Intel P4 2.4 Ghz

indtram · Dec 3, 2005

Hi !

I am New to Forum. I have P4 2.4 Ghz/512 MB Ram and the Speed is PATHETIC.

Is there any way I can Boost UP SPEED by Overcllocking or Something ???

Any Information will be highly Appreciated.

Thanx

3chordcharlie · Dec 3, 2005

Yes, you can overclock it. Do you know which 2.4 you have?

IIRC, the 2.4 came in 400 533 and 800fsb Northwood cores, with the 800fsb part supporitng hyperthreading, it also came in a 533fsb Prescott core without hyperthreading.

The potential of the chip, and the best way to go about overclocking it wil depend somewhat on which model you have, especially WRT what you need to do about RAM speed when you OC.

Acanthus · Dec 3, 2005

1st we need to know what youre trying to do, if youre playing games, its likely your video card or amount of memory or both holding you back, much moreso than your cpu.

stevty2889 · Dec 3, 2005

Definatly need a lot more info. Like already mentioned, there are 4 differant 2.4ghz P4's, need to know which one. What motherboard, what type of ram, what speed of ram, 1 512mb stick, 2x256mb sticks? 4x128mb sticks??? What power supply, what video card, what are you using the machine for..what cooling?

TuxDave · Dec 3, 2005

Originally posted by: Acanthus
1st we need to know what youre trying to do, if youre playing games, its likely your video card or amount of memory or both holding you back, much moreso than your cpu.

And if his computer is clogged with spyware.

indtram · Dec 4, 2005

WOW !!

are there so many issues involved ????

Never knew all this when I bought the System !!

Help me gyuz to find answer to all these Questions and the Speed issues ALSO,.

I dont think Spywarez are an issue as suggested as I have aapersonaPRO installed and NOD32 on my machine.

Memory is 1 Nos. Stick 512 MB Ram

Mother Board is P4I45Gx_PE

BIOS is AMI SMBIOS Ver3.0 (minor Ver2.3) Release date 6/1/2004

What I cud find out from Win XP Manager about CPU I am posting if it will be of any help.

Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.40GHz
x86 Family 15 Model 3 Stepping 3
Version: Model 3 Stepping 3
Processor Id: BFEBFBFF58050F33
Max Clock Speed: 2392 MHz
Current Clock Speed:2392 MHz
Ext Clock: 133 MHz
L2 Cache Speed: Unknown MHz
Address Width:32 Bits
Socket Design:FC-478

If there is any Utility with which I can find Any more info PLease tell me !!

Also I dont use my Computer for Gaming but for Designing purposes.

PLEASE HELP

thanx

mwmorph · Dec 4, 2005

Originally posted by: indtram
WOW !!

are there so many issues involved ????

Never knew all this when I bought the System !!

Help me gyuz to find answer to all these Questions and the Speed issues ALSO,.

I dont think Spywarez are an issue as suggested as I have aapersonaPRO installed and NOD32 on my machine.

Memory is 1 Nos. Stick 512 MB Ram

Mother Board is P4I45Gx_PE

BIOS is AMI SMBIOS Ver3.0 (minor Ver2.3) Release date 6/1/2004

What I cud find out from Win XP Manager about CPU I am posting if it will be of any help.

Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.40GHz
x86 Family 15 Model 3 Stepping 3
Version: Model 3 Stepping 3
Processor Id: BFEBFBFF58050F33
Max Clock Speed: 2392 MHz
Current Clock Speed:2392 MHz
Ext Clock: 133 MHz
L2 Cache Speed: Unknown MHz
Address Width:32 Bits
Socket Design:FC-478

If there is any Utility with which I can find Any more info PLease tell me !!

Also I dont use my Computer for Gaming but for Designing purposes.

PLEASE HELP

thanx

gopogle and download cpuz. it will tell you if it;s presscott or northwood, fsb speed and a lot of other stuff.

