emachines overclocking

[ilpimp]

i have an emachines T2042 with a 2GHZ processor, and an imperial GL (trygin) motherboard, does anyone know if it is possible to overclock it in the same way that you would OC any other cpu?

[Malpine Walis]

There are a couple of things you can try. The easiest would be to go into your bios and see what options are availiable. Or if you can reboot you computer and write down the string of numbers and letters that comes up right after the memory test finishes (this will take several tries, it is a long string), there are a few ways to look it up and get an answer.

However, emachines probably do not offer much if any support for overclocking. they really are not intended for that type of activity.

[ilpimp]

i don't know how to get into the bios setup, because, it doesn't give me any options when the computer starts up, it just says emachines, then windows starts. any suggestions??

[mtnbikerjerry]

Oh, no he said the E-word. Emachines are tough to overclock. I have seen some Emachines built with PC Chips motherboards or some generic in house brand. You might press the F1 button on your keyboard when you boot up, or the delete button.

With a generic board, don't expect stellar overclocking performance.

Get an ABit BH7 or an Abit IS7 for dirt cheap at www.newegg.com or something... money well spent there for max overclocking options... of course you would need the appropriate Socket 478. You are not using the Socket 423 are you???

[Malpine Walis]

Those startup screen are intended to stop people from getting into the BIOS. However, I have been able to get past them a few times. Most mobos acess the BIOS by hitting either F1 or DEL right after the memory check and before anything else happens. What I do is repeatedly drum on both of those keys as I reboot the comp. Sometimes it takes a few tries to get in but evetually I have goten in to all the ones that I have had to do this with.

Unfortunately, what I usually find is that there is little to no overclocking ability in such boxes but it is always worth trying. You might get lucky. One time I remember finding that the only options were to use "optimal" or "enhanced" settings whatever those were. I did not bother trying to benchmark the box on either setting as they both sounded equally lame.

Edit: It was on a K6.2 proc, which were never known as good overclockers so why bother?