1)SoftFSB: is there any way to set it to open and apply the new clock settings immediatley upon entering Windows, because i cant find one, and if there is not is there some program that is like softfsb that will do that?

2)what is the best freeware CPU toasting program to check for overclocking stability?

Just when you see the light at the end of the tunnel, the roof caves in.

1.) Autoexec.bat

2.)Sisoft SANDRA does a nice job.

WinXP PRO SP2
ASUS AN78X-X
BIOS ASUS 1014 beta 2
PC3200 768 1.5t 3t 3t 6t
AMD XP 2600+ @ 2.2
ATI AIW 9800 PRO

"1.) Autoexec.bat"

what do i do to autoexec.bat?

Just when you see the light at the end of the tunnel, the roof caves in.

1. yup, autoexec.bat

http://www.ocinside.de/html/workshop/3oc_Athlon.html

2. now I know that I provided you a link a LONG time ago when you asked about benchtesting programs....bookmark it this time! There are literally 100's of different useful prgrams on this site. Try TOAST, Prime95:

http://www.benchmarkhq.ru/english.html?/be_cpu.html

or try the new/improved Prime95 called Stress Prime 2004:

http://sp2004.fre3.com/

ASUS A7N8X-X
Athlon XP 1800+
8.5 x 200MHz
1024MB PC3200 2.5-3-3-7
Asus A9550GE/TD 128MB
WinME/WinXP Pro SP2

here, bookmark this page too

http://www.ocinside.de/index_e.html?/html/links/ocsoft_links.html

ASUS A7N8X-X
Athlon XP 1800+
8.5 x 200MHz
1024MB PC3200 2.5-3-3-7
Asus A9550GE/TD 128MB
WinME/WinXP Pro SP2

And once again, I'm gonna tell you to use Google!

ASUS A7N8X-X
Athlon XP 1800+
8.5 x 200MHz
1024MB PC3200 2.5-3-3-7
Asus A9550GE/TD 128MB
WinME/WinXP Pro SP2

hehe jam, I was gona say if you have to ask about autoexec, aybe you should even be overclocking. Your about a decade behind.

WinXP PRO SP2
ASUS A7N8X-X
BIOS 1014 beta 2
PC3200 768 1.5t 3t 3t 6t
AMD XP 2600+ @ 2.2
ATI AIW 9800 PRO 128MB

grr, maybe* and shouldn't* stupid fat fingers

:E

WinXP PRO SP2
ASUS A7N8X-X
BIOS 1014 beta 2
PC3200 768 1.5t 3t 3t 6t
AMD XP 2600+ @ 2.2
ATI AIW 9800 PRO 128MB

1) Without explaining what he needs to do with autoexec.bat, you didn't answer his question. Furthermore that's an outdated program for overclocking from within windows. Use Clockgen instead and it has instructions for how to make it start with Windows. Hint: It doesn't involve autoexec.bat

2) Use Prime95 and run it for a 24 hour cycle or until it finds errors. If you're looking for a quick bench test to check stability of an overclock you're doing in small increments, try CPU Stability 6.0 www.majorgeeks.com/download215.html

more tools here:

http://www.octools.com/index.cgi?caller=downloads.html

ASUS A7N8X-X
Athlon XP 1800+
8.5 x 200MHz
1024MB PC3200 2.5-3-3-7
Asus A9550GE/TD 128MB
WinME/WinXP Pro SP2

thank you hapeekrapee
and jam too of course you have put up with me being an idiot for over a year now :-) LOL

i know what autoexec.bat IS i just havent had to mess with it very much

does clockgen support more or differant PLLs that softfsb?

Just when you see the light at the end of the tunnel, the roof caves in.

Clockgen allows you to change the FSB on the fly by simply moving a slider. Like any windows based overclocker, it's used primarily to test for stability before you set the clock speed in BIOS. It's also used by people who have proprietary mobos that don't allow such changes in bios. It's not permanent which is very important. If the oc is too high, it will lock up and a restart is required. Once the max stable oc is achieved, you can then make it permanent by making it startup with windows via a log file. But you MUST make certain it's stable before you do this, otherwise it's a real pain to undo. Hence why it's best to make the changes permanent in BIOS, because then you can simply clear the CMOS if it doesn't work. Clearing CMOS with clockgen will not work if you need to undo it.