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grassapa   08-05-2002 at 09:04:54 PM

...if you help me with a problem.
My computer: (plz dont kill yourself laughing)
Dell XPST600 System
Pentium 3 600 Katmai (100x6)
Intel SE440BX-3 mobo
Diamond v770 Ultra tnt2
384 Mb ram sdram
stupid Phoenix bios

The bios and mobo are overclocking unfriendly. nowhere i can change fsb or ratio... plz help me find a way to overclock this poor machine. i read ur article about overclocking oem mobos but didnt understand it. Anyone else who can help me, your assistance is welcomed.
thanks


the worst failure is not trying........so go ahead and TRY to overclock your cpu to 5ghz

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  08-05-2002 at 10:06:18 PM
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If you can find a way to make the motherboard do what you want, you will still have the heat problem with that Katmai600. IIRC that was right at the end of 0.25u feature sizes, so the 600 was the hottest Katmai made. At least these days there are monstrous heat sink solutions to choose from.

Is that thing slot 1?

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ZeuSueZ   08-05-2002 at 10:20:41 PM
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Hi,

If you already have scaned your bios for oc options then you gotta find out what MB thats in the machine, and then try to find a BIOS that fits and overwrite the DELL 'bios' - BUT BEWARE!!! Get some assistance from a pro.

But you might wanna throw us some more tech spec. about the MB =)

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...real men cry ALOT!

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buddry   08-05-2002 at 11:13:10 PM
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Dude, we won't laugh at you, mine isn't much better.

<font color=red>God</font color=red> <font color=white>bless</font color=white> <font color=blue>the</font color=blue> <font color=red>U</font color=red><font color=white>S</font color=white><font color=blue>A</font color=blue>

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Crashman   08-05-2002 at 11:28:37 PM
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Can't do that, it's an Intel motherboard.

<font color=blue>By now you're probably wishing you had asked more questions first!</font color=blue>

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Crashman   08-05-2002 at 11:31:26 PM
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It can't be overclocked. First problem is that the Katmai is unstable over 600MHz. Second problem is that the board doesn't support higher bus speeds in hardware. If it were an i810 or i815 board and a Coppermine, you could get 800MHz out of it.

<font color=blue>By now you're probably wishing you had asked more questions first!</font color=blue>

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grassapa   08-06-2002 at 02:21:26 AM
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damn.... this computer sucks major d.... is there any way i can get a nice upgrade for very very cheap, im just waiting the new intel pentium 4 to come out and radeon 9700 before i build a new comp

the worst failure is not trying........so go ahead and TRY to overclock your cpu to 5ghz

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Crashman   08-06-2002 at 04:04:41 AM
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You could get a PIII 850.

<font color=blue>By now you're probably wishing you had asked more questions first!</font color=blue>

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juin   08-06-2002 at 04:23:11 AM
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dont upgrade if you will be a new comp in 3 week

The day i meet a goth queen that tell me Intel suck.I turn in a lemming to fill is need in hardware.

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