How Do I Overclock A Intel III 600E

[Caspan Scriptor]

Hey im very new to this overclocking thing I dont have a clew about it. I have a PC133 board with 129 megs of ram (PC 100 I think) in my bios it has an option to manualy change the processer values like 100/100 *6 is what it is set at do i just change that to like 800 or what should i change just the multiplyer. also what is this burnning that i see talked about so much. and by overclocking my chip could i end up frying it or shorten the life span of it what are all the risks involved?

[Mr B]

We're gonna need a bit more info to really be able to help you.

A bit more specific info on the mother board (ie. brand, model) would be extremely helpful.

I'm assuming that you have the same P/// I do, and it's a Slot 1 SECC2 chip. If you can list the numbers written on the edge of the cpu, that would help a bit. Does this have the intel heatsink/fan still attached, or have you replaced it with a better unit?

You mention 129MB RAM, I believe you meant 192. (If not, how did you get an odd number?) Do you have two sticks (128 and a 64) or three sticks of 64MB?

What do you have plugged into the mb for expansion cards?

With a bit more specific info, we can help a lot more.

Mr B

[bdf24]

Yes, Mr b is right. We do need alot more info on the specs of your system.

But first off all depending on how extreme you want to take overclocking. You may need to buy a better heatsink fan combo for you cpu. Cooling is everything. I would recomend going to different websites and reading guides on overclocking to get a general idea.

Also yes you can damage your pc by overclocking. I have had data curroption, lockups, and many other weird things happen due to overclocking. I lost my IDE 1 controller on my old Abit BH6 motherboard, I believe due to overclocking.

I'm not trying to scare you. Just make sure you do your homework first. Almost always problems that occur because of overclocking are not permanent and can be fixed if you have an idea of what your doing. Once you do and you can get it running over spec 100% stable it's an awesome feeling. And you get better performance for almost no cost!

[DocClock aka MadClocker]

The first thing I would suggest, is to read the beginners guides on overclockers.com's main page...if you found this forum, then you can find the guides, as they are right under the link to this forum.
Anybody interested in clocking really should read the beginers guides...they are a wealth of info, and in most cases, once read, people don't need help after reading the guides. Besides that is where all the jargon is translated.