Over Clocking?

[yzarc140]

I see people talk about over clocking alot and personally I've never heard of it. I've read on the risks about over heating your hardware like the cpu and all but I've never seen any instructions on how to do it. I was wondering if someone could show me how to do this for my cpu. I'm not sure if you need this info or not but my comp is:

2400+ AMD Athlon Xp
BIOS: Phoenix Tech. LTD 3.03 1/24/203

[FreakinWeasel]

You should be able to find what you want over here.
overclockers.com

For Athlons you have to close a couple of very tiny bridges with some kind of conducting material. But it is very small, so read around and see a few how too's before you attempt. At 2400+ I don't know why you would want to potentially make your system unstable at the speed you have already other than for bragging rights. But hey go for it!

[isus]

*cough* go buy a speedstrip for $15. its removable, so if you fuck up your cpu, and its under warranty, no one will be able to tell ;)

[isus]

whats speedstrip?

lol. it unlocks the amd athlon xp's multipliers without a lot of strainign to use conductive tape or whatever. and it's removable. and easy to install. and blah blah blah. it only works with certain cpu's though, go to www.frozencpu.com and look for it. it was on the front page last week (note: the front page is random, click refresh if you don't see)

[shawners]

if it was meant for more speed than 2400. it would been labeld 2700 or something =)

[isus]

yes, overclocking does void your warranty... if you're a dumbass.

stay smart, don't do anything you don't think you can. also, note that overclocking requires a good cooling setup. if you're like me and you spent the big bucks when you made your comp (or at least spent a few bucks on a better heatsink and a few case fans) then you'll ok. common sense always applies when overclocking.

and shawners: "if it was meant for more speed than 2400, it would have been labeled 2700..." and it would have cost more money too. why pay more when you can unlock the multipliers and increase them, and increase the fsb and get the same results as a 2700 at no cost to you?

[nasrules]

There's a program somewhere that changes system speed settings, and shuts down your PC if it gets too hot. Kind of a safe way to O/C. I'll dig it out.

[FreakinWeasel]

Cpus dies, of differeing speeds, are cut from the same wafer. They are tested for purity and speed potential and then labeled. Early runs of a new processor maybe all the same speeds but have been labeled in different speeds in order to get to market quicker. So in some cases you can take a 2200 and make it a stable 2700. Not a bad way to go. But this is an extreme case. Most of the overclocks I have seen rarely net you more than a couple hundred mHz unless extreme cooling solutions are used like water or petier. In the old days this couple hundred was huge % of gain but with todays 3.0gHz. processors why bother. Spend your time and money getting the best video card you can get instead of spending big $$ on cooling and farting around with an already fast processor. JMHO.

[origin]

the cpu came at that speed if you want it to live,leave it at that, Resistance is futile :black

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