*HOW* do you Overclock your processor?

I've seen several posts about it, now , for us hardware novices out here, how do you DO it? Are their reliability problems associated ? I am running a P133. -- Outlandish University of Illinois at Chicago

> I've seen several posts about it, now , for us hardware novices out here, > how do you DO it? Are their reliability problems associated ? I am > running a P133. why overclock a p133??? overclocking is for 486 users who need that little extra power. it's not worth it with a p133.

>I've seen several posts about it, now , for us hardware novices out here, >how do you DO it? Are their reliability problems associated ? I am >running a P133. First of all if you value your processer DONT DO IT reliability problems would be an understatement. However if you have lots of spare $$ laying around for a new cpu, you might as well know what your getting into, theres a overclocker faq at http://www.xmission.com/%7Edoswald/clkfaq.html best o' luck ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MP Scurvydog #00 Simpson-Cowlings Motorsports http://www.netcom.com/~svydog/scms/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Does this include doing it through software such as "Speed" or through jumpers or what have you on the motherboard?

Sorry, but you've got this TOTALLY the wrong way around.... There IS _NO_ point in overclocking a 486 - it is totally worthless now, and it's much easier just to buy a faster chip. If you overclock a 486- 66 to 80Mhz, you'll save what - $5? If I overclock my P-133 to 166 or even 200Mhz, I'm going to save HUNDREDS of dollars (or pounds in my case). Overclocking isn't done primarily to gain speed, it's done primarily to save money. Cheers! John _________________________________ __ _____| |_____ __ _________| |__| :| John Wallace | |__| |_________ \ :| |::| :| Team WW Racing TSW | |::| | / > :| |::| :|_________________________________| |::| | < / :|__|::|____:/ Sim Racing News \.____|::|__| \ /_______:/ \::/ http://sneezy.dcn.ed.ac.uk/simnews/index.htm\::/ \._______\

You overclock your PC by changing a jumper on the motherboard that sets the clockrate. No software settings (BIOS or whatever) needs changing. Torgeir

> Does this include doing it through software such as "Speed" or through > jumpers or what have you on the motherboard? Through jumpers on your motherboard, good article in SimRacing News, June issue.

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>>I've seen several posts about it, now , for us hardware novices out here, >>how do you DO it? Are their reliability problems associated ? I am >>running a P133. >First of all if you value your processer DONT DO IT >reliability problems would be an understatement. >However if you have lots of spare $$ laying around >for a new cpu, you might as well know what your >getting into, theres a overclocker faq at >http://www.xmission.com/%7Edoswald/clkfaq.html >best o' luck

While I'm not saying that it's a good idea to overclock your CPU, I have yet to see a report of someone actually damaging their CPU by overclocking it a bit. If you DO decide to do it, do some research, see what other's have had luck with, and go from there. Overclocking a P120 to 133 is one thing... overclocking a P60 to 120 is something entirely different (and will probably result in large quantities of smoke pouring out of your pc). Disclaimer: If you overclock your CPU and it breaks, it ain't my fault! Ok... assuming you've read the warnings and still want to overclock your CPU, it usually only involves switching a jumper or two on your motherboard. For example, my motherboard/cpu is a 486 DX2 50MHz (bus 25MHz, CPU 50 MHz). I switched the jumpers on the board to make it run at 33 MHz, and since the CPU is clock doubled, it runs at 66 MHz. I've been running that way for about 3 years with no problems. -Steve -- ***************************************************************************** Steve Owen "While you sleep, I am plotting world domination." http://members.aol.com/StevenOwen/steve.htm NASCAR, Concerts, Counters & More *****************************************************************************

I bought an SX-50 (25 doubled) changed the Processor and a few jumpers, I am now running a DX-100 (33 tripled) , I've been running it for about a year now and no problems here.

How, did you go from an SX to a DX with just jumper changes? -- http://www.netins.net/showcase/mpete Nascar..Weather..OnNetCameras..Oddities..and more.. Stop on by, what can it hurt?

> > I bought an SX-50 (25 doubled) changed the Processor and a few jumpers, > I > > am now running a DX-100 (33 tripled) , I've been running it for about a > > year now and no problems here. > How, did you go from an SX to a DX with just jumper changes? Never mind, I think I need glasses,,,wait a minute I wear glasses hmmmmm. -- http://www.netins.net/showcase/mpete Nascar..Weather..OnNetCameras..Oddities..and more.. Stop on by, what can it hurt?