Anyone know of any cool Computer hardware hacks?

[unknowngiver]

Hey
Just wondering if anyone here knows and/or uses any computer hardware hacks to increase the speed of their computers?
I am talking about only hardware hacks! not hacks for windows where you can turn off some features to make it run faster...
Thanks

 

[Keral_Patel]

Well

I used some in past and now my laptop is not even booting up.

I tried to upgrade the BIOS

 

[Barrucadu]

The BIOS is a good place for hardware hacking, but I play safe and only use the recommended maximums. My BIOS comes with RedStorm Overclocking (or some name to that effect) that just increases your CPU frequency until it can't handle any more. It then sets the frequency permamently to a value a little lower than that, to be safe.

 

[shockie]

overclock your fsb too

 

[liquidcherry]

Upgrade the amount of your RAM! , works the best.....

(BTW guys, the BIOS is just a piece of software to control your Hardware) :hehe:

Cheers,

Frank

 

[monaco]

Don't forget with overclocking comes the need for better cooling, which is a hardware hack itself.

 

[unknowngiver]

i thought "over clocking" was a bad thing?

 

[shockie]

it should be fine as long as you're still within spec limits and have proper cooling and maybe even a ups with a built-in surge protector.

 

[angilina]

If you over clock PC, it heats up. So if you want to know a small trick, to how to increase your normal Processor fan speed in order to get decrease the temp, then I can tell you that trick.