TheRyuu · Dec 4, 2005

Originally posted by: indtram

If there is any Utility with which I can find Any more info PLease tell me !!

thanx

Aida 32 and cpu-z

indtram · Dec 4, 2005

THANX got it and ran it !!! Results are as follows:

Name: Intel Pentium 4
Code Name: Prescott
Package: mPGA-478
Technology: 90nm
Voltage: 1.456V
Family: F
Model: 3
Stepping:3
Ext Family: 0
Ext. Model: 0
Revision: C0
Core Speed:2392.2 MHz
Multiplier: x18.0
FSB: 132.9MHz
Bus Speed: 531.6MHZ

CACHE
Size:16K Bytes
Associativity:8 Way
Line Size: 64 Bits
Context Mode: Adaptive
L1 Trace: 12Kuops

L2 Cache

Location: On Chip
Size: 1024 KBytes
Associativity: 8 Way
Line Size:64 Bytes
Ratio: Full
Frequency:2392.2 MHz
Bus Width: 256 Bits
Prefetch Logic: Yes

Main Board:

P4I45Gx_PE 1.00
Chipset: Intel i845G Rev:B1
SouthBridge: Intel 82801DB (ICH4)

BIOS

AMI v3.00
Date:06/01/2004

MEMORY

Type

DR-SDRAM
Size:504MB
Frequency:132.9MHz
FSB

RAM: 1:1
CAS# Latency: 2.5 Clocks
RAS# to CAS# Delay: 3 Clocks
RAS# Percharge:3 Clocks
Cycle Time (Tras): 7 Clocks
DRAM Idle Timer: 16 Clocks

Windows Version:XP Professional SP2 (Build 2600)
DirectX9.0c

Any More Info???? PLease Guide

Thanx

mwmorph · Dec 4, 2005

Originally posted by: indtram
THANX got it and ran it !!! Results are as follows:

Name: Intel Pentium 4
Code Name: Prescott
Package: mPGA-478
Technology: 90nm
Voltage: 1.456V
Family: F
Model: 3
Stepping:3
Ext Family: 0
Ext. Model: 0
Revision: C0
Core Speed:2392.2 MHz
Multiplier: x18.0
FSB: 132.9MHz
Bus Speed: 531.6MHZ

CACHE
Size:16K Bytes
Associativity:8 Way
Line Size: 64 Bits
Context Mode: Adaptive
L1 Trace: 12Kuops

L2 Cache

Location: On Chip
Size: 1024 KBytes
Associativity: 8 Way
Line Size:64 Bytes
Ratio: Full
Frequency:2392.2 MHz
Bus Width: 256 Bits
Prefetch Logic: Yes

Main Board:

P4I45Gx_PE 1.00
Chipset: Intel i845G Rev:B1
SouthBridge: Intel 82801DB (ICH4)

BIOS

AMI v3.00
Date:06/01/2004

MEMORY

TypeDR-SDRAM
Size:504MB
Frequency:132.9MHz
FSBRAM: 1:1
CAS# Latency: 2.5 Clocks
RAS# to CAS# Delay: 3 Clocks
RAS# Percharge:3 Clocks
Cycle Time (Tras): 7 Clocks
DRAM Idle Timer: 16 Clocks

Windows Version:XP Professional SP2 (Build 2600)
DirectX9.0c

Any More Info???? PLease Guide

Thanx

I'll give you the good news first. Presscotts can overclock very well.

Heres the bad news: you need to overclock a comparable presscott much more than a northwood to recieve the same performance. A 2.6ghz presscott is about the same speed asa 2.4ghz northwood.

indtram · Dec 4, 2005

OH !!!

But tell me how to overclock this piece of Junk !!!

lol

mwmorph · Dec 4, 2005

Originally posted by: indtram
OH !!!

But tell me how to overclock this piece of Junk !!!

lol

first, is you pc a name brand pc from say hp/dell/compaq/gateway/etc.
or is it from a smaller company that custom made it?
if ti's from a big brand, it;s bios is locked and yes, you can buy a new unlocked bios but that voids the warranty and costs something like $80.

if it's custom made, go to bios, go to fsb(front side bus) speed, tune down memory divider to 3:2 or 5:4 and add 10mhz to the fsb and rebott into windows. run prime95 or somnething to work it for a few hours to make sure it's stable, go back into bios and move fsb up a bit more. when your comp is no longer stable, go into biso and decrease the htt(hyper transport) multiplier or memory divider to a lower step like 2:1 until it runs stable again. then repeat until yyou reach the max speed where 10more mhz wont run stable no matter what.

you might want a new cpu cooler too btw. the zalman v7700 alcu or pure cu is good.

indtram · Dec 4, 2005

Its a custom made CPU !

