how can i overclock my cpu?

Question

i have a pa2013 motherboard with an amd k6-2 500 mhz. i think it can be overclocked with the jumpers on the board, but don't know how. any help would be great

I just need to know which jumpers on the board are for the precessor speeds

Answer 1

You will need to check the documentation for your motherboard. If this is an older system I recommend against overclocking as you will shorten the life of the system. Newer systems are more prepared for overclocking and most do not require changing jumpers. You also will need aftermarket cooling as stock fans are made to run at stock speeds only.

Answer 2

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Man, you need to realize something about this site. Once your post is more than 10 minutes old, hardly anyone is going to look at it. So in other words, don't expect this to be a good place to add details and talk back and forth. Try a "good" computer forum for questions like this (look out on anandtech.com or tek-tips.com).

I can tell you though, that most overclocking options these days are in the BIOS. Back when the K6-2 was still around, there were jumpers on some boards, but you had to have the right brand/model. Check your mobo's manual if it's available anywhere online.

But I have to ask, why are you bothering? LOL. At most, you can probably get that K6-2 to run at 600MHz without any special cooling. But then you'd still find yourself with the same dam problem - one frickin slow PC!

Even the cheapest $500 Dell or HP will smoke your old one at probably 5-6 times the speed if not more.

Answer 3

I Like G-mans answer it is right in every respect. If you have the book on the mother board read where the jumper wires are located normally around the CPU and to know what you can do for the chip set go to the AMD web page in the general forums they will have more answers there.

Answer 4

AMD chips ca be overclocked. Each chipset needs a different technique. I suggest you dekko in google or in AMD forums.

The normal standard is to overclock in bios & ofcourse the jumpers.

But ensure that you buy an additional chassis fan as the processer can sometime overheat dramatically.

Answer 5

clock multiplier X bus speed = processor speed.

don't know if you have 100 mhz RAM or 133 mhz RAM

if 100 mhz, then set clock multiplier to 5.5 (if permissable) and you will be overclocking at 550 mhz. set the clock multiplier to 6 and you will be overclocking at 600 mhz.

your processor will run at whatever speed the multiplier X bus speed equates to - if not it will just blow up.

you have an 8 year old computer - why not try it and if it blows up, it was time to buy a new one anyway.

Answer 6

usually underclocking is the favorable condition for reliability.
but for fun on a computer you never plan on using for anything usefull again you could start moveing the jumpers or bios settings to see how fast it goes before it burns, that is what all those fancy fans and coolers you see at the hotrod computer shops are for, so you can keep it from burning while you toast it.
if you go more then about 10% ofer the suggested speed it most likely will not start at all.
have fun
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Answer 7

You can overclock anyway you want, just make sure to put a cooler inside your CPU. The cooler your CPU is, the best result you can get. Cold temperature won't harm your CPU (even minus degree temperature), only heat is.

Answer 8

Sounds good on the surface but over clocking can most likely result in over heating and malfunction. Basically it's not a good idea.