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NO OC support in bios, and i am unable to hunt down some desktop programs

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HockeyZ39

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I am currently in the process of setting up a new computer, and as for my current one I thought I would try my hand at OC'ing. I have been through many guides including the sticky on this site and though I have obtained a lot of knowledge I am still stuck. My computer is a DELL Optiplex GX260 P4(Northwood) 3.06GHz 533 fsb w/ a gig of pc2100 DDR SDRAM (the mobo is just a dell gx260 so can?t find much info on it.) It seems my BIOS does not allow me to change the FSB or anything for that fact, I have seen some mention of programs that can edit this from the desktop but my search for them has been futile. Help with this or anything else (since it?s a dell I assume I will probably run into a lot of problems OC?ing) I mite need would be very much appreciated.

Thanks in advance!
 
ClockGen is the only program I can think of off hand, but not sure that that would work with a Dell. Other than trying clockgen I can think of no way to overclock a Dell. You PC2100 wouldn't likely overclock more than where it's at, and doubt you would have any mem dividers available. Do you know what chipset your motherboard is using? Try using Everest to better identify your motherboard..
 
I've gotten clockgen to work on my GX260 (you have to do trial and error to see which clock generator you have, I forget which one worked), but the system just wasn't stable at any overclock. I would not reccomend overclocking your Dell. You buy a Dell because they are somewhat cheap and come with a decent warranty and tech support. You don't buy Dell for performance, tuning, or overclocking.
 
I know its not easy to OC a dell, but i am planning to buy a new comp to OC and i want to go through my trial and error stage on this computer so i dont screw up somthing new! ^^ i have a old mobo that supports the dell chip laying around, do you think if i threw the chip in the other mobo it would work out better?
 
Originally posted by: HockeyZ39
I know its not easy to OC a dell, but i am planning to buy a new comp to OC and i want to go through my trial and error stage on this computer so i dont screw up somthing new! ^^ i have a old mobo that supports the dell chip laying around, do you think if i threw the chip in the other mobo it would work out better?
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Only if you also have a differant power supply you could use with that motherboard, because sometimes Dell uses proprietary PSU's and motherboards, meaning if you used the Dell PSU with a normal motherboard, or a normal PSU with the Dell motherboard..they could go up in smoke. In any case, the only possiblity to overclock the Dell is with Clockgen. If you know what chipset your motherboard is using, it will make it easier to narrow down which versions of clockgen might work.
 
Socket 478 northwood, Intel brookdale-G i845G. I havnt had time to mess w/ the prog yet but i have it, thanks for your help guys!
 
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