Overclocking - suggestions?

Ok here's what I have:

ASUS A7M266
Athlon 1ghz

I put my BIOS bus speed at 118mhz and now I'm running at 1.18ghz. However, when I go higher than that I have startup problems. Does this mean I'm not giving my processor enough voltage?

If so, how do I increase the voltage? And by how much?

Does anyone know the best way to overclock this board/processor combo?

As always, thanks!

 

Hey

Have Fun and Beware--Many have learned through a Puff of Smoke

I used to know someone who told me that he could easily overclock an AMD, but Intel's would pop long before they reached the same limits.

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For one who is fearful of flashing their bios (your other post), you sound like a curious type and a problem waiting to happen all rolled into one. Regardless, I admire your enthusiasm and interest. The best way to overclock that cpu is to purchase silver epoxy and link the L1 bridges. That will unlock the chip's clock speed and permit you to change the multiplier. For the most part, 1ghz should push to 1.2 or 1.3 without much problem and without too much heat, although there can be widespread variances between individual processors. Keep in mind that you will void any warranties and you could also do some serious damage if you mess things up. You will need a magnifier and a very steady hand to link these bridges as it requires using the tip of a straight pin to apply the epoxy. This can also be done with pencil lead but that is not a recommended way to go. Having said that, good luck.



EDIT: See next post.

 

Scratch that - your motherboard doesn't support adjustable mutliplier cpu's according to the Asus tech support site - some kind of hardware limitation with your specific motherboard. Based on what I read (quick look), you would probably be best served with a 1.4ghz 266mhz Athlon. Note: this must be a locked processor (again - limitation of your MB.

As an aside, 1.4 's both 200 and 266, will run consierably hotter than your 1.0.

More info, if you haven't already been there
http://usa.asus.com/mb/socketa/a7m266/overview.htm

 

wow you hit the nail on the head. i'm cautious, but can't resist my temptations!!!

i usually end up finding out everything i can before plunging into something like this. in the end though, i'll probably just leave my processor only slightly overclocked through the bus speeds since i don't have the cash to fix anything i ***** up.

i can't tell you how many times i've broken my computer when trying to "adjust" it. however, if all those adjustments went smoothly, i'd know about HALF of what i know today about them.

what a hobby.

 

You remind me of me. Through the process of elimination, you will eventually reach a point where there aren't many things that you haven't already learned - the hard way! Then you'll start looking for things that "those in the know" swear can't be done. hehehe ....

 

Hi there,
IWill Motherboards are designed for overclocking and like Rockster2U has told you it is risky business.
I am at the moment running a AMD Duron 800 at 920 it can be run at 1Gig but my old video card can not handle it it just goes black also your Ram has to be good to handle it.
hawk22

 

Try
www.overclockers.com.au

 

overclocking Amd 350

If one was to overclock an AMD 350 what could you expect
in terms of increased mhz speed ?

 

perhaps... 100mhz?

 

Probably not a heck of alot. The most overclockable K6 chip was the mobile K6III+ series. A K6III-450+ could run at 5.5x112=616Mhz without even upping the voltage - assuming you had a mobo that cooperated. That's why they were in such high demand.

Baltman, your bios should have an option for increasing your cpu voltage - look for the term Vcore. If it doesn't have that option then what you get is...what you get. If you do proceed with this, only increase your Vcore in the smallest (.025) increments and then see how high your bus will go. But with a locked multiplier I really don't think you're going to pull off any miracles.

I've got a XP1600+ that can run as a 1900+ (at least) but I don't even oc it as 95% of the time the machine is used for business. Only 5% for gaming.

If you upgrade your mobo, you can easily get one that runs an XP2600+ (or higher) and prices on boards and XP chips (like the 1600+) fall like rocks.

 

bios multiplier setting

in reading about the motherboard on my computer it talks about a bios multiplier setting
I have found the numbers etched on the motherboard- volts etc.
but how does one set this bios multiplier ?