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[HOW TO] Overclock Raspberry Pi?


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Testing java 6 vs 7, no difference here

 

with the new hwbot version (1.7.1) I see small difference, up to 3% faster with OpenJDK 7:

 

 

Raspberry-pi @ 700 MHz

OpenJDK 6 (1.6.0_27)

155.02 Primes/second

 

OpenJDK 7 (1.7.0_07)

159.76 Primes/second

 

 

 

Raspberry-pi @ 1000 MHz

OpenJDK 6 (1.6.0_27)

195.50 Primes/second

 

OpenJDK 7 (1.7.0_07)

197.45 Primes/second

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Even with an adequate cooling system, we would need to vmod the board in order to get high frequencies (I suppose). And for this, I haven't found anything yet.

 

Well... it is HWBOT. Modding it is a very big possibility. EPower on Raspberry Pi :P

 

It will suck on cold ;)
Is there some stuff on there that can't get cold?
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Well... it is HWBOT. Modding it is a very big possibility. EPower on Raspberry Pi :P

 

Yeah, it should go well with our professional modding skills.

 

Memory chip might cause issues, I guess.

 

Then let's desolder it, put it away with some wire system so that we can cool down the ARM chip. :D

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Can somebody help me get past 1500mhz, start.elf i used from rpi forums doesnt work becouse i have 256mb ram version.

I have some of ln2 left and i dont want to leave it to go to waste.

 

PS: I already posted on rpi forums, if i also post here couldnt hurt :)

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Seems like there isn't much action with the Raspberry Pi 2 these days. I built a small pot for some dust off fun but I've seem to hit a wall.

 

force_turbo=1

arm_freq=1140

gpu_mem=50/50

core_freq=500

sdram_freq=500

over_voltage=8

 

Hwbot Prime Score: 1811 pps

 

http://hwbot.org/submission/2939059_oc_maximus_hwbot_prime_broadcom_bcm2709_1811.29_pps

 

20150803_175138_zpsaouiu8yo.jpg

 

I'm looking for a good vcore vmod. I've done quite a few vmods in the past but it has been a few years.

 

I did find this by Zen1:

 

» Sat Apr 11, 2015 8:08 pm

 

So, I've been working on this project for a while and I just wanted to share my results as there hasn't been much interest in overclocking the BCM2836. Today I managed to overclock my Pi 2 to 1500MHz and I just wanted to share to see if anyone else was interested. I removed L3 and soldered a lead on to the pad nearest C7 so that I could apply a separate core voltage. Using the software overvoltage setting of 8 only brings you up to 1.4V. I used an EVGA epower unit to provide a clean 1.66V. I used liquid nitrogen to cool the chip with a custom made CPU pot I designed. I had to use an extension cable for the SD card as it was getting too cold and I applied a heating pad to the bottom of the board to assist with keeping the RAM warm and defrosting the board. I found the chip coldbugs at -130C and refuses to boot under -90C. I found keeping the ram above 20C helped a lot with booting and stability.

So this is just a teaser to see if there is any other interest out there and to see if anybody knows of anyone who has gone further than this.

 

https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/v...?f=29&t=107149

 

I've been staring at the schematics of the pi and located the L3 and C7 but am having difficulty replicating the vmod without a good picture of the soldering points.

 

Does anyone have a picture of this?

 

Thanks,

OCM

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