How to clock higher!!! (the task to become the fastest of my friends)

[maha]

I am having trouble clocking my processor higher than it already is, my PIII 800EB now run at a speed of 960 and is still very stable at 1,65v (ran the CPU stability test for 4 hours and no problems, ran every game on my system and nothing crashed).

So i am still at the default voltage of 1,65V so i was thinking of clocking much higher, but when i clock to 966 then my system BUS speeds gets to 40 Mhz, and i think that it can't handle that.

After i clock my machine to 966 and then startup windows, programs in windows start to fail startup, programs like powerstrip and MBM are the first to go. But the strange thing is if i try to start them up later and not during startup there is no problem.

The temp of my computer is at loud around 44/45 (but my room temp is also above 27) So there ain't no problem with the temps, so i just think it is my HDD or some other card in my machine that is crashing.

Is there anything to do to clock higher, but to drop the BUS speed?

I already downclocked my RAM to 120 (CAS2 (2-2-2)), but i see noway to downclock my BUS speed.

Does anyone have the same problem and does anyone knows how to clock higher??

[outhouse]

First you may need better case cooling as overclocked CPU's tend to be a little fussy about heat also you dont mention what kind of HSF you are running if its a stock one then your done overclocking for now if you get a better one then you can raise your CV and that may help regain stability at higher FSB settings. Also you may need to burn in your CPU to get highr FSB settings but again you need to get your temps down before trying this as well. Also when you mention temps is this just on the net this would be [idle] tewmps which means your getting hotter and your temps are already way to high, when you run games or benchmarks this would be your full load temps and we will need to know these as well. You need to tell as what FSB settings your running rite now so we can help with your PCI bus speeds some MB's when you reach a certain speed will reduce your PCI speed be one quarter instead of one third but since i dont know what your running at i cant help. Also you may try cas3 as cas 2 is a faster setting, one thing you can do is download sisandra at www.tweakfiles.com theres allot of info that will help you know whats going on with your system. besides reading through the tips section and getting a good background about overclocking check the CPU database and see what other fellows are running at with your CPU and what components there using to get where there at, ive heard that your CPU will not let you get to much further but with such a low CV you should be able to get a little more out of her but at this point its just a guess. I have more tricks but i will need more info such as what MB do you have as well as memory harddrive ect ect

goodluck

[AmbientFiction]

Yes that would really help to have a motherboard that will reduce the PCI/APG bus. Also I don't know how that EB is going to play into it since its a 133mhz FSB chip if it was say an 800 with a 100mhz fsb you could push it somemore if I have been reading correct. Also you might want to find a program that can give you info about your dimm. if its lower than PC133 you need to upgrade that ram.

Also I see your CPU temp is around 111ºF thats kinda high what type of heatsink do you have

[maha]

Oke, here are the total stats:

PIII800EB processor
ASUS CUSL2-C motherboard.
128MB RAM (133 Mhz) (cheap RAM)
Maxtor ATA100 7200 RPM HDD
Acer 16x DVD drive
ASUS V7700 GeForce2 GTS deluxe videocard
Realtek RTL8139 network adapter (10/100)
Adaptec 2914 SCSI2 controller
PlexWriter 4/12 (SCSI2)


I have a Global Win WBK38 heatsink
And two other cheapo fan's for getting the air out of my system.

Someone already told me i have to reinstall my CPU heatsink because he thought the temps where to high also, but i don't know if i can get the temps down by trying that again.

I had one problem when installing my heatsink, that is because the globalWin is pretty though to get on my CPU so the termal past can be a little spread out, don't know if this is bad for cooling. I am already using Arctic Silver II compound so that most be oke.

In the bios i have set the settings to 160/120/39
And i don't see any features in my bios for getting the BUS speed lower.

I also found out that when it get's hotter in my room and also the motherboard i had to rease the CV 0,05 V
SO now that it's just a little bit hotter i have to run my CV at 1,70 v in order to keep the system stable.

I also think that i am going to need some good case fans to get the motherboard temp lower, dunno if 33 to 34 degrees is high, but i think it's high.

And last i would like to know what is a good load temp for my CPU when it's overlcocked this high?

Hope this is enough.

[outhouse]

Its best to keep your temps below 40C allthough i like mine never to get above 35C since your running at 160FSB your getting close to your limits, try getting your temps down before doing anything else, one thing you can try is, if your HSF on your CPU is blowing air down towards the HS then make sure the fan in the back of your PC is blowing cool air into the case instaed of blowing hot air out also turn the fan in front to blow the hot air out this will reduce temps some. If you are not sure how much AS-2 you have on your CPU then you should re apply and make sure your HSF is mounted properly your temps should not be so high this is true.

goodluck

[Zuck Gou :)]

Heat is the problem.

You said programs crash if they start at boot, but when you open them later they work fine. Boot-up is usually the time when your cpu is going to get the hottest, so when you try loading programs at start-up it'll freeze because of the heat.

Good luck with the cooling :)