Jumper settings, please help

[Snakebyt]

Hello,
I am new to the board, and i had a question. Im a newbie at all this so please be patient with me.
I have a FIC PA-2013, with a K6-2 450. According to there site, and the jumper settings listed there (link attached) the only difference betweeh the K6-2 450, and the K6-2 500 is the voltage. The multiplier for the 450 are 100X4.5, and the 500 is 100X5.0.

Link to FIC jumper settings page:

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So am i correct in assuming that if i change the multiplier to 5.0 that my system will now be overclocked to 500mhz?

If so, how do i go about changing the multiplier? Is it on the board? In the bios? Like i said, im new, and would appreciate any thought or comments.
Thanks in advance

Snakebyt

 

[Bobby Manus]

Yea if you change the multipler to 5 youll be runing at 500mhz, but in order to change the multiplyer of a cpu other then what its designed to run at you need to unlock the cpu multiplyer by connecting the L1 bridges on the cpu... I lost my link so maybe someone else can post it... if not just go look around at www.tomshardware.com they got it in there somewhere...

 

[Bobby Manus]

O yea when u go to www.tomshardware.com look for the "Pencil Trick" cuase it involves a penic, good luck in your research!!

 

[Snakebyt]

I read about the pencil trick, but i thought that was just for the durons and the athlons, i didnt know it would work on the K6-2's

 

[FRANK]

There are no bridges to close on the K6 line of chips, all are factory unlocked. I've built several K6 systems and overclocked all of them. Although the K6-2's are not known to be the best candidate you may get lucky. I built my systems on the FIC VA503+ motherboard, which has the same chipset. The best I got was 616MHz out of a K6III+450 (5.5*112). If you don't have the motherboard manual, you can download it at FIC's website. There you will find all of the settings necessary and the locations of the jumpers. This could be a good learning experience for you, when you have to open the case and make the adjustments manually, you get very familiar with the components inside.

If the CPU that you have is one of the "+" series, I believe that you'll have to update your BIOS, for the 503+ board it takes the update no. "JE4330". I believe the 2013 takes the same. If it is a "+" series chip the voltage is also lower than the others at 2.0V.

You may have to increase the voltage to the CPU (Vcore). The CPU voltage is stamped on the top of the CPU. You could probably take it up 2.6V, no guarantees on that though.

Keep in mind that an increase in voltage means an increase in temperatures, make sure that you have adequate cooling. A heat sink off of the newer socket A platform will fit right on. I've been using the Global Win FOP32's.

All of the standard accepted methods and practices of overclocking apply to this motherboard / CPU combination. Just spend the time to learn as much as you can before you get in over your head.

"Research, the key to a good overclocking experience!"

Good luck!

 

[Snakebyt]

Thanks for the info. I downloaded the manual for the board and rdid a little reading on it. Kinda hard to read, but i managed. I looked for a bios update for it on there site, but my board wasnt listed.
Also , how can i tell if my board is a + series board. i downloaded motherboard monitor, but it dosent seem compatable with my board, i would like to be able to tell the temps on everything before i start messing with it too much, but i cant find any programs for that.

 

[Taylor]

I have the same board, and I like it for the wide range of settings you can choose from regarding fsb freq, voltage, and cpu multiplier- you can even choose your pci divisor.

I DO NOT THINK YOU WANT TO INCREASE YOUR VOLTAGE YET!!! The reason people up the voltage is that increasing the frequency may make it difficult for the cpu to distinguish between the binary 1's and 0's, (on/off)- bumping the voltage creates a greater difference between the two, making it easier for the cpu to tell them apart.

It may come to that, but hopefully not. If you bump volts, then you increase heat. That's adding to your problems.

Just go by the core voltage listed on the cpu, for now.


But I don't think that's what you intended anyway- when you say "100x4.5" or "100 x 5" you're talking about bus frequency in mhz x multiplier. (BTW the the jumpers to set for the multiplier are "freq1" "freq2" and "freq3", while the frequency jumpers are "clk1""clk2"and "clk3" for some reason.)

Take it from a guy who has made mistakes: you need to read that book, and understand what you're reading. If you have any questions about anything specific, please ask here, or email me, and I will either tell you the answer or help you find someone who knows.

one more word of caution- using the diagrams in the book can be tricky, because the diagram may or may not be laid out as the jumpers are. The drawing isn't neccesarily a picture of the set of jumpers.You have to go by id'ing the no.1 pin on the diagram and the jumper's no. 1 pin. In fact that's the reason for my 1st OC, because the layout in the book was mirror to the layout on the board, and I used a config they didn't even list the first time I set it up.

This probably raises more questions than it answered, but don't be shy. I'm happy to finally see a question I'm qualified to answer.

One more tip- I've found I'm most comfortable getting the jumper settings right off the board, instead of out of the book. But that's just me. you still need to study that book.

As someone's already said, the guy who told you to unlock the thing must have been thinking of a duron or something. No need to unlock your chip.

Oh! I almost forgot- I highly recommend you wait to update your bios, but if you need to, the most current one is available. I'd have to go do a reboot to tell you what it is, but I'm sure it's NOT the one used on the va503+. If you put in the wrong bios you could be screwed.

A few years ago I built a puter for a friend with a PA2013, and last month I updated his bios for him. I used the quick bios finder, and the bios file it came up with was the same as in the brand new pa2013 I bought a few months ago. I just don't remember the filename, but I'll get it for you, and you can confirm that when you go to the site to download it.

But i would wait on that, too. You may not need to update and there's a certain risk to the procedure.

Also, I think the + you're referring to is on the chip, not the board.

Best of luck,
-Taylor