First overclock

[thecoolnessrune]

My Uncle has a comp me and my bro built for him. I thought I might try to overclock. I left it on stock volts for him. He has a Celeron S478 (so that means the 400Mhz FSB pieces of crap) in a Soyo P4X400 Lite MOBO (That means a crappy VIA PT800 chipset). So after several tries, restarts, and CMOS clears later i end up stable at 114FSB. That gives me an overclock of 3.07Ghz. not too bad. Glad I could reach the 3Ghz mark. All this at just 39 degrees idle too. Considering this is a not so great, on stock volts, crippled 130nm chip, Im quite pround of myself for my first OC. And the generic RAM was able run at DDR294 at 2.5-3-3-7. Also not too bad (Its DDR 266 memory). So I just thought I'd say it even though this thread will be gone in a minute or so lol.

I plan to Overclock our 2.8C P4 on a 865PE chipset just as soon as i can get a new PSU (using crappy generic).

Also, a question, I see online on the MOBOs websites about the hazards of reflashing the BIOS. Just what are the chances of messing this up where i have to send the board in? Cause thats just not an option for me.

 

[thecoolnessrune]

lol i know my thread seems crappy but can anyone at least answer the BIOS question?

 

[1Dark1Sharigan1]

Flash it in windows with Winflash making sure you've closed all other programs. As long as you don't interrupt what it's doing, you shouldn't have any trouble flashing it. Just make sure you enable the "Clear CMOS" option . . . this is probably the easiest and safest ways to flash your BIOS. In the unlikely event something interrupts the flashing, there are ways to recover your BIOS . . .

 

[Mogadon]

On your mobo there is a BIOS chip, when you flash the BIOS you are essentially reprogramming this chip. This chip contains all the data needed to actually access, setup and use the hardware before you can actually use software. Hence if this chip holds 'bad' data you can't get to the point of actually recognizing the hardware.

The dangers of flashing the BIOS are that if it goes wrong this chip will not be programmed properly and hence your computer won't start up properly, if at all.

If you follow the instructions to the word, use offical BIOS' and don't lose power during the actual flashing process you'll be fine.

That's it in brief anyway.

 

[Philippine Mango]

Originally posted by: thecoolnessrune
My Uncle has a comp me and my bro built for him. I thought I might try to overclock. I left it on stock volts for him. He has a Celeron S478 (so that means the 400Mhz FSB pieces of crap) in a Soyo P4X400 Lite MOBO (That means a crappy VIA PT800 chipset). So after several tries, restarts, and CMOS clears later i end up stable at 114FSB. That gives me an overclock of 3.07Ghz. not too bad. Glad I could reach the 3Ghz mark. All this at just 39 degrees idle too. Considering this is a not so great, on stock volts, crippled 130nm chip, Im quite pround of myself for my first OC. And the generic RAM was able run at DDR294 at 2.5-3-3-7. Also not too bad (Its DDR 266 memory). So I just thought I'd say it even though this thread will be gone in a minute or so lol.

I plan to Overclock our 2.8C P4 on a 865PE chipset just as soon as i can get a new PSU (using crappy generic).

Also, a question, I see online on the MOBOs websites about the hazards of reflashing the BIOS. Just what are the chances of messing this up where i have to send the board in? Cause thats just not an option for me.

Your question pertains nothing to do with overclocking. To answer your question, yes it is absolutely a risk so if you want to be around 100% sure it won't go wrong, hook up your pc to a UPS (uninterruptable power supply) and then flash it. But otherwise, you can safely flash the bios, but my point is if your flashing it and the power goes out, your fscked but it's really not that big of a deal and is only for like 30 seconds. So flash the board either way, just be careful you don't accidentally hit a power button on your power strip for example.