My Motherboard can handle a max of 266 Mhz, Is there a safe way to go beyond that limitation?

[MaximusLucas]

I have a 233 Mhz MMX right now w/ 512kb secondary cache, host bus running at 66Mhz. The mothernoard will take a max
of 266 CPU, but I'm wondering if there's a safe way to boost it to about 300-500 Mhz without melting anything inside?
What procedures it is required? pros/cons?
Is this practice so called "overclocking"?
Also, Is there any good articles I could read? as I'm new to this subjet.

Regards
Luke

 

[MattStone]

Well...first...you probably can't do what you're thinking about. Second, it is not called overclocking (overclocking is taking a chip with a given clock speed, ie 1000mhz, and tweaking the clock multiplier, and sometimes voltage)...but regardless, you first need to know what chipset it is. But, it won't work...it just won't.

Get a new mobo, and chip...

 

[MadRat]

You have a P2-233. Upgrade the BIOS and stick in a PPGA Celeron 533.

 

[Boonesmi]

i dont think he said it was a p2, if its only a pent1 then the only thing you can do is find the max fsb and the max multiplier. and thats your theoretical limit.

amd k6/2 and k6/3 will both drop in the same motherboard as a pent1

 

[vailr]

First, exact mboard needed.
Second, if the board is "socket 7", the CPU voltage needs to be checked, due to the various voltage requirements of K6-2, K6-3, K6-3+ CPU's.
Depending on those answers, & bios support, a possible K6-3+ 450 MHZ (or greater) CPU could be used. But, probably more effort than it's worth; best to just get a newer mboard.

 

[Belegost]

Tell me what motherboard type and chipset it is. I have a Gigabyte TX board running a k6-2 300, so it might be possible depending on the exact motherboard type.

 

[MadRat]

Okay, you have a P233MMX. Plug in a K6-400 (at no greater than 2.5v) and set her to a 2X clock multiplier and 66fsb. The chip will reroute the clock multiplier to have a final speed of 400mHz. Run it at 75fsb and you have a 450mHz PC.