very peculiar, sweet spot?

[Ottoman]

I'm on my 2nd Slot A cpu... this one is a Tbird core..

7.5x100...

the weird thing is on both cpu's at any mulitplier including and above stock, (didn't try less) my fsb wont go more than 107-108 stable... anything higher freezes in windows, and much higher wont post...

well for some weird weird reason... when I unlocked it..
I got upto 9.5x100... but I can't put it up past 102-103...
but at 9x I could go all the way upto 117!!!
9x117=1053
I've never had it even post near that..
so now I have 9x117 @ 2 volt.... tho it's not 2 volts.. cuz there's a +.05 at all voltages on my board...

but at 8.5x my bus is stuck at 106-107...

so why the heck is it more than double now??


oh check out theses voltages according to MBM5

core=2.08 (I set it at 2)
3.3=3.38
+5=+5.03
-5=-5.44
+12=12.34
-12=-12.60


are they supposed to go that far out of wack?
or is my system a bomb ready to blow?
:p :p

[Oni]

Those voltages look very very nice! They are all (at least a bit, some of them) over what they are supposed to be. As for the sweet spot, I'd say that you hit one. I don't know why, but does it really matter? ;)

Good job!

[The Coolest]

Ottoman>> Real nice overclock!

What PSU do u have?? Ur Volts are pretty high, that's cool.

BTW: What are your temps?

[Ottoman]

thanx guys..

dunno why it's like this..
maybe my mobo is awry..

I'm waiting on an Abit KA7... and gonna do some ocing with that see if I can get it better...


my PSU is a Enermax 350W ATX Power Supply EG365P-VE

I've 1 120mm, 1 92, 3 80mm, and the HSF fan, plus the 2 fans in the power supply....


my temps I'm not exactly sure cuz I don't have on die...
but there's one right next to the hsf.... dunno if it touches..

but in MBM5.. my cpu temp reads 35. and my chassis temp reads 31.... but I have my case open since I don't have a dremel to cut...

[RoadWarrior]

I was playing around with a K6-380 on an Asus board the other day, and over spec, it didn't seem to like any of the .5 multipliers, only the whole ones, bizzareness!