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Ocerclocking A Dell Dimension 8400
Hey I would like to overclock my Dell Dimension 8400 with a Pentium 4
3.6 GHz, and I have tried a few things but nothing seems to work, I understand that b/c it is a factory computer that they probably locked out whatever it is that I need to change to overclock it, however, I am hoping that maybe there is a way to get around it, If anyone has any idea how to do this please let me know, greatly appreciated. |
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Ocerclocking A Dell Dimension 8400
wrote in message ups.com... Hey I would like to overclock my Dell Dimension 8400 with a Pentium 4 3.6 GHz, and I have tried a few things but nothing seems to work, I understand that b/c it is a factory computer that they probably locked out whatever it is that I need to change to overclock it, however, I am hoping that maybe there is a way to get around it, If anyone has any idea how to do this please let me know, greatly appreciated. Probably there's nothing you can do. That's why you don't buy a Dell if you want to do something to your PC. |
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Ocerclocking A Dell Dimension 8400
On May 18, 12:31 pm, "FKS" wrote:
wrote in message ups.com... Hey I would like to overclock my Dell Dimension 8400 with a Pentium 4 3.6 GHz, and I have tried a few things but nothing seems to work, I understand that b/c it is a factory computer that they probably locked out whatever it is that I need to change to overclock it, however, I am hoping that maybe there is a way to get around it, If anyone has any idea how to do this please let me know, greatly appreciated. Probably there's nothing you can do. That's why you don't buy a Dell if you want to do something to your PC. how do you unblock websites? |
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Ocerclocking A Dell Dimension 8400
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Hey I would like to overclock my Dell Dimension 8400 with a Pentium 4 3.6 GHz, and I have tried a few things but nothing seems to work, I understand that b/c it is a factory computer that they probably locked out whatever it is that I need to change to overclock it, however, I am hoping that maybe there is a way to get around it, If anyone has any idea how to do this please let me know, greatly appreciated. There is a picture of the motherboard here. First, turn the picture 90 degrees clockwise, to get a normal viewing angle. (I use Gimp, a free picture editor, for simply rotate and zoom functions while web surfing.) http://www.shinyplastic.com/reviews/...otherboard.jpg The Northbridge is in the center of the picture. It has the black heatsink on top of it. To the left of it, and a little bit down, *appears* to be a clock generator chip. There will be a part number on the top of it. There are thousands of different types of clock generators, which is why finding an overclocking program to drive the registers in the clock generator is so difficult. This web site, has a program for controlling the clock generator chip. If the BIOS doesn't have an option to set the CPU clock, you can use a program like this to overclock while in Windows. This is not without risks, as if the computer crashes right after you do a big bump of the clock, your Windows install can be corrupted. So, *if* the program reports that it can drive your clock generator chip, I would immediately exit the program, and find a "sacrificial" OS boot disk, to use for testing. Using a spare hard drive for overclock testing, takes the worry out of busting your good drive. http://www.cpuid.com/clockgen.php The odds are low that clockgen can control your motherboard, but it is better than nothing. The left sidebar on that web page, has a list of part numbers that the program knows about. Generally, the enthusiast community suggests chips to add to the list, so retail motherboards are usually the ones that get added to the list. Some chipsets have frequency synthesis built into the chipset. And that is why for certain chipsets, all motherboards using the chipset are supported. But your 925 is not one of them. Your 925 relies on a separate chip. HTH, Paul |
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