Unlocking a P4 1.6 with a ECS mobo

[whannanna]

How would i unlock a P4 1.6 ghz with a ECS P4VXASD2+ V5.X mobo. how do over clock the darn thing! it has a option for cpu clock and voltage,... but it says locked..... please help ive got water cooling and its no use on a P4 1.6 with out some overclockage....

[ArcticFox]

You can't unlock a P4. To overclock it, you have to do a straight FSB overclock. Boot into the BIOS, and inch your FSB settings up until you hit a wall.

[elroy]

FYI, ECS boards are not known for their overclocking ability. More like known for their inability to overclock.

[ArcticFox]

lol yes that is right, ECS = budget.

Asus = hardcore!

[nukes]

I've only ever managed to get a small overclock out of them. i.e. 200-300mhz. And that was with an athlon.

[whannanna]

Shiz.... that sucks...

why does it have a multiplier and cpu clock option that are greyed out. bios update maybe?

IMO, the multiplier option remains as a crule joke to the average consumer that can not purchase an unlocked engineering sample processor.

In reality, the multiplier range on some P4 models can sometimes we adjusted within certian tolerances, but the information is scarce. It is almost a random process in my experience.

As to overclocking, I do not believe the P4VXASD2+ supports manually setting the FSB (been awhile) with any official BIOS release. You could try CPUSOFT or similar Windows-based overclocking utility, though I am not sure any will properly recognize this board's ICS-branded PLL chip.

Seems I remember reading about someone (another forum) having to give up on overclocking the P4VXASD2+. I believe he ended up replacing the board with an Abit model.

Robert Richmond