[Jalon7]

Hi everybody,

I'm new to this forum, so please correct me if i do something wrong.

So far i've been quite an advanced computer user(building my own computer and things like that), but since i wanted to OC my processor i got somewhat stuck in al the info that i find on the almighty net.:pray:

I have a quite old thing here running, and i feel quite ashamed to give you the specs ;) :

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Computer:
User Name yur
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OS Service Pack Service Pack 3
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Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional
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DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
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Computer Name YUR-WINDOWS (Yur Windows)

Motherboard:
System Memory 2048 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)
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Motherboard Name ASRock K7S41GX (2 PCI, 1 AGP, 1 AMR, 2 DDR DIMM, Audio, Video, LAN)
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Motherboard Chipset SiS 741GX
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CPU Type AMD Duron, 1612 MHz (12 x 134)
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Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
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Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)
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BIOS Type AMI (10/18/06)

Display:
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 4000 (64 MB)
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Monitor Plug and Play Monitor [NoDB] (LAN080034211)
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3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce4 MX 4000

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter SiS 7012 Audio Device
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Storage:
SMART Hard Disks Status OK
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Optical Drive PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-105 (DVD:4x/2x/12x, CD:16x/8x/32x DVD-RW)
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Optical Drive SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-208B (8x/4x/32x CD-RW)
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IDE Controller SiS PCI IDE Controller
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Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
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Disk Drive ST320410A (20 GB, 5400 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100)
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Disk Drive IBM-DTLA-305040 (40 GB, 5400 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100)

Partitions:
G: (NTFS) 39252 MB (24154 MB free)
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Input:
Mouse Microsoft PS/2 Mouse
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Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard

SiS 741GX Chipset - Host-PCI Bridge

Right, i guess you don't need all this info, only more specific...So if you need additional info (witch i guess), please tell me, i hope i'll find it... ;)

So far, i did a few stress tests (with OCCT), and the outcome was somewhat surprising.
My CPU is normally running at about 35 deg. Celsius, and after an 10 minutes of stress it was about 37 or 38 deg. and approx. an hour later it still was.

And then, foul as i was, i just got into my BIOS setup utility and gave the... Something(i can't get to it's name...) 166 Mhz instead of 133. So from then i was running at 2Ghz, cuz i didn't lower the multiplier, did the stress test again, with about the same results...

After that i directly lowered the Mhz again to 133, cuz i didn't want my hardware to get damaged, and i wasn't sure if what i did was right or not. Today i discovered that i wasn't.

I've read a few pieces of text about overclocking a AMD Athlon 64, but i don't know if al info in that article applies to me and my Duron...

Right, my first goal is to get it to 2Ghz properly, then i'll see whats next... So if you could help me with that, i'd be really glad.

Tnx!

Yur

If my english isn't right, i'm sorry, i'm dutch... ;)