newbie to OCing

[jasonfleming]

I need help......obviously. I have a amd sempron processor on a asus ivy8 main board(this is according to cpu-z). I am trying to oc it but i noticed in BIOS my multiplyers and fsb access are i guess locked or i can not select them. I have read the beginners guide and understand what i am trying to do but i am not trying to oc to a gig over. I am runnning at 2.0ghz now and would like to be at 2.2ghz. I have stock cooling right now but have ordered more fans. Does anyone know how to unlock so i can do this.

Thanks
jason(the newb)

 

[JrRacinFan]

Hi Jason. Is this what your motherboard looks like?

EDIT: You also may have an HP/Compaq board just like myself. I did notice your motherboard is nForce based so you could try nTune and see if it could control the chipset and overclock in Windows.

 

[jasonfleming]

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not quite like my mainboard. It is a compaq bundle that i bought.

 

[sneekypeet]

I have to agree with Jr. here. With most OEM mobo's such as the one you speak of from compaq, the BIOS is usually locked tight, with no real chance to use it to OC. I suggest you start running through the gammit of windows based OC tools.

As Jr. says Ntune could work, possibly SYSTool found in the downloads here. There are many others as well, but its gonna take some trial and error testing to see what is going to work in your situation!

 

[jasonfleming]

i've used the ntune from nvidia...my pc game with it. Yeah it works for the video card but not the cpu. But it's great for monitoring.

 

[ZenZimZaliben]

We should really make a sticky for this. I see this type of question asked a lot. 95% of manufactured PCs..Dell, Gateway, Micron, ie....are not going to be OC'd in the bios. There is a small chance you can get Clockgen, Ntune, or Systools to do it. More then likely (not always) though it wont work, or if it does it will be unstable because almost every manufacture adds some sort of proprietary crap on the mobo so it doesn't meet 100% the software OC tools out there that are looking for a specific type of motherboard..

The reason big manufactures lock the bios is for warranty issues and of course money.