overclocking my p4 pc

[steve07951]

Hi can anybody give me some advice on overclocking my pentium 4 pc i have just done my graphics card and now want to do my pc please help
cheers steve

[Annabell]

Hi Steve

To OC your CPU you will need to increase the FSB in BIOS (that is if your P4 is not locked, some are) you will access your BIOS via an F key or Del for your overclocking experiment you need to increase the CPU frequency, which is calculated as the CPU clock frequency multiplier multiplied by the bus frequency. For example, if the nominal frequency of the Intel Celeron D 310 processor is 2.13GHz, its multiplier is 16x, and the bus frequency is 133MHz (133.3 x 16 = 2133MHz). In other words, you have either to increase the multiplier or to raise the FSB bus frequency, or raise both these parameters accordingly and at increments of no more than 2 at a time then run a bench test, a P4 if its 3GHz showing at start raise slowly " 2 at a time" to 3.60GHz thats a good OC see how that runs for a week.

Cooling If your running a stock cooler Don't OC you need something like i have posted in the pictures, if you need links for P4 Coolers i can supply them, some links below you may need

Benchmark programs "free" > Benchmark HQ

BIOS

P4 Coolers Click to enlarge

Any Questions / Problems please post back, Ann

[steve07951]

Thanks Ann
will give it a go let u know what happens if i dont break it
cheers steve

[steve07951]

Hi Ann
i have a good cooling system clocked it from 1.60ghz to 2.00ghz works very fast now but i dont have any sound tried a game no sound tried a movie no sound also have you any idea whats wrong
cheers steve

[steve07951]

just had a thought its not the clocking thats done it i have accidently ended the process in the task manager how do i turn it back on I cant remember what it was though in my sounds menu it says no audio device
hope you can help
cheers steve

[Annabell]

Hi Steve

1) First try a System Restore Click Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools > System Restore and go back to a point before you was in Task Manager, also check Sounds and Audio Devices Click Start > Control panel > Sound and Audio Devices and check everything is switched on.

2) I'm assuming (since you didn't provide any system specs) this is a store purchased computer. If it is, you should have received a system disk with it. If so, all your drivers for all hardware should be on this disk.
If it isn't a store purchased system, you should be able to find all the drivers you need on the disk provided with the motherboard.
If you don't have either disk, then please provide your system specs so that I may be able to provide you some links to manufacturers driver sites.

Ann

[steve07951]

Hi ann you sorted it out again did the system restore works fine
thanks again
cheers steve

[Annabell]

Hi Steve

Glad you fixed it, one very good application for keeping an eye on your overclocked system is CPU-Z its a stand alone so does not need to be installed and can gather information on some of the main devices of your system and has a good accurate read out for CPU, Download > Here

[steve07951]

Cheers Ann
like the application
thanks, steve