Where do I turn?

[Daphyl]

I've been running AMD's for awhile at their default speeds. But now I'd like to learn about over clocking. Any good sites/publications about this?

David

[Jeff]

First off I guess we need to know what you're running. Different cores usually have different guides.

BTW, welcome to our site!

[jlangner]

Hey welcome! We have some great members here that can give you some good pointers. Just like Jeff said, we need to know what motherboard you have and which AMD chip ya have. Some motherboards make it very easy, others a little tougher. Some chips may have multiplier locked, then with out changes to cpu you pretty much stuck to changing fsb. (Front Bus Speed). Some others sites www.overclockers.com www.tomshardware.com .

[Anonymous]

I have a duron 1.3ghz and i wanna try overclocking it, I have a gigabyte GA-7VKMP, I'm pretty sure anyway, I know it's gigabyte and I know it's real close to that if it's not identical.

[Anonymous]

http://secure.newegg.com/app/specifi...tem=13-128-173

So you can see what it is better without google

[Arminiusc]

Generally speaking it is easier to o/c by upping the front side bus (FSB) frequency. Doing this offers 2 benefits.
1) You dont have to worry about having to unlock your cpu in order to change the multiplier.
2) AMD durons and athlon love higher fsb settings more than upping the cpu multiplier.
You could try upping the fsb by 5mhz at a time and if the system starts acting funny then you need to bring it back down.
Also... and this is a BIGGY!!! Know How To Clear Your CMOS Before You Start!!! There is usually a jumper on the motherboard to clear your cmos and restore your bios settings to factory default. Messing with bios settings can cause your system not to boot at all!
If you have some good memory then overclocking through the FSB is excellent. If your memory doesnt like being overclocked along with your cpu then you can look into unlocking your cpu and upping your cpu multiplier.

[Anonymous]

Awesome, thanks...lemme ask a couple more questions (I'm not afraid to ask dumb questions, I don't have a big ego!)

What does CMOS stand for and how do you reset it?

When you reset it, what will it change when I do restart my computer? Will it just be same old windows xp, resolution etc. just the original speed?

Overclocking the frontside bus overclocks memory along with computer? Is that what you're saying? Does it overclock anything else too?

My memory is 128MB of DDR 2100...is that good or bad for overclocking? If you need the actual brand, let me know and I'll shut off my computer and take a look.

[Anonymous]

Im not sure what CMOS stands for. It has something to do with BIOS. To reset mine, I just put the battery in backwards on the motherboard. Be careful, I don't want to mess up your board.

Overclocking the FSB overclocks the RAM and I believe the PCI Bus.

I dunno though.

Jeff

[Arminiusc]

Here is a link to a definition of CMOS http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/C/CMOS.html

Basically it is a memory chip on the motherboard that holds the date and time along with your bios settings. The little battery on the M/B supplies power to the CMOS chip so it doesnt lose the information. There is a jumper on the M/B that is used to bypass the battery and clear the cmos chip. This does not affect your windows settings. All it does is set your M/B bios settings back to factory defaults and messes up your computers clock that you can reset in windows.
DDR 2100 is meant to be run on a 266mhz bus. DDR1600 is a 200mhz speed. Since your Duron is probably on a 200mhz bus you should be ok with your memory.
Overclocking your front side bus overclocks your memory, pci and agp slots. If something that you have on one of those slots doesnt like the higher speed then your system might lock up and you would have to lower your FSB some.
Goto the gigabyte web site and download the manual for your motherboard if you dont have it. The manual will tell you where the jumper is for clearing the CMOS and it will tell you how to change your FSB.

[Arminiusc]

Interesting way of clearing your cmos Jeff.
You are the first person I have heard of doing it that way...