K62 450 on DFI K6XV3+ mb... first time oc attempt ... nogo

[Jet]

This processor K62 450 AHX 2.4V core
Initially I set the bus to 5x, cranked up and nothing happened...dead. I musta missed sumpn. Set core to 2.6V and it started up. I stepped it in 0.1V steps up to 2.9V which I thought was gonna work but it crashed in windows on a second restart but gave apparently the most stable of any other setting. I saw only a slight temperature increase but I can't bring myself to going any higher on the core or trying anything else without asking for some input from the pros. Tried 2.2V also and system inop. Any ideas?
Thanx.

[DaveB]

First, K6-2 CPUs don't O/C very well. Second, you've got one of the older 2.4V K6-2 450s, the newer ones have 2.2V cores. So your O/C expections are pretty much nil.

The good news is that your mobo supports the K6-2+ and K6-III+ mobile CPUs which easily O/C to 600 MHz. In addition, they give significanlty better performance even at the default speeds due to the enhanced on-die caches. They run at 2.0V and are on smaller 0.18u dies that run cooler.

You can pick up a K6-2 475+ here for $50:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?sku=CP2-K62-475P

I thought you could pick up a K6-III 450+ for $65 here:

http://www.softwareandstuff.com/h_comp_amdk63plus.html

But they're out of stock. These chips are going fast, so get one now or you'll be out of luck. It's the final and best upgrade for a socket 7 system and once they're gone, that's it.