Hey guys
Was wondering if anyone could shed some light on this problem for me.......
The system in question is not the one shown in my sig but an older system that ive just started tinkering with after upgrading the mobo :
Athlon 1800+ ( one of the the older palominoe cores)
Chaintech ZENITH 7NJS-Ultra
512mb of pretty basic 2100 RAM (i know an upgrade is on order-in fact its already in the post)
400w PSU
Elsa GF3 GPU
and a non-discript tiny HDD
Now, I know that despite the excellant OC'ing features of the 7NJS mobo, I will never be able to get a decent OC with the systems current RAM....However, at the moment I dnt seem to be able to OC at all....Or to be more specific, I can up the FSB and multiplyer settings in the BIOS, (say to a 1900+ setting) restart the system and still be greeted with a 1800+ reading on the POST....its as if the CPU has completely ignored what I told it to do.....
Stranger still, the RAM/AGP slot react exactly how I would expect and respond to any setting changes with utmost zeal...(the GPU wont start if i up the FSB to high without locking its own frequency at a stantdard 66MHZ for instance)
I have tried upping the Voltages and fiddling with all the relevant settings, but to no avail.....obvioulsy Im missing or have forgotten something (and probably something quite basic knowing me).....so any help would be greatly appreciated...
BTW.....I used the "copper wire in the cpu socket" method to unlock the multiplier on the Athlon....maybe this does not work with palaminoe cores (yet i can still change the cpu ratio in the BIOS) and this is what is causing the problem?
anyway, hope someone can help...cheers
Was wondering if anyone could shed some light on this problem for me.......
The system in question is not the one shown in my sig but an older system that ive just started tinkering with after upgrading the mobo :
Athlon 1800+ ( one of the the older palominoe cores)
Chaintech ZENITH 7NJS-Ultra
512mb of pretty basic 2100 RAM (i know an upgrade is on order-in fact its already in the post)
400w PSU
Elsa GF3 GPU
and a non-discript tiny HDD
Now, I know that despite the excellant OC'ing features of the 7NJS mobo, I will never be able to get a decent OC with the systems current RAM....However, at the moment I dnt seem to be able to OC at all....Or to be more specific, I can up the FSB and multiplyer settings in the BIOS, (say to a 1900+ setting) restart the system and still be greeted with a 1800+ reading on the POST....its as if the CPU has completely ignored what I told it to do.....
Stranger still, the RAM/AGP slot react exactly how I would expect and respond to any setting changes with utmost zeal...(the GPU wont start if i up the FSB to high without locking its own frequency at a stantdard 66MHZ for instance)
I have tried upping the Voltages and fiddling with all the relevant settings, but to no avail.....obvioulsy Im missing or have forgotten something (and probably something quite basic knowing me).....so any help would be greatly appreciated...
BTW.....I used the "copper wire in the cpu socket" method to unlock the multiplier on the Athlon....maybe this does not work with palaminoe cores (yet i can still change the cpu ratio in the BIOS) and this is what is causing the problem?
anyway, hope someone can help...cheers