Howdy D-A-L,

I'm still in Finland but I'll be back in 7 days. I've got my new Intel P4 D805 Dual-core 2.66ghz and Asus P5P-800 working perfectly in my computer at home, however I'm looking to get into overclocking since the CPU works great with o/cing.

Basically looking for expert advice and step-to-step instructions for overclocking to about 3ghz. Also, I'm using a Retail Star 465W PSU along with 1024MB (2x512) Kingston ValuRam DDR400 PC3200.

In the BIOS Setup:

Under the Advanced tab choose JumperFree Configuration

Then AI Overclock Tuner

Here you can choose between: 5% | 10% | 20% | 30%

20% should give you 3.2

I would suggest trying 10% first. You should have no problem with that. Then try 20%.

If the CPU and or motherboard cannot handle it the BIOS will not boot and you will have to manually power down and reset to 10% and or Standard.

Here is your manual in case you need it:

ftp://dlsvr03.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/s...906_p5p800.pdf


The important thing to monitor here is the CPU temperature.

Sounds good, thanks Jephree.

Which temperature monitor would you recommend? I've got a rear chassis fan as well so that should help against any possible overheating. However I haven't plugged the chassis fan into the motherboard or anything so in the BIOS I don't see any evidence of an extra fan

I'll get back to you in a week on how my overclocking progresses. There shouldn't be any danger, right? This processor model has been overclocked to 4.1 and in one instance 7ghz! 10% and 20% don't seem like much anyways, just trying to make sure nothing happens that could damage my CPU and mobo

I use Everest as a temperature monitor:

http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=everesthome

Once installed: Click Computer then Sensor.

I have an ASUS P5VD1-X with a Prescott 3.2. I have the same BIOS Setup as your board. I was able to go to 10% or 3.52 with no problem. I also tried both 20% and 30% but although the computer would turn on no signal was ever sent to the monitor. By powering off with the switch and then resetting the BIOS to 10% I was OK.

You will notice the CPU speed on the first screen of the BIOS POST. If the overclock was successful then it will be noted.

When I tried either 20% or 30% my BIOS POST returned to 3.2 upon reboot indicating that the settings were simply rejected.

From this experience it is my opinion that if your CPU and or motherboard cannot handle the particular % then it just won't work. I experienced no damage by trying. Only a few anxious moments.

Just wanted to let you know I successfully overclocked it 10%. In System, the speed now reads 2.66ghz (default) and the new 2.94ghz

Haven't gone ahead to install MBM though, I'll check into that if need be. You remember my icebox computer, right?

Thanks Jeph.

Thanks for the thanks and glad you are clocking

Stay in touch!

I personally would NOT recomend using the automatic OC features beccause you have no idea what its feeding your components in terms of Voltage...

Read this.. Then post back with any questions you might hve...

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=263753

I've been running the system at 3.2GHz for a while now and haven't seen any problems. She runs the BF2142 demo nice and smooth

Actually I think I boosted it up to 3.2GHz after a week of 2.94 so it's been a while

Now OC your VID card

Haha, I did that before the CPU