not sure if overclocking will work

[saroy94]

I'm new to overclocking, haven't overclocked anything before, but i'm thinking of overclocking my core 2 duo E6600 as I realised theyre great for overclocking.

However I don't know whether overclocking will work with my CPU. Are there any limitations or does overclocking work on every single CPU?

 

[Lordbob75]

Saroy, Overclocking can be done on more or less any computer. However, if you have a prebuilt computer from a company like Dell or HP, the BIOS may be locked and you will be unable to overclock.

If you have a laptop, don't even consider OCing.

~Lordbob

 

[saroy94]

yes my pc is infact a prebuilt HP desktop. How can i tell if the BIOS is locked or not?

 

[Lordbob75]

yes my pc is infact a prebuilt HP desktop. How can i tell if the BIOS is locked or not?

HP locks all their BIOSes.

~Lordbob

 

[saroy94]

Ahh fishsticks! thanks for letting me know

 

[Wishmaster]

Almost all pre-builts lock thier bios.

Likely because the chance a bad OC (excessive voltage etc) can damage hardware is pretty good. So they lock them to prevent anything like this happening.

 

[saroy94]

ahh :\ I wanted to overclock it aswell, seeing as a lot of people have overclocked the same CPU over 3.0Ghz, would have been awesome.

 

[saroy94]

how about emachines? Do they lock their BIOS?

 

[freaky88]

how about emachines? Do they lock their BIOS?

i have a emachines and i dont think they do, not sure tho....