A way of getting extra speed out of your GP

[Vicious_Al]

You're right: I hadvisions of putting my GP in the fridge & the batteries in the recharger overnight ready for a the next day.

My GP32 is out in the sun at the moment so I'm hoping it will dry out and be OK - I'm going to give it 10 seconds in the microwave if the sun doesn't work.

First you freeze the damn thing, then the microwave?!!!

You don't like your gp32 very much do you? :rolleyes:

I'm reporting you for cruelty to GAMEPARKs!

 

[Flack]

Actually, I have solved the problem! Just get IN THE FREEZER, and take your GP32 with you. Of course you will need a FLU because, yes, when you close the door the light DOES go off.

 

[ste_167]

For those who haven't guessed yet - this was just a joke!

Got myself a new overclockable GP32 today and was in a silly mood!!!

 

[Bohica]

I wonder if there's room in the unit to put a heat-sink? (Unless it's already got one - Haven't looked inside mine... Don't really want to.

Probably no room for a heat sink. Never looked inside a GP32 so I don't know how much space there is...

However a Peltier element is very thin, has no moving parts and uses relatively little current. It depends on how much cooling is required (assuming the resets/lock-ups are caused directly by processor overheating), but judging by the variety of different results between overclocked machines I feel that only a small amount of temperature control would be enough.

 

[Dolfhin]

For those who haven't guessed yet - this was just a joke!

Got myself a new overclockable GP32 today and was in a silly mood!!!

Please use the *fake* tags.

 

[NightStar]

Actually, I have solved the problem! Just get IN THE FREEZER, and take your GP32 with you. Of course you will need a FLU because, yes, when you close the door the light DOES go off.

You have a light in your freezer - I'm feeling well gutted now - Only gone one in the fridges!

I'm off to look for a new freezer now!

:lol:

 

[VirtuaLeech]

when you close the door the light DOES go off.

How do you know?

 

[Twimfy]

For those who haven't guessed yet - this was just a joke!

Got myself a new overclockable GP32 today and was in a silly mood!!!

How did you know how to get an overclocklable GP32. Is there a way to tell, or were you just lucky.

 

[Mofokubik]

Heh, wouldnt playing the game on your computer or on a console be a little more convenient than putting your gp32 in a bag in the freezer?

 

[ste_167]

Twimfy: I've spent weeks emailing every Ebay GP32 seller going askng if their GP32 clocks. Plus my messageboard posts on here!

This is my 4th GP and it had to be right!

Dead chuffed - 166Mhz FLU!! Think it might have a *slight* Trapezoid effect though...


onto GP32 Number Five!!!

 

[ColinR]

Bohica, yes a pelt is thinner, but it requires an even bigger heatsink. Never run a pelt without a heatsink on the hot side otherwise you'll probably melt the leads off.

Secondly they require around 18 volts to work. Another 12 AA batteries

This thread does pose the question...can a heatsink help even more. :rolleyes: Here we go...

Open the GP32.
Take a ThermalTake BlueOrb, CrystalOrb, CopperOrb or similar small heatsink.
Stick it to the CPU with Arctic Silver Epoxy.
Replace the lead's molex header with a jack socket.
Get a 12volt power pack, plug in jack plug.
Play game.
If you're on the move, you won't be able to play at full overclock rate, but as you'll have a better heatsink than the stock one (if there is one) you'll be able to play at a higher rate than normal.

Problems with this...
Batteries. When playing a stressful program (CaSTaway or Doom for example) the batteries get hot, this makes me think the hottest chip (presumably the CPU) is directly behind the battery enclosure, so the batteries need to be moved. No a major problem.
What if the CPU isn't the sticking point when it comes overclocking a GP32? What if another chip is the problem?
And obviously...
The case wouldn't fit on the back.

How much space is there in there though? Would these fit?

Add vents to the bottom of the GP and to the top. Lose any sort of dampness protection and warranty, but gain some convection cooling (mounting them so the fins are vertical).

 

[Evil_Cartman]

my GP can OC to 166MhZ with no problems.

 

[Azure]

mine can OC to 156 with no problems

 

[Swiss_Cheeseman]

mine can overclock to 5Ghz no problems. (apart from it exploding)

 

[look]

If you climb in the freezer with the unit you can play overclocked.

this is only possible with an FLU though kids so play safe

 

[PeDRoRist]

I re-read today on Darkfader's GP32 info page something i had forgotten:
It's the memory chip that prevents you from running your GP at higher speeds, not the CPU.
According to Darkfader, the CPU can handle fequencies up to 187Mhz, but the memory is limited to ~160 Mhz. Anyway, it is recommended that you run you GP at 20-133Mhz (safe settings). But one could try to replace the existing memory chip by a faster one, and see if his custom GP could operate properly at say, 180 Mhz.

Does anyone wants to give it a try?

I also believe the memory chip makes a difference between GP's that can sustain 166Mhz, and the ones that cannot (like mine :/)

 

[ColinR]

Thanks, Ped. That's just what I was after. <considers opening GP32>

 

[PeDRoRist]

http://www.gp32spain.com/foros/showthread....=&threadid=3890

Apparently, Anarchy, over at GP32Spain has already done it. He replaced the standard 8 MB memory module by a faster 32 MB one, and managed to reach 200Mhz (stable?)

Apparently, somebody there is in the process of writing a bios that can use 32 MB of memory.

If anybody speaks spanish, it would be nice to have a quick translation of this thread

 

[generalnmx]

Ahhh, nostalgia! Into the LOL! Files you go!