Overclocking...

So, I have been testing my system out, and just realized that on POST, it's listing my processor as 1.86 (266x7.0). I found in BIOS, that the 7.0 is the CPU multiplier, which I can raise to 9.0 (which would be the 2.40 Ghz that my processor should be). So my question is:
Do I need to change any other settings (fan speeds, voltages, etc), or can I just raise the 7.0 to 9.0 without any problems? Or can I do that, but then keep an eye on temperature or something?

I've never overclocked anything before, so don't want to screw anything up. Any advice on what I should do, and also let me know if there's other info you need.

Thanks.

strange, you have a C2D right? to my knowledge its fixed, you need to get the Extreme (~2.9Ghz) to be able to adjust the multiplier

if your afraid of temps then look through your BIOS, there should be a setting to say when to do an emergency reboot, set it to 60'C or maybe a bit higher, that way if something goes wrong it will pull the plug for you

other then that, i would say put it where it should be, and then check your clock when you boot (CPU-Z or /proc/cpuinfo depending on OS), then watch your temps, put the system under load and watch them, if it stays really low then i would increase the FSB by 10%, which will overclock everything (including your RAM), everything should be able to handle that, if not then the BIOS will usually reset trying to past POST, if it has problems with that then clearing the CMOS will usually fix it

Alright cool... now I have something in BIOS for temperature (MCP), and at most, it hits 65 degrees... is that too high? If so, what can I do to cool that one down some? I did buy another heatsink to use when I purchased everything else, but the heatsink is barely too big for the way this motherboard is laid out. So I'm using the factory one that came with the processor.

Thanks.

for the MCP, i would say its fine, i can't find any exact specs, but the manufacturer of that board overclocks to well past the specs, so i would assume whatever heatsink they have on there, its much better then what is actually needed

With the e6300 the multipliers are either 6 or 7, nothing else. You can up the fsb to get higher processor speeds, but if you do that, i would suggest putting you ram to the lowest rating then adding to the FSB because you dont want to over shoot the ram.

My 6300 is clocked a little over 3Ghz. I have DDR2-667Mhz clocked to 880Mhz (got lucky i guess) and the multiplier is 1:1 (its registering the ram as DDR2-533 before OCing) see what i mean?

Also, look into the ram timings i fyou cant get past what your ram should be clocked to once you lower it and OC