Extremely bored, feel like overclocking a pentium II

[fb39ca4]

I'm really bored so I've decided to overclock a pentium ii 350mhz CPU. It is in a Dell XPS R350 circa 1998. In the bios there's an option to change the CPU speed from 350 mhz to 400 MHz. My question is: Is the typical overclock for this kind of processor over 400 MHz? And can this processor generate enough heat while overclocked to burn itself out?

 

[Ubrales]

This is news! Didn't even know that this could be done! I don't think they had OC enthusiasts in those days. I know the Pentium II has a passive extruded aluminum heatsink fastened with TorX screws to the huge CPU. My guess is that the CPU would probably shut itself OFF as a safety feature.

 

[fb39ca4]

THis is a Dell, so there's no overclocking options in the bios. The computer I have came with a 350mhz or 400mhz PII Deschutes processor and a setting in the bios to select the processor. Are the Deschutes processors multiplier locked? And what would happen if I tried to run my 350mhz processor at a 4x multiplier (fsb is 100mhz) if it turned out to be locked? Would the computer refuse to boot until I cleared the CMOS?

 

[purple stain]

Try googling it.Look up the max temp for that proesscor and download a temp progam.

 

[jsc]

I don't think they had OC enthusiasts in those days.

Noob.

The first system I overclocked was a TRS80 Model I back in 1978 (1.77 MHz Z80 to 2.01 MHz). Anything faster broke the video.

Did it by piggy backing chip, cutting PCB traces, and running jumpers.

 

[Ubrales]

Noob.

The first system I overclocked was a TRS80 Model I back in 1978 (1.77 MHz Z80 to 2.01 MHz). Anything faster broke the video.

Did it by piggy backing chip, cutting PCB traces, and running jumpers.

You must have been awful lonely in those days as far as OC counterparts are concerned! Back in 1977, I was still using IBM time-sharing and Teletype terminals (not CRT) to access data bases for securities analysis. Hence my comment about early days OC.

 

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