Is my MoBo not OC-able?

[kb112]

Howdy,
I have an nacer pc with what I am tols is also an acer mobo (V65la) and it has a setting on it to switch the dipswitches on my mobo to support a 300MHz PII, I have a PII 266 MHz right now with 160mb sdram. I believe the bus speed options are 60 and 66.

When I switched the setting it loads up then the system light starts flashing from green to orange then all I get is a black screen. I tried switching the switches in all possible configurations and was able to clock down to 133MHz, 166MHz, 200MHz, 233MHz and back to 266MHz. But nothing higher.

So am I screwed or what, should I just consider a faster chip and mobo? If so any recommendations, I dont wanna get too spendy or crazy with it,as I am a student without a whole lot to spare.I just want something decent since I mainly use my pc to edit large audio files and some graphics at home.

Thanks for any input,
KB

[krusty the klown]

I don't know if your board is not overclockable, but I think that if it has the original chipsets (was it the LX, or something?) that were released for the 66MHz bus P2's and Celerys, then it won't clock higher than 66. If this is the case, you might need a new motherboard. There might be a way round it if the board supports 100MHz bus, but the CPU was intended to be run at 66: Inhell originally wanted MB manufacturers to use the pin(s) on the slot 1 CPU that 'told' the MB whether to run at 100 or 66. You can tape certain pins on the slot 1 CPUs and the MB thinks that it's a 100MHz CPU. Not all MB manufacturers followed Inhell's guidelines and most allowed you to select your own FSB. The article about FSBs is on Toms Hardware:
http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/98q2/980514/index.html

[ewilson248@aol.com]

i really dont want to rain on your parade
however you need to hear it eventually.
acer stuff is near the bottom end of the
reliablity scale. meaning that the stuff just barley works in the first place not even considering overclocking! they have the highest percentage of repairs and DOA's in the industry. they have been accused of buying second run remarked chips,
selling refurbs as new stuff etc...
that said, overclocking at all is pretty much not possible.