How do i know if my overclock worked? The number didnt change!

[MrDudeMan]

i just ordered a duron 800. when the computer starts, it finds it and does everything a computer is supposed to do. well when i go into the bios, i turned the voltage up to 1.8 and tried the stuff at 10x100...didnt work. then i tried 9.5x100...didnt work, and so on back down to 8x100 where it was originally. when i got to 8.5x100 i figured at least that would work, but it didnt. although, maybe it did, and i dont know it. when you OC...will it change the number on the startup screen from 800 to whatever i OC it to? or will it stay at 800 regardless of what i put it at? maybe this will help...system specs: duron 800, pro2-a, 384mb pc133, alpha pal6035 w/ delta, voodoo5, Western Digital 20.5gb@7200, SB live, Blorb on Northbridge, and arctic silver on everything you can imagine =) i have windows 2000 loaded on the HDD, and that is my other problem. the pro2-a has the new d-led, and it has no problems. well when it gets to the first w2k start screen, it hangs...forever. so i am out of ideas and confused...ANY help would be greatly appreciated.


TIA,

Dude

 

[Dan]

Yes the number should change during the post to reflect your new speed. Did you unlock the Duron's L1 bridges? If not, it won't overclock for you.

 

[MrDudeMan]

ah shoooooot. i knew i forgot to do something! haha well it looks like ive got a little bit of work ahead of me getting that alpha off the mobo =) anyone have a site that could show me how and what to use to connect the L1 bridges?

TIA

 

[MrDudeMan]

one other thing...i have some arctic silver coming in the mail soon. i wanted to try and get it working without it. will this hurt my computer in anyway? i only plan on leaving it un-arctic silvered for about 2 days...please let me know

 

[DarkMajiq]

There's a pretty good guide here. There's also one at AnandTech, although I don't have the link handy.

EDIT: Here's the Anandtech one.

 

[paruhd0x]

Anandtech Guide to OCing your Tbird/Duron

 

[stso]

cool, thanks for the link

 

[MrDudeMan]

thanks a lot for the help guys, i got the overclock working. but...it isnt working well, i am gonna start a new thread and ask for help regarding that =)