How to find out what Chipset I have and how to overclock.

Sir_Paul · August 25th, 2002

Could you experts please tell me how to find out what my chipset and as far as I know it's intel and how do u overclock it. My specs are below.

**Zephon** · August 25th, 2002

Moved to Hardware Discussion.

You can check your chipset by checking your motherboard's manual or by using any utility like SiSoft Sandra.

To overclock your system, you have to change some options in the BIOS (some motherboards don't have this options). You have to change either the processor's multiplier, or the FSB. You can check more info about overclocking in this page:
http://www.overclockers.com/

**Shiori** · August 25th, 2002

Another great util to find out info about your mobo and/or CPU would be wcpuid.

grahf · August 26th, 2002

Right-click My Computer>Properties>Device Manager>System Devices>check whatever before the "to PCI controller" "to AGP controller". Whatever before this message is your chipset.

If you want to know your mobo manufactor, then sorry, you'd have to use a program for that. Go with the suggestions above.

Sir_Paul · August 26th, 2002

it's an intel 82815

Sir_Paul · August 26th, 2002

it's an intel i815 sorry

**Demigod** · August 26th, 2002

You can overclock your CPU through the FSB (front-side bus) in the BIOS. The i815 officially supports 66, 100, and 133 Mhz buses but you can use many other speed settings as well (although they'll throw the PCI and AGP bus off specs).

ebola · August 26th, 2002

generally if you didnt build your computer yourself then your not going to be able to overclock it. prebuilt computers almost always (99.9999999% of the time) have the fsb locked. so if its a dell, compaq, hp, gateway etc., then your chances are slim. there are altenative ways to overclock with software but i dont recoment this at all. if you cant set it in the bios then don't do it period.

the p3 700E chip is known to be a decent overclocker and can usually hit 133 fsb which i believe is 933mhz?

your motherboard will most likey not let you adjust the setting.

MrLavender · August 26th, 2002

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Originally posted by ebola
generally if you didnt build your computer yourself then your not going to be able to overclock it. prebuilt computers almost always (99.9999999% of the time) have the fsb locked. so if its a dell, compaq, hp, gateway etc., then your chances are slim. there are altenative ways to overclock with software but i dont recoment this at all. if you cant set it in the bios then don't do it period.

This is true. By the way, you *do* know that overclocking can seriously damage your PC?

Somebody telling you here to set your fsb speed to this or that could leave you with a very expensive mistake.

Try to read up on it a bit more and understand what you're doing (and risking). If you can afford to pay for the hardware that you might fry, go for it.

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Zephon Key To The Universe Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Stratosphere Posts: 2,706	Moved to Hardware Discussion. You can check your chipset by checking your motherboard's manual or by using any utility like SiSoft Sandra. To overclock your system, you have to change some options in the BIOS (some motherboards don't have this options). You have to change either the processor's multiplier, or the FSB. You can check more info about overclocking in this page: http://www.overclockers.com/ __________________ But there is someone who remembers you Someone waiting for a sign that leads the way to you There is someone who will die for you Keep that in mind when the hope fails

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grahf Weltall Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 458	Right-click My Computer>Properties>Device Manager>System Devices>check whatever before the "to PCI controller" "to AGP controller". Whatever before this message is your chipset. If you want to know your mobo manufactor, then sorry, you'd have to use a program for that. Go with the suggestions above. __________________ SIS motherboard \| WindowsXP pro \| Athlon XP 2200+(1.8 Ghz) IBM 120gb 7200rpm \| 512Mb DDR PC2100 @133mhz \| C-media 3d sound\| Pixelview geforce4ti4200 64mb\| 12x8x32x CDRW \| 300watt power supply

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Sir_Paul Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Northeast of England Posts: 45	it's an intel 82815 __________________ Windows 98 SE (F***XP) Geforce 2 mx 200 64mb 16x10x40 CD-Rom Drive 256mb Ram Pentium 3 700 mhz I815 Intel Chipset 56k Modem

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Sir_Paul Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Northeast of England Posts: 45	it's an intel i815 sorry __________________ Windows 98 SE (F***XP) Geforce 2 mx 200 64mb 16x10x40 CD-Rom Drive 256mb Ram Pentium 3 700 mhz I815 Intel Chipset 56k Modem

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Demigod これはバタスです Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 5,811	You can overclock your CPU through the FSB (front-side bus) in the BIOS. The i815 officially supports 66, 100, and 133 Mhz buses but you can use many other speed settings as well (although they'll throw the PCI and AGP bus off specs). __________________ CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ 2.66 Ghz (Yorkfield) Mobo: Intel DX48BT2 Memory: 2048 MB PC10600 DDR3 Videocard: PNY Geforce 9800 GX2 PCIe w/ 1024 MB GDDR3 Soundcard: On-board SigmaTel High Definition Audio Hard drive: 300 MB Maxtor & 1 TB Hitachi Optical drive: LG GGW-H20L (2x BD-R DL) OS: Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit)

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ebola Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Chanhassen, MN Posts: 900	generally if you didnt build your computer yourself then your not going to be able to overclock it. prebuilt computers almost always (99.9999999% of the time) have the fsb locked. so if its a dell, compaq, hp, gateway etc., then your chances are slim. there are altenative ways to overclock with software but i dont recoment this at all. if you cant set it in the bios then don't do it period. the p3 700E chip is known to be a decent overclocker and can usually hit 133 fsb which i believe is 933mhz? your motherboard will most likey not let you adjust the setting. __________________ .: Cythraul Design :: MBA-Forums :.

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