Overclock Questions (p4 1.6a)

[gpi]

Hi, I wonder if someone could kindly give me the answers to these questions.

1. Once the heatsink is on the CPU and locked into place, if I then want to change the HSF assembly, do they separate easily, as I don't think I'll be able to take out the CPU at the same time. (CPU lever not visible)

2. If I decide to put the FSB to 133, do I have to change any other setting ? ie Someone told me to change the RAM multiplier to
2.0 and PCI divider to PLL/16. (Is this necessary ?) I always thought the PCI bus would run at a normal setting.


Thanks,
Gord

 

[WarCon]

I don't know about the stock heatsink fan, but from the looks of that very thin layer of thermal material on the metal pad, I would say they come apart very easily.

I used Arctic Alumina on my waterblock and when I was trying to get the block to separate from the core I managed to pull the chip out of the socket. I obviously didn't like that, but that much surface area sure makes a very good connection.

I have been wanting to start testing thermal compounds again, but that kind of scared me. As I don't have money for a spare processor or two if I manage to bend those tiny little pins or pull one off. I will try sliding it more until it loosens up next time and see if it comes off easier then.

Don't know about those settings, doesn't sound familiar.

 

[Dre]

I had a 1.8a running for about 1 month when I took it out of my computer, the cpu and heatsink seperated very easily. The stock thermal pad did not look like it had melted at all.

 

[CoDerEd]

. If I decide to put the FSB to 133, do I have to change any other setting

if you decided to OC don't do it all at once, if something goes wrong you don't
know what's wrong. set the fsb to 133 first.. if it's runing good. keep it for a while yhan you
can play with other thing like the ram timing(not multiplier) and other stuff.

PCI divider to PLL/16
it's depend on your mobo, some you have to manually
set it up and on some it adjusted automatically.

good luck