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Even with the Asus tool Super Hybrid Engine, a netbook can barely touch the abilities of even an old desktop computer. That’s why overclocking exists – by pushing your processor more, you can get a noticeable boost in performance. This in-depth guide shows how to overclock an Eee 1005HA up to 1.85 Ghz, – giving quite the performance gain.

Note: This guide applies ONLY to the Asus Eee 1005HA Seashell. If you do not have this model, do NOT try to overclock your system! Netbook Network is not responsible for any of the actions done through following this guide.

The first thing you need to do is grab a copy of SetFSB as the tool to overclock your 1005HA. It stands for Set Front Side Bus – and supports a wide range of chipsets, including most of the Eee line. Take the freeware version of SetFSB, which supports the 1005HA.  The homepage can be found here.

Once you’ve downloaded SetFSB, extract the contents to your desktop or whichever folder. The program requires administrative abilities to run. Give it a few seconds to boot – and you’ll be presented with a screen similar to the one in the image above.

I’ll explain a few things here. The drop down menu labeled “Clock Generator” consists of known and supported motherboards. The “Get FSB” button will provide your current clock speed in the first row of blue numbers. The slider in the center lets you select a clock speed – presented in the second row of blue numbers. The “Set FSB” button will do as it says – it will set your FSB to clock at the rate you selected.

The clock generator for the 1005HA is ICS9LPR427AGLF (in the image above). Choose the dropdown list and select it. Don’t choose the wrong one, or you might be stuck with a fried motherboard when this is all done. If you have Super Hybrid Engine running, keep it on, and set it to High Performance. If you press the “Get FSB” button on the motherboard, you should see “160.0″ somewhere on the line of blue numbers.

Now you can overclock the 1005HA! Simply slide the slider or use the left and right buttons to go from anywhere between 160.0 to 185.0. This is the safe window for the 1005HA to overclock with. Any higher or lower can result in instability and crashes. Be warned – overclocking will cause your motherboard to heat up real fast – never overclock when you don’t need to, your motherboard will overheat. You’ll notice a considerable performance gain after overclocking. If you want to go back to your original clock rate, simply hit “Get FSB” first, and then slide the slider back to 160.0, and hit “Set FSB”.

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