Programs to OC OEM board?

[nd4spdbh2]

OK i have an older 500mhz celly from HP with oem board :bang head ... n e ways i was wondering what programs (if n e) are out there that allow one to oc a computer in windows... the comp was an HP 4550Z http://search.hp.com/query.html?cc=us&lang=en&qt=4550z&la=en

i got a pretty good cooler on it... valcano 5 i just would like to see how high i can get the thing.... its an Asus MEB-VM board 500mhz celly 100mhz SDRAM 100MHZ fsb...

[maddog39]

Im not totally sure if its supported but you could try ClockGen. You can download it at www.cpuid.com :)

[TheNewbie]

Intel 440bx based motherboards are pretty oc freindly. There is a program Softfsb download it here : http://www.geocities.com/enigmadeadsouls/softfsb.html#softfsbdown

And use the Asus P2B-vm (based on same chipsets as your board) as the Target Mainboard. Good luck!:bday:

[nd4spdbh2]

NOW THATS WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR!!!!!!! sweet will install windows and give it a try tommorrow....

what will i do for ram ocing... i have pc133 (pc100 curently) but i dont think it will work with this board... how high do you think ima get a 500mhz celly up to?

[TheNewbie]

I'm not sure because no two processors systems are the same. You just have to figure your it out on your own, besides if I told what it could do it would take the fun out it.:bday:

[nd4spdbh2]

ahhhh so true... well ill report back in tommorrow after i get my max oc...

[hUMANbEATbOX]

your ram will be just fine, its rated at 133mhz, so it will be good up to at least 133fsb

[JLK03F150]

According to the HP Support site the mobo has a 440ZX chipset, not BX. The board doesn't appear to natively support 133MHz FSB so the PCI bus probably won't reset to 33MHz if you get that high. If that's the case then don't expect much more that 112-115 FSB without a PCI lock.

[TheNewbie]

Yes correct JLk03f150 but nd4spdbh2 stated that it is a Asus MEB-VM mainboard.
@ nd4spdbh2 Are you sure is the board you have Asus MEB-VM?

[JLK03F150]

Asus supplied a lot of main board's to HP with a crippled OEM BIOS. I was assuming that's what is in this PC, not the overclockable aftermarket Asus version.

[nd4spdbh2]

Yes correct JLk03f150 but nd4spdbh2 stated that it is a Asus MEB-VM mainboard.
@ nd4spdbh2 Are you sure is the board you have Asus MEB-VM?


it is the Asus MEB-VM board but its from HP from the 4550z computer... i dont think it supports 133mhz ram or FSB for that matter. BUT it does say on it Asus MEB-VM... but its the OEM version no onboard audio and im sure of some other features.... think i can flash it with a retail Asus MEB-VM bios?

Asus supplied a lot of main board's to HP with a crippled OEM BIOS. I was assuming that's what is in this PC, not the overclockable aftermarket Asus version.

you are correct... its the OEM version.

EDIT: ok i found a bios from asus for this board... its an AWD file... how would i got about flashing it?

[nd4spdbh2]

WOOOO HOOOO i got the Asus MEB-VM bios to work on the board... the chipset is a 440BX if that means n e thing... for some odd reason though it doesnt want to boot.... it posts fine, finds the hd on Primary Master and CD drive on Secondary Master, but then it goes to the next screen and just hangs.....


EDIT: UHHHOOOOO i think i skrewed up..... it doesnt want to boot up with n e thing.... it detects every thing and workes perfectly fine but once i get to the screen after post with PCI device listings it just hangs.....

[muddocktor]

Probably needs more vcore than what your mobo is feeding it then. You might d/l some tech docs from Intel on your proc and see what pins you need to jump to enable a higher vcore if you are so inclined. But I don't garrantee that will work even. :)

[TheNewbie]

If knew it wasn a Bx I looked it up ;) Anyways good luck and if you get brave enough to pin mod it PM me.

[muddocktor]

The ZX chipset is just an economy version of the BX chipset. But as far as what ZX doesn't support compared to the BX I really don't know. I remember reading somewhere years ago that info.

[nd4spdbh2]

no see the thing is i didnt overclock it i just replaced the BIOS with the retail version of the board.. the BIOS still reports the cpu @ 500mhz so no oc and it detects all of the drives.... it just doesnt boot from them.

Also the bios reports the chipset as 440BX

rrrr i think i skrewed this board over by puttin on that bios... n e ways of deleting a bios without having to boot from a drive?

[TheNewbie]

I would clear the cmos maybe the setting are diffrent from the other bios and or set the bios to default settings. Atleast thats what it says to do after you update the BIOS from the HP site F1 to enter bios F5 to reset it to default and F10 to save and exit. Might help might not :shrug: I donno if you can't boot from floppy or cd-rom after that I would say its done.

[nd4spdbh2]

to clear cmos should i just take out the battery on the board with the comp unplugged....

i didnt use a bios from HP i used one from ASUS for the actual board.

[TheNewbie]

I know but its worth a shot most older systems bios updates do require you to reset the cmos to default settings. You should be abile to reset it by unplugging it and pulling the battery for a min or so.

[nd4spdbh2]

ok

lets take a look

[nd4spdbh2]

great... bios checksum error.

[NODES]

take the battery out for a good 10min, is there a jumper for resetting bios?

[nd4spdbh2]

no jumper.... the mobo got raped from all of its important jumpers like multiplier and fsb jumper settings.... sort of ****es me off but i skrewed the board up n e ways or so i think.... used the retail version of the bios and do i hangs on the Verifying DMI pool data page. doesnt boot from n e thing...

[greenmaji]

Then why not reflash the OEM bios?

Then try a hard FSB mod.. Or software.

[JLK03F150]

Then why not reflash the OEM bios?
It hangs before it will boot to floppy - or any other drive. :cry:

[greenmaji]

Is the chip a removeable one?

Wasn't there someone that was flashing chips in the classies?

[nd4spdbh2]

removable bios chips... ne\ver heard of that. and no this bios isnt removable.... wish it would just work....