Can't overclocl arghhh!

[gwarbot]

When i set the values of what i want the cpu to overclock to, and save it in the bios
It doesn't oc the cpu. It just stays at 1.7ghz, and i cant get it to change. any suggestions?

 

[ohnnyj]

Are you trying to go too high? Start with incremental increases such as a small increase in your FSB or maybe a multiplier increase. Also you may have to adjust the amount of power you are supply to it (vcore?). Sorry I am not much of an overclocker myself, these are just things I have picked up by reading forums such as these.

 

[Looney]

Multiplier locked?

 

[gwarbot]

I don't think the multiplier is locked. because those are the values im changing. when i change those nothing happens.

 

[gwarbot]

Originally posted by: ohnnyj
Are you trying to go too high? Start with incremental increases such as a small increase in your FSB or maybe a multiplier increase. Also you may have to adjust the amount of power you are supply to it (vcore?). Sorry I am not much of an overclocker myself, these are just things I have picked up by reading forums such as these.

So changing the fsb would speed up my proc?

 

[ohnnyj]

Yes. From what I gather it is one way to overclock as you increasing your FSB increases the entire clock speed of the processor. MultiplerxFSB = Clock Speed.

If I am wrong please someone out there let me know, but from what I remember that is how it works.

 

[gwarbot]

I'll wil try that. Here are the sting my bios lets me mess with.

cpu/dram speed 100/100 mhz

cpu ratio 17x

but when i change my cpu ratio nothing happens. could there be another jumper setting
one that i am missing.

 

[ohnnyj]

Sometimes there is a JumperFree setting you may have to ensure is enabled. There might be a jumper on you mb that you need to set in order to enable this so that all changes will be made in the BIOS and not from the mb itself.

 

[gwarbot]

Even if the bios is letting me change values, nothing is happening because of a jumper setting maybe?

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Your multiplier is definately locked, the bios has the option to change it but that will only work on an unlocked cpu (engineering sample etc)

 

[Spike]

Originally posted by: gwarbot
I'll wil try that. Here are the sting my bios lets me mess with.

cpu/dram speed 100/100 mhz

cpu ratio 17x

but when i change my cpu ratio nothing happens. could there be another jumper setting
one that i am missing.

Be wary changing your FSB as that will increase the strain on your ram as well as your CPU. Chance are, it will be fine for small increase but don't try do do a major FSB shift upwards.

Out of curiosity, what CPU do you have? Depending on the model, there might be an easy way to unlock it.

-spike

 

[gwarbot]

Ive got a p4 1.7

 

[gwarbot]

Ok what do i do to unlock my p4 1.7.

 

[imported_Phil]

Originally posted by: gwarbot
Ok what do i do to unlock my p4 1.7.

You don't.

All P4s are multiplier-locked*, for exactly the purpose that you're trying to achieve. Intel's not dumb, you know

* Except engineering samples, of course.