overclocking

[stooge007]

I have an FIC KA-6100 mobo with a p2 350mhz cpu on it (manual syas it handles processors up to 450 mhz) can this cpu be o/ced and if so how and up to what mhx? thanks (Be very specific b/c i don't know that much bout o/cing) thanks
stooge007

[RADAR1797]

Stooge,

Sorry to say bud, but your MB is not very overclockable. With PII's you can only change your Front Side Bus (FSB) and not your multiplier (FIC calls it a CPU to Bus Frequency Ratio). Right now you are set to 3.5 X 100 MHz = 350 MHz. The highet FSB that FIC says your board has is 103 MHz which can take you to the blistering speed of 361 MHz! Ok so that sucks, but when looking at your board's manual, I noticed that four of the potential jumper settings are not defined. You may want to try it and see if they hid a 112 MHz setting which could get you to 392 MHz, still not like the PIII coppermines, but better. Below is the settings you are interested in, the jumpers can be found near your IDE connectors.

......JCK3..JCK2..JCK1
100...2-3...1-2...2-3
103...1-2...2-3...2-3
Undef.2-3...1-2...1-2
Undef.1-2...2-3...2-3
Undef.1-2...2-3...1-2
Undef.1-2...1-2...1-2

Be careful and let us know how it turns out.

-RADAR


[This message has been edited by RADAR1797 (edited 04-11-2000).]

[stooge007]

Wow I got it o/ced to 361 mhz!!! wow!1 haha well i don't really know what you mean about the 112 mhz bus so please let me know. (what would the jumpers be set to?) ok well thanks I'm running a whooping 11 mhz more now- also if the mobo accepts up to a 450 - 4.5x100 then why can't you set the mobo to a 4.5 volt on the 350mhz? making it run faster?
also what program can you use to see how fast your cpu is running?

thanks
stooge007

[This message has been edited by stooge007 (edited 04-11-2000).]

[neo_otyugh]

radar is suggesting that you try the UNDEF. jumper settings he listed above and see what they set the FSB to on your computer...sice the manual did not list them they might be other faster settings such as 112 and so on....

[stooge007]

well, being that they are userdefine what would be the HIGHEST mhz i could run with the user settings?
thanks

[neo_otyugh]

103 form what the manual says....you would jsut have to expermiment...i did the sam with voltage settings on ym mobo (an EPoX). by trying various settings that were not listed i was able to find a bunch of very very useful settings that had not been in the manual. maybe you will get lucky and the settings will be for 112, 118, 124 and 133...who knows though...i would go ahead change em to the first on he listed, reboot and see what the system says...