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Hi everyone. I'm trying to overclock my Thinkpad T60-2007B-12 and I am failing. I opened it up and found out the PLL which is ICS9LPR309AKLF. Itried using clockgen but it does not display any pll control or settings tab, I tried setfsb 2.1.78 but it just gave me SMBus error.
I know this is an ld laptop but I really like it and want to overclock it, please help.

Rather than overclock it, you should replace the CPU with a Core-2-Duo:
T5500 1.66GHz 2MB
T5600 1.83GHz 2MB
T7200 2.00GHz 4MB
T7400 2.17GHz 4MB
T7600 2.33GHz 4MB (runs rather hot, though)

See also http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=109954

The whole point of me overclocking is to gain performance without buying a new CPU. just tell me how to do it please

It is not doable on the platform where you're attempting it...

Why?

You need a T7600G if you want to play with overclocking.

All the other CPUs applicable to your machine are "closed" and can not be overclocked...

Not to mention that overclocking of a 7-year old laptop platform is an exercize in futility...

No way to up the FSB?

HenryJia wrote:No way to up the FSB?

It is doable to bump up FSB on T60, but a bit complicated:

[Original] ultimate overclocking T60/T60p/X60/Z61t/R60/R60e! (Updated: April 26)
1, cut off clock chip (ICS954309/ICS9LPR309AKL) the the 58 pin (FS_A/USB_48M) at CPU_BSEL0 signal (ie: above 10k resistance
welding out can)
Access to an inverter, clock chip (ICS954309/ICS9LPR309AKL) the pin 58 (FS_A/USB_48M) at
3, the input of the inverter to access a pull-down resistor (3.3K-10K)
Important: (all clock chip: ICS954309/ICS9LPR309AKL Model, no matter what brand, model, can this method
overclocking.)
1, the inverter must be selected is larger than the the the 48Mhz frequency of high-speed chip (such as: NC7SV00
(preferably) or 54S00, 74S00)
This inverter access: 12 ohm in USBCLK_48M signal PLL chip.
3, the direction of the inverter is not reversed: relative to the clock chip output.

The above text is translated by Google from a post in Chinese nb51.com forum. If you need the images attached to that post, PM me your e-mail.

HenryJia wrote:The whole point of me overclocking is to gain performance without buying a new CPU. just tell me how to do it please

The cost of replacing the CPU is very low and considering you're working with a T2400, 1.83ghz 32bit cpu I think if I was going to do extensive modifications to get more speed I'd begin with a more powerful CPU. I'd be glad to provide you a T5500 for $10, or a T7200 for $27 and a T7600 for $79. These are the three best options when you consider cost and performance from lowest to highest. Doing major surgery on your system and risking frying your systemboard and/or cpu in order to "maybe" squeeze a marginal amount of speed from it seems futile to me, especially considering that overclocked cpu's can become unstable and/or overheat, and a much better chip can be had for not much more than a good cup of coffee (or tea).

On the otherhand, if you're doing the mod for fun, then proceed. I'll even give you (free) a couple 1.4ghz core2 (64bit) cpu chips if you want to tinker and see if you can figure a way to get them to run on a T60.

Thanks Binh, I'll try that

Well, I read the text, looked at the images and found that it was impossible because I don't have any of those electrical components needed for the overclock, I think I'll just waait till I'm able to buy a T7600.

Also, does my thinkpad support T7600G, if yes then I'll buy that instead.

Yes.

With a recent BIOS you can install T7600G...which will likely cost you more than the laptop itself did.

Happy upgrading.