Question : Problem: Bios Upgrade for Overclock

Okay I'm trying to overclock, but there is no FSB, Frequency, etc. setting in the bios.  My bios probably needs to be upgraded or changed to do this, but i'm not sure what version to put on the bios.  Here is a good portion of the dump from CPUz:


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  CPU-Z version 1.24
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CPUID Output
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Number of CPUs                  2 (1 Physical)

CPU #1
APIC ID                        0
Name                        Intel Pentium 4
Code name                  Northwood
Specification                  Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz
Family/Model/Stepping            F29
Extended Family/Model            0/0
Brand ID                  9
Package                        mPGA-478
Core Stepping                  D1
Technology                  0.13µ
Instructions Sets            MMX, SSE, SSE2
Clock Speed                  2400.0 MHz
Clock multiplier            x12.0
Front Side Bus Frequency      200.0 MHz
Bus Speed                  800.0 MHz
L1 Data Cache                  8 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L1 Trace Cache                  12 Kµops, 8-way set associative
L2 Cache                  512 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L2 Speed                  2400.0 MHz (Full)
L2 Location                  On Chip
L2 Data Prefetch Logic            yes
L2 Bus Width                  256 bits

                        eax            ebx            ecx            edx
Function 00000000            00000002      756e6547      6c65746e      49656e69
Function 00000001            00000f29      00020809      00004400      bfebfbff
Function 00000002            665b5001      00000000      00000000      007b7040
Function 80000000            80000004      00000000      00000000      00000000
Function 80000001            00000000      00000000      00000000      00000000
Function 80000002            20202020      20202020      20202020      6e492020
Function 80000003            286c6574      50202952      69746e65      52286d75
Function 80000004            20342029      20555043      30342e32      007a4847

                        edx            eax
MSR 0000002C                  00000000      0C12000C
MSR 0000002A                  00000000      00000080
MSR 00000017                  000A0000      00000000
MSR 000001A0                  00000000      00000089
MSR 0000008B                  00000011      00000000

CPU #2 (logical unit)
APIC ID                        1
Name                        Intel Pentium 4
Code name                  Northwood
Specification                  Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz
Family/Model/Stepping            F29
Extended Family/Model            0/0
Brand ID                  9
Package                        mPGA-478
Core Stepping                  D1
Technology                  0.13µ
Instructions Sets            MMX, SSE, SSE2
Clock Speed                  2400.0 MHz
Clock multiplier            x12.0
Front Side Bus Frequency      200.0 MHz
Bus Speed                  800.0 MHz
L1 Data Cache                  8 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L1 Trace Cache                  12 Kµops, 8-way set associative
L2 Cache                  512 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L2 Speed                  2400.0 MHz (Full)
L2 Location                  On Chip
L2 Data Prefetch Logic            yes
L2 Bus Width                  256 bits

                        eax            ebx            ecx            edx
Function 00000000            00000002      756e6547      6c65746e      49656e69
Function 00000001            00000f29      01020809      00004400      bfebfbff
Function 00000002            665b5001      00000000      00000000      007b7040
Function 80000000            80000004      00000000      00000000      00000000
Function 80000001            00000000      00000000      00000000      00000000
Function 80000002            20202020      20202020      20202020      6e492020
Function 80000003            286c6574      50202952      69746e65      52286d75
Function 80000004            20342029      20555043      30342e32      007a4847

                        edx            eax
MSR 0000002C                  00000000      0C12000C
MSR 0000002A                  00000000      00000080
MSR 00000017                  000A0000      00000000
MSR 000001A0                  00000000      00000089
MSR 0000008B                  00000011      00000000


Chipset
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Northbridge            Intel i865P/PE/G/i848P rev. A2
Southbridge            Intel 82801EB (ICH5) rev. 2
Memory Type            DDR
Memory Size            504 MBytes
Memory Frequency      200.0 MHz (1:1)
CAS#                  3.0
RAS# to CAS#            3
RAS# Precharge            3
Cycle Time (tRAS)      8
Performance Mode      disabled


DMI
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DMI BIOS
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BIOS #1
      vendor            American Megatrends Inc.
      version            3.11
      date            07/18/2003


DMI System Information
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System #1
      manufacturer      Compaq Presario 061
      product            DF216A-ABA S4300NX NA210
      version            0n81411RE101STING10
      serial            MXK33216NG
      UUID            6039AC7D-93CFD711-BFE1F509-6882E0E1


DMI Baseboard
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Baseboard #1
      vendor            ASUSTeK Computer INC.
      model            'P4SD-LA'
      revision      Rev 1.xx
      serial            X312345678


DMI System Enclosure
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System enclosure #1
      manufacturer      Chassis Manufacture
      chassis type      Desktop
      chassis serial      Chassis Serial Number


DMI Processor
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CPU #1
      manufacturer      Intel
      model            Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz
      clock speed      2400.0MHz
      FSB speed      200.0MHz
      multiplier      12.0x

Let me know if you need anything else!

Thanks!

-Jeff

Answer : Problem: Bios Upgrade for Overclock

You have a P4 2.4c hyperthreading cpu, which you normally can overclock by increasing the FSB from 200 to 225 or 250.  However, you have a Compaq, which is not a good system to try overclocking with, since they design them for average consumers, not enthusiasts.

Here's someone asking the same question:
http://forums.tweaktown.com/archive/index.php/t-15807.html