I have an Asus A7V133 mobo and a retail box version of T-bird 950 mhz. Global Win WBK38 HSF. Seven total fans. Crucial CAS2 SDRAM. 400 Watt AMD approved power supply. Chip Temp under 46 C, case temp under 28C. I can overclock it to 1050 by using the multiplier. All attempts to tweak it higher using various FSB frequencies and multipliers result in an unstable system.
So, I tried adjusting the core voltage from 1.77 to 1.8, 1.85, 1.75, 1.7. All of these resulted in instability even when I backed off to 950 mhz with FSB 100 and multiplier 9.5.
My question is....is this a typical occurrence? Do I just have a mediocre CPU chip? What other adjustments can I make?
So, I tried adjusting the core voltage from 1.77 to 1.8, 1.85, 1.75, 1.7. All of these resulted in instability even when I backed off to 950 mhz with FSB 100 and multiplier 9.5.
My question is....is this a typical occurrence? Do I just have a mediocre CPU chip? What other adjustments can I make?