Xp1600 @ Xp1900+

[slick306]

Well, I installed my athlon xp 1600, got my system running and started to see how far I could push the chip.

At stock voltage 150fsb is no problem, once I got to 154 I needed to up it to 1.80 for stability, then after I got up to 158, it wouldn't load windows, I tried to put the voltage 1.85, and increased my memory to 2.85 and it just doesn't load. I also tried reducing the memory speed to 133mhz in the abit bios, but it just doesn't want to load. I know this chip is good for 1750 no problem with the voltages I am seeing. With a volt mod to 2v, I should be able to get 1750mhz... Well anyway, anyone have any ideas?

Slick.

[CrackedSKull]

Well I will never run my computer over 154, or 158 because at 160, my harddrive got corrupted because the pci bus was too hight. If you're willing to do a volt mod, I would say try unlocking the multiplyer first. Most likely you can't get a higher fsb because of your ram or your mobo, but that board should get higher.

[slick306]

Well, I would assume this motherboard would get higher... I don't know... I know that all my components beside motherboard and ram are good for up to at least 44mhz on the pci bus.... also I changed the memory to run at 133mhz no matter what bus speed and it won't boot. It just seems weird.. hmm..

[NHLSPeX]

I'm a newbie to overclocking and I have a AthlonXP 1600+@1.6GHz( 10.5 x 152MHz). I booted up Win2k and ran some benchmarks fine. But when I restarted, I got a message saying that I have corrupted files and to run CHKDSK. What should I do first? Should I lower back down to stock specs and do a recovery setup(if possible w/o losing data) OR do I have to reinstall win2k from scratch. Should I make adjustments to voltages? Any Ideas? Please let me know.

Should I adjust multiplier settings by doing 12.0 x 133 = 1.6GHz?!?!?

Thanks!

Previous Setup:
Abit KR7A
AthlonXP 1600+@1.53GHz (10.5 x 145) 1.75v
Alpha PAL8045 w/Delta 68cfm
VisionTek Geforce3 Ti-200
Crucial 256 MB PC2100 DDR
20GB WD HD
Antec SX1040B 400w PS
Win2k Pro

[DJ2000]

The safest overclock is by adjusting the multiplier only. As soon as you start increasing the FSB you are opening yourself up to a multitude of potential problems. For as soon as the PCI and AGP bus start running out of spec you run the increased risk of instability and data corruption. I have been overclocking since the days of the 486 and have oc'd every chip since then and am here to tell you if you don't understand what components and busses you are affecting you should'nt be doing it.
Here's 3 classic overclocks that were a steal:
Celeron 300 to 450 4.5X66=300 or 4.5X100=450
Celeron 566 to 850 8.5X66=566 or 8.5X100=850
Duron 750 to 1000 7.5X100=750 or 7.5x133=1000
There were many more but all 3 of these allowed a free increase in speed and in memory also.
The XP chip is a bit different because it has less headroom because it is already at a 133 FSB hence increasing the FSB on a locked chip will only give you the possibilty for data corruption and instabilty and the increase in speed is not even hardly noticable .

Now if you can unlock and XP and open up more multipliers you have really unlocked more headroom on the chip.

My XP 1600+ 10.5x133=1400 is totally unlocked and now running at 1600Mhz which is the same as a 1900+. Now that is a worthwhile overclock. It runs that was at the stock voltage and is properly cooled and is rock solid because the FSB is still at 133 and the PCI bus doesn't even know there is an overclock going on.

Please don't try and run your chips at a FSB of over 150 and expect stability for that is an unreal expectation.
http://members.home.net/dherman2000/XP.bmp

[sgamd]

hello all this is my computer settings right now, this comp is rock steady, no boot probs or crashes.

[NHLSPeX]

I'm having problem trying to unlock my Athlon XP 1600+. I superglued the gaps and used conductive silver epoxy(from CrazyPC) to connect the bridges in L1. When I booted up, the CPU either shows up as a Athlon 1200MHz or AthlonXP 1444MHz(if i remember correctly). I got this on my first try so I did it again from scratch. I got the same thing. Could you help me out? Do you think is the silver epoxy(not being too conductive) or what am I doing wrong? Any tips! Thanks!

Current Setup:
Abit KR7A
AthlonXP 1600+@1.53GHz (10.5 x 145) 1.75v
Alpha PAL8045 w/Delta 68cfm
VisionTek Geforce3 Ti-200
Crucial 256 MB PC2100 DDR
20GB WD HD
Antec SX1040B 400w PS
Win2k Pro