I am wondering if you can damage your CPU is you overcloak because I think I might have damaged it because I have a 2.8GHz P4 and I have this program that lets me over cloak alot and I set the cloaking really high several times and when I did that the computer shutdown so I thought it was ok because the CPU still works but know when I use it the program always try to set the speed of the CPU at 1.4 and I was wonderign if maybe I could have messed up half of it or if I could have blown half of it up and it still work. Please help me thanks.

Not to discredit you, Swimmer, but usually a CPU is either working or not working.  I have never seen a case of overclocking that resulted in the proc only being able to run at half speed.  Usually, if anything bad happens from overclocking, it usually ends up with a trip to newegg.

I would say that if your computer even boots, then it's probably still ok.  Set everything back to the way it was, and enjoy your computer the way it is.

I've heard of them actually kicking off due to the heat. If that chip was being seriously overc'd, maybe it was near meltdown and the board shut the system down.
That's why I picked up a Fan Master. I can actually see the true temp and control the fans in my case. At times I need to increase the cpu fan to cool that puppy down.


http://www.extremeMHz.com/SF_Fanmstr-p1.shtml

If you like to push your cpu, you really need something like this. This is what I got and it serves the purpose.

More than likely what was happening was, the computer was shutting down because the chip didn't have enough Vcore to run at that speed. Reset CMOS and make sure evrything is set back to stock speeds.

Usually your comp will shut down before it damages itself from heat but not always. Like they said above do some research before you OC or you will fry something eventually if you haven't already.

Unless we are really talking about cloaking(a Romulin or Klingon ship) then never mind
The Wave

If you really want to overclock, get a P4 Prescott 775 socket 3.0 GHz 800 FSB with 1 meg cache.....put an aftermarket heatsink on it.  ( I like the Cooler Master Hyper 48)....put in some ddr2-800 corsair memory into it.....with a asus motherboard that supports fsb 800/1066, ddr2, hyperthreading.........and just stand back while the AMD's bite the dust!!!  I have seen this IC overclocked many times without any problems....all the way up to a stable 3.9GHz at 52 degrees C under full load!!  Just surf the net and take a look for yourself, this Prescott that is in the 775 package is a monster....yea it gets hot...sometimes damn hot....but if you have good case cooling and a good aftermarket heatsink you should have no problems overclocking to 3.4-3.6

THE MAIN THING TO REMEMBER IS THIS.  60-65 C IS AS HOT AS YOU SHOULD RUN THIS CHIP IF YOU WANT IT TO LAST.  IF YOU USE A GOOD QUALITY CASE THAT HAS ENOUGH FANS TO  EXHAUST THE HEAT GATHERED FROM YOUR CPU COOLER, MEMORY, AND VIDEO CARD,  YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO KEEP THE CPU AT 40-45 C WHILE UNDER LOAD ......BASICALLY I CAN OVERCLOCK UNTIL I REACH 52 DEGREES C. (I AM A BIT CONSERVATIVE SO I PREFER TO KEEP MY MAX TEMP 52 DEGREES C. 

BUZZ ;)

HT technology doesn’t create a dual core or anything close to that (hardware).
http://www.intel.com/technology/hyperthread/

From the link peepnklown posted. HT is not a dual core.


Do a little more research AMD's new X2 (dual core) destroy anything Intel has on the market ;)