Overclocking a P4

[GuitarFreak1857]

I'm in a class at my school called A+ (yes after the test), and we all get computers and i just got mine upgraded to a P4 and i want to overclock. The thing is, dell has horrible BIOS with no overclocking ability whatsoever. So my question is how should i go about overclocking my rig? I'm not really familiar with intel overclocking only overclocking my opteron. Information is:

Pentium 4 2.8GHz
Dell Optiplex GX270 BIOS version A06

Any help would be appreciated, or direction toward a guide would be great!

~thanks

 

[ricanflow]

Locked bios, cant oc. You would have to buy a new motherboard, and an aftermarket cooler to cut down on heat. P4's are known to run very hot, depending on the core.

 

[Ste]

If it is owned by the school don't overclock at all.

But if you must, and this is the only time I would reccomend software overclocking since cmos is locked, ClockGen.

 

[GuitarFreak1857]

It's not school owned it's mine. I reformatted it and i maintain it. I can do whatever i want with it. Ya i normally wouldnt use clockgen either but if that's a last resort i guess i'll give it a try. I'll get orthos on there too for stability testing.

 

[peterhuang913]

Dells don't overclock.

 

[Drizzt]

Can't he flash his bios or something? i heard that was an alternative.

 

[alexsabree]

Or you could just sell the dell mobo and buy another.

 

[GuitarFreak1857]

no I'd rather not spend money