O/C question

[Spec_Ops2087]

not sure if this should be in cooling or not but hey.....anyway I just today got my new thunderbird 950mhz(WOHO) to fix my dead Duron 700mhz....any way what is a safe O/C without haveing to invest in more cooling...currently, it is locked because last time mr. Duron died....so now I'm kinda nervous about trying to do the pencil trick again...thing is that I never used tape so I may try it again but with tape.....any recommenditaions about unlocking it with the pencil or changing the FSB without getting cooling crazy...thanx



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[Bull]

I have a 950 tbird that I unlocked using the pencil trick. I didn't put tape on it and it works fine. Just make sure you use a fine #2 pencil and that none of the bridges are touching each other. I've had mine like this for a month now and no problems.

If its a 100 mhz FSB chip like mine I would unlock it and run it at 133. That's what I did. Just make sure your memory can handle 133. I only have it at 1055 right now because the PSU isn't that great.

 

[Spec_Ops2087]

how would I tell if it can handle it....I got 256mb of SDRAM from samsung I think and it is PC133


EDIT: BTW where do you get that WPCUID program...I had to reinstall windows and lost that....thanx




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[Bull]

You should be fine if its rated that high and your motherboard supports it. You will have to lower the multiplier down to like 7.5 or 8 so it will boot up and then you can adjust the FSB to what you want. The processor runs better at 133. I tested at default speeds and then I tested the 133 FSB and got a good performance gain.

 

[Spec_Ops2087]

cool...in the BIOS it has an option that is called "auto detect DIMM/PCI clock" and it is enabled...should I disable that because when I up the FSB it also ups the PCI mhz



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EDIT ONCE AGAIN: My mobo can adjust the multiplyer....so I don't really need to unlock it right?

 

[Bull]

yes you should be able to adjust it manually. My board doesn't have that option but my cards seem to run fine at the higher bus frequency.

 

[Spec_Ops2087]

sweet...thank you VERY much bull...I think you win the award for the quickest replies to one post...




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[AudiMan]

If you are concerned about overheating, just install MBM5 and monitor your temps. MAke sure it doesn't go over 50 @ full load.

Jsut up the clocks and voltage until you reach that temp

That's what I do.

I actually have an xp-1700 on my asus @ 1609 1.85 Vcore at 54 degces full load.

Gonna fix that soon though, but its running at 100%.