Compaq PIII 750/100

[TimoteoY]

I was wandering if I could do a "very basic" overclock on my computer? I'm new at this and I tried d/l MotherBoardMoniter but it said I didn't have a sensor. Can I still do a basic overclock without a sensor? And if so, how? Thanx for reading this!! ^_^

[Jon]

The sensor only monitors things such as chip temperature, system temperature, etc. It has no bearing on actually overclocking your PC. What you need to do is increase your FSB speed. In running at 750MHz you have a processor with a 7.5 multiplier and a 100MHz FSB. The FSB is all you have to overclock the system with. By changing the FSB to, say 112MHz, you will have overclocked your processor up to 840MHz.

You need a way to change the FSB on your system, either by a setting in the BIOS (unlikely for OEM machines), jumpers on the motherboard (probably too few on OEM motherboard) or a software solution such as SoftFSB which is probably your best bet.

Proper cooling and voltage adjustments may also be a concern considering how far you wish to go. These are things that that the sensors could help you with.

All in all it is very difficult to get a good overclock on an OEM machine.

[TimoteoY]

What if my PLL isn't supported by SoftFSB or CPUCool...it is ICS 9250af-26. Can I still find a way to overclock? Or am I screwed? By the way, I have a i810E-dc133 chipset (GMCH)

The North Bridge is the 82810E Graphics and Memory Controller Hub.
It is in a 421 BGA package and provides the control functions for the host
CPU interface, the Graphics interface, the Display Cache interface, the
64-bit DRAM bus, and the ICH interface.
The 82810E also controls the data flow between the CPU bus, the DRAM bus,
the Display interface bus, and the ICH.
The chip is also System Management Mode (SMM) compliant.

Processor Interface
Supports the Celeron processor bus at 66, 100 and 133 MHz
Optimized for 133 MHz operation

DRAM Interface
DRAM support at 100 MHz
Maximum memory size of 512 MB with SDRAM using 128Mb technology
Supports x8, x16, or x32 SDRAM in standard DIMMs
Support for 16, and 64 Mbit devices
Symmetrical and Asymmetrical Addressing DRAM supported
Only 3.3 V DIMM DRAMs supported

Integrated Graphics Controller
AGP Specification Compliant
64/96 bit Data Interface
4 MB Display Cache support

Data Buffering
Distributed Data Buffering Model for optimum concurrency
DRAM Write Buffer with read-around-write capability
Dedicated CPU-DRAM, Hub Interface-DRAM and Graphics

SYSTEM BOARD.

You have a "jumperless" system board manufactured for Compaq (therefore a
Compaq board)...
It has 4 expansion Slots...
One PCI slot with modem installed
One PCI slot with networking card installed
Two PCI slots open for expansion

The board has embedded Audio and Video.
The video is Intel 810 (Whitney). The audio chipset is the ESS Allegro
(1988)

Heh...I'm screwed ain't I?....no jumpers, no sensors, a compaq board, unsupported pll-ic....
....Tim picks up computer off desk, goes to window of 7-story building, drops and never looked back again.....and that was the end of that chapter!!

[batboy]

Tim, in my opinion, that motherboard is a lost cause. Before you throw it out the window, snag that good P-III 750 CPU, RAM, and all the drives out of it. Then get a new case and motherboard. Suddenly, you have a much better computer. Compaq sucks!