Best program to OC automatically on startup.

[homestarmy]

I have just rebuilt a PC for a friend's son, and in doing so, I had to reset the BIOS. The 2600+ Athlon XP now shows as a 2000+.

There is place in the BIOS to change the FSB to fix the issue. I have been in and out of it in every nook and cranny and even updated the BIOS as well, no luck.

I cannot understand how this is possible, but it appears my only fix is to use a utility to change the FSB on startup.

What would be best? Something that could run as a system process and not have a system tray icon would be best. One that could be password protected in the System Tray could work well also if possible.

Thanks!!

 

[cmrmrc]

try s2kctl...don't know if your mobo supports its though...alot of cheap mobo with via/sis chipsets doesnt and can't be overclocked with it...if you're using nforce then theres definitely no problem

 

[homestarmy]

Looks like a nice app. Unfortunately, I can't save any FSB settings.

 

[homestarmy]

Clockgen will only work for Nforce chipsets, right?

 

[homestarmy]

Looks negative...

 

[cmrmrc]

no clockgen should work with any chipset....what are you running on?

 

[homestarmy]

Looking into it, I found it was a KM 266 or something ending in 266. Maybe I imagined that it was a 2600+, or I saw it from an angle (I have my 19" test monitor way up high, not at the best angle, and thought I saw 2600+.

Did they make a Barton core, 2000+ @ 1.53GHz?

 

[imported_Truenofan]

um...no, the lowest they went was at least like..2500 or something like that, yeah something is wrong, but the bartons ran at a minimum of 333. i had a 3200 barton.

 

[betasub]

Originally posted by: homestarmy
Did they make a Barton core, 2000+ @ 1.53GHz?

No. It looks like you were right to look for a way to adjust/reset the FSB. It's currently running on a 133(266)MHz FSB, with the default 11.5x multiplier, to give 1.53GHz. The CPU's default FSB is 166(333), to give 1.93GHz - i.e. a Barton 2600+

The mobo might be forcing a 133(266)FSB instead of the CPU default 166(333) because of a hidden or cryptically labelled setting in BIOS (or even a jumper if it's an old-school board). Alternatively it could be that the BIOS does not recognise the Barton core or 166(333)FSB: what date is the BIOS you're using?

 

[homestarmy]

It must be a cryptically labeled setting, because I have looked EVERYWHERE!

Even though it is a KT266 (or k something 266), it is still possible for it to run at 333? My memory is not so good, I cannot remember about the older chipsets.

It should not be a jumper setting, as I didn't change any on the motherboard, except to reset the BIOS. I'll have to find a manual for the motherboard if possible and look further into it.

Thanks for confirming that I am not going crazy!