIAL* M11xR1 Owners Lounge - Part 4
I won't make any mod until I find a way to use both Overclock options, as I posted in the previous link

[vladichimescu]

all experts and users with experience, take a shot and answer !

Right now, without bios mod you can pinmod FS-A, FS-B AND FS-C and you will get 100mhz*6.5 when OC Disabled and 300mhz*6 when OC Enabled with NO risk [99.9% sure]
FROM
200 to 266
010 to 000
TO
100 to 300
101 to 111
but will it boot at 100Mhz fsb ? that means: 100Mhz FSB, 400Mhz RAM&Northbridge, I personally think it's 30-70 to win-loss
if that will work, next job: lower vcpu bios when overclock disabled [those with ICS can test more situations] and gain easy 12hours battery life [now I get >10h when just use the machine for reading with Integrated Graphics]

[aKaBetty]

"Let's do this thing!"

[deadboy90]

ok thanks guys, i was 99.999% sure that was the right one but are you saying that if i cut it and the pin is floating that it could negatively affect my system? What could happen if the pin ends up floating? would I still be able to get the 1.6 ghz standard OC?

[whitrzac]

yes...

On the ICS pll...
You see that empty spot where a resistor would go?(left of the pin) You can solder a small piece of wire to that, then through a 10k resistor to the copper by a screw.

For wire, get a pair of $1 earbuds and use the wire out of those. It is very thin and coated with a noncunductive coating. Tin the wires on the end(may take 5-10sec to burn the coating off) and place it on top of the 'pad' closest to the ICS pll, place the soldering iron on top of the wire and give a gentle push. Everything should melt nicely together.


I have pics somewhere in this thread of exactly what you need to do.

Buy a 25w iron from somewhere with a pointy tip(think pencil) not a flat tip. Buy some electrical solder( 60/40 rosin core if they have it).

Keep a wet washcloth/paper towel near by to clean the tip. It should always be shiny to to the point you can almost see yourself.


The very point of the tip will never get hot enough to work, you have to use the side(where the wood would start on a pencil)




The orange end is cold


If I can do it hyped up on caffeine anyone should be able to do it.

[whitrzac]

whitrzac CommandPrompt Dos WinNT 101 )
make a .bat or .cmd file [or .vbs] with the application location and the parameters you want to set fsb at with an optional delay[if your chip can't take instant set-I tested on multiple machines, some of them worked without], just like [put these on a setpll.cmd and move it to StartUp or better to registry Run], or make a shortcut of the .exe with the parameters in the .lnk


aKaBetty if you want to sell the board as it is, pm me as I'm interested for development of Alienware M11x [99% working triple boot, native OS X 10.7.3 completed]

No clue....



IRRC the last time I did it, it was an exe file...

[vladichimescu]

You can convert a .bat file to an .exe using some programs, however I recommend the combination .bat + registry>Run or the more elegant method [untested]
You can change to your desire by modifying the freq instead 266 place the values found in Alienware-m11xR1.lut [check it with notepad++]
like: c:\setpll\setPLL.bat Alienware-m11xR1 200.266.300 3
TO RESET type in cmd or make a bat with the following command:

c:\setpll\setPLL.bat Alienware-m11xR1 266

Go to setpll-10f.exe
Extract to C:\setpll\

1.
make a file autoPLL.bat with the following content:

@echo off
echo.
echo Wait a sec while I overclock myself, you lazy man !
c:\setpll\setPLL.bat Alienware-m11xR1 266>nul
cls
echo.
echo Here you go, are you happy now ? I'm snappier
echo Press a key to see me running away
pause>nul

move the autoPLL.bat to StartUP folder OR put it in the registry>Run

2.
OR [untested-my mind tells me it's code is correct but don't know how Windows reacts]
make autoPLL.reg on Desktop and execute it [after you can remove the .reg you just created, it have already did the job after executed]

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"autoPLL"="\"C:\\setpll\\setPLL.bat\" Alienware-m11xR1 266"