HOW DO YOU OVERCLOCK A 900MHZ ATHLON PROCESSOR (just wanting to try it out)

[munkeyboy123]

yes if u must know i dont know how to overclock a processor let alone a video card. now i know i can do it becuase thats alot of what people talk about around here is overclocking, i have a 900mhz athlon processor with a heatsink and fan. HOW DO I OVERCLOCK IT. thanks

first please post the computer specs. the specs are very important when you are going to overclock. Overclocking can cause serious damage to your computer.

If you dont have the right hardware, insabilties and file corruption can occur FYI

[munkeyboy123]

well the processor is just a 900mhz athlon its not an xp, im using a fic az11 mainboard with 320 pc133 ram and not sure what my case's psu is but in a few days im getting a new powmax case with a 400 psu, processor has a heat sink and fan. i dont know what temp my comp is running, i dont know how to measure that. i know thats important.

[munkeyboy123]

if u need the chip sets tell me and anything else u need to know.

[Gouki]

I'm guessing this is the old Athlon Classic? A slot A? If so then you'd need a "gold finger" device to unlock it...and then overclock it. I had one for my 750Mhz and had it overclocked to 950Mhz. Steady as a rock...

[OuTpaTienT]

It's almost not worth overclocking. Unless you can get one of those "gold finger" devices for free (or practially free). The maximum a Slot A cpu will do is 1050Mhz. So even with the very best of luck, it's not much of an overclock. Probably not noticable. And maybe will make the system less stable.

I ran a Slot A 900mhz cpu at 1000mhz for about 2 years. The overclock was soldered at the cpu board, no Gold finger device used. It was still going strong when I sold it.

Also had a Slot A 700mhz cpu that was really a rebadged 900mhz. It is currently running at 1000mhz and has been for a number of years. Using a Gold finger device.

Also had a Slot A 500mhz that was really a rebadged 600mhz. But fiddling around with it too much, popping the case on and off and removing heatplate one too many times, I killed it. I knocked off one of the little teeny tiny resistors and totally lost it. ...Keychain.