Dell's Mobo's r they OC'able??...esp. the L500c

[jadison]

I have a Dell L500c, and it seems like the mobo won't allow 4 OC'ing. Is this true?...4 all of Dell's puters??

[dmcnamar]

In general, I think this is true of all the major manufacturers. I haven't any experience with Dell, but certainly Compaq and IBM design their system to very specific specs and don't include many ways to change them. You could try going to Dell's support site and see if the manual for your system is available. That should show what you can change.

dlm

[bigfan]

jadison,

Generally, Dell use Intel branded motherboards and these usually auto-detect the chip on boot up. However, I think SoftFSB has Intel boards listed, so you may be able to overclock via software instead.

[jadison]

Oh, so I could change the FSB settings via software, where can I get this software because I'm not able to access the BIOS (CMOS) on my DELL L500c.
Can I also change multiplier settings as well?

jd

[jadison]

What is SoftFSB, and where can I get it?

[RobRich]

Assuming you have a compatible PLL clock synthesizer, then SoftFSB will allow you change the board front side bus in real time directly under windows. You will have to set it for startup at each time windows loads, but it does work. It's a work of H.Oda, and here's his website:

www.h-oda.com (http://www.h-oda.com)

You might need an extra PLL plugins, so I would recommend reading all the documentation first. Many OEM boards use a reference Intel design, and many Intel boards use rather common PLL chips, so you might just be in luck.

Good Luck,
Robert Richmond

[jadison]

This site says it's under maintenance, does anyone else no where to get SoftFSB via Internet or software??

-jd-

[socalgal]

jadison, here's a list of the supported mobos/PLLs from the SFB .dat file. If yours is compatible, email me and I'll zip up the files and I'll email the prog to you.

