Overclocking a Duron......

[_neas_]

I have never overclocked before...so bear with me.

What do I need to do to get my Duron 850 overclocked to 900 or 950? or gig if possible.

Things that you probably need to know:

Asus AV7133a (a? the Promise RAID board...)
Crucial 133mhz 256mb
Swift or sometihng like that fan...one of the higher ranking ones at Tom's

Right now, in the bios I just got things set to be 'optimized' and I have only changed things that I understood and that didnt cause a stability problem. Right now it's rock solid.

Is there something I could do with the BIOS or the DIP switches that would increase performance/mhz? Or do all over clockings require some soldering? I would rather not...but I could if had to.

If in fact I get it going ac oc'd then what software would benchmark it or really tell me what its running at?

Basically, I dont know crap.. :)

Thanks
-S

[froggystyle]

you dont need to do any soldering...what you need to do is bridge some circuits...this can be done with a graphite pencil or hermal adhesive..here is a link

http://www.xbitlabs.com/cpu/duron-600.html

[clutchy]

your A board by the way is a great board the A is a new chipset the kt133a which gives you more memory bandwidth and also if u get a new C tbird it can take advantage of the new 266mhz sys bus. You should be able to user define in bios which lets you set up the fsb and the multiplier. i don't really know to much about oc'ing, but no one else posted so yeah. You can also change your settings with the dip switches on the board, it should tell u how in your manual. go in little steps like the multiplier set at 8.5 and 100 mhz front side bus or fsb gets you 850 mhz. basic multiplication. a processor running at 1200 mhz would be 12x100 etc. You can also adjust the fsb to like say 133 and 7 or 8 or whatever u want. just remember to start low where your processors speed is actually set and then move up from there. BTW did u connect your L1 bridges with a pencil? If anyone more knowledgable wants to post please do so. This guy has a badass system that is screaming to be ripped on.

[_neas_]

Thanks for all the help. I found some info on connecting the bridges with a soldering gun, pencil, and some other material. the best way looks like the soldering iron, but that takes some skill....it looks like the pencil might wear off. Anyone know the best/least dangerous way to do this?

[clutchy]

i've heard the pencil works the best for most people, you have to figure though that you're processor is not going to be moving anywhere so once you do it and get it set with the fan leave it alone. Good luck man hope i helped a little...