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Hi, I'm new to Overclocker.com's Forums. I've been reading the fourms here for a while & I've had a few questions I had answered by reading other posts. Thanks. I need some advice on overclocking my system. I have a 1.8a Northwood, and I can't get it past 2.3gigs, with 130 front side bus. If I go more than 130 fsb, system hangs or crashes. I would think that I should be able to run it faster with the rig I have. Here's my setup:
1.8a P4 Northwood (Pack Date 1/23/02)
Asus P4B266-C mb BIOS version 1005
1 stick of 512 MB Corsair XMS PC2700
Gainward GeForce 3 Ti 200 vidio card
WD 60 gig 7200 rpm HDD
Thermaltake Volcano 7+
Maxtop case 350 watt PSU
Win XP Pro
Here's my BIOS settings:
CPU/Memory Frequency Ratio 3:4
CPU vCore 1.65 v
Front Side Bus 130 (System hangs or crashes if I go any higher)
Memory Timings 2.5-3-3-7 (I've tried 2-2-2-5 & 2-3-3-5,6,&7) mem. scores in Sandra are lower though
Optimization Mode Turbo 1 (very unstable with any settings in Turbo 2)
DDR voltage 2.7 v
If any of you out there have any ideas or suggestions, I'd greatly appreciate it. I've tried everything I can think of. One more thing, seems I read a post somewhere that 1.8a Northwoods made in the first few batches just wouldn't run as fast as the ones made later on. Mine was packed on 1/23/02, Batch #L150A658. Thanks.
1.8a P4 Northwood (Pack Date 1/23/02)
Asus P4B266-C mb BIOS version 1005
1 stick of 512 MB Corsair XMS PC2700
Gainward GeForce 3 Ti 200 vidio card
WD 60 gig 7200 rpm HDD
Thermaltake Volcano 7+
Maxtop case 350 watt PSU
Win XP Pro
Here's my BIOS settings:
CPU/Memory Frequency Ratio 3:4
CPU vCore 1.65 v
Front Side Bus 130 (System hangs or crashes if I go any higher)
Memory Timings 2.5-3-3-7 (I've tried 2-2-2-5 & 2-3-3-5,6,&7) mem. scores in Sandra are lower though
Optimization Mode Turbo 1 (very unstable with any settings in Turbo 2)
DDR voltage 2.7 v
If any of you out there have any ideas or suggestions, I'd greatly appreciate it. I've tried everything I can think of. One more thing, seems I read a post somewhere that 1.8a Northwoods made in the first few batches just wouldn't run as fast as the ones made later on. Mine was packed on 1/23/02, Batch #L150A658. Thanks.