o/c questions...

Sword

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If I want to try to overclock, I surely need to do this :

1 - unplugged everything except vid card and 1 stick of ram (i use the floppy as boot drive)
2 - make sure the system post before o/c
3 - increase by very small increments and try to boot on floppy for each speed
4 - when the system crash i know that my last settings is my cpu limit
5 - I now try to install each other card and device 1 by 1
6 - When everything is OK with floppy I boot from the HDD
7 - I play quake for 30 min with RC5 activated and if it is ok then my system is stable

BUT A BIG QUESTION HERE : I know that in win98SE when you unplugged a card, the Crappy OS will detect a new material and there are lots of chance that your OS will become unstable. IN MY CASE, I actually run win2k and plan to install win98SE for games. So, will win2k do the same stupid detection if I unplugged everything ?

The last question : if my cpu stop at 124 FSB for example, will the PCI speed be as normal : 33 Mhz ?? because I wont o/c if the PCI is greater -> I have a PCI adaptec 2940U2W with 5 SCSI devices that I dont want to crash all the times....
 

MCS

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Theres no need to go to all that much trouble! You will discover MUCH more quickly if your system is unstable by just setting the new speed and going straight to Step 7.

Your PCI speed will only be at 33Mhz at 124Mhz FSB if your board has a 1/4 PCI divider at 124Mhz (in fact your PCI speed will be at 31Mhz). Note that if it does NOT then the PCI will be at 41Mhz!
 

crazychicken

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haha i like the 30 min RC5 quake test hehe
i duno know about the fsb issue though... never really though about it / cared. interesting question though, anyone know?