i was wondering could i overclock my pentium mmx it runs at 166mhz i was trying to get a better performance boost.

Ah, the 166MMX was a favorite of mine. Depending on your motherboard, you have several possibilities. 2.5 x 66mhz = 166 (stock setting) 3.0 x 66mhz = 200 3.5 (1.5) x 66mhz = 233** ** the MMX recognizes the 1.5x multiplier setting as 3.5x If your board has the 75mhz FSB available, either of these two settings are better than any of the above: 2.5 x 75mhz = 187.5 3.0 x 75mhz = 225 ...there is no spoon...

well ive never oc a pc and this would be my first time how do i figure out what kind of motherboard i have im on a IBM Personal Computer 300GL and where do i change these settings i read in my ibm setup im runnng at 167mhz where do i input these setting u gave me and do i have to worry about over heating etc..

I assumed you new this stuff. All the settings will be configured on the motherboard itself...probably with jumpers, but it could also be a DIP switch. Open your case & have a look...you may find a model number printed somewhere on the board, then you can do a Google search & see if you can find the manual. Also, many manufacturers print the various jumper settings on the board. If you've never opened the case before, prepare to find years of dust inside...using a vaccuum is not recommended due to static electricity....better to use a soft brush & compressed air to blow the dust out, then vaccuum the floor...lol! ...there is no spoon...

I hope and pray that this isn't your main machine (166MHz), LOL. Whatever the case maybe I commend you on your efforts. May the force be with you. TECHZAPORT OUT!!!

I hae that desktop also.. there are 2 at work here. Let me guess you have no CD-ROM? Okay now to overclock. The guy doesn't have a choice here. The CPU speed is determined by 4 DIP switches located on the mainboard. If you open up the case and look at the part of the case you pulled out and turn it so that you are looking at the inside of it. You will see some paper stuck to the case and that is telling you the board information. I tried a couple of times to overclock one of those machines but it didnt work successfully. In the end I just bought a seperate CPU and changed the switches to 233Mhz (not sure about this. it was either 233 Mhz or 200Mhz I don't remember). If you want a performance boost then you should be looking at RAM to upgrade. Ben, Pentium 4 1.7GHz, 512 LB Cache 512 DDR RAM PC2700 ATI Radeon 9200SE 128 DDR RAM Western Digital 80GB 7200 RPM

If your moobo suports 100MHz on the fsb simply raise the fsb to 100MHz. (You got a 250MHz). I have 2 of these old P166MMX cpu's. 1 as a file server. And 1 as a music server. lol... I have them both at 250MHz (been running stable for bought 3 months (no restarts!!!)). The only cpu thats been as overclockable since this 1 was the 2500+ Barton (witch I have).