Overclocking: Any Danger?

I have an Axim Basic with a 300mhz PXA255 processor. I have seen alot of threads about overclocking and was wondering if it was safe to overclock my Axim. Would this hurt it at all?

[smeg36]

Pocket PC companies say it can hurt your device, and Dell has said that if a problem occurs because of overclocking, it won't be covered by the warranty. That said, I haven't seen anybody have a problem more than their Axim just locked up, and they had to reset it. I really couldn't tell that much of a difference when it was overclocked though.

[peterbright]

I've overclocked just about everything else so I had to try it on the Ax.

Just can't see the need for what I'm doing. Actually can't tell at 200 either.

[wildcat]

Overclocking is dangerous for electronic devices. As Smeg said its not covered under warrinty. Basically what you are doing is pushing the chips to work faster then they are rated. Over time you will wear out the chips faster then if you dont over clock. From over clocking the side effects could be anything from nothing to frying your chips out completely. Before you overclock PLEASE READ ALL THE INFO AND WARNINGS.

Overclocking worked for me,i think its great,ive had no truble and i have been using it for months.:D

[insipid]

Y would you need to risk frying your new pda i dont get it i know that there not the fastest things in the world but i dont see the need unless you can aford to buy a new one after you fry this one if thats the case by all means over clock it

The most software overclocking can do to your axim is a soft reset.

There is a BIG difference in speeds.

Wich means,faster movies,better emulation, ect.......

And the X-Scale is ment to go higher.

You just don't understand the Power of the new x-scale's .

This is the future of ppc's.;)

Originally posted by micahlegg
The most software overclocking can do to your axim is a soft reset.

There is a BIG difference in speeds.

Wich means,faster movies,better emulation, ect.......

And the X-Scale is ment to go higher.

You just don't understand the Power of the new x-scale's .

This is the future of ppc's.;)

I think I read somewhere that 1ghz X-Scales are possible, but the reason they're not in PDAs is their massive power consumption. Mabe this same concept could be applied to OCing.
PS: I overclocked my PPC and ran Pocket NESter on Super Mario Brothers 1 and got the following results:
300mhz: 38fps
200mhz: 30.5 fps
400mhz: 41.5 fps
100mhz: 16 fps
What do you get on this on a normal 400mhz machine? (not OCd)

if you have a00 you might not be able to overclock, i tried this and the axim froze so i upgraded to a03 and it works great, especially with emulators, my pocket snes runs at full speed on most games!

I say go for it!:p

[Beowulf]

Go faster, go higher........!!!!!!!

Be happy with whatt you have and negate the risks!

After all, the PPC is not meant to replace your desktop/laptop, rally is meant to be a mobile device that has capabilities superior to the Palm.

Originally posted by Beowulf
Go faster, go higher........!!!!!!!

Be happy with whatt you have and negate the risks!

After all, the PPC is not meant to replace your desktop/laptop, rally is meant to be a mobile device that has capabilities superior to the Palm.

The x-scale can handle overclocking fine,actually this is closer to a ultralite than to a palm m-105.

[kidruiz]

I remember reading somewhere on this forum.

Dell uses the same chip for both 300mhz and 400mhz.
One is just set to 300mhz. I think this applies to all the
new pxa255 cpu's. * remember, this is what I remember
reading somewhere*



I've had my Axim for 2 months and am using turbotray 498.
I reach 400 and 498 mhz with no problems. Like most
users overclocking, I really see the difference when
watching videos/movies and playing pocketnester.

[Double-Trinity]

Originally posted by kidruiz
I remember reading somewhere on this forum.

Dell uses the same chip for both 300mhz and 400mhz.
One is just set to 300mhz. I think this applies to all the
new pxa255 cpu's. * remember, this is what I remember
reading somewhere*



I've had my Axim for 2 months and am using turbotray 498.
I reach 400 and 498 mhz with no problems. Like most
users overclocking, I really see the difference when
watching videos/movies and playing pocketnester.

The processor itself is the same, but the Chipset is different. I believe it has a different bus, and different power wiring, so for that reason, the processor won't be able to overclock as high, since it can't draw in as much power.

As for me... I'd rather wait until the new OS, and capabilities for developers to optimize their software better, and get performance that way, than OC myself. I just don't need it, at least not yet. Bascially, you'll increase the chance for wear and tear on your machine,m and will be stuck if it breaks down. I may try OCing at some point, but I don't see much need for my purposes. I have PXA-250 as well, the slower breed, and even that runs fine for me.

[someone1]

I dont know which program to use for overclocking my 400 MHz 255 ax. when i use turbotray, it overclocks fine, but after some time, the icon (on the top right hand corner) that is used to notify processor speed changes starts to turn on and off as if I was pressing it all the time, and it gets unbelievably annoying, (is this a bug that someone else might have?), and when I was trying to overclock my CPU with different programs, I benchmarked my ax. with the Pocket PC benchmark program, and it turned out that it ran the fastest without overclocking on normal 400 MHz speed (all the overclocked speeds were slower on the benchmark than the normal one). please post your experience with overclocking and which programs really make it go faster and which dont have bugs, I want to overclock my ax. but I jusst cant find the best way to do it

what benchmark program did you use?