Patent ID: 6622254
Filing Date: 2003-09-16
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method of automatically overclocking CPUs for a computer system, comprising the steps of:showing a screen when said computer system is powered on, said screen having a selection prompt of entering overclocking process and warning messages appearing on said screen; loading built-in parameters and storing a copy of said built-in parameters for reference in a next trial of booting up said computer system; calculating first booting frequency T1 between frequency a and frequency b for a first trial, said frequency a being the frequency of a front side bus and said frequency b being a highest frequency generated by frequency generators; repeating a step of calculating an (n+1)th booting frequency Tn+1 between Tn and b for an (n+1) trial until said computer cannot be booted in said (n+1) trial and setting frequency Tn as an overclocking frequency if said computer system is booted up successfully at said frequency T1, said n being started with 1 and incremented by 1 after each trial; and repeating a step of calculating an (n+1)th booting frequency Tn+1 between a and Tn for an (n+1) trial until said computer is booted successfully at said (n+1) trial and setting frequency Tn+1 as an overclocking frequency if said computer system is not booted up successfully at said frequency T1, said n being started with 1 and incremented by 1 after each trail.