Anyone overclocking a 440LX?

[ltk007]

My parents are running an old pathetic P2 266 on 440LX and I was thinking of picking up a slocket, gorb, and Cel2 566. I was wondering if I'd have any success overclocking. I don't have to worry about the ram and I'm not sure about the video card. The mobo is listed in softfsb so I can use that.

 

[ltk007]

Anyone????

 

[Lvis]

You would want to check and see if the m/b supports the 566, it may need a bios flash.

You probably know that the lx chipset doesn't support 100 mhz. Just 66,75, and 83.

 

[ltk007]

Yeah I know, I have a micron LX board and I think that a bios flash allows me to use celerons (i checked the site).

 

[rigor]

83*8.5 should be very reachable with those chips. Keep in mind the motherboard probably won't run less than 2.0volts which imo is crazy for that celeron 2

 

[Lvis]

You ought to consider that you'll be running the system bus out of spec, not just the cpu.

Your hard drive, video card, etc. will be strained. You may want to think about if the extra performace is worth it.

I had a 233 running at 266 for a year or so, and had two hard drives, and a video card die on me.

 

[ltk007]

Can't I adjust the voltage through the slocket?

 

[AndyHui]

You can adjust the voltage the CPU asks for, but most LX boards simply cannot give the voltage because it is too low for it to handle. The board just can't give such a low voltage.

 

[kami]

Friend needed a dirt cheap system and the CPU I put in it was a C366 o/c'ed to 458MHz on a ASUS LX board. Works like a charm. However, I don't know how coppermine128's will work on an old LX board.

 

[rigor]

just don't put a C2 on an lx board. geez. spend $50 and get a bh6 or something similar and slap a 533a->800 or 566->850 on it. It will work much faster.

 

[CraigRT]

I have an Asus P2-99 and a PIII 450 runnin at 112 FSB.. haven't tried higher yet just cause i am always on here, and the comp. is upstairs. hehe
Quake III ran overnight on nightmare not a crash... the P2-99 is hella stable and the PIII 450 @ 504 is great.

so yeah LX works not too bad at all.

 

[AndyHui]

The P2-99 is a ZX (cutdown BX) chipset based board, not an LX based board.