Acanthus · Dec 4, 2005

Originally posted by: mwmorph

Originally posted by: indtram
OH !!!

But tell me how to overclock this piece of Junk !!!

lol

Click to expand...

first, is you pc a name brand pc from say hp/dell/compaq/gateway/etc.
or is it from a smaller company that custom made it?
if ti's from a big brand, it;s bios is locked and yes, you can buy a new unlocked bios but that voids the warranty and costs something like $80.

if it's custom made, go to bios, go to fsb(front side bus) speed, tune down memory divider to 3:2 or 5:4 and add 10mhz to the fsb and rebott into windows. run prime95 or somnething to work it for a few hours to make sure it's stable, go back into bios and move fsb up a bit more. when your comp is no longer stable, go into biso and decrease the htt(hyper transport) multiplier or memory divider to a lower step like 2:1 until it runs stable again. then repeat until yyou reach the max speed where 10more mhz wont run stable no matter what.

you might want a new cpu cooler too btw. the zalman v7700 alcu or pure cu is good.

Minor issue, Pentium 4s do not have HTT

indtram · Dec 4, 2005

Also !!

I rebooted and went to bios selection...
It does not have any FSB selection but it has something wherein I can select Processor Frequency... Manually and increase from 133 onwards !!!

help

mwmorph · Dec 4, 2005

Originally posted by: indtram
Also !!

I rebooted and went to bios selection...
It does not have any FSB selection but it has something wherein I can select Processor Frequency... Manually and increase from 133 onwards !!!

help

that's pretty much fsb/ it
s 133x4 for ht bus or whatever it's called on a intel. so if you say, got it up to 166mhz, your system bus would be 4x166 and your cpu would run at 2988mhz.

indtram · Dec 5, 2005

Thanx will try it

thanx again

indtram · Dec 6, 2005

Thanx again!!

I increased the Frequency to 166 MHz and RAM Speed t0 166Mhz and Now my CPUz is showing CPU Speed as 3.0 Ghz !!!

Will there be any problem with this ????

Thanx for the Instructions

Thanx

stevty2889 · Dec 6, 2005

Well you've got it OC'd. Now I would run memtest, to make sure the memory is stable. And then run prime95 small FTT torture test, to make sure the cpu is stable(which it should be, you obviously were able to boot in to windows).

AkumaX · Dec 6, 2005

Originally posted by: stevty2889
Well you've got it OC'd. Now I would run memtest, to make sure the memory is stable. And then run prime95 small FTT torture test, to make sure the cpu is stable(which it should be, you obviously were able to boot in to windows).

heheh, nothing like helpin' the new folk out to get addicted to o/cing

LTC8K6 · Dec 6, 2005

It looks like you are using onboard video. If so, buying a video card will speed your gaming up quite a bit.

indtram · Dec 7, 2005

Hi guyz !!

A wierd Problem !!

As i had told you all that I have overclocked my CPU but now I find that I have to change BIOS settings everytime I boot else I returns back to 2.4 Ghz speed ?????

Why is it so ??/

I save the setting on exit and machine boots fine and I can see processor running at 3.0 Ghz even with Intel CPU Util.

But when I swicth on the machine NEXT day the BIOS is back to original setting and CPU is at 2.4 Ghz ???

Any suggestions

stevty2889 · Dec 7, 2005

Originally posted by: indtram
Hi guyz !!

A wierd Problem !!

As i had told you all that I have overclocked my CPU but now I find that I have to change BIOS settings everytime I boot else I returns back to 2.4 Ghz speed ?????

Why is it so ??/

I save the setting on exit and machine boots fine and I can see processor running at 3.0 Ghz even with Intel CPU Util.

But when I swicth on the machine NEXT day the BIOS is back to original setting and CPU is at 2.4 Ghz ???

Any suggestions

Thats a bit odd, perhaps your CMOS battery is about dead, that would cause it to lose it's settings.

leigh6 · Dec 7, 2005

Well. Simple. Dont ever turn it off again..................

It probably means something is not stable. So the system is defaulting back to stock.

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