memory voltage

[THiEF]

i was reading my asus book, and it says i can increase the voltage going to my memory and pci slots. can this help ocverlock my gefoce 2? rite now it srunning at 250 core and 360 memory, standard is 200 core and 333 memory. but any way can this help me with bringin up my memory? or would this increase in voltage just dammage things ?maybe thats y my comp locks up when i set the fsb to high?

[Rob Cork]

I assume you have the A7V, in which case the default setting for the I/O voltage (which goes to the PCI/AGP cards and RAM) is 3.56V. The only other settings are 3.3V and 3.69V - given that the industry standard is 3.3V, Asus' default of 3.56V is already quite high (but still safe, I've been running mine for over 6 months now and my components are all fine), and IMO 3.69 is too high. You could try putting the GF2 back to stock speed and then raising the fsb - it may be it can't handle being oc'ed with a high fsb speed. What board do you have, and what fsb/multiplier setting are you using?

[THiEF]

im running the asus a7v with my t-bird 850 at 997. fsb is 105 and freq is 9.5. its not the core, the core is running solid as a rock. its just the memory can be real pain sumtimes. but the core is running smoth. have u done the voltage mod yet to your a7v? im gonna be doing mine 2 day.

[Rob Cork]

I actually did a write-up on how to do the mod for oc.com, so yes I have already done it. I had a few problems, like pulling off one of the SMD components - turned out to be a 1nf capacitor, and not essential - PHEW!! Here's the article if you want to have a look, it's not too hard to do if you have the right technique - my problem was I'd never done any soldering like this before, but you can learn quick: http://www.overclockers.com./tips317/ If you need to and you have a dead sound card or something to play with, practice a bit to get a feel for how the solder flows and how much control you have.

[THiEF]

i have a 22 k resitor, i cant find any 24 k. this is good enough rite?

[proze]

depends... other values have worked for some people, but for some it's resulted in machine's not booting until the mod was undone.. i recommend you solder some thin electrical wire to the points on the board, and then the resistor to them, so it's easily removed without losing your hard work...

[Rob Cork]

THiEF (Feb 10, 2001 08:59 p.m.):
i have a 22 k resitor, i cant find any 24 k. this is good enough rite?

You could get a 2k and solder it in series with the 22k to get 24k - assuming you can get a 2k resistor of cours :-)