Overclocking Tips

Warning:- This procedure involves changing of internal hardware configuration and in no way will I be held responsible for any loss or damage caused due to this.

OverClocking is basically increasing the speed of your processor by changing certain jumper setting on the motherboard. Normally the CPU  Internal  Clock Speed Selector jumper on the motherboard needs to be fingered with. However in some cases it becomes necessary to alter the main clock generator. Check out your motherboard manual for details.

Some common consideration before Overclocking

1. Is Overclocking Safe?

To some extent it is. Its alright if you Overclock a 166MHz to 180Mhz. But to overclock from 166Mhz to 225Mhz is asking for trouble. Don't expect anything else but a fried CPU. Generally the greater the frequency of the CPU greater overclocking can be done.

Some also say that overclocking leads to reduction in life of the CPU. However with computers getiing outdated within a years time life of CPU is not such a great factor.

2. Do I really need to Overclock?

Sometimes it isn't the best idea to Overclock. Take for eg myself. When I first heard about overclocking I was very thrilled. I overclocked my CPU to 180 MHz  But had to reduce the  main clock generator frequency to 60 MHz from 66 MHz. THat meant my PCI Bus running at 1/2 of the clock frequency would reduce to 30 MHz from 33MHz and the ISA bus running at 8.25Mhz would get reduced to 7.5MHz..This would lead to appreciable downfall in performance of system. 

SO how do You Overclock. Its simple. Just chage the Internal Clock Speed selector to the desired and safe  frequency andyour system is overclocked. If in any way you need to change the frequency of  your main clock generator make absolutely sure that the frequency of PCI bus which is normally 1/2 the frequency of the clock generator does not exceed the limit of your PCI cards(generally Video Card) frequecny. You also have to make sure that your ISA bus isn't too fast for your ISA card. Or else you'll end up frying up your PCI and ISA cards.

Anyway Best OF Luck for your overclocking experience.

I'll be putting up links to more CPU and Video Overclocking pages soon. So Keep Visiting this page.

Created by:-Ian Fernandes
Email:-ifern@poboxes.com