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Hmmm...

I've wanted to learn how to overclock for a while now...but I've never tried it since I don't want to fry my computer - I can't afford to replace it. Does anyone know of a safe way of doing it?

My processor is an AMD 2000+ 1.6Ghz
My graphics card is an ATi 9850 128mb with no fan.
I have Windows XP home edition.

Any help would be very appreciated.

there isn't any way that i know of that is completely risk free. with those specs you provided I'd say that the ways I know would be less safe than with my computer.

and yeah, i've done it to my computer and i nearly blew the whole thing up, literally. it got so hot that i had to manual shut down it and get 4 portable fans around it to cool it down.
then again maybe I just did it with a bad method, tho it did work

As long as you don't over-voltage, there's not a lot of risk to the physical components (but Optix is right; overclocking is always a risk). I do recommend to overclock by small amounts, rather than shooting for the moon immediately. Increase a little and keep doing that until the system gets unstable, and then drop your clock back to the last stable level.

Quick and easy route -- check if your BIOS supports it. (Not knowing your BIOS, I'll try to help, but will, by necessity, be rather vague.) On bootup, get into your BIOS (usually by pressing delete or F10). Look for an option like "Advanced Features" or "Chipset." On that page you're looking for something like "CPU Clock Speed" or "FSB." Increase that value by a click or two and save your settings. Reboot the system and check to see that it thinks it's running a faster processor and is still stable.

well there was my main mistake.
i shot for the moon immediately.