Hi. can someone please tell me how to overclock my system? I've tried some of the other links that I got from the older messages on this site, but I didn't think they were as helpful as u all are on this forum. Below is my system info. I copied this after running the PCMARK04 program : --------------------- CPU Info : CPU 1/1 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.60GHz Manufacturer Intel Family Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.60GHz Internal Clock 1.6 GHz Internal Clock Maximum 1.6 GHz External Clock 100.0 MHz Socket Designation J1D1 Upgrade ZIF Socket HyperThreadingTechnology Available - Disabled Capabilities MMX, CMov, RDTSC, SSE, SSE2 Version Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.60GHz Caches Level 1 8 KB Level 2 256 KB --------------------- Memory Array 1/1 Max Module Capacity 2.00 GB Location System Board Memory Slot 1/2 Installed Enabled Size 512 MB Form Factor DIMM Frequency 266.0 MHz Slot J5E3 [DIMM0] Type DDR Type Details Synchronous Enabled Size 512 MB Total Bit Width 64 b Data Bit Width 64 b --------------------- Motherboard Info Manufacturer Intel Corporation Model D845PT Version AAA67848-503 BIOS Vendor Intel Corp. BIOS Version PT84510A.86A.0021.P03.0202251254 BIOS Release Date 02/25/2002 BIOS Properties Plug and Play, Flash, AGP AGP Revision 2.0 Rate 1x, 2x, 4x (4x enabled) Available Rate 0x00000007 Selected Rate 0x00000004 Aperture Size 64 MB Sideband Addressing supported (enabled) Fast Write supported (disabled) --------------------- If u guys need more info let me know. ---- I did try to OC in BIOS but I wasn't able to change any of the system speeds. Is there a way to override that setup or is my BIOS version not capable of overclocking? THANKS for any help and thanks also for this forum. George.

As far as I know Intel board will not allow normal OCing. They just won't give you the options in the bios. You can try to find a hacked bios that allows all those OC features but that's risky as you don't know if the bios realy works. As an alternative try the program ClockGen ( http://www.cpuid.com/clockgen.php ) which allow you to OC from the running system. There is no version that't exactly for your board but for two other D845x board. Download that and try it. Try to raise the FSB in small steps of 3 to 5MHz to see if it works and run some benchmarks to see if the results get better. If the system is stable you can try the next step and test again. And so on. My guess is that you ram will stop you sooner or later because it's running at 133MHz. As a way around you can try to set it back to 100MHz in the bios. And you can try to manually set the ram to higher CAS settings. I hope your bios will allow at least those two opperations! Good luck!

plus if you can't lock your agp/pci bus to 66/33 mhz, respectively, you will not get any significant OC, in other words, it won't be worth the trouble...sounds like that is a socket 423 motherboard and the max cpu you can get for it is 2.0 GHZ Abit AS8 LGA775 2.8 @ 3.15 Prescott 512 Corsair XMS PC3200 128 meg Radeon 9800 Pro DUAL 36 GIG WD Raptors 21 in. 19.8 viewable Sony Trinitron 3+ Mbps cable connection

Intel Pentium is not overclockable with the original BIOS, Intel Celeron's are. that what i have, 2.6 at 3.2.... also if you overclock, consider buying another fan, unless you already have more than just the system one.i have 3 case fans. and a system fan. If you dont try, you'll never know..

Intel Pentium is not overclockable with the original BIOS, Intel Celeron's are. WHAT??? FSB is controlled by the BIOS and if the BIOS does not allow change of FSB, then you are stuck. Does not matter if its a P4 or a Cel. BIOS is not on the processor but on the motherboard. So, overclocking function rests with the mobo and not CPU. (atleast FSB o/c). please get your fundas straight, do some research. Google search is a great way to learn. Good Luck and Happy Computing, Kailas Shastry, 2000+ u/c to 1700+, No thermal paste : DDR 256MB 10.2GB Samsung SV1022D