overclocking a Processor

Just for starters i am kinda new to this overclocking buisness

the only thing i've ever overclocked was my graphics card, just recently and i got all that done, and its good and running fine but then i heard that it is possible to overclock your processor. I was curious if anyone new enough about overclocking proccessors to tell me if its possible to over clock mine thanx

my specs r

Operating System: Windows VistaTM Home Basic (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 (6001.longhorn_rtm.080118-1840)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
System Model: Inspiron 531s
BIOS: oC)Phoenix - AwardBIOSTeDell System v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+ (2 CPUs), ~2.0GHz
Memory: 2558MB RAM
Page File: 1197MB used, 4146MB available
Windows Dir: C:Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 10

i do not know what brand or anything my mother board is, how do i find that out ??

any help would be GREAT!!!!!

thanx guys =D

i did find out my mother board

ASUS M2N61 - AX

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17612922

check the above link out for the basics, you would have been better posting in the hardware forum

k,

cheers m8