CPU upgrade help please

[nogee114]

Hi, I just registered here but have been reading here for a while.

I got a HP Pavillion XG823 from a neighbor and have started upgrading it. It came with a Celeron 700Mhz processor in a socket 370 and I decided to upgrade it. A friend gave me a Pentium 3 933Mhz processor from his old machine. I installed the new processor in my machine and it recognized it as a Pentium 3 but at 700Mhz.

I checked the BIOS and it will not allow me to change anything dealing with the processor (multiplier etc.). What can I do to let it run at 933Mhz? Is there a program I need to buy or do I need to update the BIOS? The BIOS says that it was installed in 2000.

Any help will be appreciated.

 

[phosho510]

if it is a pre-made computer it can not be overclocked. for example: dell, hp, ibm, etc..

 

[DJ-CHRIS]

He isnt trying to overclock.

Try updating the BIOS. If that doesnt work, the maximum speed it supports is 700mhz

 

[nogee114]

thanks. I think i found an update for My bios on the HP website. I'll give that a try

 

[Trotter]

You might want to pull the CMOS battery and let it reset itself.

 

[Cappy]

nice upgrade for an old machine hehe , the bios update should do the trick

 

[Trifid]

Make sure it is the right one though, there isnt any going back after if it doesnt work.

Do try clearing CMOS before updating it though.