p3 450 on SE440BX-2

[Pearl]

Hey, i'm a newbie and need any help what so ever to get me started on overclocking my p3 450. I think its a pretty ****ty motherboard but i have $10 in my wallet =)
Any help would be great.

Pearl

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Pearl (Mar 15, 2001 05:58 a.m.):
Hey, i'm a newbie and need any help what so ever to get me started on overclocking my p3 450. I think its a pretty ****ty motherboard but i have $10 in my wallet =)
Any help would be great.

Pearl

Take the $10 and buy a couple of Beers. The SE440BX-2 is not overclockable. No way, No how. $10 won't buy a new motherboard either.

Seriously, can't be done on Intel boards. They make sure of that.

[Phil]

theres a chance SoftFSB might work with it as most clock chips support more than the standard fsb's it's just intel doesn't give accesst to them with it's bios or jumpers

[Pearl]

i tried softFSB but it locks up as soon as i click 'get fsbs'. I read some dudes report that said he o/c his p3 500 on se440bx-2, so it must work. Any ideas?

Pearl

[DocClock aka MadClocker]

Search your local mom & pop computer stores, for used motherboards...like an old BX6...good old slot one board, and you might find one cheap enough you can afford...but stay away from PC-CHIPS boards. If you get a used board, make sure it comes with at least a ten day warantee.
The Forum here also has a "cyber deals" topic just for people buying and selling used equipment..who knows, maybe you have just the right thing to trade.

[SpleNdID]

I have a Dell Dimensions XPS T550mhz which uses the SE440BX or SE440BX-2 and found that softfsb also locks up whenever retrieve fsb is clicked. I have managed to alter the fsb by using CPU Cool. Not sure if it is the same on yours but use board type Intel and Seatle BX-2 and use PLL manafacturer: cypress and PLL type: W149.
I found that my mobo only supports 100mhz 103mhz and 124mhz (also 133mhz but you will no way get that) This overclocks the fsb by 3% and 24% but when overclocking the fsb by 24% my hard drive locks up and I am unable to run at that fsb speed.
Hope this helps you, post if you get it working, and get CPU Cool Here (http://www.podien.de)

[Phil]

have you flashed to the latest bios?

[SpleNdID]

Phil (Mar 16, 2001 02:53 p.m.):
have you flashed to the latest bios?

If you mean me yeh I have bios version A11 which is the latest there is

[HeNry2cOoL]

Or.. you can go the route i did. I have a Dell Dimension XPS R400, and it comes with a SE440BX board. I bought a iWill Slocket II and a cC0 Celeron II 633Mhz o/c to 950Mhz at the moment. So far it's runnin fine..

[SpleNdID]

I was thinkin of just chucking the mobo and upgrading to something like a ABIT or similar that can actually be overclocked!
Do any of you know how easy it would be to swap the mobo in a dell system and which mobo would you pro's recomend for around $100 or would I need to spend more/less?

[Pearl]

Hey i used cpucool to o/c it and it works fine....i just need to know how i change the voltage? i dont understand all that upper and lower limit stuff it comes up with.

Pearl