OC'ing my pc.

[turbo_skylane]

I am considering overclocking my PC, after the motherboard was replaced with another.
I read on the box of my that theres something called "Safe Overclocking" with this board.
I was just wondering what one needed to overclock their pc. I have never overclocked a PC before.... make note of that.
Water cooling?

My Specs.
Ultra Mid Tower
500W X-Connect PSU.
ASRock K7VM3
AMD Athlon XP 2800+ on stock heatsink and cooler.
BFG GeForce 6600GT OC (factory)
Maxtor 120 GB hardrive, 7200RPM, IDE
Kingston 1GB PC3200 DDR
Soundblaster Live 24-bit.
1 Cooler Master 120mm Fan in the rear of case
1 80mm Ultra fan in front of case.
I believe the 120 is 'intake' and 80 is 'exhaust'.
I dont wanna risk too much, I dont have enough to buy another PC. I wouldnt mind overclocking the 2.8ghz(?) 2800 to 3.0 or 3.2... if thats possible.
Any ideas?
*I am running a modified version (modded by me) of Microsoft Server '03.

[congo]

Safe Overclocking!

[turbo_skylane]

So you are saying that the 2800+ isnt a 2.8ghz?
on the bill for the CPU it said AMD Barton chip.

[turbo_skylane]

[turbo_skylane]

a bit of information
As we just mentioned, the two new processors being announced today are the Athlon XP 2700+ and 2800+. The 2700+ runs at 2.17GHz while the 2800+ runs at 2.25GHz, both using a 166MHz DDR FSB (effectively 333MHz). The 25% increase in FSB frequency will apply to all CPUs after the 2700/2800+, meaning that although the 2600+ won't get a 333MHz FSB, the 3000+ will. Both of these CPUs are based off of the new Thoroughbred-B core.

[congo]

AMD cpu's unofficially use a "P" rating that compares them with an equivalent Pentium processor, hence the 2800+ tag.

Well, Skylane, it's your lucky day

[congo]

I just downloaded your manual, I'll see what it's like for overclocking.


Specs say this:

CPU Frequency Stepless control

[turbo_skylane]

well, i just bought this motherboard after my other one went to heaven. it was a abit nf7s2.
I wonder if the computer store messed around with my bios.
It may not work at higher speeds. would that be weird.
Is there anything good about this PC and is it worth overclocking?
I believe my cousin has overclocked and has some type of certification (A+ or sometihng)
I only have 1 stick of ram

[cheesegrater]

Is there anything good about this PC and is it worth overclocking?

You should at least set it back to its normal speed, instead of being underclocked by 800 mhz.

[congo]

Just do as I said above and see if you can bring the PC up to it's correct settings, take it from there.

Your motherboard WILL work at higher speeds, as well as the speeds it was designed for. If they guys at the PC shop messed with it and set it like that, they are either screwing you over or they are incompetent.

Sure, your PC is fine, the only thing it doesn't have is dual channel memory.

Certification is just dandy, it won't help you o/clock your PC though, you need specific knowledge for your PC, not the general knowledge of an A certification.

[turbo_skylane]

I took a field trip to my bios. It says actual bus 100. I set it to manual, but it gave me a warning about a jumper on my motherboard, does anyone know what this means? i didnt change anything

[congo]

I'll have a look, be patient - it might take me 5 or 10 minutes.

Could you please be specific about the jumper?

[turbo_skylane]

uh. Ill restart and take a photo of what it says.

[congo]

Ok, I found the jumpers, get your manual out handy and add me to msn messenger, see PM's

If you don't show up in a few minutes, I'll post back here as soon as I get the info together.

[congo]