Overclocking help- maybe mobo prob..

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I have a unlocked 2600 and i want to set multiplyer to 12, or 11 and bump up the fsb high, my goal is 2.4 gighrz but i cant oc my fsb past 170, and its norm set at 167, 3 isnt a diff, but it wont boot after 169.. whats wrong?

 

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what mobo are you using?

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A7N8X Delux

 

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yah

i just wanna know whats wrong , and i wanna fix it..

 

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i just wanna know whats wrong , and i wanna fix it..

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why don't you help us help you and list ALL your specs (should have done it in the first post) and include your temperature. Also there's a chance your chip is not a good overclocker and nothing will fix that.

 

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ram too. Is it possble that you are using pc2100 or 2400?

 

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eh .. temp is 42 c memory corsair 3200 400 mhz mem , 1.5 gig 120 gig hd winxp and a A7N8X mobo, a 80 mfan Sounds like jet..

 

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could someone plz help, i have been trying to figure out whats wrong for like 6 hours..

 

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Sounds like a memory issue to me, I guess that 1.5GB = 3x 512MB sticks. Try to leave only 2 RAMs in, remove the most out stick of ram | || remove the red stick and see if it helps, or just remove 2 and stay with one stick of RAM and see if it helps, also check to see if your RAM doesn't run asynchronous to the FSB, so FSB and ram have a ratio of 1:1

 

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hmm ok so they are not sync sbd , or whatever, its 200 set at.. if i sync it it goes to like 160 or somthing, so i should synch it? or make it 1.1?

 

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Yes, make RAM run at the speed of the FSB, the ram is holding you back. When you up the FSB, u up the RAM speed beyond 200MHz and it can't take it. Running the RAM at FSB speed will give you a headroom of at least till 200MHz

 

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hmm thx lemmy try it :| hope i can boot.

 

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it worked!

Thx man it worked.. stable at 2.2333 gighrtz, i got it at 2.3 but it wasnt stable temp is 49c is there ne thing els i can do? multiplyer is at 12, not 12.5

 

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Always glad to help! happy it works, I guess you should consider better cooling before going any further as 49C is getting pretty hot there. What is the cooler that you are using?

 

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Swiftech MCX462 Plus - Socket A

 

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is there any software that displays my cpu temp without going to bios?

 

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Try MBM5.x http://mbm.livewiredev.com/

 

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:| no nforce 2 support.

 

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DOH! should've remembered.... Do you have the motherboard CD? It must have some software to monitor temps, I haven't seen a motherboard come w/o one

 

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I got 110 MHz more and just as stable when I went from the stock 10.5 -> 10 multiplier... then I upped voltage for another 40... try every multiplier you can think of at higher or lower FSB's, there may be a sweet spot waiting for you.