---------------------------------------------
; Support PLL-IC for SoftFSB v1.7
;---------------------------------------------
$SFSB,,1,7,0,0,0
;;---------------------------------------------
; Support Mother board
;---------------------------------------------
;M/B ,PLL ,W,R,A,B,X
Unknown ,Unknown ,0,0,0,0,0
ABit BE6 ,W144x ,0,0,0,0,0
ABit BH6 ,W124x ,0,0,0,0,0
ABit BX6 ,W48S101-04x ,0,0,0,0,0
ABit BX6(R2.0) ,W164x ,0,0,0,0,0
ABit BM6 ,W83194R-39A ,0,0,0,0,0
ACORP 6BX/81 ,W144x ,0,0,0,0,0
A-MAX BX-400B ,W48S111-14x ,0,0,0,0,0
AOpen AX6B ,W48S101-04x ,1,0,1,0,0
AOpen AX6BC TypeR ,W164x ,1,0,1,0,0
AOpen AX6BC PRO ,W164x ,1,0,1,0,0
ASUS P2B ,9148xx-26 ,0,1,0,0,1
ASUS P2B(R1.1) ,W83194R-39A ,0,1,0,0,1
ASUS P2B-B ,W83194R-39A ,0,1,0,0,1
ASUS P2B-F ,W145x ,0,1,0,0,1
ASUS P2B-F(New) ,9250xx-08 ,0,1,0,0,1
ASUS P2B-VM ,9248xx-39 ,0,1,0,0,1
ASUS P2B-xx ,9150xx-08 ,0,1,0,0,1
ASUS P2V ,9248xx-39 ,0,1,0,0,1
AZZA PT-6IBD ,W48S111-14x ,0,0,0,0,0
A-Trend ATC-6260 ,W48S101-04x ,0,0,0,0,0
A-Trend ATC-6240FW ,W48S101-04x ,0,0,0,0,0
A-Trend FW-6280BXDR ,W196x ,0,0,0,0,0
A-Trend FW-6400GX ,9150xx-08 ,0,0,0,0,0
A-Trend FW-6400GXR ,9250xx-08 ,1,0,0,0,0
Biostar M6TBA ,W124x ,0,0,0,0,0
Chaintech CT-6BTM ,W48S101-04x ,0,0,0,0,0
Concord BX P2 ,W124x ,0,0,0,0,0
DFI P2XBL/D ,W48S101-04x ,0,0,0,0,0
DFI P2XLX ,9148xx-04 ,0,0,0,0,0
DCS P2/370A ,W83194R-39A ,0,0,0,0,0
DCS P2BXA ,W83194R-39 ,0,0,0,0,0
ELITE P6BX-A+ ,W48S111-14x ,0,0,0,0,0
ENPC EP-KB11 ,9148xx-26 ,0,1,0,0,0
ENPC EP-KB21 ,9148xx-26 ,0,0,0,0,0
EPoX EP-MVP3-G-M,9148xx-36 ,0,0,0,0,0
EPoX EP-MVP3-G ,9148xx-58 ,0,0,0,0,0
EPoX EP-61BXA-M ,W48S111-14x ,0,0,0,0,0
EPoX EP-61BXC-A ,W144x ,0,0,0,0,0
EPoX EP-KP6-BS ,W48S101-04x ,0,0,0,0,0
FIC FIC VL-601,W83194R-39A ,0,0,0,0,0
Freetech P6F91i ,W48S111-14x ,0,0,0,0,0
Giga-Byte GA-6BXC ,9148xx-26 ,0,1,0,0,0
Giga-Byte GA-6BXD ,9148xx-26 ,0,1,0,0,0
GVC Magic BX ,W83194R-39A ,1,0,0,0,0
Intel DK440LX ,W48S68-01x ,0,0,0,0,0
Intel AL440LX ,ThinkPad535X,0,0,0,0,0
;Intel AL440LX ,W48S111-14x ,0,0,0,0,0
Intel MU440EX ,W42S51-01x ,0,0,0,0,0
Iwill BD100 ,W48S101-04x ,0,0,0,0,0
Iwill BD100Plus,9248xx-39 ,1,0,0,0,0
Kobian EX-AT ,W48S87-04x ,0,0,0,0,0
LuckyStar 6ABX2V ,9148xx-26 ,0,1,0,0,0
MSI MS-6116 ,W48S101-04x ,0,0,0,0,0
MSI MS-6117 ,SC643 ,0,0,0,0,0
MSI MS-6119 ,W48S111-14x ,0,0,0,0,0
MSI MS-6151 ,W48S111-14x ,0,0,0,0,0
MSI MS-6153 ,W164x ,0,0,0,0,0
MSI MS-6156 ,W144x ,0,0,0,0,0
MSI MS-6163 ,W164x ,0,0,0,0,0
MSI MS-6204 ,W48S111-14x ,0,0,0,0,0
NEC G7BBG ,SG543 ,0,0,0,0,0
Promise FT440BX ,W48S111-14x ,0,0,0,0,0
Shuttle HOT661 ,9150xx-08 ,0,0,0,0,0
Siemens D981 ,W48S101-04x ,0,0,0,0,0
SOLTEK SL68A ,W48S101-04x ,0,0,0,0,0
SOYO SY6BA ,W48S101-04x ,0,0,0,0,0
SOYO SY6BA+ ,W124x ,0,0,0,0,0
SOYO SY6BA+III ,W196x ,0,0,0,0,0
SOYO SY6BB ,W48S111-14x ,0,0,0,0,0
SONY PCV-S620 ,W48S101-04x ,0,0,0,0,0
SONY PCV-S710 ,W48S101-04x ,0,0,0,0,0
SONY PCV-T510R ,ThinkPad535X,0,0,0,0,0
QDI Titanium 1B+,W48S87-04x ,0,0,0,0,0
Tekram P6B40D-A5 ,W48S101-04x ,0,0,0,0,0
Tekram P6BX-A ,W83194R-39A ,0,0,0,0,1
Tekram P6PRO-A5 ,9148xx-58 ,0,0,0,0,0
Tekram S3AP-A ,W144x ,0,0,0,0,0
TMC TI6NB+ ,W83196S-14 ,0,0,0,0,0
TMC TI7NBA ,W83194R-39A ,0,0,0,0,0
Tyan Thunder 100 S1836,W48S101-04x ,0,0,0,0,0
Tyan Tiger 100 S1832DL,W48S101-04x ,0,0,0,0,0
Tyan Tsunami S1846 ,W48S111-14x ,0,0,0,0,0
XCESS P2-BX ,9150xx-08 ,0,0,0,0,1
Gateway G6-300 ,ThinkPad535X,0,0,0,0,0
HEWLETT PACKARD VL60G ,W48S87-04x ,1,0,0,0,0
IBM 6287-26J ,W131x ,0,0,0,0,0
IBM ThinkPad535X ,ThinkPad535X,0,0,0,0,0
DELL Dimension XPS D3xx,ThinkPad535X,0,0,0,0,0
Micron AL440LX ,ThinkPad535X,0,0,0,0,0

[jadison]

sent u an email...SoCalGal, let me know if it can

thanks

-jd-

[socalgal]

jadison, from what I could see (at 5am... http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif ) the tech specs you sent me don't seem to list the name of the motherboard, nor any numbers to the Winbond/PLL-IC chip. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/frown.gif

I'm really not familiar with Dell machines.

Have you tried comparing your BIOS string (bottom left during POST/Memory Count; hit 'pause', write down string) to the list at Wim's http://www.ping.be/bios/ ?