can i overclock?? was told no

hi people.. i have been all over the net looking for a way to over clock what i have.... and i have found nothing that is in detai or that have found solutions... so here i am to pick the brains of you nice people.....

what i have:

my interal parts are all from a compaq presario sr1500nx.... its a asus a7v8x la mobo (socket a). it has an amd 3000+ 333mhz processor... i have added 2 512mb sticks in it, and an ati radeon 9000 128mb agp card in it.... i have already done a case swap to a bcc 712 4hlw bk.... when i go to my bios there is nothing i can adjust... im pretty new to this kind of thing..... so if you need anymore info just tell me what to get or how to get and i will try my best to get it.. thanks for anyone who helps!!!

 

can i overclock my video card too??

 

Prebuilt systems like Compaq, Dell and the like of usually have crippled BIOS making for Poor OCing

If you dont have any Options in BIOS for OCing your CPU/Memory FSB, the only other way is by software
Look here http://www.cpuid.org/clockgen.php
and here
http://www.ocinside.de/go_e.html?http://www.ocinside.de/html/links/ocsoft_links.html
I personally would only OC my CPU & Memory via BIOS options and if you dont have any I wouldnt but thats me.

For VC I'd suggest ATITool http://majorgeeks.com/ATITool_d4109.html or Riva Tuner http://majorgeeks.com/Riva_Tuner_d737.html
I dont think your VC will OC very well or not enough to even notice

Have you read the OC guide above: http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=52812

If you can find your self an Retail NF2 based MOBO DFI, Abit or Asus those are proven socket A OCers

OCing can Kill your Hardware, if you cant afford to loose your Hardware, Don't

 

thanks for the advice..... yeah my bios have nothing as far a OCing... im not wanting to max my stuff out by any means... just a small performance boost would be nice.... i did read the OC guide, gave me a better understanding of what im trying to do........ off the subject... i think i might have things running in the background.... when i go to task manager, there is always something runnin... and there is like 50 things in my processes box... thats a bad thing right??

 

sometimes it is bad, can be malware. However it can be somekind of bug, broken program or others. When you open the task manager go to the "processes" tab and sort them by "CPU". See the name of the process that is eating your CPU and let us know.

 

ok i downloaded clock gen it says my cpu running about 2004 .. my fsb 167 and my ram is the same as fsb

 

avgas.exe is one that runs the cpu at like 2.... system idle process runs about 92+

 

svchost is another i just found and x1exec.exe is another

 

avgas.exe is the process of the AVG anti-spyware which is apparently installed on your computer and 2% of the CPU is nothing to worry about especially for anti-spyware programs that have real time shields running all the time. I think the PC is fine .

 

i think i have some viruses that nortons is not picking up.... avg picks them up but doesnt get rid of them.. i do own panda platinum 2006... maybe i should install that??

 

ooops I didn't see that post. svchost.exe is a good process as well but I've never heard or seen x1exec.exe before.
Perhaps you should take a walk in the Malware Removal forum. Make sure you follow all instructions in the Read and Run guide. If you do so and attach the logs correctly, a malware Geek will be happy to assist you.

Good luck