northwood crash problem

[goofee691]

well i dono what happened to my pc but recently when i started it it just wouldent post ive so far unplugged everything form the motherboard except for the RAM video card and CPU. everythign else is removed HDD PCI cards floppy IDE, ect. but it doesent post or give me any error codes so i dono what happened.

well my CPU is a Btype if that helps any and it also has not passed over 1.6v on the vcore so i dont think it could be SNDS

also initailly the crash happened while i was just idleing talking in irc the screen just went black nothign seemed to hapen after

[Fluxburn]

she might be dead

[orionlion82]

i lost one too. a 30 capper. my condolences.

[The Coolest]

Did you try clearing the CMOS?
try different PSU?

[Damenshon]

try taking out ur ram then turn it on. the mb should yell at you (beep) if it doesnt then its most likely dead. you could also try unplugging everyting and replugging them back in... if ur desperate and have time.

[goofee691]

well i got ti workin again but fist i had stuck in an old 1.8Ghz willi to see if it posted witch it did so then i felt like stick in my 2.8 back to see if it just wanted to give me a heart attack and it worked so im just glad all my hardware is fine

[hitbyaprkedcar7]

Weird.

Glad its workin :)

[goofee691]

so am i and now im gonna try and oc it more by changing my ram multiplyer cuz i think thats what was stoping me

[microfire]

I recall with an Abit AI7 if the strap was changed to the wrong setting, it would cause a no boot, fixed by placing in a 533FSB CPU and boot, changing strap then replacing 800FSB CPU back in place.
Appears you have encounted a simular problem with your board, maybe not exactly in the sence of above, though the solution was the same.
156.3MHz / 4 x 5 = 195.375MHz, go for the 4:5 ratio, it should be able to do it fine since you have 200MHz RAM

[goofee691]

my CPU is a 533FSB and i think the willi may have been a 533 too but i dont know that much about that willi

but anyway my ram seems to be haveing problems after it hits 392.5Mhz i think imma have to try and overvolt it cuz its running fine right now with my FSB at 161 but the rams at 322 but if i set the multiplyer back to 2.5 ill get 402.5 im hopping that giveing the ram an addtional .1v will allow it to do this

[microfire]

my CPU is a 533FSB and i think the willi may have been a 533 too but i dont know that much about that willi

but anyway my ram seems to be haveing problems after it hits 392.5Mhz i think imma have to try and overvolt it cuz its running fine right now with my FSB at 161 but the rams at 322 but if i set the multiplyer back to 2.5 ill get 402.5 im hopping that giveing the ram an addtional .1v will allow it to do this
Give the RAM as much volts as it will take to increase stability.
Crank up your NB/APG voltage to max, this will help the chipset cope with the 4 sticks 512MB of RAM and add stability.
You will not hurt nothing, actually improve your system. A sloppy running computer isn't a good one.

[goofee691]

well so far im running stable with +.2v to the ram and a FSB of 160

plus my AGP usues its own 4pin power connector so their is no reason to increase that voltage(correct me if im wrong)
and where woudl i go to raise my NB voltage?
btw if a rise the FSB over 169 my built in raid controllers will stop functioning and i will have to reset the bios

plus i have the vcore at 1.585v already and if i try to set it to 1.6(the next step up in my bios) i get a 1.74v vcore(i dont know why) so for now i dont want to raise my vcore more

my bios also allows you to set the vicore at 1.68v and 1.7v
i would perver to stay below 1.65 prefrubly 1.625

and if i set the FSB up one more Mhz the system becomes unstable and the rams valueram without a heatsink and only rated at PC3200

[microfire]

You are wrong about the AGP voltage, it is also tied into the northbridge (NB). It will not effect your performance in any way what so ever for your AGP card, but it will go far in improving your northbridge performance. Increase it.
Make sure you lock your PCI ratio to 33/66, that will hopefully fix your RAID issue, that is if your not pushing your overclock to far.
I say take your 160FSB with ram at 200MHz (4:5 ratio) and be happy with it. Pushing your overclock to far will lead to disappointment, you must draw the line somewhere. When you start to boarderline on the point of instability your system is not one that is worth using.

[goofee691]

ya im basically just gonna keep it like it is cuz if i change the ram multi back to 2 theirs no way i can get my FSB high enough and still stable without bringing my vcore higher than what its at altho i may experiment a little more just to see if i can bring the FSB up and still have the onboard work and ive had my pci/src/agp locked at all times and thax for the info on the agp voltage

do you have any clue of whats going on with the vcore setting?

[MadMan007]

You are wrong about the AGP voltage, it is also tied into the northbridge (NB). It will not effect your performance in any way what so ever for your AGP card, but it will go far in improving your northbridge performance. Increase it.


Sorry for the semi-thread jack but I read this and couldn't resist. Is it standard for 875/865 mobos that the AGP voltage is tied to the NB voltage?

[microfire]

^ Yes all.