HashBacon Posted February 24, 2003 Posted February 24, 2003 Ok i have an Aopen ak77-8xn with a Athlon 2400+ and i would liek to over clock it..i have no idea on where to begin.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sVperbeast2k5 Posted February 24, 2003 Posted February 24, 2003 I'll bet that if you read through the 80 pages of posts that are already on this forum you will find the solution you are looking for... If you can't find the answer in the first 10 pages, I'll be more than happy to help ya Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronin Posted February 24, 2003 Posted February 24, 2003 welcome to the site first off: Overclocking basics A cpu's(central processing unit) frequency is made up of 2 factors, the FSB(front side bus) and the multiplier(somtimes called ratio) for instance FSB x Multiplier = frequency. The FSB is the FSB for the entire system, so when you increase it you're also overclocking your RAM, your PCI slots, your AGP slot, hell even your hdd. Keep this in mind if you're doing a large OC becasue your RAM is usually the thing that fails after the cpu. 2. Overclocking in application: Unless you want to unlock your cpu(make it so you can change the multiplier, which requires a lot of work) you are left with 1 option, chaning the FSB. This can be done in the bios of a lot of motherboards. Howver, if you cant change the fsb in your bios then you need to download a program to change it for you. Youre gonna need to run a google search and maybe a download.com search for fsb chaning programs. All I know of is SpeedFan and cpufsb. Ive used the first one, seemed to work okay. When Overclocking do it in the smallest increment possible to see if it runs okay. At each overclock run a processing intensive program to see if your computer runs stable. Once your computer freezes or shutdown you know you've hit a block, to get around this up your cpu voltage(in bios usually) and overclock again. REMEMBER RAISING YOUR CORE VOLTAGE IS DANGEROUS YOUR CPU TEMPS WILL JUMP UP TO 10C!!!!! 3. Overclocking, advantages and dangers While Overclocking will give you a slight processing advantage it wont help a ton, lets say you OC an xp 2000+ to a 2200+ speed, it wont actually run like a 2200+ because its making more errors in processing and having to redo more calculations. Howver it is an advantage. The dangers however are great. Your cpu can melt, your RAM can melt just about anything will melt. Watch your temps carefully and if you're OCing very much get some cooling for your RAM and possibly chipset. For cpu anything under 50C is A Okay, that includes underload temps(after the cpu has run at 100% for say 30 minutes) Over 50 is starting to get a little dangerous and putting more stress on your cpu making it more likeley to die, anything over 60 to me is unacceptable 4. Have fun: have fun. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DimensioN Posted February 24, 2003 Posted February 24, 2003 well i couldn't say it better myself RONIN, nice post. let us know how it worked out, and if you have anny other questions, just ask greetz Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HashBacon Posted February 25, 2003 Posted February 25, 2003 i usally run at or around 23-26C,,well thats what it says on my digital thermoter on my case..is this very accurate?..and i have heat sinks on my ram and i can activate another fan if need be(i think its temp activated so i dont have to press and hold the button).. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HashBacon Posted February 25, 2003 Posted February 25, 2003 i didnt see anything about fsb in to bios..i did see cpu speed a 133 i can change it up to 160 its that what i should change? i also saw voltages i can change like my agp voltage would that help my graphics preformance to boost it up? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HashBacon Posted February 25, 2003 Posted February 25, 2003 ok i cant even load windows when i set it at 140...it jsut restarts..but i put it at like 137 or 138 and it works..i gained liek 45mhz out of it..did u do it right or no? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cahartley Posted February 26, 2003 Posted February 26, 2003 Athlon Xp 2400+Aopen Ak77-8XN EVGA Nvidia Ti 4600 Soundblaster 5.1 audigy gamer 80gb HD Maxor 512mb pc3200 DDR ram [email protected] If you're having problems I think it's because you're pushing your RAM too far. You're beating the heck out of it. I have a 2400+ running as a 2600+ @ 333 mhz fsb and have 1024mb of 3200 400mhz DDR ram on an ABIT KD7-RAID mobo with 2 striped 7200 hdds. Everything is running nicely. I tried running as a 2700+ at the same fsb but my system didn't like it. Also, by accidently clicking in the softmenu changed the RAM to 400mhz. Didn't like THAT at ALL! So I'm running at 2.08ghz at 333 and everything is just peachy. AND it beats the crap out of a much higher clocked Pentium----I like that------a LOT. Craig Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest matrax Posted February 26, 2003 Posted February 26, 2003 if it blocks at fsb 138 just add like 0.5V at your Vcore = your cpu voltage Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DimensioN Posted February 26, 2003 Posted February 26, 2003 ok i cant even load windows when i set it at 140...it jsut restarts..but i put it at like 137 or 138 and it works..i gained liek 45mhz out of it..did u do it right or no? like matrax said before, it has to do with your voltages. but if you let it stand at 138 , just run it at that a couple days. try higher it after that, if you cant , even when you highered your voltages, it has to with your temps--> add more cooling to the system greetz Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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