Over-Clcoking HELP!!!

Apokarteron

Apokarteron

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My cousine wants me to over clock his Pentium 4 - 1.8 GHz to 2.0GHz, and I'm thinking of overclocking my CPU to 2.9 or maybe 3.0 GHz, I need to know everything about OCing.
If a OC the 1.8 to 2.0 GHz the CPU will heat up and often crash right? So if I install a good cooling system will the CPU work normally?
 
if the temps arent extremely high now, you shouldnt have to worry about crashes for only a 200Mhz jump. You can usually get a pretty high OC just on stock cooling, just keep an eye on the temps as you oc and make sure they dont go above 70C.
 
See my sig, my P4 from 2.8 up to a (quite respectable) 3.5Ghz, all on stock and never EVER going over 55 C on FULL LOAD, it averages 42-44 C idle, which is damn good, and even better is its on a normal HSF.

No instability problems at all, just a fast CPU. a jump from 2.8 to 3.0 is almost nothing. Its actually quite hard to notice the jump up to 3.5 but im pretty sure it hepls a lot, i just dont notice that much.

Im running at 167Mhz FSB with a multi of 21.0. You do the maths.
 
basically, you go into BIOS, go to the menu where you can adjust the cpu frequency, then raise the FSB a little bit at a time until it either becomes unstable or you reach the goal you set for.
 
geoff5093 said:
basically, you go into BIOS, go to the menu where you can adjust the cpu frequency, then raise the FSB a little bit at a time until it either becomes unstable or you reach the goal you set for.
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whats the FSB?
by the way if anyone has Yahoo messenger could you tell me your username so I could have some support while OCing my CPU - if it isn't a problem?
 
Apokarteron said:
no, only the one by Praetor which wasent any help
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he meant the link that they posted, which was made by praetor. No offense but if you dont know any of this stuff you shouldnt try overclocking.
 
Apokarteron said:
I'l probably call computer support to tell me ho to OC...
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What computer support?

I'll explain it very briefly here:

1.) Restart your computer and go into BIOS by pressing a key like DEL or F2.
2.) Go into the menu where you can make changes to your CPU's FSB, this may be called "Cell Menu", but they varry depending on the motherboard.
3.) Where it says FSB (or something similar), it should read between 100-200, simply raise this up about 5 at a time until you reach the desired speed.
4.) By raising the FSB, your also overclocking your Memory, and possibly your GPU, SATA, and PCI Cards (which is a bad thing).
5.) Then boot into windows and make sure its stable and all.
 
Ok... listen up kid (Apokarteron),

Why the hell are you even thinking about going and overclocking you computer, when you don't even know what the FSB is? Quite frankly, I would find it thrillingly amusing to see you break your computer from the lack of ignorance which you seem to have at this point.

And what's this gibberish about having a step by step tutorial? Praetor's OC101 guide should be just fine for anybody, unless you have the IQ of a moose. Also, don't bother calling up "Computer Support" to ask them to tell you how to overclock, because they most likely won't tell you! Why would they want to tell you information which could possibly break your computer, then have you coming back to them asking for help on how to fix it?

I'm sorry to say this, but OCing isn't something you can just dive into and do. It requires hours of trial and error, and much reading and research, which you clearly still need to do.

Sorry about the harshness, but it just appals me to see this level of ignorance out of a person.

P.S. - I'm even more pissed after seeing your post history.
 
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clkProject said:
Ok... listen up kid (Apokarteron),

Why the hell are you even thinking about going and overclocking you computer, when you don't even know what the FSB is? Quite frankly, I would find it thrillingly amusing to see you break your computer from the lack of ignorance which you seem to have at this point.

And what's this gibberish about having a step by step tutorial? Praetor's OC101 guide should be just fine for anybody, unless you have the IQ of a moose. Also, don't bother calling up "Computer Support" to ask them to tell you how to overclock, because they most likely won't tell you! Why would they want to tell you information which could possibly break your computer, then have you coming back to them asking for help on how to fix it?

I'm sorry to say this, but OCing isn't something you can just dive into and do. It requires hours of trial and error, and much reading and research, which you clearly still need to do.

Sorry about the harshness, but it just appals me to see this level of ignorance out of a person.

P.S. - I'm even more pissed after seeing your post history.
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Righty-right...
 
Cromewell said:
Long story short: increase the FSB a little and everythign will be a little faster
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But if you raise it too much, your system will become unstable and may not boot up. When you raise the fsb both the memory and cpu will be overclocked. Other buses may increase too, but its better if they dont.
 
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