Bongo Gotta o'clock, but How he Asks? The horror...

[bongo]

Hey all,

I have an ABIT BE6 II and a P3-500 CPU.

In the Softmenu settings of the mobo I can adjust speed settings. The current CPU setting is at 500mhz. I first changed the setting from 500 to 600, and the remaining settings adjusted accordingly and automatically. I saved the settings,rebooted and no change. The boot up screen still shows 500mhz, and when I ran Winbench98 it showed no change from my pathetic attempt at oclocking.

So, now I rebooted and set back the settings to 500....but I noticed there was a "USER DEFINE" option which allows me to individually change the settings as follows:

CPU OP FREQ = USER DEFINE (SET AT 500)
CPU FSB = 100
CPU MULTIPLIER = x5
SEL100 = DEFAULT
PCI CLOCK/CPU FSB = 1/3
AGP CLOCK/CPU FSB = 2/3
CPU CORE VOLT = 3.30
IN ORDER QUES = 8
LEVEL2 = DEFAULT

Okay, so what do I change and by how much? I can only access those settings when I place the CPU OP FREQ in USER DEFINE mode, other wise I have to select presets ranging from 233 to 750mhz. But like I said before, I tried that at the 600mhz pre-set and no difference.

Any help would be great, and please remember I am new to oclocking, but to computer in general.

see you

[bongo]

oh yeah, and if you succeed at oclocking the p3 from 500 to 600...will it show up as 600mhz on the dos boot up screen?

"the horror....the horror..."

[RAB]

The CPU speed is the product of the FSB and the Multiplier. In your case 100 x 5 = 500. The P3's have their multipliers locked, so you will have to increase the FSB. (I'm not a P3 user, so I'm not the best person to give you advice on the ABIT softfsb.) But remember, the CPU gets hotter as it runs faster, so make sure its adequately cooled. You may need a better heat sink and/or another case fan. And don't blame me if it blows up. Your boot screen should show the new speed if you do it properly.

RAB

RAB

[This message has been edited by RAB (edited 10 March 2000).]

[DuRaNgO[MU]]

hey bongo,
try setting your bus speed at 112 first, if it works then go to 120, then 124, test it in 3d apps as that's usually when it'll crash if not stable, the voltage is very wrong, it should be 2.00 to 2.30, I can boot into windows at 133bus with 2.30vt but it's not stable, yet, peltier on the way
and disable speed error correction if you have it
good luck
jim

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Abit BE6 with P3 500 @ 5*124=620
14.6 gb Maxtor ata66 and 128mb ram
G400 vanilla 32mb @ 168/210
Sblive with Altec Lansing speaker combo
384k DSL and Realtek nic
Windows 98se with DX7a
3dMark2000 = 2956
Worn out reset button :O)

[birdy]

Check that you have the new version of the bios aswell. I have tried a 500 @ 600 usinf a 120 fsb but the board still reported 500. When the bios was updated it read correctly.

Remember to set the agp at 2/3 and the pci at 1/4 otherwise you'll run into problems and may lose data. Don't up the viltage unless it needs it. A 500 chip may overheat at 500 if given 2.3 volts if the heatsink isn't man enough to cool it.

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2 x Celeron 366@550 with huge HSFs. Abit BP6 MB. 128mb Winbond pc133, 128MB PC100 generic SDRAM, iwill 2930u scsi, diamond pro pci modem, SB Live!, pioneer dvd104s, hollywood plus dvd card, plextor 40x cd rom, ricoh 1420 cdr, ibm 13.5gb @ 7200rpm, G400 @ max settings. All wrapped up in a big case with loads of fans. Belinea 10 30 40 17" monitor

[bongo]

So, I o'd the P3 500 by boosting the bus speed to 120 from 100, and when I booted up I got a reading of 600 mhz...but when Win loaded my regisrtry was all screwed up and I had to reload all my hardware drivers and some software...AAARGH! Took me 3 hrs!!

How can I avoid this again, do I need to boost the voltage?? Advice??

[DosFreak]

Do you have your HDs on the 66 controller or the 33? If you have them on the 33 switch them to the 66 and try it again. if that doesn't work then try disabling UDMA in your bios. Currently on my BE6 I have my FSB at 115mhz and my Matrox 6800 27.2g 7200rpm DMA/66 on the 66 controller and it works perfectly.

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[bongo]

If I disable the UDMA in my bios, won't that make my udma 66 HD run at 33, hence slower?

[bongo]

If I disable the UDMA in my bios, won't that make my udma 66 HD run at 33, hence slower?

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"the horror....the horror..."

[bongo]

testing

[bongo]

testing

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"the horror....the horror..."

ABit BE6 II w/ Pentium3 500mhz
Maxtor udma66 14 gig, Maxtor udma33 8 gig (bith 7200rpm)
Matrox G400 DH max
Aureal Vortex SuperQuad2500
19" PF790 Viewsonic & 17" ADI 5+
ACK 580 crdless k/b and mouse
Panasonic 7585 CD RW 32x8x4
Pioneer DVD 114 10x
one big case fan and standard retail CPU cooling from Intel

[DuRaNgO[MU]]

don't disable udma if you go to 66, try upping your voltage to 2.2

jim

[Caprice]

why would you go right to 120 FSB when someone told you to try 112 and see if its stable?? *sigh* anyways next time if ur
registry screws up you shouldnt have to reload everything...just "restore"it to the
previous day....go to DOS mode and type in
scanreg /restore...you'll know what to do from there....
Caprice

[This message has been edited by Caprice (edited 14 March 2000).]

[DuRaNgO[MU]]

sometimes they have to learn the hard way
jim

[bongo]

Sorry, just a dumb bongo I guess.

But thanks for the help! (wish I was smrt enough to take it...I am learning)

take care

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"the horror....the horror..."

ABit BE6 II w/ Pentium3 500mhz
Maxtor udma66 14 gig, Maxtor udma33 8 gig (both 7200rpm)
Matrox G400 DH max
Aureal Vortex SuperQuad2500
19" PF790 Viewsonic & 17" ADI 5+
ACK 580 crdless k/b and mouse
Panasonic 7585 CD RW 32x8x4
Pioneer DVD 114 10x
one big case fan and standard retail CPU cooling from Intel