first OC....

[substance]

I have never Overclocked before, except by messing with the FSB. I have a athlon 1.4, FIC-AD11, 512 MB DDR 2100 Kingston Value RAM, & a 400 watt power supply. I heard that this motherboard is known to run hot, and might not be good for overclocking, but i was wondering if anyone has done it successfully, and how fast did you get it, i still have the retail fan for my cpu, and no other fans in my case. What do i need to do this correctly, and what settings should i set on my motherboard, and voltage, all that stuff, i am a beginner with overclocking, so try to keep that in mind. What kind of settings do you have to do? mess with jumpers? or just edit the bios? sorry if this sounds stupid, i just never really looked in OCing before. I'll appreciate any help...

 

[conlan]

Read This article on Athlon OCing.





<< i still have the retail fan for my cpu, and no other fans in my case >>

...this problem will need to be solved first off. Your case has got to recirculate air to keep those temps down for successful overclocking.

 

[jcmkk]

I wouldn't expect to get much out of that motherboard. You will have to use dip switches to change the multiplier settings.

 

[Wind]

W/ only the stock cooling & no other case cooling...etc, I believe another 50-100 Mhz seems a realistic target.

 

[o1die]

The multiplier is set at 10.5. First try booting up at 11.5, using the dip switch for multiplier and see if it will post at the default cpu vcore setting (about 1.75 volts). You will have to move the jumper next to the multiplier dip switch down one position to permit you to change them. Unless you have a copper heatsink, I wouldn't raise your cpu voltage. I had this board for 4 months with no problems. If it runs at 11.5 setting, I would next raise your fsb to 138, and see if it will run stable. That would give you 138 x 11.5 = 1582 megahurtz, the highest reasonable overclock you could run stable without raising the voltage.