mercuryhaze
02-03-07, 09:09 AM
My goal is joining the 4 ghz club, and I'm very close. I may not use all the correct terms so bear with me!
I can boot into windows with an oc from 3.2(800 fsb) to 3.92(980 fsb). This seems very stable although I haven't ran any torture tests. I have my vcore set to AUTO, and my dimm v set to 1.85. My FSB and Memory are set to LINKED in the bios, so when I change fsb it auto changes memory. I don't think I can change my multiplier, so it's set to 16.
Leaving the settings like this, I tried higher fsb, such as 1020,1040, etc. I also changed the dimm voltage a little, say to 1.9 - 2.0. It won't boot, and on some combinations, a short drawn out sound emitted from the box. It wasn't constant but repeated until I cleared CMOS. I think this is an issue with my MEMORY. I then set my fsb and memory to EXPERT so I could change both fsb and memory independantly. This seemed to make things more stable, when I started tweaking fsb and memory separate. I set my fsb to 1010, which should be slightly over 4. I think I set my memory to 750-800. This seemed to help a little. The pc will post, and right before the windows screen comes up, it shows a bogus error saying my ntosknrl is corrupt. However, I can boot into windows fine once I change settings back in the bios. Oh, and all this time during testing my vcore is set to AUTO. My memory timings are set to 4-4-4-12.
I think i'm on the right track, but I'm not sure how my memory should relate to my fsb. Or, is this even the issue at all? Should I begin to tweak my vcore? AUTO seems to be doing ok, and I'm not sure of a voltage to test at. Should I look at anything else, like pcie mhz?
I can almost taste the sweetness of 4.0+! I would have never gotten this far without this forum's info! Thanks for the much needed help!
I can boot into windows with an oc from 3.2(800 fsb) to 3.92(980 fsb). This seems very stable although I haven't ran any torture tests. I have my vcore set to AUTO, and my dimm v set to 1.85. My FSB and Memory are set to LINKED in the bios, so when I change fsb it auto changes memory. I don't think I can change my multiplier, so it's set to 16.
Leaving the settings like this, I tried higher fsb, such as 1020,1040, etc. I also changed the dimm voltage a little, say to 1.9 - 2.0. It won't boot, and on some combinations, a short drawn out sound emitted from the box. It wasn't constant but repeated until I cleared CMOS. I think this is an issue with my MEMORY. I then set my fsb and memory to EXPERT so I could change both fsb and memory independantly. This seemed to make things more stable, when I started tweaking fsb and memory separate. I set my fsb to 1010, which should be slightly over 4. I think I set my memory to 750-800. This seemed to help a little. The pc will post, and right before the windows screen comes up, it shows a bogus error saying my ntosknrl is corrupt. However, I can boot into windows fine once I change settings back in the bios. Oh, and all this time during testing my vcore is set to AUTO. My memory timings are set to 4-4-4-12.
I think i'm on the right track, but I'm not sure how my memory should relate to my fsb. Or, is this even the issue at all? Should I begin to tweak my vcore? AUTO seems to be doing ok, and I'm not sure of a voltage to test at. Should I look at anything else, like pcie mhz?
I can almost taste the sweetness of 4.0+! I would have never gotten this far without this forum's info! Thanks for the much needed help!