Raise the FSB from within XP?

Dangman

Dangman

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Hey,

I'm trying to OC my 2.0Ghz Pentium 4. It currently has a FSB of 400Mhz but I want to try raise it to 533Mhz or even 800Mhz if possible. I tried raising the FSB from the bios but my mobo, an Asus P4S800D-X, does not allow me to.

So I was wondering if there are any other ways that I can raise the FSB? Can I raise the FSb from within Windows XP?

Thanks Y'all
 
Depending on whether or not your mobo is supported, ClockGen might work for you. That's my program of choice.
 
Clock Gen is really good if your mobo is supported. However, and correct me if i am wrong and i appologize if i am, it doesn't sound like you really know what you are doing, so you may want to be careful. Don't just raise it POOF to 533 from 400, and also if its an AVERTISED FSB of 400 then its really 200 or even 100mhz depending on how old your processor is. Personally it doesn't sound like you really know what you are doing and which case i say you may want to re-phrase your question or look into a tutorial on how to overclock a P4 before you do anything. Again, i appologize if my assumption is incorrect though.
 
kill4killin said:
Clock Gen is really good if your mobo is supported. However, and correct me if i am wrong and i appologize if i am, it doesn't sound like you really know what you are doing, so you may want to be careful. Don't just raise it POOF to 533 from 400, and also if its an AVERTISED FSB of 400 then its really 200 or even 100mhz depending on how old your processor is. Personally it doesn't sound like you really know what you are doing and which case i say you may want to re-phrase your question or look into a tutorial on how to overclock a P4 before you do anything. Again, i appologize if my assumption is incorrect though.
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No, your assumption is correct. I am new to overclocking.

But I do know that the FSB is actually 100Mhz and that it has been quad pumped to 400Mhz. I am trying to scrap together every piece of info I can about overclocking a P4 before I do anything. I just asked my question to see if there were any other alternatives or items of note that I did not know.

Ok well, back to the drawing board.
 
If clockgen supports your motherboard, then use it! It's a *GREAT* tool. Just, be careful (as I'm sure you know) and go in very slow incriments.

100 - 105 - 110 - 115 etc. And test for heat and stability within each iteration.

You might need to do some digging to find the info clockgen needs to run, however ;).

**About your motherboard**

"When the system hangs due to overclocking failure, there is no need to open the case to clear the CMOS data. Just simply restart the system, the BIOS would show the previous setting and then users can amend the CPU setting again."

That leads me to believe that you DO have overcocking features... Maybe upgrade to the latest BIOS (1005):

Under the BIOS tab here

http://support.asus.com/download/download_item.aspx?product=1&model=P4S800D-X

and see if it helps... ALSO, you might wanna google around to see if theres a "special key combination" to unlock the overclocking features... Lots of times these features are hidden to prevent accidental manipulation.
 
your BIOS should allow you to make these adjustments, although it may not allow fine tuning, i haven't seen an Asus mobo that doesn't have a fully enabled BIOS
 
^^ ok iv been using clockgen for months now and i never heard of figuring out what the PLL IC is, what is that and what does it have to do with using clockgen?
 
The PLL IC is the actual chip that controls the clock frequency settings. Clockgen accesses it to modify the system clocks. If your mobo is already listed then your PLL IC is already selected, but if you have a board that isn't on the list you need to manually select the IC for it to work.
 
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