Trying to overclock

BabyEater

i am trying to overclock my gateway G6-450.
It has a Tabor2 motherboard.
I change my jumpers on the motherbord to the "configure" setting .As i have no manual i dont know how to set the CPU at the clock rate which i want .
Any Help?

Samson

What you want to adjust is the FSB (front side bus) speed, this will determine what clock speed the cpu will run at.
Hopefully you can do this through the BIOS, as trying to do it with jumpers but no mobo manual will be difficult.

Have a look at these sites:

http://bxboards.com/tips.shtml
http://www.motherboards.org/
http://www.h-oda.com/

Remember: when overclocking do not push the CPU too far too fast otherwise you run the risk of overheating damage (if your PC becomes unstable, crashes a lot revert to old settings).
Invest in a better CPU heatsink and fan and leave the case open or get an extra case fan.

BabyEater

thanks Samson
but my problem is i cant change the FSB in my BIOS .I need to get a manual.Does anyone know where i can get this online

Samson

Any idea what type of mobo it is ?
Open the case and have a good look at the board, it might be stamped on it.

BabyEater

yes it is a Tabor2 motherboard.
it has the intel 440bx chipset

Samson

I need your Email address, I have a picture of what I think could be your mobo.
Post here or mail me: samson@ireland.com

BabyEater

it is dr_babyeater@hotmail.com

Samson

Just mailed you the photo.

BabyEater

Thanks Samson but that is not it

elexes

as far as i know u cant overclock the gateway computers there multi locked . but mail gerry if anyone knows how to do it he will

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Samson

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by elexes:
as far as i know u cant overclock the gateway computers there multi locked.
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Not strictly true, although you cannot adjust the clock multiplier you can still play around with the FSB (front side bus) speed for overclocking purposes.


[This message has been edited by Samson (edited 06-08-2001).]

Scrap

i have a "Gateway 500LS" - p3 500mhz, 128mb 100mhz ram -- I dont have a clue what mobo i have or anyting like that.

Im just wondering does any1 know what speed i could overclock it ..safely. And would it be worth overclocking?

Gerry

You could play around with the fsb, but the only way you will be able to do that is with software like softfsb. Neither the jumpers on the board, or the bios will get you anything but 66mhz or 100mhz.

I managed to clock a gateway p2 266 to 320 with softfsb, but I don't think it supports any of the newer gateway boards. Also intel clamped down completely on overclocking, by using clock generators which could run only the standard frequencies.

The only way you will be able to overclock is if the clock generator on your board is supported by softfsb, and it is quite hard to identify the clock generator. It is a small IC, roughly the size of a single memory chip (slightly smaller) with possibly ICS, or winbond written on it.

The bottom line is, it is highly unlikely you will be able overclock your gateway machine at all. If you want a decent, overclockable machine, you buy a custom built machine.