Newbie help overclocking P3733

[dolomyte]

I have tried to overclock this thing through the bios and even at reletively low levels ex.770, it will boot, but then crash on just about every program. From what I understand, this is a pretty crappy processor for overclocking(wish I had known that when I got it). Anyhow, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Here are the specs on my system. PIII-733,Microstar MS6199 mobo,Apollo Pro Plus chipset,V3 video. Thanx!!

[Tim-]

What kind of cooling are you using?

[dolomyte]

I am not using anything other than the stock heatsink. Forgot to mention, have 256 ram set to turbo, and processor is set at 1.65v.

[jason]

try upping the voltage if possible in very small incriments...

[jason]

oh yeah definately ditch the stock heatsink (unless it's a decent one) and get one with fans etc... look for a reputable company like CoolWin

[[OC]_SR20DE]

dolomyte,

Yeah, your CPU is 733 that is clock multiplier locked at 5.5 so that is quite hard to overclock much. If you got 700E which runs at 7x #mhz FSB and you have much better potential overclocking. I made the same darn mistake with P3 800EB. Changing to better Alpha series HS would help your current CPU for OC'ing though.

[dolomyte]

Thanx guys for the suggestions. Actually there is a fan on the heatsink, and the temp runs very cool. I tried upping the voltage a little to 1.70 and 1.75 and it booted and ran benchmarks fine, it was just when I ran games that it would crash. Crap, just remembered that the Voodoo 3 is overclocked to 179mhz, maybe that could be the problem with the games.Try again setting it back to default. Thanx!!!!!!!

[Tim-]

Try setting the I/O volts to 3.4 or 3.5 - that may help your video card some.

[AZZKICKER]

go tpo 1.85 or 1.95 volts if your cooling is good

i have a P3 700 cb0 @ 1008mhz @ 1.95 volts

been running for 9 months