Overclocking (Main Thread)

George Ross41 said:It isn't, though I suspect it might be because it's a Micro-ATX board, and those tend to be pretty low-quality anyway.😉

I know it would perform better too, especially with superior cooling. At this point, I'll probably just order the Katana.

The reason I'm asking is that I heard the maximum stable clock speed for a 6000+ is around 3.3GHz.

Edward Peterson70 said:I’m asking because I heard the absolute limit for stability is around 3.3GHz for this chip.

That simply isn't accurate, as I personally managed to push mine to 3.4GHz for a while, though I ran into the annoying issue where the CMOS would reset itself after every single reboot, and honestly, if you're running an S3H board, you can definitely squeeze out even more than that—I've verified it myself.

Is that running on the stock cooler?

I’m thinking about giving my Intel Pentium 4 3.0 a shot at overclocking. I tried messing with my Intel Celeron 2.4 before—just bumped it up by 100MHz—but the whole system completely crashed on me after a few minutes. My board is an ASUS motherboard

Jesse Alvarez32 said:I am thinking about trying to overclock my Intel Pentium 4 3.0. When I attempted to push my Intel Celeron 2.4 (by just 100MHz), my entire system crashed after only a few minutes. I am using an ASUS motherboard.

Well, give it a shot. There is really nothing to lose by trying.
As for why your system might be crashing, it could be several things:
excessive temperatures,
a low-quality motherboard,
memory issues,
FSB instability,
and so on.

Edward Peterson70 said:well, just give it a shot. you've got nothing to lose.
as for those system crashes:
overheating issues
a subpar motherboard
faulty RAM
FSB instability
and so on.

temps are hovering right around 50
not entirely sure about the board specs, though it mentions having a Hybrid Booster
using Kingmax memory

if anyone wants to help out, I can post a photo of my motherboard with the CMOS jumper clearly marked.

Jesse Alvarez32 said:The temperature is sitting at about 50
I'm not entirely sure which specific board this is, but the specs mention it has a Hybrid Booster
The RAM is Kingmax

If anyone is interested, I can post a photo of my motherboard with the CMOS jumper clearly marked

I was actually referring to the BIOS settings. It's possible there might be a misconfiguration on your end.

Edward Peterson70 said:I was actually talking about the settings. Maybe you're just doing something wrong on your end.

I overclocked my RAM and everything seems perfectly fine. I even messed with a jumper. Honestly, what am I supposed to do if I push the clock too far?

Jesse Alvarez32 said:I overclocked my memory and everything seems fine so far. I also messed with a jumper. What should I do if I end up pushing the clock speed too far?

Try switching from 1.2 to 2.3 for about 5-10 seconds, then switch it back.

So, I’ve got two pins available and since I didn't have a jumper on hand, I just grabbed one from a card reader. I tried testing it to see if everything would reset back to the factory defaults, and sure enough, it worked. Now, I've bumped up the FSB by 5, and honestly, I think I'll push it even higher in a bit.

Jesse Alvarez32 said:I only had two pins available and didn't have a jumper on hand, so I scavenged one from a card reader. I tried resetting everything back to the factory defaults, and it worked. Now, I've bumped up the FSB by 5, and I plan to push it even further soon.

You should just run it through Orthos for at least an hour to monitor the temperatures and make sure everything stays stable.

Does my motherboard and RAM actually matter when I'm trying to overclock the CPU??
Because I'm running an ASUS motherboard with Ballistix RAM, and I can't get much of an OC out of this processor—maybe 0.3 GHz before the whole system just crashes!!

It’s all the same thing, really... nothing different here... just read the overclocking guide, you idiot, and either bump up the CPU voltage or tweak the memory multiplier if the motherboard won't let you push the FSB any higher.

Kyle Sanchez4 said:is that running on the stock cooler?

Yeah, it is.

Edward Peterson70 said:just run him through Orthos for at least an hour or so. That way you can actually see if the temperatures hold up and if everything stays stable.

Yeah, it’s stable. Everest shows about 50 degrees.

Quick question—does anyone here actually know what they're doing when it comes to overclocking CPU voltage? If you do, please hit me up via DM... thanks...

So, what exactly are you trying to achieve by cranking up the voltage? It’s hardly rocket science... if you actually want to learn something, just ask

Why move this to a private message? I don't see anything wrong or illegal about bumping up the voltage here.

To adjust things like voltage or clock speeds, you just head straight into the BIOS, obviously.

So I picked up a new graphics card, and now my PC keeps crashing every single time I try to play a game... At first, some guy told me to tweak the voltage, and that actually fixed things for a bit. But then I went and messed something up in the BIOS by resetting everything back to default, and now my games won't even run properly again. Any help would be appreciated... 😉

Larry Diaz38 said:So, I picked up a new graphics card, but my PC keeps shutting down whenever I try to play a game... Then some guy told me to adjust the voltage, and everything seemed fine for a bit. But then I messed something up in the BIOS and reset everything to the defaults, and now my games aren't running properly again either. Thanks for any help. 😉

It is possible that your power supply unit isn't providing enough wattage.
Download Orthos from the web and run a test for about an hour.
If you encounter an error, let me know so I can walk you through how to increase the voltage.