Amd Xp 1600+ O/c?

[jhm1357]

Well the new system seems to be running pretty smooth now, I think I have worked most of the bugs out, I'll soon have 2 new 256Mb sticks of PC-2100 DDR Ram from crucial.com, The original ram I got was from a site online that was advertizing a sale on micron ram, well I don't know all that much about this stuff but I don't see where it says MICRON anywhere on the ram I got, but it does say POWMEM, does anybody know anything about this stuff? One of the sticks I got died already, and the company that I bought it from is not answering my e-mails, Well, it was cheap anyway!

I wanted to say thanks to the people here that answered my questions, and also to all the people that had alreay asked the same questions I had (you saved me having to type)

Now I'm wondering about OverClocking, can anyone give me some reasonably safe guidelines for my AMD Athlon XP 1600+ on an ABIT KG7-Raid using the
SOFTMENU III



AMD Athlon XP 1600+
ThermoEngine Super CPU Cooler
ABIT KG7-Raid
POWMEM 256Mb DDR PC-2100
Western Digital 40 G 7200 RPM
Pioneer 106S 16x DVD Drive
YAMAHA CRW2200EZ 20X10X40
TURBO CASE ATX288K WITH 320W POWER SUPPLY
+ 2 case fans

[whr2206]

well...IM not gonna give any info, jsut my input....I wouldnt o/c if I were you, you have a freaking fast chip anyways...you dont need to o/c your xp....I wouldnt risk it if I were you, especially if your very new at this...but if you really want help, im sure some guys here can give you better guides than me...im not that experienced at it either.. 900@ 1ghz (dont want to push it, im poor)

[DrZaius]

I think I have worked most of the bugs out.
Then leave it alone! :D Overclocking is a never-ending cycle of tweaking and cooling. Other than some bigger numbers in benchmark scores I highly doubt you'll find a noticable difference between your current processor speed and overclocked speed.

But then again, we wouldn't be tech enthusiasts is we didn't push everything to the limit, would we? :p Be warned, the Athlon XPs are not unlocked like the Athlon T-Birds, so you will have to connect the bridges, and you can't just use a pencil. Here (http://www.icrontic.com/index.php?page=public/articles&articleId=93) and here (http://www.tomshardware.com/howto/01q4/011112/index.html) are two articles describing how to unlock the XP. Go for 2Ghz+! Hope that helps.

[Alfie]

The new xp cpus are built differently than the Tbirds.
It was discovered with the Tbirds and Durons, that by filling in and connecting the L1 bridges on the cpu, the cpu's multipliers would be unlocked.
This could be done with any electrical conductive material,including a pencil!
With the XP series the same holds true,but with a different twist.
If one where to examine the L1 bridges,it would be noticed that there are deeper cuts in the cpu,and looking at the bottom of the cuts,a fine copper looking mesh exists.
If one where to simply fill the gaps and connect the bridges,as they would do on a Tbird,a funny thing happens,the cpu will short(apparently this doesn't damage the cpu,but prevents any adjustment to the multipliers.
The secret is to somehow coat and fill the gaps with a non-conductive material(epoxy,or as I suggested in another post a non-conductive lacquer)
The lacquer that I suggest is the type that's sprayed on automotive alternators,available at hardware and auto supply stores.
The concept is to cover the copper mesh at the bottom of the gaps,hence isolating the copper mesh and filling the gaps and then connect the bridges with a conductive material.
We can see that the process may be involved and patience must be used.
It is very important that the bridges be connected with no conductive matieral connecting one bridge to another,in other words 4 straight lines.
If one didn't go through all this,an adjustment to the fsb is also possible.
By increasing the fsb,the ratio changes and the cpu would be overclocked.
The disadvantage to fsb overclocking is some hard drives do not take kindly to it and problems can arise.
A gentle approach is best followed.
Increase the fsb one step at a time.

[jhm1357]

Well I'm learning! thats what I'm here for, I thought
it was gonna be as simple as to change some settings
in the soft menu, Well I guess I'll leave my XP 1600+
at 1.4 Ghz it seems to work quite well there, So if I
really wanted to play with OverClocking I should have
gotten a Tbird. Learn something new every day,
somedays two or three things!

[Alfie]

You can still overclock,just bump the fsb from 133 to a higher setting,this you can do in bios.
By doing it that way,you don't have to alter the cpu.