How do I overclock my Athlon 1.4 ghz? thnx

[Trancentral]

Hi

I got an Athlon 1.4 ghz with the MSI k7t266 Pro motherbord
I'm running win2k

what is the best setup in the bios at hardware monitor setup???? for the cpu fsb clk?
cpu ratio ? cpu vcore? ddr voltage? cpu fsb/pci overclocking?? etc.

Thank you very very much!

[HelloNhalleluja]

if you don't find it in your bios, check on your mobo, there should be jumper settings, get your mobo manual to help you, don't have one? go to your mobo manufacturer website.

[onetrueday]

I pull this from a msi forum:
NEED MORE OPTIONS!
Comment The MSI K7T Pro2-A needs more options for the DRAM timing in teh next BIOS update, i can only conrol the cas latency, there are 3 other options that can be changed, i have to edit the registers to enable them, that is very unreliable, i have my RAM @ 149 MHz with cas latency 2 (i cant change the others cause it wont boot windows when i edit them) and 4 bank interleave, it performs just over what a KT133 should with the RAM @ 133 MHz with cas 2/2/2, this is pitiful, i am just giving my input what should be added in the next BIOS release, plz get this problem fixed soon, also, i have a 1 GHz proc, but with the last 2 BIOSs my mult options are as follows "Default, 13, 14, 15" i would likem to have from 10 on, plz fix that problem too

I did a lot of research on mobo before I bought mine. I think the msi was my second choice at the time, and you have a very good one at that. First of all, there is no such thing as a 'best setup". For example, I couldnt raise my FSB until I added a fan to midtower. Now I'm able to run my memory at 146, at least until I add more fans.

So... the only 'best' setup is to take it very slow. I wouldnt mess around with the ddr voltage at all and if you're oc'ing the cpu, push the voltage to the max to begin with. After you find a stable speed, you can try lowering it.

[cy]

well, i think u have to try it yourself....all CPUs are different. So try different FSB and multi. And as for the voltage, like onetrueday's quote:

I wouldnt mess around with the ddr voltage at all and if you're oc'ing the cpu, push the voltage to the max to begin with. After you find a stable speed, you can try lowering it.

Good luck!

[terrancelam]

make sure you can unlock the multiplier or you can oc the easier way via by raising the FSB.