shamRock wrote:I have an HP p6214y and when I go to the BIOS>Advanced settings, there are no options for overclocking or anything. Is there a tool or software to do it?
Also, I have a question with unlocking L3 caching on this CPU like this. How do I do it if the CPU name is not selectable in the BIOS advanced settings?
Here is the specs for my system.
Thanks for all answers!
You won't be able to get all the advanced/overclocking BIOS features with your PC. In fact, all the OEM pre-built PC (Acer, Gateway, HP, Compaq, etc.) have most/all the features removed or disabled...because they don't want people to accidentally destroy their computer.
There are softwares out there that allows you to adjust the Bus/FSB frequency TEMPORARYILY (resets after reboot), but..it isn't very good at all compared to doing it in the BIOS. Plus, you can only adjust the FSB and nothing else (voltages, RAM frequency, etc).
The program that I used for my Acer PC to give it a small overclock was called "setFSB." Make sure your particular computer model/motherboard is supported by the program - can be checked by looking at their looong support list.
http://www13.plala.or.jp/setfsb/
You can only unlock the L3 cache if your chip was orginally a Phenom II chip; what I mean is, you were lucky to get one of the PhenomII turned into Athlon II chips (to meet market demands or disable some of the defetive pats to make it a Athlon II). The Phenom II's were the AM3 CPus that had L3 cache.
You'll need a motherboard with the advanced BIOS AND the "Unlocking" feature present to be able to do this.
Basically, you need a new motherboard (non-OEM, retail, boxed ones) to properly overclock and to unlock the L3 cache...