ill faded sole Posted December 25, 2003 Posted December 25, 2003 Yo! New to the forum and overclocking. I've read around and have the basic jist of overclocking. Now I know overclocking brandnames such as Hewlett Packard, Compaq (yes i know they are the same now), and/or Dell is pretty much hard becuase the processor's are locked. But I heard there are bio's hacks that allow you to change the bio's and thus change the multiplier. I want to know is this true? If so where can I find such a thing? And if NOT then what are possible solutions I can perform to overclock my computer Computer: HP Pavilion 533w AMD 2100 XP+ Bio's: Unknown at this time Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadMan Posted December 25, 2003 Posted December 25, 2003 You cannot normally overclock namebrand computers due to the manufacturer locking the FSB on the computer. You may somehow be able to solder on your mobo even though its very dangerous! The only other possibility in overclocking your computer is looking for some third party out there that has created a program to unlock the clocks on your mobo. I don't know of any but have heard of them. The only way your going to overclock your comp is basically to build a new comp. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
captor Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 try finding some hacked bios for the mobo, mrbios.com is a good start. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
General912 Posted December 30, 2003 Posted December 30, 2003 OMG all n00bs! First of all companys like sony and hp i belive use ASUS motherboards. You can eassily flash the bios back to the original bios. The companys put their own bios on those computers. Im think dell however uses their own motherboards. So dell no go. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthony Posted December 30, 2003 Posted December 30, 2003 yeh um.. dell's use their dell mobo's and i was unfortunate enough to have one beside my comp... its disgusting... dells suck. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eva_Unit_0 Posted December 30, 2003 Posted December 30, 2003 OMG all n00bs! First of all companys like sony and hp i belive use ASUS motherboards. You can eassily flash the bios back to the original bios. The companys put their own bios on those computers. Im think dell however uses their own motherboards. So dell no go. You can't always flash them. True, many pre-built mobos are made by asus. But they're not mobo's that you can just go buy at the store...they're custom made for compaq or whoever, and they use a custom proprietry bios. No flashing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
General912 Posted December 30, 2003 Posted December 30, 2003 some do however. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sYstEmATiC Posted December 30, 2003 Posted December 30, 2003 some do however. very rare, like companies called cyber something (cant remember) that makes pc's but then again probably most everyone here has never heard of them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Posted December 30, 2003 Posted December 30, 2003 You could always replace the motherboard, but it wouldn't technically be the same computer. You might also have to replace the power supply. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agallion Posted December 30, 2003 Posted December 30, 2003 no go on replacing th mobo..some dells and compaqs wont fit normal mobos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
General912 Posted December 30, 2003 Posted December 30, 2003 newer computers will most of the time now. 97% chance that a new mobo will fit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agallion Posted December 30, 2003 Posted December 30, 2003 maybe so but my dell pc 600 wont accpet one and every dell compaq( DIE I FREAKING HATE THIS COMPANY)..those dont accpet them and i belive it was a 1.5ghz so it was fairly new Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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