I have a Soyo SY-5ema+ mobo and a amd k6-2 300mhz cpu, I have never overclocked anything and want to oc my cpu... Can someone help me please god.

-davek

Here is some setting you can use.

Original clock speed = 300Mhz

100 x 3 = 300Mhz

or

66 x 4.5 = 300Mhz

I'm not sure which setting you have... So try out these settings...

75 x 4.5 = 333Mhz Possible watchout for HD 100/0
100 x 3.5 = 350Mhz Possible Need 0.1v voltage if necessary 75/25
100 x 4 = 400Mhz Need 0.1v voltage boost 50/50
100 x 4.5 = 450Mhz Need 0.1-0.2v voltage boost 25/75
100 x 5 = 500Mhz Need 0.3v voltage boost 10/90
112 x 4.5 = 504Mhz Requires good cooling 5/95
112 x 5 = 560Mhz Need watercooling or vaporchill 1/99
100 x 6 = 600Mhz Impossible 0/100
112 x 6 = 672Mhz Impossible 0/100

If you don't know where the jumper of your motherboard is, post a reply, otherwise, you can try out these settings.

As I said I have no idea how OC... Jumpers? Excuse me? I am a newb... lol, sorry

I don't specifically know that motherboard, but the settings MAY be in the CMOS Setup. Press DEL or possibly F1 (follow the directions on the screen during the boot). Then, in CPU Setup area, you'd find the settings that TMP-Man speaks of. You may have to switch from "Automatic" to "Manual" to allow these fields to appear to be modified. I'd stay under 400 Mhz, otherwise I think it either won't boot and/or it will get too hot. I overclocked my K6/2 350 to 400 Mhz and my K6-2 500 to 533, so I know the K6-2 can be overclocked, but be aware that you may have to short the reset configuration jumper on the motherboard if the machine won't boot after making any of TMP-Man's changes. Look in your motherboard manual for directions as to that jumper.

By the way, I never changed any of my voltage settings when I overclocked my chips, so you may not have to, but you may want to to have better results. You should try to keep the CPU under 60 degrees Celcius (140F). If it's not, you may want to upgrade your heatsink/fan.

Good luck.

I've worked with a couple Soyo SY-5ema+ mobo's...actually, I think I still have one laying around...it's one of the best of old Super 7 boards.

It sounds like you are a true "noob", so I suggest you do some research & reading before you do anything else.

If you don't already have one, go to the Soyo website & download a copy of the user's manual for your board....

http://www.soyousa.com/downloads/selectresults.php?language=&col1=Motherboard&col2=33&col3=Manual

Read it over carefully & study the pics. Many of the settings on this board are done with DIP (dual inline package) switches. For instance, DIP # SW1 has 6 switches...switches 1-3 are used to set the multiplier (1.5x-6.0x)...switches 4-6 are used to the bus frequency (66-124mhz). SW2 is used to set the CPU core voltage. It's best to know what CPU you have though so you have an idea of what settings to try...you can either remove the heatsink/fan & read the info off the top of the CPU, or you can try using software tell you the model & speed settings. Try this:

http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

CPU(s)
Number of CPUs 1

Code Name Chomper
Specification AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor
Family / Model / Stepping 5 8 0
Extended Family / Model 6 8
Package Socket 7
Technology 0.25 µ
Supported Instructions Sets MMX, 3DNow!
CPU Clock Speed 299.8 MHz
Clock multiplier x 4.0
Front Side Bus Frequency 74.9 MHz
Bus Speed 74.9 MHz
L1 Data Cache 32 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 32 Bytes line size
L1 Instruction Cache 32 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 32 Bytes line size

thats what the cpuz program told me...
can you tell me the basics of what i have to do to overclock this baby girl

Ok i am confused because the program says i have a k6 but there is a sticker on my box that says its a k6-2.... the settings on my mobo are set for k6 not k6-2... what do u dudes think about this?

should i try to set it as a k6-2? would it hurt it?

How do you chnage the voltage .1 up to get the right setting? I can get my k6 to get to 333 but when i try to go 350 it dosent boot... How do i increase the voltage... my manual dosent help me here.. thanks

That is one of the finest motherboards ever.
If you listen to jam, find the motherboard manual and research the web, you'll at least have some fun and learn all about your good old stuff.

Don't worry so much about software reports on your processor. AMD's website has long discussions on it's processors and how to precisely identify them.

Luck,

Skip

If you're at 75x4 now, I'm thinking 100x4 with the volt boost.

i know, but how do you do the volt boost??

1st of all, you have to read & understand the manual...had you done so, you would know how to raise your voltage by resetting the SW2 DIP switch. But before doing that, you have to know what your voltage is set at now. You may or may not be able to run your 300 at 400...& you may or may not need a voltage increase to do it...you won't know until you try. You also have to know what to do to restore your system if you clock it too high & it becomes unbootable. And if the board hasn't had a BIOS update, you'll probably wanna do that as well. I assume this is something that you've never done, so it's best to do your homework before beginning anything. A bad BIOS flash can trash a board. If you don't know what I'm talking about, that's all the more reason to do some research before getting started....

You actually have a decent board & IMO, running it with a 300 is a waste. You should be able to pick up a K6-2/500 for about $20...if this is a system that you wanna hang on to for a while, that'd be the thing to do. If you just wanna experiment with overclocking, then just stick with the 300 & see what you can do.

You have to know what kinda memory you have too...it seems odd that it's setup with a 75mhz FSB, unless you only have PC66 memory...if so, a memory upgrade may be necessary before you can raise the FSB any higher. Most PC66 will run at 75mhz, but chances are, it won't work at 100.

Let me say this one last time...do some research before you start....

Good luck! :)

PC66 RAM should work under 100Mhz when you set CL from 2-2-2 to 3-3-3. If you have msn messenger, add me to your list so I can help you out step by step.