CPU Overvolting Software & Crazy Stupid Sempron Overclocking!

[tlowr4]

So here's the deal...

I've got a 754 Motherboard (stock board from an Acer Aspre T145), and a Sempron 3000+. Plan is to overclock the crap out of the Sempron. Don't care if it dies, I just want to get a screencapture of a high end clockspeed.

Why? You may ask. To that I say, "Because I can, and I apparently have no life." Other than that, it's simply because I was curious.

Progress so far: Under stock voltage, I limited the RAM (512MB DDR) to 133HMz, so I can increase the FSB as the multiplier is locked at 9X (stock clock is 9x200 = 1.8GHz). I've gotten a bootable clock of 2.51GHz (279x9), but as soon as I hit 280, I get a no post, and spend 15 minutes of restarting to get into the BIOS and set it back to 279. Obviously I've hit the maximum clock for the stock voltage. Now onto the question:

Clearly, it's a stock budget board, and there are no voltage parameters in the BIOS. What I'm wondering is if there's a program that I can use to up the voltage somehow, don't care how I do it. Stock voltage is 1.375V (this is the voltage it boots and idles at), and it sometimes, when running P95, jumps up to 1.395V. Any tips?

Also, cooling isn't an issue, I've got a rather large cooler on it with a 5400RPM fan, so I'm fairly sure things will be cool enough just to get a CPU-Z validation (I'm not going to run P95 once I go past 2.6GHz, just don't want to risk it). I'm not going for stability, just a high clock, so I don't really care how much voltage I kick into it. I don't even care if I clock it to death.

So yeah. Clearly I'm going mad slowly and need my head tested, but meh. All suggestions are greatly appreciated.

 

[cerbrus2]

only software i can think of is CPU.right mark, But I have no idea if it will work with the older hardware.

http://cpu.rightmark.org/download.shtml

Make sure you make a HWbot account and choose OC3d as your team. should be a few points in that for you m8.

 

[S_I_N]

back in the day when we hit the voltage limits of a board we soldered an adjustable pot to tweak the voltages. If your good at soldering I'd look into that avenue. Just gotta be careful as a little turn can make a big jump.

 

[marsey99]

2.52ghz was the best i ever got out of my 754 sempy, it would eat 3.7ghz p4s alive at that speed lol

bit of a stretch dude but have you thought about cross flashing the mobo?

find out who made the mobo and which board it is (its not really and acer mobo you know) and try it with a stock bios, should open up some more voltage options.

 

[KING_OF_SAND]

NO there is no software, if the BIOS does not support it, the software will not work. It may say it is working but in reality it is not. SECOND, even if it did work, it will only apply when logged into windows so saying that if you cannot even post at a specific clock how in the world do you expect to get into windows and have the application apply those volts.

I vote for soldering.

 

[tlowr4]

back in the day when we hit the voltage limits of a board we soldered an adjustable pot to tweak the voltages. If your good at soldering I'd look into that avenue. Just gotta be careful as a little turn can make a big jump.

Not really that great at soldering, but like I said I don't care for the hardware, and I'm up for the challange! Would be a good learning curve. Would you have any material that you knew of, or some tips or tricks?

2.52ghz was the best i ever got out of my 754 sempy, it would eat 3.7ghz p4s alive at that speed lol

bit of a stretch dude but have you thought about cross flashing the mobo?

find out who made the mobo and which board it is (its not really and acer mobo you know) and try it with a stock bios, should open up some more voltage options.

Ah, rightio. Yeah, people claim it's a Gigabyte board. However, I've been un-able to find a BIOS download to flash it with...then again, if anyone knows me from GTPlanet, they'll know I'm utterly useless with Google searches. People, without a word of a lie, ALWAYS find things in 5 minutes, that take me days of searching to find... either way, I want to get a decent voltage increase, so I may end up soldering.

NO there is no software, if the BIOS does not support it, the software will not work. It may say it is working but in reality it is not. SECOND, even if it did work, it will only apply when logged into windows so saying that if you cannot even post at a specific clock how in the world do you expect to get into windows and have the application apply those volts.

I vote for soldering.

^^ Good point. Didn't think of that. With BIOS OCing you can just take out the CMOS battery and reset it. Can't do that with the OS! Looks like it'll be soldering for me.

If anyone's got any tips, tricks, or how-to guides, I'd be greatly abliged. What sort of parts would I be looking at getting for this?

 

[Daxehh]

gimme ur semperon if it survives ;o

 

[tlowr4]

^^ Haha. Your 2500K not powerful enough, eh?

Still anyone got any pointers on the soldering thing?

 

[Daxehh]

^^ Haha. Your 2500K not powerful enough, eh?

Still anyone got any pointers on the soldering thing?

Hahahahaa no its not, i want a semperon

seriously though, i need to get my mom a pc she occupied mine lolling at youtube video's for 3 hours yesterday :l

 

[tlowr4]

^^ I'm sure you'd be able to pick something up cheap. If she's just watching YouTube you don't need anything fancy. Might not wanna buy of me unless you're be up for the $100 shipping

Other than that I'd whack something together for you.

 

[Daxehh]

Lol i i know

 

[tlowr4]

Don't wanna be annoying, but the quicker I get this finished and satisfied, the quicker I reclaim part of my room. Anyone got any tips/howto guides on the soldering of the board?

 

[tlowr4]

So I gave this a month, with no replies. I was hoping I can pick it up again. Can anyone help me with how to solder the motherboard etc?

I hate having to double post, but I wanna finish this project and don't know how lol.

 

[Big WigglyStyle]

Hahahahaa no its not, i want a semperon

seriously though, i need to get my mom a pc she occupied mine lolling at youtube video's for 3 hours yesterday :l

NEVER let your parents EVER touch your computer.

 

[Daxehh]

NEVER let your parents EVER touch your computer.

It won't ever happen again, sir.. I'm so sorry.

Lol

 

[garih]

if its just for youtube buy her an ipad for her birthday!!

erm, oops, i forgot i dont like apple.. buy her a galaxy tab!!

 

[Rastalovich]

I remember there were programs like SetFSB years ago that would allow you to change the settings according to if it liked the chip being used for the timing.

You would have to set it every time you restarted, but it worked if it liked the setup.

This way you can change settings of oem mobos with limitations.

 

[tlowr4]

^ Ah yeah. I've skipped the software side of things and am now going to do what one of the earlier posts said about soldering an "adjustable pot" to the voltage section of the board. That's what I need help with.

Please guys, I'd like to have part of my room back, and I've gotten too far and put too much effort into it to call it a dead project.