[OLPC-SF] Over clocking your XO temporarily via software. Mine is now 500mhz!

[Sameer Verma]

Charles Merriam wrote:
> Usual issue is that the battery wasn't fully charged.  Not just a
> green light but overnight.
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 7:06 PM, Gene Cavanaugh
> <gene.cavanaugh at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> I am testing my laptop. After about one hour, my
>>  battery is almost used up??????
>>
>>  Gene
>>
>>
>>
>>  On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 9:13 PM, Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu> wrote:
>>  >
>>  > Scott Boyd wrote:
>>  >  > I just found this. It is instructions on how to overclock both CPU and
>>  >  > memory on an XO.
>>  >  >
>>  >  > http://xolaptophelp.com/index.php?topic=2389.0
>>  >  >
>>  >  > Read the WARNINGS. You could damage your XO. You also MUST have a
>>  >  > Developers Key:
>>  >  >
>>  >  > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activation_and_Developer_Keys
>>  >  >
>>  >  > However, many have been able to get boost the speed of their XO about
>>  >  > 20%. I'd suggest trying:  "5dd"  as a magic number (see the link.) BTW,
>>  >  > To get the boost you need to reenter the settings prior to each boot.
>>  >  >
>>  >  > S.
>>  >  >
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>>  >  Does it get warmer than before when in use?
>>  >
>>  >  Sameer
>>  >
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>>  >  Associate Professor of Information Systems
>>  >  San Francisco State University
>>  >  San Francisco CA 94132 USA
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Try running olpc-logbat in the terminal activity to log your battery's 
usage. You can then compare the two scenarios. 
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Olpc-logbat

Sameer

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Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Information Systems
San Francisco State University
San Francisco CA 94132 USA
http://verma.sfsu.edu/
http://opensource.sfsu.edu/