So I’ve been making it a point to use my netbook more often because I get more work done. I tend to do more coding, web design and just plain work because I cant play any decent games on it. For the most part its speedy enough to get most things done. I don’t expect it to be a workstation type machine but I want to be able to run songbird for music, about 5+ Firefox tabs, notepad and Gimp without having it stutter. Even some Youtube videos stutter with a 20Mbit internet connection. Of course, I began googling and checking youtube and found that I can use a program called setFSB to overclock my atom N270 CPU. All the info I found was for 2.2Ghz, but I didnt want to prematurely fry my netbook so I decided on 1.92Ghz. The setFSB tool is not free any longer, but I found an older version on the internet that was still free. Unfortunately I lost my bookmark and don’t remember where I downloaded it at. You can Google it though. The Super Hybrid Engine needs to be turned off to be able overclock without it crashing. Turn it off in msconfig (start>run>msconfig>uncheck the program in the startup list) Here are my settings to achieve this over clock:
Overclocking Settings:
click get FSB button then set to 240 and then click set FSB button.
How to permanently set your overclock:
Click “Create” button. You need to click capture then export. When you restart your overclock will be auto applied.
Proof:
The ironic thing is that my temps are much cooler then before the overclock. On average I’m operating at 65 Celcius which before it was in the 70′s. When I’ve got a heavy load it still barely gets to 70 Celcius.
Now I can run Gimp, few tabs of Firefox, all my default apps, 2 IM’s, few notepad docs for editing code, and FTP tools as well as a song app like songbird all without causing hiccups. All done without extra added heat. I am content 
P.s. I should also mention I do use a cooling pad of sorts. My netbook is proped up with old CPU chips and is cooled with a desktop fan under it. That will obviously keep it cooler, but still very good temps with it being a hot running netbook to begin with.
