I am a newbie to OC'ing, in fact I didn't even hear about it until 2 weeks ago. After reading about it, I was really intrigued and began reading every editorial/tutorial I could find on it. I just recently finished putting together my computer and now I would like to OC it but like the subject line says, I'm a complete newbie to this and don't know where to start.
I know what I want to do. Play with the FSB and multiplier clock, but I don't know how to do it. Do I change these settings in the BIOS? I heard there is some program called softFSB that allows you to tweak your FSB w/o having to restart each time, anyone heard of this? is it availabe? if so where can I dl it?
With the multiplier, I have a ASUS A7V mobo and it is said to be "Jumperfree", and I know that has something to do with the multiplier but I don't know what. what does that mean? and how can I go about changing the multiplier settings? I will unlock the L1 bridges with a mechanical .5mm lead pencil, since I actually went out and bought a CWP conductor pen that was a total waste of money. Those things are not nearly "micro" tip enough. It left blotches on my chip, not lines. I know I have to remove these blotches somehow. But once the bridges are unlocked, then what should I do? try out multiplier settings in the BIOS?
And lastly, voltage. Do I have to unlock the L7 bridges to change the voltage? My boards manual said that it is simple to change the voltage in the BIOS when Jumperfree mode is enabled. How can I tell if its enabled? and how can I change the voltage. It said something about Dipswitches but I don't know what or where those are, or how to use them. What should I set the voltage at? I heard people saying you should always do 1.85v while other say 1.8 is adequate. I was flipping through the manual and noticed that the default I/O voltage setting on the board is 3.56V?! Obviously I am probably lookin at the wrong voltage setting, but thats the only one I see that controls the voltage to the chip, AGP, RAM, etc.
I Know this is a lame post and I apologize, but I've gotta start somewhere, and why not ask the experts? Thanks for the time.
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T-Bird 900mhz
ASUS A7V KT133
PC133 CAS2 256mb Crucial SDRAM
ATI Radeon 64mb DDR
Sound Blaster Live MP3+
<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Rider on 12/23/00 04:17 PM.</EM></FONT></P>
I know what I want to do. Play with the FSB and multiplier clock, but I don't know how to do it. Do I change these settings in the BIOS? I heard there is some program called softFSB that allows you to tweak your FSB w/o having to restart each time, anyone heard of this? is it availabe? if so where can I dl it?
With the multiplier, I have a ASUS A7V mobo and it is said to be "Jumperfree", and I know that has something to do with the multiplier but I don't know what. what does that mean? and how can I go about changing the multiplier settings? I will unlock the L1 bridges with a mechanical .5mm lead pencil, since I actually went out and bought a CWP conductor pen that was a total waste of money. Those things are not nearly "micro" tip enough. It left blotches on my chip, not lines. I know I have to remove these blotches somehow. But once the bridges are unlocked, then what should I do? try out multiplier settings in the BIOS?
And lastly, voltage. Do I have to unlock the L7 bridges to change the voltage? My boards manual said that it is simple to change the voltage in the BIOS when Jumperfree mode is enabled. How can I tell if its enabled? and how can I change the voltage. It said something about Dipswitches but I don't know what or where those are, or how to use them. What should I set the voltage at? I heard people saying you should always do 1.85v while other say 1.8 is adequate. I was flipping through the manual and noticed that the default I/O voltage setting on the board is 3.56V?! Obviously I am probably lookin at the wrong voltage setting, but thats the only one I see that controls the voltage to the chip, AGP, RAM, etc.
I Know this is a lame post and I apologize, but I've gotta start somewhere, and why not ask the experts? Thanks for the time.
------------
T-Bird 900mhz
ASUS A7V KT133
PC133 CAS2 256mb Crucial SDRAM
ATI Radeon 64mb DDR
Sound Blaster Live MP3+
<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Rider on 12/23/00 04:17 PM.</EM></FONT></P>
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