Calling all "Duron" Overclockers...HELP!!

[MagnumCWN]

OK, I successfully did the "pencil" trick and unlocked my Duron. Weee go me!! I then began to up my "multiplier" and successfully got to 8.5 and 850mgz but unstable so I upped my voltage to 1.8 and fixed that. Stable @850 1.8v...yay! However, I WANT 1 GIG! I set my multiplier to 9.0 to try and get 900mgz and it gave me the blue screen, I tried raising my FSB to 101/33 and it wouldnt even post. It seems that 100/33 is as high as I can go there. So......any suggestions that I haventy thought of?? I can't belive I paid a whole $50 for this 600 chip and I cant get it any higher than 850... its suppose to go to at least 1 gig....grrrrrr any help would be appreciated...

 

[Dark4ng3l]

I think you reached the max speed you chip can do. Try cooling it beter w artic silver and a alpha. maybe you can get 950 1 gig is rare. good luck. Also redo the pencil job some people have increased their oc by redoing the pencil job. Or better use a defroger kit to unlock it.

 

[paulip88]

Try 900MHz @ 1.85v. Also, if heat is an issue, you may want to consider getting a better HSF. You may also want to try using something other than a pencil. The pencil trick works, but it has questionable durability and effectiveness. I got an extra 50MHz out of my 600 by using the silver compound in a window defogger repair kit.

 

[TuffGuy]

blue screens generally mean that you have to up the voltage. try 1.825v and then 1.850v and see if it becomes stable.

 

[TuffGuy]

I can't belive I paid a whole $50 for this 600 chip and I cant get it any higher than 850... its suppose to go to at least 1 gig

the chance of it reaching 1ghz is pretty good, but not guaranteed. you paid A WHOLE $50 for it? damn, somebody must've seen you coming...

 

[gplracer]

I have had 4 duron cpus and none would do 1 gig. I think it is rare. All of mine did 850mhz and the one that I have now does 900mhz. Look at my signature. I have the good hsf too.

 

[osage]

Don't blue screens usually indicate a problem with chip overheating ? Sure I read somewhere that you should look at better cooling if you are getting blue screen. Yes, No anybody ?

 

[MortaniuS]

My first duron overclocked 1050 unstable, 1000 stable, hehe, guess joo guys got screwed. BTW it was a BLUE core, i know that doesnt mean sh*t, but oh well ;-)

 

[dBait]

I'd like to overclock my duron 700, and have discovered the conductorpen trick.
My problem is my motherboard.
It's an Epox Kt 133 (isn't it?, the one with onboard Soundblaster) and i dont know how to inc the multiplier (MP).
Do I inc the MP on the CPU or do I do it in BIOS.
The voltage should not be a problem.

I'd really appr. some advice, 'cause I can't afford to fry my CPU

 

[NucleusWDS]

Ditch the Duron 600 and get yourself a Duron 700

My Duron 700 runs @ 1000Mhz !!! stable with 1.8v

Here check it out ... AMD3D.com

 

[RoadRuner]

you're screwed with the epox motherboard.

should have spent an extra $20 and got a a7v

you may be able to FSB overclock the board to 110 (220) +33 (if you have some good ram like mushkin!)

 

[jinsonxu]

Here're some results compiled by OC workbench.

CPU (Duron 600) Overclockability
AKAA0022MPMW Week 22 800 - 850Mhz
AKAA0024DPBW Week 24 800 - 850Mhz
AKAA0027BPAW Week 27 900 - 950Mhz
AKBA0029TPAW Week 29 900 - 1.0Ghz
AKBA0036APAW Week 36 1.0 - 1.05Ghz
AKBA0036APBW Week 36 950Mhz - 1Ghz

 

[jinsonxu]

You should have gotten a 700Mhz, I'm doing 900Mhz at 1.55volts

 

[johncar]

dBait,
http://members.nbci.com/candjac/index.htm Duron OC article has all the info you need to co Duron/Tbird on ANY mobo.
Good Luck, John C.

 

[MagnumCWN]

Thanks for all of the advice and tips guys. I actually moved it to 1.85v and still couldnt get anymore than 850. I tried going higher than 100/33 on the FSB and couldnt go past 101/33 without posting probs, I guess I got cheapo ram. Thinking of just takin this 600 back and getting an 850 T-Bird now. And BTW...the comment about payng a WHOLE $50 was a joke.