Easiest OC EVER

Borisw37

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• Sep 28, 2003

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My friend gave me this old Compaq pc, it turned out ot be pentium mmx-166mhz. So i searched online and found pentium mmx 200mhz cpus for $3.99 with free shipping
I ordered 3 so that i can burn some out, make a keychain etc... The mobo does not self detect the speed of the cpu, and must be set with 2 miniature switches. I install the CPU, put mobo setting to 200mhz. Works fine. Turn off the pc, put the mobo setting to 233mhz, And its working fine.
That was the easiest OC i have ever perfomed, eventhough its only 33mhz.

 

Last edited: Sep 28, 2003

Tebore

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You probably would have been able to push the 166 to 200 anyway. I have 166 at 200 and a 200 at 233. I don't have enough monitors or I'd let them run.

 

Deathknight

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No need for a bunch of monitors. Get yourself a KVM switch if you wanna run more than 1 machine. I can't imagine ever not having a KVM switch after having had one for so long.

 

JDXNC

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If you have a super7 mobo you would be able to push that 200 to nearly 300. I have a 200 running at 300 And it runs perfectly stable at that. The old P1's are actually pretty tough chips to kill.

 

Foxie3a

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that's a good idea..just makes nice cheap P1s..

but I think that my OC is easier..I took my P2 and just increased the FSB to 116mhz and my P2 400 turns into a P2 464mhz

 

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Borisw37

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the problem is that i cant get into bios. I tried pressing pretty much all the keys at boot-up and nothing works.
I use a KVM switch and got a question. The monitor turns off for a sec before turning on with another resolution for the other pc. Is that in any way bad for the monitor.

 

ThePerfectCore

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Please, for the love of God, convert that BMP to a JPEG.

 

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Borisw37

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Done

 

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heh, actually my first OC was pretty much exactly what Borisw37 described, change a couple jumpers, boom! OCed. It was the same chip too it was a P1 200 OCed to 233. I felt so l33t back in the day. Now i still feel like a bit of a newb. It seems like the more you learn, the more you realize how little you know.

 

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I got my start by overclocking a 486 using the same method as above, but I guess none of us have really lived unless we had to pull the solder out to achieve an overclock. Kudos to the old timers.