Cooking TBIRD

[jbell]

I ran sisoft Sandra on my system after O/Cing my comp - it says that my CPU which is running at 113F is too hot. Is this true? Is that too hot? Doesn't seem liek it to me... but being a newbie I am probably wrong. Any suggestions?

[Violator]

that's about 42c, not too hot, that's fairly average.

[jbell]

EPOX 8KTA3+
1Ghz AXIA@1395Mhz (155*9)
512Mb PC133@155Mhz


Man that sucks - i set my bios @ 117/37/off and my multipler at 9 and i get an overclock fail error on my bootup - that mean i am unable to o/c at that speed? which of coarse is not even close to your settings - by far

[Violator]

Dude I mailed you yesterday re. your question but apparently it's been 'delayed' whatevah :)

Have you set jumper J5? it controls 100/133 FSB

[jbell]

j5 is set at 100 - the defualt. should i move that to 133

[Violator]

Yeah, once you change that, the default FSB will be 133 and from there on it's up up up ;)

[TranceBear]

That is the fastest way to overclock, that is where I started.

[Rob Cork]

Just remember if you're going to raise the fsb to 133 you'll need to lower the multiplier and reboot to make sure it's taken effect before moving the jumper - 7.5 would be a good place to start, that'll keep everything in spec.

[i12bina3]

i have a kt7e ... and i was wondering if it is possible to change to 133 as well altough i think its not possible ... i would just like to know
duron 750 @ 883 and rising @ 1.75v

[jbell]

ok here is where I stand...

I am @ 110/47/off
multiplier is at x9.5
if I go to x9 I get an overclock fail on boot up.
ALSO if I switch my FSB to 133 I get two beeps off the MOBO and no bootup period! Thsi is very frustrating, and it has to be easier than this I gained overall 10-20% total system performance but come on we all know AMD is capable of more...

So what do I do?
do I drop my vcore power or add to it?
what about my vagp and my vio settings do I add or subtract from those?

[Violator]

Set j5 to 133. Set multiplier to 7.5. Leave vcore at default. Check memory speed is set to SPD in bios. Boot, see what posts.

[jbell]

Will do - but not tonight it is 20 after 2am here - I have work tomorrow...er.. today now. and I will let you know what happens.


Thanks

[jbell]

also... have you flashed your BIOS? if so what stepping?

[Violator]

I'm running the latest BIOS, don't ask me what version (not at home just now) but it's dated June I think.

Also just a thought, might be an idea to clear your cmos after setting j5. Plus going by your above speed '110/47/off' damn your PCI setting is high :)

[proze]

damn straight. your pci devices might start dying at that speed. not too healthy methinks...

[jbell]

I have had my PCI stable to 300FSB

[Violator]

We're meaning your PCI speed - 47 in your other post, that's pretty damn high, my HDD will play up like hell if I hit 40 (39 at the mo')

Or thinking about it, is it a typo? did you mean 37, that would make more sense actually.

[jbell]

I just fired up the comp - it is 110/37/off
multiplier is x11.5
vcore - defualt
vagp - +.1v
vio - +15v

[Violator]

Have you changed the jumper yet?

[jbell]

vcore on defualt
multiplier on x7.5
jp5 on 133

two beep warning - no boot up

set jp5 back to 100 and i get an overclock fail from the multiplier being @ x7.5

[Violator]

Are you able to get into the BIOS? have you reset the CMOS?

[jbell]

i am forced into the bios - looking for cmos now

[jbell]

looks like I am SOL on this - anything below a x9.5 multiplier fails on boot up

[proze]

Originally posted by jbell
I just fired up the comp - it is 110/37/off
multiplier is x11.5
vcore - defualt
vagp - +.1v
vio - +15v

aaahh.. 37.. that's more like it! you'd have had a legendary hdd if it coped with a pci bus of 47!! lol... ;)

[Violator]

Dude quick question but it might just solve yer problem, how are you getting your memory to run @ 145Mhz? If you're doing that with a 100FSB, your memory is gonna go through the roof if you switch to a 133FSB. The only way you used to be able to do this is by FSB+PCI, I don't recall seeing a setting for that on the kta3 but is this what you're doing?

'cos it sounds likely thinking about it, 110FSB, 37PCI 110+37=147Mhz (your memory speed), now think 133FSB, 37PCI 133+37=170Mhz (on PC133 your memory would freak!)

[jbell]

I have in my BIOS the auto detect off on my ram and have it set @ 133 and CAS3, then under the voltage page? I have it @ 110/37/off, now it will not let me et my FSB to 133 I think I need to flash my BIOS to do that cuase EVERYTIME I swuitch to FSB133 it will not boot up....

I pulled a 16 hour shift yesterday 2pm-5:30am and I am at work now looks liek another of the same - once I get my head on normal again I will work with it some more and I will be going to FRY Electronics to lok fo some stuff to help cool my system more - idle is about 42c right now.

[Tomas]

try looking in bios and see if u find something like FSB+PCI memory settings and just set it too FSB, not +PCI so u get ur ram to run 100mhz instead.
Then u can try moving the jumper again so u get 133fsb.