cant overclock an E-Machine?

Access_DeniedAccess_Denied tennessee
edited September 2004 in Hardware
hello im a noob here so bear with me.
i have a Emachine W4682 P4 @ 2.60Ghz with a i845GE motherboard and i would like to overclock it but it seems to be locked. is there any way or a file i would need to download to unlock this? thx for everbodys info

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  • JChretienJChretien Vancouver, BC, Canada
    edited September 2004
    E-machines, being the nice people they are, locked up most of the bios, in which you need to get to, in order to overclock. In other words, they remove most of the options in the bios so idiots and n00bs dont fry their machines by doing stupid stuff. You wont be able to OC that emachine. and thats my opinion. Go build yourself a new computer if you wanna OC that badly =D oh and there IS no way to unlock it.
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited September 2004
    A.D., don't feel bad. Even mainstream, corporate HPs, Dells, and Gateways come with locked BIOS's. The more standardized and lower-priced a system is, generally the fewer options the owner has, whether it be upgrading, tweaking, expanding, or overclocking.
  • Access_DeniedAccess_Denied tennessee
    edited September 2004
    :mad2: yet another reason to get rid of this monstrosity. my friend has a AMD64,chaintech 256MB video card,512 kinston ect in his homebrew pc an its absolutly blisters this one and he has about the same amount invested in his.. i was a intel all the way sorta guy before i messed around on his blasting games wide open that i normally played at 30% on mine...AMD here i come i guess


    Thx for everbodys info
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited September 2004
    If you do decide to a new computer, hang with us here at Short-Media. We'll help you along every step of the way. Check this out - Computer Building Guide , at the Short-Media main section.
  • edcentricedcentric near Milwaukee, Wisconsin Icrontian
    edited September 2004
    A_D, how about the rest of your system? Good stuff? Video card, drives and such. Maybe you should just get a new mobo and swap it all over. It would be the low cost option.
    Then we can show you how to spend real money latter.
  • CreepCreep Hell Icrontian
    edited September 2004
    Anyone know what case they used for that guide? I've been looking for a case like that for sometime now.
  • Access_DeniedAccess_Denied tennessee
    edited September 2004
    i figured if i got a new motherboard an proc i would have to get a new power supply as well... i might just get a barebones kit and use my harddrive,dvd burner and such but that indagraded intel extream graphics can kiss my ass..lol a 32 MB gforce 2 outperforms it. but yes the rest of the computer is fine other than i cant overclock it an the case is ghey (no extra slots in front) and only has a cpu fan an a powersupply fan.

    yea i like you all here,im used to other forums that if you mispell the slightest little thing you get flamed for it an you all seem nice so im stayin :headbange
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited September 2004
    We make sure that that kind of crap doesn't happen here. We work VERY hard to maintain a mature and useful environment here. Welcome to our site :)
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited September 2004
    yea i like you all here,im used to other forums that if you mispell the slightest little thing you get flamed for it an you all seem nice so im stayin
    Yes, but we don't tolerate run-on sentences without punctuation! :mean::mean:


    Just joking. I'm glad you've found Short-Media. We really do care about each other here. (Arrgh, Leo gets all warm and fuzzy! I'll have to flagellate myself tonight.) :wave:
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