is it possible to...

Can I overclock a Celeron M 350 with a Pheonix BIOS? I have seen a mod on the motherboard with a piece of wire, but didn't work for me. Was wondering if there is any other way I could do this?

I have never OCed before...

 

here are my stats from cpuz:

CPU-Z Report

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CPU-Z version 1.34.1.


CPU(s)
Number of CPUs 1

Name Intel Celeron M 350
Code Name Dothan
Specification Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor 1.30GHz
Family / Model / Stepping 6 D 6
Extended Family / Model 0 0
Brand ID 18
Package mPGA-479M
Core Stepping B1
Technology 90 nm
Supported Instructions Sets MMX, SSE, SSE2
CPU Clock Speed 1296.7 MHz
Clock multiplier x 13.0
Front Side Bus Frequency 99.7 MHz
Bus Speed 399.0 MHz
L1 Data Cache 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L1 Instruction Cache 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L2 Cache 1024 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L2 Latency 5
L2 Speed 1296.7 MHz (Full)
L2 Location On Chip
L2 ECC Check enabled
L2 Data Prefetch Logic yes
L2 Bus Width 256 bits



Mainboard and chipset
Motherboard manufacturer Quanta
Motherboard model 3084, 41.0D
BIOS vendor Hewlett-Packard
BIOS revision F.16
BIOS release date 08/03/2005
Chipset Intel i855GM/GME rev. A2
Southbridge Intel 82801DB (ICH4-M) rev. 03
Sensor chip FFFFFFFF FFFFFFFF




Memory
DRAM Type DDR-SDRAM
DRAM Size 480 MBytes
DRAM Frequency 133.0 MHz
FSB DRAM 3:4
CAS# Latency 2.0 clocks
RAS# to CAS# 3 clocks
RAS# Precharge 3 clocks
Cycle Time (TRAS) 6 clocks



Software
Windows version Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
DirectX version 9.0c

 

Not sure modding your motherboard would be the best way to begin you career in overclocking, and as for the mod that you found with the piece of wire... I would imagine that was an over-volt mod (though i cant be sure), not a over-clock mod. Overclocking, for the most part must be done through the bios, you can however, try some programs that allow you to overclock through windows, i believe clockgen and ntune are afew of them.

You might try flashing the bios of the mobo with the most recent update and see if they added in overclock functions also... however, flashing is the bios is usually only done when you are experiencing problems, as there are inherent risks that come with it.

The motherboard you have is probably a propriatary HP mobo. HP and most other vendors will use a bios that does not have any overclocking options so that they can push higher end chips.

My suggestion would be to go buy an mobo that supports overclocking and replace your old one if you have the cash... if not... you probably shouldnt be overclocking in the first place! Would suck to burn out your CPU and not have enough money for another one! If not, give ntune/clockgen a shot, might work, might not, just be sure you know how to reset your CMOs before you start.