Over clocking button?

[robob83]

Someone has told me about a built in over/under clocking button built into the MSI wind. If true, does anyone know where it is located, and how much it over or under clocks?

[tyrian]

The F10 key is the overclock/underclock button as pictured here towards the bottom of the page. Unfortunately I haven't seen hard numbers of exactly what clocks it reaches in overclock or underclock mode but it's been said that it should be able to reach 7 hours in underclock on the 6 cell battery.

[Composer]

Yeah you can press it while it's plugged into an AC outlet to get extra speed. It goes to 1.9ghz I do believe so you get a nice jump in performance. It also of course goes both ways, there's an "Eco" mode to underclock it to get more battery life.

[sol2nr]

I've also read something about that too. Check out the link:

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/laptops/0,39...9297128,00.htm

But I've never read/heard of anything official so I doubt the final releases have it.

[cnico88]

If you are overclocked and plug out it will automatically underclock back and the screen will dim a bit.

[jhoff80]

I think its 1.8 GHz overclocked, 1.6 GHz normal clock, and 1.2 GHz underclocked. It seems to be a feature of the Atom chipset, not just the MSI Wind. I remember reading a review of the eeeBox which mentioned the same thing.

[eVA]

It is a feature of the Atom... here is an excellent review

http://www.laptopmag.com/review/lapt...nd.aspx?page=3

enjoy!

[Composer]

Yep 1.9ghz overclocked..... 1.6ghz normally..... 1.1ghz underclocked. Curious about the battery life difference/gain.

[jhoff80]

Originally Posted by Composer

Yep 1.9ghz overclocked..... 1.6ghz normally..... 1.1ghz underclocked. Curious about the battery life difference/gain.

I read that 7 hour number also for the underclocked mode. I'd say overclocked might cut it down to 4, depending on if you're using it 100% or not.