Issue With Overclocking

When overclocking, do you up the voltage when the system wont boot or
power on? How do you know when you need to up the voltage?




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Sylim

'Sylim' wrote:
| When overclocking, do you up the voltage when the system wont boot or
| power on? How do you know when you need to up the voltage?
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The first thing to do when you want to overclock is find and read
information about overclocking. The posts in this newsgroup are a good
place to start. Also, if you Goggle for 'overclocking' you will find many
overclocking web sites.

Exactly how you go about overclocking depends on the CPU type and model, the
motherboard type and model, and the memory modules. The general procedures
are the same, but the details are different. Basically overclocking depends
on trading safety margins built into the CPU for higher clock speeds.
Intel, and, to a lesser extent, AMD, build CPUs to operate in a stable
manner under a wide range of conditions, even overheating. If you keep your
CPU in the 50 C range it is usually possible to overclock by just increasing
the FrontSide Bus speed and/or the CPU clock multiplier. Sometimes a higher
overclock can be obtained by increasing the CPU core voltage a SMALL amount.
All changes should be made in small increments, with a stability test after
each change. Read the motherboard manuals. Keep good records. Be
methodical. Ask specific questions BEFORE you start to overclock.

Phil Weldon

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| When overclocking, do you up the voltage when the system wont boot or
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