NEED HELP OVERCLOCKING PENTIUM 4HT 3.0GHz

Hey guys,

So I need some help overcloking my CPU. I've looked up many things on how to overclock but none really seemed to work. I tried some programs but they all ended up not supporting what I have.

Then north chips # is ICS 945103EFLN. (Am I looking at the correct one??)

I have a Intel Pentium 4(HT) 3.0GHz Processor which I am looking to overclock to 3.4-3.6???? Otherwise, what is a number to put it at?

ALSO, I've found many have said go to the BIOS setting at start-up. When I go to them, they turn out to be black and looking at every possible thing, cannot find a way to access them.

Is there a program that I can try, or any way to get into the BIOS. Please let me know and if you need any other info I'll reply asap.

Thanks!

I had your same processor and didn't have much trouble getting it up to 3.6 stable with aftermarket air cooling and minimal voltage tweaking, almost got it to 3.75 but it started to hit a wall. But to be honest, the performance improvement wasn't noticeable at all.

Why are you trying to overclock? Just to learn? Or are you wanting to speed up your system. If all you want to do is learn, that's good, but it sounds like your motherboard and it's BIOS aren't designed with the overclocker in mind. You can use software to overclock, but any self-respecting overclocker will advise against that. I recommend playing around in the BIOS a bit more and see if you can unlock some things. Or, buy a better motherboard.

If you're wanting to speed your system up, don't bother with that old chip. Buy a Pentium Dual Core or a cheap Core 2 Duo and play with that instead. Or, just buy a better and more expensive processor and you wont have to worry about overclocking at all.

Your P4, even at 3.6ghz is old and tired. Even if you do get it run at those speeds, you aren't going to see any huge difference running modern software or games.
If this is a prebuild, sorry you won't be able to overclock in the BIOS (which is the highly much prefered way) all your options will be locked.
There is overclocking software out there to get around this, but it is quite limited and most agree it simply does not work very well.
It is time to bite the bullet, dig out your wallet, and start with something not so far outdated.

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