EzNoW Posted June 18, 2002 Share Posted June 18, 2002 is it possible to overclock a compaq with a p3 450mhz , pc100 192mb ram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoboCop Posted June 18, 2002 Share Posted June 18, 2002 I'm PRETTY sure its POSSIBLE just I havent discovered a way... cuz on compaq's gay oem m/b the bios doesnt do $h|t. But it does say on the motherboard certain jumper settings for 66/100/133 or I'm mistaken? Hope this helps... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexchu2643 Posted June 18, 2002 Share Posted June 18, 2002 At least with my old 450 MHz K6-2... the mobo is nearly jumperless. It's obnoxious, but it's Compaq. It's your own (and my) fault for buying a product which is held in such low standing among the entire technological community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qba73 Posted June 21, 2002 Share Posted June 21, 2002 Originally posted by HoboCop I'm PRETTY sure its POSSIBLE just I havent discovered a way... cuz on compaq's gay oem m/b the bios doesnt do $h|t. But it does say on the motherboard certain jumper settings for 66/100/133 or I'm mistaken? Hope this helps... Commercial PC's ie; Dell, Compaq, HP (well HP compaq..lol) Do not allow you to overclock the FSB, the options are non exsistent. Your only hope is to unlock the multipler, and on an intel chip..you have better luck on seeing john lennon and elvis in concert. ...However OC'ing the FSB is the easiest way. and with the commercials you jus dont have the option...OH and stay away from the Windows based overclockers..they are very unstable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkyoshi Posted June 21, 2002 Share Posted June 21, 2002 For your model there should be some jumpers next to your processor. however if you've upgraded your bios, Compaq and Intel have partnered to prevent you from overclocking the processor so if your jumper setttings are "incorrect" the bios will ovveride whatever you put Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qba73 Posted June 21, 2002 Share Posted June 21, 2002 Originally posted by tkyoshi For your model there should be some jumpers next to your processor. however if you've upgraded your bios, Compaq and Intel have partnered to prevent you from overclocking the processor so if your jumper setttings are "incorrect" the bios will ovveride whatever you put i tried upping the speed on an old compaq en series i got from work a couple of years back, i had a 400 p2 and tried setting the jumpers for a 500 but i when it booted the speed defaulted to lower, so that wasnt an option for me, the board on that EN series could support all the way up to 600, that was the boards limit...and it sounds like the original poster has an EN series compaq deskpro. so he is pretty much dead in the water, unless he gets a faster slot 1 chip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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