AMD 3400+ overclocknig?
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Overclocking isn't ilegal!\nIt can mess up your computer if you do it wrong, and will probably void your warranty, but so can installing any add-ons if you don't know what you're doing. Unless you overclock and screw something up and then try to use your warranty anyway.......that might be illegal b/c you've violated the warranty terms and are trying to collect anyway, which would be fraud. Unless you try that, though, there is nothing illegal about it. \n~sigh~
104462
if i were you i would NOT do it.Send it to a computer guy if you still wanna overclock it.
77045
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overclock
862321
you should use your bios to do so,by  pressing the delete button while your PC is starting up, in the bios menu there should be a clock speed in megahertz setting that you can change, for instance from 100 Hertz to 110 Hertz, this will change the speed of the CPU from higher to lower respectively. But I would not recommend overclocking AMD CPU, the AMD tends to run much warmer than Intel PC, so add extra coolers or upgrade the CPU fan before overclocking it, monitor the CPU temperature carefully afterwords, especially after heavy processing, if  applications start behaving strangely, then I would recommend switching back to the normal settings
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http://www.techpowerup.com/atitool/\n\nUse that to overclock ATI cards. What I do is that I make a new file for overclock. Then, I click the button on the screen saying "Max Memory/Core" and it overclocks automatically that way. Then I save, and then I minimize it.\n\nJust if you're wondering, only certain cards have thermometers. So if it doesn't display a temp, mine doesn't either because mine is also a 9600.
5966
50c is perfectly fine.  My systems average between 45 and 50c.  I believe AMD CPUs can handle temps of up to 90c (i could be wrong).  Although the motherboard cannot handle temps that high anyway.
879409
ASUS boards are good for overclocking, just find one that has the number of PCI Express x16 slots you want and the right socket.
142609
You can only overclock a processor if it is built to be overclocked.  In your case your Pentium 4 will have to be a Pentium 4 HT (HT= Hyper-Threading).  My best advice would be to not overclock it.  If the manufactor thought it would run stable at a higher speed they would have sold it at that speed.
432385
it seems to be an overclocking problem - the system became instable. reset all clocking values back to the defaults.
1110947
i agree it may be the power supply what kind of power supply do you have if you bought a cheep case and used a cheep power supply it could fry every thing its attached to i bought 3 enermax cases they came with a cheep power max not a good enermax and all 3 fry cpus boards and mb fortunatly they were under warrenty and were replaced but the amd 64 doznt heat fast like the xps or the p4-prescottsif you need to replace use an opteron everyone is using that for gamming now go to amds web site my opteron is the fastest on battle.net when i had my 3700 other 2 or three people loaded faster than me now noone does unless im running a virus scan at the same time
720245
AMD CPU is a good one...
458757
This sounds like an overheating problem, you did use heatsink compound, right! Did you reinstall O/S after swapping motherboard?
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I prefer my Pentium 4. It has-\n\n3.00 GHz (Reports of up to 4.00 GHz succesful overclocking!)\n800 MHz FSB\n1 MB L2 Cache (I'd have prefered two, but whatever)\n478-Pin (I think...)\nHyper-Threading (Doesn't work well with windowed 3D stuff though)
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You have to use a program like CPU-Z to overclock your CPU. But beware, there are consequences for overclocking. If you have a 2.9GHz CPU and want to over clock it to 3.8GHz, thats not a safe thing to do, because thats the MAX, not the recommended. Your CPU will most likely melt...\n\nYou should, at the max, overclock it to 3.4GHz. IT all depends on what type of cooling you have. If you ahve a stock CPU cooler, dont try to overclock. If you have water-cooling, go rigth ahead. But your CPU will wear out easier and your warranty will be cut if you overclock.
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I believe te fastest processors are clocked between 3 - 3.4 GHz. I have however seen machines being overclocked to run at 4 GHz. This however is a surefire way of shortening the life of your processor and cooling a system that running so hot is a pain in the butt. \n\nYour best bet would be to look at an Intel Pentium Dual Core Pressler chip the speeds range from 2.6GHz to 3.4GHz. I know AMD has the FX series that come in that range of speed.
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Check out Tom's Hardware Guide. They have a special article called "The Mother of All CPU Charts". This should help you find what you're looking for.
851957
You can use higher, it will slow down to 2700. Can't use lower. The test is does it boot, and does the computer recognize the ram, If that is yes, you are ok. Any combination will not harm the pc, it will only not work or complain.