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1g_raider
04-11-01, 10:43 PM
I'm fairly new to O/C but I have been pushing My 1g T-Bird up to some fairly nice speeds. So Far I have load tested at 1.2 and rock stable. It ran for 3 hrs. and it maxed out @ 45 deg. C. I did this by pushing the FSB 10.0 @ 120 on my KT7A Soft menu. I also had to push the V_Core up to 1.8 ( MBM reads it at 1.85 ) and bumped the I/O voltage up 1 notch past default. I did the voltage tweaks without really knowing what I'm doing. My question is is there somewhere I can read about these voltage settings. I didn't see anything in the postings on the main page. OR... If someone has the time to post a quick rundown on how these settings should be used and what they do I would really appreciate it.

Hoot
04-12-01, 05:29 AM
I too have a 1G/266 AXIA T-bird. It runs ultra stable 10x133 @ 1.7/3.4. No reason why you shouldn't be able to hit the same. With my KT7A, I have found that the WW revision of the firmware lends best to overclocking. If I 'up the core voltage to 1.85, it runs 11x133 stabile also, but with a lot more heat to get rid of.

Hoot

Wega!
04-12-01, 05:34 AM
The V-core is the volt provided to ur CPU. Increasing this will make u able to overclock ur CPU more. Upping this voltage will also make ur CPU running much hotter, so u need to have some good cooling. But ur temps are looking fine as they are now.
The I/O voltage is providing ur PCI, AGP, RAM slot's and ur chipset with power. Increasing this one, will often make u able to run some higher FSB (Front Side Bus) speeds. On the A7V 3.56 is default, and u should properly stay with that, cuz it's the safest.

Hope this helps