Overclocking is a method of trying to speed up the speed of a processor, by changing the computers running settings. Use this tags for questions about how to safely overclock the Raspberry Pi.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Does overclocking affect the SPI (APB) clock?
The current config.txt allows one to change arm_freq, gpu_freq, core_freq, h264_freq, isp_freq, and v3d_freq. In addition, there is support for the kernel to change clocks on demand and based on ...
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“shutdown -r now” crashed after overclocking
How I hosed my ext4 file system in the first hour with Raspbian:
I have always used shutdown -r now. I tried this after editing my overclocking parameters manually. I remember setting arm_freq to 900 ...
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Overclock after power failure not possible
Immediately after install, I've overclocked my raspberry (1 GHz). After power failure today (the whole building) I can't overclock it again. First I tried:
sudo raspi-config
Then I tried to make ...
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Why won't my Raspberry Pi overclock?
I edited the file /boot/config.txt to increase the CPU speed to 800MHz.
dmesg includes the following line
bcm2835-cpufreq: Freq 800000->700000 (min=700000 max=800000 target=700000 request=700000)
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Easiest way to return to a known good state when overclocking
If I try to overclock my Pi, I want to go up to the point where the Pi won't boot anymore, or won't be stable enough. At this point, I want to come back to the latest known good settings for the ...
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What are the overclocking capabilities?
I've not ordered mine (yet!), but I do some overclocking as a hobby to the extent that my netbook, Android phone, desktop, and even my wife's Blackberry are overclocked.
Is there potential to ...
