Overclocking my hp kayak

[joe of loath]

Hi all my first post :O.

i have a hp kayak xa-s running at 400~mhz, and i have been trying to overclock it. there is no fsb setting in the bios, but there is a little swithcboard under the hard drives, so i set it to 500mhz. nothing happened except my onboard sound blew up . anybody got any suggestions?

thanks,
JOE of LOATH

 

[SOcRatEs]

Hello! Welcome to TechSpot!

hp kayak xa-s running at 400?

Is this 400 horse power kayak no paddles? JK!
Couldn't pass it up... :haha:

I have a friend who has one of these as well. He tried virtually what you did but did'nt pop the sound. I wonder what the 500mhz settings is for?

 

[KingCody]

you cannot overclock OEM computers.

there are software based overclocking utilities, but since you cannot lock the PCI/AGP bus they are pretty much useless

 

[joe of loath]

why would i need to lock the pci/agp bus? oh and i think the sound was a loose screw...
it runs nice and cool though (2 degrees c above ambient at the mo.)

thanks for your help,
Joe of loath

ps. any other help would be greatley apreciated

 

[SOcRatEs]

pci & agp do not tolerate clock cycle above 33mhz & 66mhz.
When they are locked' they are virtualy removed from effects from bumping front side buss speed' when overclocking the cpu, whether or not multiplier or buss speed mhz are increased.

 

[joe of loath]

ok i geddit... i should just buy an extra cpu then (99p off ebay w00t)!

 

[KingCody]

its not your CPU that is preventing your overclock, it's your mobo.

but anyways, i dont know anybody still gets by with a 400mhz computer these days. IMO if you're going to upgrade, you should upgrade your whole system, not just the CPU.

 

[joe of loath]

i cant upgrade because
1. i got it for free (dont ask)
2. i havn't got the buget (not old enough to work full time yet )

 

[SOcRatEs]

What size cpu do you have now?
If it's a pIII I have a 667mhz I'll give you.

 

[joe of loath]

aww ive got a pII... theres a second socket on my mobo for another pII so ill buy one off ebay. shame really. i'll see if i can track down a pIII pc though.

 

[SOcRatEs]

Cool enough.

 

[KingCody]

you can buy complete PIII systems off ebay for under $100. this means complete with tower, monitor, keyboard, etc...

 

[SOcRatEs]

You have a dual cpu board?
If so a second cpu would be great...they do have to match.

 

[joe of loath]

yes as i said a second pII 400mhz with 3 fans for 99p +£3.50 p&p isnt bad going...

 

[SOcRatEs]

That should be awesome...
What OS will you run?

 

[joe of loath]

i will run win 2k like now, as the pc is designed for win NT, and it takes about 5 mins to install. xp won't fit on my measly 2gb disc when i install msn and win media player. i don't have much storage, see and not enough power sockets on my exstension cord to run external scsi drives (and my scsi card is fried, both of them infact!)

 

[joe of loath]

won the bid, cpu coming tomorrow or wednesday. i just hope they remeber the anti static bag...