Q: Trouble overclocking my system it's fast but i wanted to try to speed it up see how it runs. When i go to overclock my cpu atleast to 2.40ghz the computer won't even start or when i go to overclock the ram the computer won't even start i have to reset the computer whyis that. PCCHIPS P23G V3.0 Intel Core 2 Duo 2.20ghz 1GB Kingston DDR2 Ram 250GB Seagate Hard Drive
A: Read some more about overclocking so you will understand the significance of every adjustment you will make. http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2188777,00.asp http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/13815 Overclock in small increments so you will know when you hit the point of instability. At that point, PC will POST but can not load Windows. No boot means you have exceeded that point. Usually RAM hits its upper limit before the processor does. Overclockers use the RAM frequency divider to slow down RAM initially so that when FSB is pushed, RAM will just be in the vicinity of its default clock. 3.0gHz should be quite easy on your 2.2gHz Core2 Duo.