i have the jumpers set on what the manual says for up to 1000mhz or so. but, on the motherboard itself, the jumper labels it only goes up to 750..... so what should i do? It works n 866mhz but not on 910 very long, or 975 at all

as the man said... I have never done it personally-- but there are whole websites just devoted to overclocking -- and the issues it raises.




You sound awful sure about that.... I can tell you that from everything I've read ( I read constantly )-- heat is the biggest enemy. I do know for sure that holding your hand in front of your cooling fans -- to judge the CPU & motherboard temps... is unrealistic. Temps will vary by many degrees just by what you have running at the time.
Two 80mm case fans will likely NOT provide enough cooling. I know from your other threads that there are issues with your on-board sensor chips-- this will not help your cause as you will not get accurate temps -- a pretty crucial thing for those who push their gear extra hard


can you OC a P3 ? absolutely. probaly quite well-- but you won't get to super-speeds without some extreme gear to help... and some new different / techniques. Know what lapping a heatsink is ?

Overclockers Club - How to Lap a Heatsink Guide

Oclockers often run supersized CPU fans
add coolers to their RAM

... cooling is a major part of overclocking.

Overclockers sites - Google Search

well, in this case, i dont think ill ever be able to, becayse teh Mainboard isnt made for extreme overclocking. i dont think cooling is teh issue, but anything is possible. oh well.

Bud, NO mainboard is made for Extreme OC --some are better-built, from stronger parts... but any time you OC you are 'pushing the limit' . IF it is done carefully and with patience, learning from the more experienced (like at an OC website) you can make hardware do almost inconceivable things. In fact staring with an older system like this-- while it may limit how far you can go with it-- is a good thing -- because if you make a mistake, and fry something, what have you lost? Some old obsolete hardware. What have you gained ?? EXPERIENCE in how to do basic overclocking-- and maybe how far NOT to push a certain element.
That said... you MUST take it slowly, and learn first. If you start going to some of the forums I showed you/join/ask around... I am sure that someone more experienced will be happy to give pointers to someone new to the subject.
It's like anything else-- "nothing is as simple as it first appears" . To overclock , you must learn about CPU's / bus speeds/ chipsets/ Ram timings/ Motherboard qualities/voltages... and on and on. the only way to learn something this involved is with the help of those that preceeded you. It also from what I've read, be done slowly/carefully. Too much too fast spells disaster. You are not just OCing the chip-- it is all so interrelated that ALL your hardware feels the effect. If your chip's running @ 20% faster bus speed-- the RAM timing and Board voltages may have to be adjusted to keep up. This must be done with great care-- erring on the side of caution-- or your system may become unbootable, or even worse damage your hardware. THAT is why you can't just dive right in and expect to swim the first time...

It would make a fun hobby-- something where you could get older cheaper hardware --and make it outperform anything. You would also be able to figure out nearly any Hardware issue. Overclockers know more about how PC hardware interacts than anybody --because they HAVE to...
But you won't learn if you don't try.

thanks. I have been looking around, and i have found some stuff which might be useful. I will try some more from what ive learned, but tehere isnt anything really i can do, i mean, I know the ApolloPro133 chipset can handle alot, and i know that the PIII is pretty sturdy, but the problem i think here likely lies in either the RAM, or in just the fact that this revision of the mainboard supports up to 750, can handle 866, but not 910 or higher. like i said, i would love to be able to increase slowly over time, but it doesnt allow that. The strange thing is, when i overclocked the RAM before, i had a Pentium 3 600 in it, and it worked perfectly. no problems at all on FSB140. So that makes me think that it is the mainboard itself.

oh, and it had the same sound card and graphics card etc. only difference is the CPU.

AHA! found the problem. the BIOS Rev 1.06 does not support up to 1Ghz P3, so i DO have to flash the BIOS as teh REV. 1.07 DOES support up to 1Ghz. finally.