[kellylarryp]

i have a via km266 m-board nad a amd xp 1800 and cant seem to find out how you oc it. i know im supposed to up the fsb but when i go into the bios (pheniox) it has the option but it dark blue and i cant change it do i need to get a diff bios or is there a jumper some were that ive missed ? its a emachine....is that the problem hek i dont know please help

[WarriorII]

Do you have a manual for that mobo?
See is the manufacturer has one for you to D/L.
Look to see if there is a jumper, or setting for "Manual"

[Pinky]

Welcome to the forums.

There are two things working against you.

1 - the bios is not going to allow you to do much of anything, it's "locked down"

2 - it's an emachine.

PC makers don't want you to be able to overclock or upgrade easily, else you won't buy another, faster machine later on or you might damage the PC and RMA it back to them damaged for replacement/repair under the warranty.

I'm afraid there are a lot of people such as yourself that come to these forums and discover that their e-compaq-packard-dell machines are non-tweakable.

[kellylarryp]

but can i flash my bios or ........da*m it this so .............................

[kellylarryp]

i have one jumper that says clear cmos anf ond that say fsb but when ichang it......let me see

[kellylarryp]

i have one jumper that says clear cmos and one that says fsb but when i change it......let me see

[kellylarryp]

still nothing! any thoughts?

[subconcept]

Not really , like pinky said they are geared not to be overclockable.

This is something to look into if you upgrade into the future. You may want to look at building your own box, buying the board cpu, cooling ram video etc etc. That way you have full controll over what goes in and you wil get all the great overcloking features.