Newbie Needs A Hand with new Athlon 1.2 266fsb system

[Buddhatown]

Hey everyone. I just built my first computer. I thought it was about time. Anyway here is my setup:

1.2 Athlon w/ 266 fsb
KT7a mboard.

I would like to overclock it, but I am a little green. I have looked thru the softmenu setup and see the muliplier and stuff, but I can't access it. It will allow me to change the voltage,cpu speed, and a few other enable/disable switches only. I have tried putting cpu to 1250, but it won't boot up completely.

Can anyone offer me any advice on where to start?

Thanks-

Jason

 

[Colt45]

well, if you didnt do the pencil trick, you cant change the multiplier. if it wont stay stable when you bump the FSB, the a little more voltage may help, but you should have adequate cooling so things dont start to sizzle.
my $0.02

 

[Colt45]

oh i see your new here.. welcome to anandtech..

 

[Buddhatown]

Thats what I need..Thanks..Keep it coming.

What kind of performance are people getting out of this configuration? Is it worth it without all the crazy cooling?

 

[Dark4ng3l]

You need to disable speed hold error. You also need to set the cpu speed to user define.(note that i dont know exacly what these setings are called in your bios though)