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overclocking a dell.

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i have a dell.. and i want to overclock it. its a p4 2.53 ghz, 768 ddr pc 2700. gf4mx420 and 30 gig hd.. well dell has a bios revision so that i cant overclock it, i was wondering if there is a program to overide that so that i may overclock the 2.53ghz to a 2.8+. ty
 
Um.... can you read?

That is a good link. Read it. If you don't understand it, then maybe overclocking isnt for you.

Generally its impossible to overclock dells. They use crappy hacked off intel motherboards that barely function even at stock speeds, and contain absolutly NO built in capacity to overclock. Not through the bios, and not through the hardware interface on the motherboard.

Why would you want to overclock a dell anyway? It would be dangerous because of the increase in heat levels that are already high enough in dells, and you would just be pushing already crappy and intolerant hardware further along to an early death.

The best thing to do if you want to overclock that processor is get a cheapo Asus or Abit board, a new case, and transfer the processor and drives over to a new setup. That way you can rid yourself of that dell and get a real overclocking machine.

-OMP
 
The reply posted by the previous poster is your only hope. Try downloading the program listed in that link CPUFSB and try to change your FSB. The thing is Dell's dont use enthusiast parts so it is unlikely you will be able to overclock it without the proper enthusiast tools such as a BIOS that allows FSB/Multiplier/Memory modifications.
 
Dells, Compaqs, HP's, and the rest usually use a version of PLL that DOESN'T connect to the SMB bus which is what is used by programs to change the clock speed.

This is just of course something I was told when researching the same thing but for a Compaq - so it could be wrong.
 
If you want more performance out of that machine, do get rid of that GF4 MX420. That's the biggest bottleneck in your system right now, not the P4.
 
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