Curse you HP!!

[originx7]

Recently started learning how to dig into computers and my first "victim" is my HP Pavilion 6630. It contains a Celeron 500 chip but I cannot locate the jumpers on the motherboard to overclock the chip. Can anyone point the "grasshopper" to the right direction?

[EvilRick]

That mobo was probably manufactured for HP, so it probably won't have jumpers for OC'ing.

I doubt the BIOS has any settings either.

You might want to choose a different "victim" for your endeavors.

If you can find a model and revision # on the board, you might be able to find more info from Google.

EDIT - I found this , but it just really gives some specs. One thing I can say though...ewww!

[Theophylact]

People here will tell you you can't overclock a name-brand computer. The BIOS and board won't allow it. With luck, you can get a new motherboard that'll fit in the case and use all your other parts, though with HP that's pretty unlikely.

(Curses -- beat to the post by EvilRick!)

But if you just want more speed, you could probably pop in a faster Celeron.

If you want to learn hardware, definitely get a new motherboard.

[SickPup404]

How to upgrade the CPU on that Pavillion (from HP):

http://www.hp.com/cgi-bin/cposupport...Tfile=bph05293

According to that, You have a Socket370 which will support:
- Intel Celeron 500, 533
- Intel Pentium III
- Intel Pentium III 533/133
- Intel Pentium III 550/100
- Intel Pentium III 600/100 or 133
- Intel Pentium III 700/100
- Intel Pentium III 800/100

Hit F1 at boot time to go into the BIOS, then go to the "Advanced Tab". Options available:
- CPU Type
- CPU Speed
- Cache RAM
- Installed O/S
- Reset Configuration Data
- Default Primary Video Adapter
- PS/2 Mouse
- Large Disk Access Mode
- Local Bus IDE Adapter
- PCI Configuration
- I/O Device Configuration

See: http://www.hp.com/cposupport/persona.../bph04848.html

[Tomteriffic]

Oftentimes, on a name-brand machine, the BIOS is "crippled" giving you very few options for tweaking, much les O/C-ing. The manufacturer does this to keep the number of tech support calls down. On a very rare occasion, you may be able to find out the make and model of the motherboard and download the appropriate "real" BIOS from the mobo manufacturer's website.

In the case of an i810 chipset mobo, though, the options for overclocking which are inherently available in that chipset range from darned few to none.

[originx7]

You guys are breaking my heart!!

[Ultima]

Well,

at the company I work at, we produce those pavilions, amongst others.

I can tell ya now, there is no friggin way you will be able to clock those things.

The last HP's that were clockable were the Pavilions based on the K6-2 series.

If ya need to know anything about yer machine, lemme know, I have access to the full database.

Ultima

Btw, all HP's come with the dreaded Phoenix bios, where the only things ya can change are 1st boot device, initial display adapter and that kinda useless crap.

[mc2310]

Hmmm.... Think the multiplier setting for the Celery is locked right? Don't think you'll be able to get anything stable out of it without tweaking the FSB rate. Tried to OC my Celery 400, could only bring it up to 500. More of "overbussing" (to 83 MHz) actually.

[originx7]

FSB rate? Overbussing? How is that done?

[mc2310]

Just tweak the FSB from the bios. Most of the newer boards from Asus or MSI should allow adjustments in steps of 1 MHz. For the older boards, there should be a selection of values to choose from.