Overclocking? Where to Start?

[lmponte]

I figured out somewhere that my P4 2.4 with 533 MHz of FSB was being successfully overclocked to a stable 3.0-3.2 GHZ with stock cooling.I wanted to try this out too. Where should I start? I know how to change the CPU clock speed in the BIOS, but is that the only thing I should change? What about voltage? When should I change it?I remember one day I tried changing one of these settings and my system wouldn't boot up, I had to manually set the jumpers to reset the factory CMOS settings. What have I done wrong? Can It happen again?Sorry if there are too many questions, but I am curious if I can step my P4 up a little more with stock cooling (i don't feel comfortable changing the cooling of the CPU)Thanks

[Guest ccgr]

what kind of motherboard do you have? Some are more over clocker friendly than others. You have to raise the front side bus, cpu multiplyer and sometimes voltage to add stability. Do this a little at a time to be safe. The voltage is optional.