HELP with overclocking 865pe neo2!

i have a P4 2.8GHz and an MSI 865PE NEO2-S mobo
anyway
ive tried sevrel times to overclock my cpu through the bios and reached 215MHz only... after that the system gets stuck even though the cpu temp isnt really high...
after a while i discoverd the overclocking option in CORE CENTER and tried to over clock through there and everything went fine but when i reached like 230MHz the system got REALLY slow
and i noticed that i dont know  about the voltages that need to b changed and everything
if any1 can help plz help
:P
thanks a lot!

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Originally posted by Neo_Born
Motherboard: MSI 865PE LS
RAM: 512 400mhz DDR Dual Channel
Asus: Geforce 4
I have looked at the example they have here on the site and it shows the corecenter with a red circle with OC in it for overclocked.  No where can I see where this is on my core center.
I ended up in the bios and selected "Private" and "Ultra Turbo" and some other settings can't remember what but it got the chip up to 3500mhz.  How do I take this further or what's the purpose of the "General" setting as opposed to the "private" setting?
How do I boost the FSB speed?
What does PSB stand for?
Just open up those stupid side wings and you can adjust your speeds there.  Like Nykon said, it's better to go in the bios and do it.  Corecenter is good for checking CPU temps and fan speeds.  
The Private setting falls under Dynamic Overclocking or D.O.T. for short.  It's a process that's controlled through the Corecell chip that detects when the CPU is under load and adjusts your FSB accordingly.  I'm not sure if it controls voltages, but I don't think that it does.  The deferent settings in D.O.T. just means you are allowing for more overclocking with D.O.T.  So Private would be the slowest (5% performance boost) and general would be the fastest (maybe 20-30% boost).  However, when OC'ing manualy it's best to disable this function.  
Performance mode just tightens up your ram timings for better performance, which you can manually do under Advanced Chipset Features.
FSB can be adjusted in your Freguency/Voltage window in bios, it is the "Adjust CPU Clock Speed" heading.  
PSB stands for Pet Shop Boys, but FSB stands for Front Side Bus.

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