want to O/C A DELL ????Please surely someone knows if it will work or not

[gil11542]

Hi
I have a dell computer my wife uses and of course there are no adjustments to O/C the proc. And I was wondering if I bought a Slocket and used a flipchip could I overclock it then,I think some of the slocket adapters have fsb and maybe even Volt jumpers on them.If this is possible and you could recommend a slocket for the job I would be graetful.

So first I need to know if this is possible to do and what is the best slocket for the job....
Thanks
PS right know it has a P3 500 Slot 1 proc. Charlie

 

[Tschaft]

Not gonna happen, in order to o/c a dell, you must buy a new motherboard, and in turn, most dell power sources only work with dell motherboards, so u would probably have to get one of those...i know from experience...Mine was newer(oct 2000), so imnot real sure about the older ones.

 

[Grendel99]

Actually there is a program that you can overclock some dells with. It raises the FSB in windows. I tried looking for it but was unsuccesful Maybe someone else knows what I'm talking about?

 

[gil11542]

I think you are refering to SoftFSB,I have tried it with no luck,But thanks

 

[Big Lar]

Grendel99, I think your refering to Softfsb correct? I think the addy to H oda's site is www.H_Oda.com I might be wrong tho on the actual_ part of the link.
Edit: correct addy is www.H-Oda.com

 

[Tschaft]

Well, if you cant from the bios, and softfsb wont work, you most likely wont be able to.

 

[Rand]

Even if the processor is capable of oc/ing decently, the mobo Dell uses certainly won't be.

 

[gil11542]

Thanks to you all looks like im in the market for a 850 slot proc

 

[Tschaft]

you know u will have to get a new motherboard, not just the processor.

 

[DarkMajiq]

A new processor should go in there just fine, as long as the motherboard supports it.

 

[Vrangel]

I am too late to the party but here is the program CPUFSB that works on Dell XPS Txxx.
Your PLL-IC is Cypress/IC-Works W149. Choose it in the program.
It has only two overclocking fsb settings : 103 and 124.

I bet your p3-500 will work easily at 103 fsb. Use slocket and p3-750, overclock to 930 (fsb124).

EDIT: CPUFSB and SoftFSB are two different programs BTW.

Dont know why ppl keep saying 'you cant overclock Dell mobos'.
I had no problems overclocking Dell systems.

 

[Tschaft]

Because of previous experiences.

 

[Vrangel]

Well, its actually quite easy to overclock Dell XPS Txxx ,Rxxx and Dxxx.
Thats my personal experience. Dont know about other models.

 

[DarkMajiq]

I had my Dimension XPS D233 o/ced to 300MHz for a long time, using a combination of SoftFSB and adjusting the multplier, since it was one of the first PIIs, and not multipier locked

 

[Geocross]

In my opinion, the only reason to buy a stock computer from a company like Dell is because of the warranty. If you overclock that computer, you will have voided it.