Pentium II 300 overclocking?

[ndee]

Hi,
is it possible to overclock a Pentium II 300? What do you have to adjust that it works. It's a Asus P2L97 with the LX Chipset.

Thanx

 

[jaydee]

My friend's got a P2 300. He overclocked the FSB to 100, and lowered the multiplier so its still at 300 though. Get more performance nonetheless. He's GD695372 on the forums I believe. BTW, he has a BX board I 'm pretty sure.

 

[davidkay]

The Intel LX chipset has an FSB of 66MHz and the BX has an FSB of 100MHz. I think your friend has the LX chipset as he must have overclocked from 66MHz to 100MHz.

 

[Alphacowboy]

I had a 300MHz PII O/C to 350 on a 100MHz bus, maybe I was lucky but mine didn't have a multiplier lock on it! But yes you would need a board that supports 100MHz bus, the LX chipset doesn't!

 

[Danlz]

Tom's Hardward covers the topic http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/98q2/980514/index.htmland http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/97q4/971130/index.html. In a nutshell he says you're SOL with the LX, also pin #B21 needs to be isolated. If you have an Abit BX or BH series you're in luck because B21 is adjusted in the Bios. Also, P2's with SL2W8 (OEM) and SL2YK (retail) have the unofficial core of 450Mhz. Hope this helps.