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Subject: Pentium D 3.4 GHz Overclocking

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Name: Nihal Fernando
Date: July 13, 2007 at 15:37:13 Pacific
Subject: Pentium D 3.4 GHz Overclocking
OS: Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2
CPU/Ram: Pentium 2 - Pentium D
Model/Manufacturer: Many

Comment:

Hello, I have this:
* Intel Pentium D 945 3.4GHz, (Dual Core) 4096K Socket 775
* Spire DiamondCool Socket 775 Intel P4 EXTRA QUIET HeatPipe Copper fan
* ASUS P5B-E P965, PCI Express, DDR2, Sound, 1Gb LAN, iEEE
* Mitsumi 3.5" floppy disk 1.44 Mb Black
* Corsair TWINX 2048MB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz E.P.P. (C13-2022 )
* APEVIA (Aspire) X-Plorer Black, Side Window, front USB,iEEE,Temp control
Now, how do I overclock my processor from 3.4 to about 4.0 GHz?
I am new to overclocking and I am afraid that if I try, I might make a mistake and kill my CPU. Can anyone give me advice with how to overclock my system given the spects I mentioned above?
Thank You

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Response Number 1

Name: jam
Date: July 13, 2007 at 17:41:59 Pacific
Subject: Pentium D 3.4 GHz Overclocking

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If you have an APEVIA (Aspire) PSU, the 1st thing you should do is replace it with something decent.
Then go into the BIOS, lock the PCI-e at 100MHz, lock the PCI at 33MHz, disable any Spread Spectrum settings, raise the CPU freq from 200MHz to 235MHz, & lower the RAM freq from 400MHz to 235MHz.

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Response Number 2

Name: Sabertooth
Date: July 13, 2007 at 18:34:55 Pacific
Subject: Pentium D 3.4 GHz Overclocking

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Ouch!
You also seem to have a decent motherboard that could have given you more potential benefit if you had a C2D CPU .... oh well.

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Response Number 3

Name: Nihal Fernando
Date: July 14, 2007 at 12:59:30 Pacific
Subject: Pentium D 3.4 GHz Overclocking

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What do you mean by "replacing it with something decent"? Do you mean get a whole new different computer case?
Also, once I lock the PCI-e at 100MHz, lock the PCI at 33MHz, disable any Spread Spectrum settings, raise the CPU freq from 200MHz to 235MHz, & lower the RAM freq from 400MHz to 235MHz (I copied and pasted), what do I do after that? Do I just leave it set to that or do I change it back once overclocked?

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Response Number 4

Name: jam
Date: July 14, 2007 at 18:23:24 Pacific
Subject: Pentium D 3.4 GHz Overclocking

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APEVIA (Aspire) is not known for making quality PSUs.
"what do I do after that?"
Test for stability. If there are no probs, you're done...unless you wanna overclock even higher?

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Response Number 5

Name: jam
Date: July 14, 2007 at 18:56:10 Pacific
Subject: Pentium D 3.4 GHz Overclocking

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Hey, I just realized that you're the same person that's stirring up trouble in some of the other forums.

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Response Number 6

Name: Nihal Fernando
Date: July 14, 2007 at 19:50:33 Pacific
Subject: Pentium D 3.4 GHz Overclocking

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Yeah lol, that was all a joke, maybe lets all just forget about that. haha, sometimes things like this happen. Thanks for your help anyways :).

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