my cpu

[danlisa]

Just found this, if it helps:

Once you are in the BIOS, assuming that you have a BIOS that supports overclocking*, you should have access to all of the settings needed to overclock your system. The settings that you will most likely be adjusting are:

Multiplier, FSB, RAM Timings, RAM Speed, and RAM Ratio.

On a very basic level, all you are trying to do is to get the highest FSB x Multiplier formula that you can achieve. The easiest way to do this is to just raise the multiplier, but that will not work on most processors since the multiplier is locked. The next method is to simply raise the FSB. This is pretty self explanatory, and all of the RAM issues that have to be dealt with when raising the FSB will be explained below. Once you've found the speed at which the CPU won't go any faster, you have one more option.

If you really want to push your system to the limit, you can try lowering the multiplier in order to raise the FSB even higher. In order to understand this, imagine that you have a 2.0GHz processor that has a 200MHz FSB and a 10x multiplier. So 200MHz x 10=2.0GHz. Obviously, that equation works, but there are other ways to get to 2.0GHz. You could raise the multiplier to 20 and lower the FSB to 100MHz, or you could raise the FSB to 250MHz and lower the multiplier to 8. Both of those combinations would give you the same 2.0GHz that you started out with. So both of those combinations should give you the same system performance, right?

Full doc link - http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/How-t...ck-t11177.html

[ABBAFAN]

ill give it a go.is overclocking reversable?

man it shouldnt take all this just to run a game.according to the machine and the game requirements it should run.i wish these things were simpler.im getting tired of computers.


thanks for the advice

[danlisa]

Yes it's reversable. All you are doing is effectively changing values in your bios. Make notes about your changes and if needed you can set them back to the originals. As with all overclocking, urge on the side of caution and progress slowly.

I suspect you are having to do this because your system has autoclocked itself down after a hardware change. That or your hardware is incompatible.

[Reece]

I hope you read this first!
If you do overclock, the machine may freeze before booting into the bios, if this happens you should have a shorting link on the motherboard to set the bios back to default, otherwise you can remove the small battery, wiat for a half minute then put back in, I have had to do this a couple of times when I pushed the old girl a bit too far!!

[ABBAFAN]

Would it be best to sort my fan out first as i am getting heat related crashes lately i think the fan is on the blink.

is this a likely cause of random crashes-shutdowns?

if so wou;ldnt it be best to sort that befor starting overclocking?.

[Reece]

Errr ..... YES!!! Just do a search on ebay, good place for things like that, I purchased a Heatsink & Fan for my AMD Athlon 64 for $5 + $6 postage, delivered to my door in a few days!!

[ABBAFAN]

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Display Devices
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Current Mode: 800 x 600 (32 bit) (1Hz)
Monitor:
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Driver Version: 5.01.2600.0000 (English)
DDI Version: unknown
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DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
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i get the immpression from the last part that the graphics card fitted when i got the compter was not set up correctly.What do people think?

[XanderF]

I'd say that's a "no kidding". You need to make sure you have the latest drivers from ATI (for Radeon video cards) or nVidia (for GeForce cards).

[ABBAFAN]

can i replace the fan without taking the lid of thwe casing?if not is it an easy operation?