can anyone offer me a beginers guide. i have no idea what im doing here, but would like to clock up to a quicker speed than the current 1.67ghz. what exactly does the 2000 in the insignia mean? can i clock up to that speed safely? what software do i need? or is it a hardware tweak i don't know. i have good knowledge of hardware basics but i don't really know anything about this. i've always dismissed it as being a cheap reason to not upgrade! but seeing as this machiene isn't worth its weight it may as well be given a kick! thanks alex
the 2000+ means it will match an intel processor at 2000MHz or 2.0GHz and you overclock through the bios by changing the FSB and voltage but you have to have sufficient cooling and good ram to overclock because the ram could hold you back the FSB affects the ram and processor and HT spead and you need good cooling so it doesnt overheat
ok i upped the volate +1.1v and the DIMMs by +6v and the clock speed from 133 to 138 how does that sound? i havent put any special cooling in there.. also is it best to leave the pannels off or on? surely on so that cool air lingers in the case? thanks alex
to get your clock speeds even higher just raise it about 5 on the FSB and repeat that until it doesnt boot anymore than take it down some and you might want to lower your cpu memory ratio
Hi guys, Hey Dingbats6, I built a lot of those XP2000+, they have a multiplier of 12.5x and run at 1.65v. You need a motherboard that supports 166 FSB (Barton CPUs use 166 FSB) and, at 166MHz and 1.75v you get 2083MHz which is XP2600+ rating. You must have at least PC2700 memory, PC2100 no good! At this next higher 'stock' motherboard speed of 166FSB, the mobo dividers will have changed, to keep your PCI and AGP clocks at 33 and 66MHz respectively. This is different than sneaking the FSB up from 133MHz to, say, 138MHz - which will just throw your PCI and AGP out of spec, y'know? Stick with the 'factory' 166MHz FSB and ~1.75v, if it posts it posts. Most of them just fire right up, XP2600+ no problem :^) Run your memory in synch with your FSB, in other words at 166FSB your memory would be 166MHz(333DDR) which is perfect PC2700 speed. This is 5:5 ratio, or 1:1 or whatever your motherboard calls it. Left on default 'auto' many mobos run 133:200 which is 4:6 (or also called 2:3) ratio. This must be changed before increasing beyond 133FSB! DDR memory runs ~2.65v but most high-performance work is done with ~2.75v. Set your memory and FSB in synch and use relaxed or SPD timing settings. If you have at least PC2700 you will have no problems; PC3200 works even better (and will support tighter timings at the more relaxed PC2700 speed). Dingbats6 what is your motherboard? Run CPU-Z to learn info: http://www.filepedia.com/desktop_software/other_tools/cpu-z.cfm Newest PCs have PCI and PCI-E frequencies locked (at 33 and 100MHz respectively) which simplifies overclocking considerably. So we need to know if you support 166FSB, sometimes called FSB333. Find out your mobo, don't worry we will help you. Regards
computer kept crashing on the settings i had it on i guess because the clock and ram were out of sync - either way it had to stop!
