h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

WARNING: This should only be attempted by someone who knows every inch of a computers motherboard and who doesn't mind if something goes wrong and leaves their computer fried! Remember that water and electricity do not mix well, so be very, very careful.

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"Overclocking is the process of increasing the clock frequency of your Central Processing Unit (CPU), Graphical Processing Unit (GPU), Memory, PCI, and/or AGP devices. In other words, making your computer run faster without having to spend the money on upgrades. Unfortunatly there are risks in overclocking:

• In most situations, Overclocking will void the warranty of your equipment.
• The lifespan of the CPU and other devices will be shortened.
• You could potentially destroy your CPU, memory, motherboard, and other expensive items.
• Room temperature is likely to increase.
• Your system could become unstable

The most common (and simplest) way to Overclock a processor is by simply raising the Front Side Bus (FSB) from within the BIOS. The process is the same with both AMD and Intel CPUs. Simply enter the BIOS on system startup, find the setting for the FSB and increase that value. – If you are unsure where this option is in the BIOS, take a look at your motherboard manual, as it should have that information for you."

More information on overclocking can be found at: http://www.overclockersclub.com/

To solve the problem of the computer heating up as a result of overclocking, you will need to cool the processor chips! This can either be done with a huge fan, or by watercooling. Water (or fluid) cooling systems have been used for years to stop supercomputers (such as Kray machines) from getting too hot when they were running complex calculations.

More information on water cooling can be found at: http://www.water-cooling.com/


B.

Why? I did it in the days of a 25mhz processor, but is it needed with 3gb cpu, or for that matter 1gb.




pedboy

you'd be suprised how fast a 15 nano meter wide silicon comonent can get hot. thats how small they are on the new P4 2Ghz and above.

-- DoctorMO --

ex-Dell Latitude user writes:

I made my BUS faster by winding up the clock. As the needle went into the red, I tried the old "dog-mating" water-cooling trick.

Now, after being treated for electric shock, I have molten plastic on my lap, and am sitting in the internet cafe of the burns unit using an Acorn Electron.

Trout, Montague (at your dinner service)

lol