Question about voltage...

[Hedgehogforprez]

Ok, had a problem with my 2400+ last night that got solved by you great people :D Thanks a lot for that. Today I started fooling around with it and got it to post at 2.2ghz but for some reason it reboots when windows starts to load so I was wondering if I would need to up the voltage??

2400+ XP
Pc Chips m848lu ( I know no one has heard of this board :( )
640mg DDR PC2100

Thanks again!

[asj]

you might need to up the vcore!
but is your cooling up to it?
Whats your hole system specs?
I can run mine at 2.2Ghz at stock voltage and its very stable!

Oh and how did you overclock it? raise the fsb or multi?

Oh and do you fold?

[Hedgehogforprez]

i dont have much more in it:

gforce fx 5200
40 gig maxtor

My cooling should be able to handle it, I could use a better heatsink most likely but that will come soon with my new mobo. I raised the fsb to achieve 2.1 but any higher and windows starts to freeze.

Do I fold? ( Wish I knew what that was because the only folding I do is my laundry ;) )

Thanks!

[Hedgehogforprez]

I take that back I can raise my fsb to 145 and it works fine, when I go to 150 it will still post but windows starts freezing.

[asj]

Originally posted by Hedgehogforprez
Do I fold? ( Wish I knew what that was because the only folding I do is my laundry ;) )

Thanks!

lol! thats a good one!

I think you may have to up the voltage! Also it could be the motherboard which isn't liking the overclock. I don't know much about the mobo so can't help you! sorry! but I would try and raise the voltage (vcore) up to the next level and see if that helps.

And for folding you might want to check the folding part of the forums.

[asj]

Originally posted by Hedgehogforprez
I take that back I can raise my fsb to 145 and it works fine, when I go to 150 it will still post but windows starts freezing.

Ah its your motherboard or cpu! Can you lower the multi with the mobo you have? cos I would lower that and then up the fsb to 166. then you can raise the multi to the most stable point.

[Hedgehogforprez]

Thanks a ton asj! Yeah this mobo isn't the best but it's all I could afford when I bought it. everything but the fsb is locked :( So thursday when I get my paycheck I will be getting myself a new abit yay.

[asj]

SPECIFICATION:
PROCESSORS
462 pin Socket A supports AMD K7 processors
-full series of Athlon XP /Athlon processors
Chipset
SiS 746 & SiS963L chipset
-SiS963L MuTIOL Media I/O delivered data transfer rate up to 1GB/s
-Integrated USB 2.0 host controller in SiS963L
-AGP v3.0 compliant with 8x transfer mode.
LPC I/O ¡V ITE8705F
LAN ¡V 10/100Mbps Faster Ethernet (optional)
AC97 Audio Codec
-Compliant with AC97 2.2 specification
System BIOS
AMI 2Mb Flash EEPROM
Supports Plug and Play 1.0A, APM 1.2, Multi Boot, DMI
Full support ACPI revision 1.0 specification
Memory
2 184-pin DDR DIMM Sockets to support two 2.5V DDR SDRAMs (DDR400, conditional)
Maximum: 2GB
Expansion Slots
5 PCI slots, 1 AGP slot (8X), 1 CNR slot
Form Factor & Layers
ATX (305mm*224mm), 4 Layers
I/O Interface
-Supports Plug and Play function
-PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse connectors
-One EPP/ECP mode parallel port
-One 16550 high-speed serial I/O port
-Four USB Ports and an optional LAN connector
-Audio ports (Line-in, Line-out, Mic-in)
Dual PCI IDE interfaces - support four IDE devices (PIO mode 4, DMA Mode 2, Ultra DMA 100/133)
Supports 360K~2.88M Byte, 3 Mode FDDs or LS120
ATX Power Supply Connectors (20-pin and 4-pin)
Ports, headers and others
-CD-in header
-Internal USB Card Reader
-Front Panel MIC/Line-Out Header
-Extra USB Header (USB3) for two USB devices
-HDD LED, Reset Switch, Power Switch headers
-CPU and Chassis Fan headers
-Internal USB Card Reader header
RTC & Battery
SiS963L built-in 256 byte of CMOS SRAM
With CMOS hardware clear jumper

http://www.pcchips.com/product/M848LU.html

that would be your motherboard!
mmm. its a SIS chipset so I don't know anything about the motherboard! Sorry! At least I done some research! now more people will know about the board and be able to help you!

[asj]

if its an abit your getting then make it a NF7-S ver2! they are the best! I have rev 1 but haven't had any probs yet!

[Hedgehogforprez]

Thanks asj, I would have done that research myself but last time I checked the pcchips site was down. As for the nf7-s I was getting one but can't find rev 2 anywhere...newegg does have nf7-s but not sure if it's rev 2 or rev 1.