Overclocking problems

reggie_da_man · 03-03-2005, 05:23 AM

My friend and i were trying to overclock his pentium 4 1.8ghz just to get a bit more extra speed. Im very new to overclocking and i've overclocked only one computer...a celeron 400mhz to 500mhz(wow! lol). I don't have much experience but this is what happened i changed the fsb in the bios from, 133 to 166mhz(although i think that might have been the ram) neway i tried rebooting the computer and nothing happened so i took out the battery for the cmos and reset everything and got the computer past the post screen and when it tries to load windows it just freezes. I don't what to do to get it back to its original state can anyone help me plz??

dave597 · 03-03-2005, 05:47 AM

i think you should check the bios. there may be some incorrect settings when you put them to default.

did it display the windows logo, or does it freeze just before then?

reggie_da_man · 03-03-2005, 05:49 AM

it starts to load windows like u get the screen where u see windows xp pro and the bar underneath moving accross but when it finishes loading that the cursor pops up and then it freezes

dave597 · 03-03-2005, 05:54 AM

did you try booting in safe mode?

reggie_da_man · 03-03-2005, 05:56 AM

no ill try that but it also has some problems getting into the post sometimes it freezes and sometimes it works but ill try booting in safe mode adn tell u how it went

dave597 · 03-03-2005, 05:58 AM

im not sure if that is a consequence of the overclocking or not, but maybe check the bios settings are all default values - especially the fsb speed and voltages since you changed them.

reggie_da_man · 03-03-2005, 06:12 PM

well i hadn't changed the voltage but i did change the fsb. but when u reset the cmos doesn't it usually set everything in the bios back to default?

DarkSky · 03-03-2005, 11:03 PM

Did you attempt to reset the BIOS by removing the battery?? LOL. You might have to reflash the BIOS then. They have jumpers that will allow you reset it! Read manuals dude.

pentium III @ 1000 mhz · 03-03-2005, 11:49 PM

you can't change the fsb unless the ram supports it and overclocking ram is VERY bad

**Praetor** · 03-04-2005, 04:54 AM

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you can't change the fsb unless the ram supports it

Says who?

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overclocking ram is VERY bad

Says who?

03-03-2005, 05:23 AM	#1 (permalink)
reggie_da_man Bronze Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Age: 19 Posts: 25	Overclocking problems My friend and i were trying to overclock his pentium 4 1.8ghz just to get a bit more extra speed. Im very new to overclocking and i've overclocked only one computer...a celeron 400mhz to 500mhz(wow! lol). I don't have much experience but this is what happened i changed the fsb in the bios from, 133 to 166mhz(although i think that might have been the ram) neway i tried rebooting the computer and nothing happened so i took out the battery for the cmos and reset everything and got the computer past the post screen and when it tries to load windows it just freezes. I don't what to do to get it back to its original state can anyone help me plz?? Last edited by reggie_da_man; 03-03-2005 at 05:30 AM.

03-03-2005, 05:47 AM	#2 (permalink)
dave597 VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: England, UK Posts: 1,016	i think you should check the bios. there may be some incorrect settings when you put them to default. did it display the windows logo, or does it freeze just before then? __________________ dual monitor 17" CRT and TFT amd athlon 64 3200+ ati 9600 pro 1 gig ram

03-03-2005, 05:54 AM	#4 (permalink)
dave597 VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: England, UK Posts: 1,016	did you try booting in safe mode? __________________ dual monitor 17" CRT and TFT amd athlon 64 3200+ ati 9600 pro 1 gig ram

03-03-2005, 05:58 AM	#6 (permalink)
dave597 VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: England, UK Posts: 1,016	im not sure if that is a consequence of the overclocking or not, but maybe check the bios settings are all default values - especially the fsb speed and voltages since you changed them. __________________ dual monitor 17" CRT and TFT amd athlon 64 3200+ ati 9600 pro 1 gig ram

03-03-2005, 11:03 PM	#8 (permalink)
DarkSky New Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 19	Did you attempt to reset the BIOS by removing the battery?? LOL. You might have to reflash the BIOS then. They have jumpers that will allow you reset it! Read manuals dude. __________________ Dual Xeon 2.8Ghz OC'ed to 3.12Ghz 2048Mb PC2700 Ram 256Mb Video Card, Proc - 400Mhz Mem - 600Mhz "x600" Mmmm... liquid cooling...

03-03-2005, 05:49 AM	#3 (permalink)
reggie_da_man Bronze Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Age: 19 Posts: 25	it starts to load windows like u get the screen where u see windows xp pro and the bar underneath moving accross but when it finishes loading that the cursor pops up and then it freezes

03-03-2005, 05:56 AM	#5 (permalink)
reggie_da_man Bronze Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Age: 19 Posts: 25	no ill try that but it also has some problems getting into the post sometimes it freezes and sometimes it works but ill try booting in safe mode adn tell u how it went

03-03-2005, 06:12 PM	#7 (permalink)
reggie_da_man Bronze Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Age: 19 Posts: 25	well i hadn't changed the voltage but i did change the fsb. but when u reset the cmos doesn't it usually set everything in the bios back to default?

03-03-2005, 11:49 PM	#9 (permalink)
pentium III @ 1000 mhz Silver Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Age: 23 Posts: 190	you can't change the fsb unless the ram supports it and overclocking ram is VERY bad __________________ COMPAQ DESKPRO EN RAM: 1 gb ( g.skill fx series) STORAGE: 20,40, AND 13 GIG PROCESSOR: 3000+ @ 2250 (clawhammer core) ( temp) VIDEO: NVIDA GEFORCE 6600gt (core o/c from 500 to 550+ ram o/c from 900 to 1100+) COOLING:stock amd

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