Overclocking OLD CPU

I am not sure, but I think that the VIA chipset limits the OC ability.

Also, since celerons are locked multiplier, you are going to have a rough time reaching a stable 3.0GHz (300 x 10 muilti). Just inch the bus up bu 10 or so at a time till it is unstable and then back down by 20.
 
wolfeking said:
I am not sure, but I think that the VIA chipset limits the OC ability.

Also, since celerons are locked multiplier, you are going to have a rough time reaching a stable 3.0GHz (300 x 10 muilti). Just inch the bus up bu 10 or so at a time till it is unstable and then back down by 20.
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Could you tell me step by step?
There is so many ways to overclock and it's pretty mind Boggling.
Is that in the bios,On the board,A software?
Do I need anything else to Prep?
 
Well you could always check http://www.hwbot.org/ and search your CPU. IIRC, the highest frequency CPU (just raw GHz, not actual performance) was a Celeron CPU. Unfortunately, they'll probably only be listing between dry ice and liquid helium temperatures, but you can refine your searches to air cooling.

Other than that, I have no experience using Celerons.
 
i highly doubt it is even possible to get that close to 2.5 on a stock cooler without changing the multiplier, and i have a via chipset on 1 comp and it is impossible to overclock in the bios or in the os with the 20 programs i've tried, you're outta luck with that stuff, and i'm in a similar boat though, but i have gotten my pentium dual from 2.2 with locked multiplier to 2.5 with a simple 26mhz bump.
 
You can probably overclock from your BIOS. There should be some sort of section in your BIOS for overclocking, and you should be able to change your FSB and RAM frequencies. Try to go up in small steps, and eventually you'll reach a frequency where you have trouble booting into Windows. If there's an option for CPU voltage, then you should start raising it by small amounts. Make sure to monitor your temps, and to check for stability, use CoreDamage:
http://damage.vigilantesoftware.com/

Keep in mind that as you overclock, your temps will go up, and raising the voltage will make your temps even higher. If you raise your voltage too high, then there's always a possibility that you could damage your CPU. If you want to try for 3GHz, though, you'll probably have to raise your voltage.

Good luck! ;)
 
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