The Official OC (OverClocking) Thread!

Pull the battery with the PSU switched off for about 5 minutes then. I'm pretty sure you are not going to get anywhere if you don't. It can't be that hard to temporarily remove the video card! I tried every setting I could think of, and nothing worked but clearing the CMOS!

Russ

 

Arnt clear CMOS jumpers/buttons on the back standard now?

 

Shaff,
As far as I've seen more and more motherboards are coming with them, usually but not always, on the highest priced models. I know Asus has them only with the high priced spread! LOL!! I personally don't like them when they are mounted on the rear panel of the MB, because it only takes one little slip in moving the computer to mess things up, especially if it happens to be running at the time. I don't know what it would do, but I can't be anything good as the CMOS is under power from the battery's charger at the time. I usually just pull the battery most times if I'm uncertain.

Best Regards,
Russ

 

You must be joking, Asus ROG boards are the only ones I've ever seen use them. Besides, it must have been three years + since I've had to reset the CMOS on any board I've owned.

 

well the thign was a i got a cmos jumper on my P45-t2RS uATM DFI board, which isnt exactly highend.

 

Maybe not high-end, but it's a DFI. Think about that for a moment

 

very true but costs less than that GB board, but not that i wanna start a mobo war again

maybe later in my reinstatement

 

Hi everyone i havnt been on in a while but i am having problems finding someone to help me overclock my motherboard/prossesor, whatever i can do to speed up my computer a bit i will try and find out specs with your help thanks

 

We could do with some specifics so we can help you out:
CPU
Motherboard
RAM
Power Supply
Graphics card (for power draw reasons)
Case & cooler(s)

 

Thank you is there a simple way to get these details for you i am on vista ultimate 32 bit

 

The PSU info you have to read off the sticker, the case you'll either have to know or tell us where you bought it from.
Chances are if you don't know what's in the PC you bought it from a company like HP or Dell, and if you did, it can't be overclocked. Don't let anyone tell you about pin-mods either, I don't trust them.

 

ok my power suply is 350 Watts it is a mercedes case the comp was custom built
Processor AMD Sempron(tm) 2400+
Memory (RAM) 447 MB 2.0
Graphics SiS Mirage Graphics (Microsoft Corporation - XDDM)
Gaming graphics Not detected
Primary hard disk 58GB Free (76GB Total)
Windows Vista (TM) Ultimate

I hope this helps

 

A Sempron 2400+ won't be very upgradeable, especially in an SiS board. You could get literally 10x the performance of that system by building a cheap new one.

 

This is whilst i have not got the money for comp parts

 

Then make do with what you have, realistically.

 

my comp is slow there has to be something i can do whilst money is low

 

Shaff,
DFI has always been ahead of the curve when it comes to certain features. They just didn't make much in the way of modern motherboards until more recent years. It wasn't that long ago that they concentrated on P3 and P4 motherboards. Even then, they built for the enthusiast market!

Nope! Don't want to get into another motherboard war! LOL!! Don't want to get into any wars at all ever again! Life is too short to spend it fighting!

Best Regards,
Russ

 

You can add more RAM, that will help in some areas. Routine maintenance like disk defragment & cleanup, clearing out your browser temporary files and so on will restore it to how it was when new, but to gain extra performance you'll need newer stuff, and finding components that old will cost so much it's little cheaper than buying a far superior new system. What can you realistially spend? It's possible to only change the CPU, RAM and motherboard for a good upgrade at minimal expense.

 

lol thats the thing vista has only just been installed but you did say won't be very upgradeable so is there minor overclocking i can do
Thanks 4 any help you have or can give

 

ATM i have nothing to spend sorry 4 being hassle