my 1600+ still wont go above 159

[Yuriman]

I tried turning my ram levels down, increasin voltage, putin in and takin out pci cards,and a buncha other things u guys told me to do. But i suspect its my psu. Its 350watt, and when above 159, it either wont post, or the cdrom drive doesnt work. I would like to know what u guys think. Thanks.

[Skiing Squirrel]

Hmmm, whats your stepping? Mobo? I have a little 300 watt psu, and im running 166 nice and clear.

[Yuriman]

well, the amd processor program i have says its 6.6.2, but i was told that wasnt it.

[maxima88]

How long have you had this chip? When did you buy it, to be more precise? The older XP1600+ cpus did not o/c as well as the ones from only a few months ago. You might have an older stepping.

[Yuriman]

Had it for around a month, and by nascar capitol of the world u meen daytona right?

[JAWS]

What brand/type of ram do you have? What are your 5+ and 12+ readings?

[Yuriman]

Its main brand, came with my board, 256megs of oc garunteed, bout 80$, not sure exactly who made, and are the 5+/12+ readings in bios?

[Yuriman]

by the way, my bios has a realy cool setup where u type the fsb u want, and has all the raids and ex. Got it 4 80$, got it on sale.

[JAWS]

Originally posted by Yuriman
Its main brand, came with my board, 256megs of oc garunteed, bout 80$, not sure exactly who made, and are the 5+/12+ readings in bios?

yes, or in any type of hardware monitoring software. Is your ram rated at 2700 or above?

[Yuriman]

Yea, its 2700 high grade. And its on my gigabyte ga7vrx with via kt333 chipset. And even at 158, even though it doesnt post right sometimes, i get a steady 43* c under load with my homemade air cooling system.

[maxima88]

Can you please tell us what components you're using, like mobo, me, ram type, psu rating, etc.

[Yuriman]

Sure, Got a gigabyte ga7vrx with via kt333 chipset, high end pc2700, (dont laugh, getin a new one soon) 40gig 5400rpm maxtor hd, GF2 mx200 agp overclocked, 16\10\40 cd burner,tv card, v92 modem, network card(10\100),4 usb 2.0 highspeeds, 350w psu, probably cheap,average system fan,and a standard floppy. I dont think i missed anything, except that i got xp pro, but that doesnt matter.

[JAWS]

Make sure you change to a 1/5 divider to lessen the stress on other components.

Have you tried to change your fsb in the bios to 166? That's all I did when I first received my chip. If you ram is great quality, it should be able to handle it.

[Yuriman]

Whats this 1\5 divider i hear bout, and ill try the 166 later

[Yuriman]

also, to make things faster, if anyone has AIM, my aim name is gokujr6789, which i made at age 9(im only 13)

[Skiing Squirrel]

Naw man... charlotte NC. Dale ernhart, all of that. Lowes motorspeedway. And no, I am not a fan. Just mock the crazines of it.

[Yuriman]

also ski, why dont u have ur aim on?

[JAWS]

Originally posted by Yuriman
Whats this 1\5 divider i hear bout, and ill try the 166 later

Just look in you bios for a PCI ratio or just Ratio

Options would be 3:2:1 or 4:2:1 or 5:2:1