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Questions tagged [overclocking]

Overclocking is a method of trying to operate a processor faster than the manufacturer-specified clock frequency. Use this tag for questions about how to overclock the Raspberry Pi.

Overclocking may include increasing the operation voltage of the Pi. It might increase power consumption, thermal load, and may result in (permanent) damage to the system.

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Why is my Pi running at 700MHz all the time?

My RasPi is configured to 900MHz overclock using raspi-config, but it keeps running at 700MHz even under load. I have found this answer already, and my system is also running with dynamic for info in /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/cpuinfo_* do…
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Overclocking via command line

I'm setting up a Puppet instance that will manage a bunch of RPis. This means I cannot overclock them one by one using raspi-config. Overclocking should be as simple as creating /boot/config.txt: root@rpi-032113 ~ # file /boot/config.txt…
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How do I find out if my Pi's warranty is voided?

How do I find out if my Pi's warranty is voided? I overclocked my Pi, but I didn't use the force_turbo setting.
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Overclocked pi too much

Out of curiosity, I overclocked my pi to turbo. However, now when I start the pi, it freezes at the splash screen and refuses to boot. I am using the RetroPie OS. Is there anything that I can do in order to change the overclock setting so that I can…
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Raspberry Pi 3 Overclocking and Warranty

I found the following at https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/config-txt/overclocking.md: The specific circumstances where the overclock bit is set are if force_turbo is set to 1 and any of the over_voltage_* options are set to a…
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How to overclock the Raspberry Pi with Kali Linux?

I've just installed Kali Linux on my SD card that I use with Raspberry. This new OS I think is very good, but at the installation I don't have the opportunity to overclock as it is possible with Raspbian so I'd like to try to check differences. How…
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On-the-fly CPU overclocking

I was wondering if it would be possible to control the Raspberry Pi's CPU frequency on-the-fly, allowing me to adjust for temperature. (I would be using this for overclocking.)
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What do following options mean in /boot/config.txt?

I have gone through many overclocking tutorials on the web. I have seen fewparticular lines in config.txt, sdram_schmoo=0x02000020 isp_freq=0 avoid_pwm_pll=1 avoid_safe_mode=1 Can anyone please tell me their meanings? Please provide detailed answer.
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Device-specific overclock settings?

I have a microSD card, loaded with shairplay-sync and Cirrus Logic Audio Card driver that is shared among two Pi's, one Model B rev 1.2 (I have one of those short format adapter modules that takes a microSD without sticking out of the Model B PCB)…
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Would overclocking a raspberry pi to "Medium" be dangerous to the Pi?

I am new to overclocking and just bought a Raspberry Pi to learn more about computers and run a Java server on. I was wondering: Would overclocking my Raspberry Pi to the "Medium" setting be dangerous? I have heard of the SD cards corrupting and a…
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Do I overclock my RPi without voiding my warranty using RASpi-Config?

I want to overclock my Pi to improve performance, while still not sacrificing the warranty. Yes they're cheap, but I still want to preserve the warranty. I have seen blog posts on RPi's website about a new "turbo mode," but yet I haven't quite found…
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Why are there only 2 overclock options when there's supposed to be 5?

When I check the overclock options on my RBPi 2 Model B V1.1 (BCM2709, revision a01041) with Raspbian installed through NOOBS, I only see 2 overclock options. I thought there would be around 5 options or so. Why am I only seeing 2?
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Question about overclocking the Raspberry Pi

What are the downsides to overclocking (even on moderate mode) on my Pi other than it has the chance of becoming unstable? Also, if it does get unstable, is there a way to remove it from overclock mode as I reboot the Pi?
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