Eichenkatze
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First off... the system information...
Mobo: Asus PTGD1-LA
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 dual core 3.8Ghz
Alright. So i finally broke down and decided to check into this computer's Bios and see if i can't get an overclock going for the computer. Besides, who could resist bumping it up to 4.0Ghz right?
Well anyways right off the bat i've run into my first problem!
1) When i boot up the computer and hit "Del" as directed by the manufacture's manual the computer gives me a boot screen with something to the lines of.. 'We apologize for the inconvenience however Windows failed to start... etc etc" and gives me the options of safe mode(s), Debug mode, and Start windows normally. O..kay?
2) Second problem... I find out the boot key for bios is actuall F1. So rebooting i get into the Bios menu and have all of the computer's information at the tips of my computer.. i scroll through the main, advanced, power, and exit tabs (think there was one more.. but it definantly wasn't what i was looking for.) Anyways, the only area i can find that has processor information is untouchable. You can't edit it and the surrounding options are for such things as "Onboard sound" and "Onboard video" but nothing to frequency and the likes for my processor... ookay?
So... am i in the wrong screen? Because last time i Overclocked a computer.. it looked JUST like this screen... but had a section for frequency..
Is my motherboard locked... or am i just crazy?
Secondly.. suggestion?;
Last time i overclocked i was working on a system with water cooling... i really didn't have to worry too much about keeping the system cool while we bumped up ath Ghz from 2.3-3.0 on an AMD chipset.
However, this is my personal computer and i'm not rich... far from it.. so any suggestion on CPU heatsink replacements for the listed CPU? I've looked around for some but haven't really seen anything that sticks out..
I don't feel too safe with the current fan in there.. its stock and can't be all that extraordinary.
Thanks.
-Eichenkatze
Mobo: Asus PTGD1-LA
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 dual core 3.8Ghz
Alright. So i finally broke down and decided to check into this computer's Bios and see if i can't get an overclock going for the computer. Besides, who could resist bumping it up to 4.0Ghz right?
Well anyways right off the bat i've run into my first problem!
1) When i boot up the computer and hit "Del" as directed by the manufacture's manual the computer gives me a boot screen with something to the lines of.. 'We apologize for the inconvenience however Windows failed to start... etc etc" and gives me the options of safe mode(s), Debug mode, and Start windows normally. O..kay?
2) Second problem... I find out the boot key for bios is actuall F1. So rebooting i get into the Bios menu and have all of the computer's information at the tips of my computer.. i scroll through the main, advanced, power, and exit tabs (think there was one more.. but it definantly wasn't what i was looking for.) Anyways, the only area i can find that has processor information is untouchable. You can't edit it and the surrounding options are for such things as "Onboard sound" and "Onboard video" but nothing to frequency and the likes for my processor... ookay?
So... am i in the wrong screen? Because last time i Overclocked a computer.. it looked JUST like this screen... but had a section for frequency..
Is my motherboard locked... or am i just crazy?
Secondly.. suggestion?;
Last time i overclocked i was working on a system with water cooling... i really didn't have to worry too much about keeping the system cool while we bumped up ath Ghz from 2.3-3.0 on an AMD chipset.
However, this is my personal computer and i'm not rich... far from it.. so any suggestion on CPU heatsink replacements for the listed CPU? I've looked around for some but haven't really seen anything that sticks out..
I don't feel too safe with the current fan in there.. its stock and can't be all that extraordinary.
Thanks.
-Eichenkatze