o/c by accident?

denz_1

Member

​

Joined

Aug 31, 2004

Location

Hamilton NewZealand!!

• Jan 1, 2005

• #1

I resently tried o/c my computer. Just went into BIOS and changed the fsb to 110 up from 100 and when it restarted it said error or something please select one. "re boot to last knowen stable settings"(or something like that) and gave me another option. Im new to o.c so thought I had broken something so went to restore settings. so I thought nothing had happend. Then I downloaded cpu-z and it showes the FSB had stuck. So I guess there has been an o/c. There hasnt been any significant heat rise. (In nz were comming into summer) So should I keep on doing what I did?
Just very disconcerting to have a warning warning reset thing

 

Attachments

• 
  untitled.JPG

  42.8 KB · Views: 166

moho

I wanna title tooo !

​

Joined

Nov 26, 2004

Location

1337 Leet Street , CO 1337

• Jan 1, 2005

• #2

it seems that the error you got was from Windows Xp, cause if it shouldve restarted the settings in the mobo, then it wouldnt be overclocked.
keep overclocking, even if its by accident

 

OP

denz_1

Member

​

Joined

Aug 31, 2004

Location

Hamilton NewZealand!!

• Jan 1, 2005

• Thread Starter
• #3

will do.

 

OP

denz_1

Member

​

Joined

Aug 31, 2004

Location

Hamilton NewZealand!!

• Jan 1, 2005

• Thread Starter
• #4

Just ramped it up to 120mhz fsb. And it didnt like it much. It randomly restarted just when I got into windows. So I went and changed it to 115fsb and now its 1 degree hotter than at 100mhz FSB acording to mbm5 I have nothing to really test it with tho.

 

CrashOveride

Member

​

Joined

Jun 22, 2002

Location

Asheville, NC

• Jan 1, 2005

• #5

Looks like a nice start. I'd try 116 now, and test it w/ prime95 .

 

moho

I wanna title tooo !

​

Joined

Nov 26, 2004

Location

1337 Leet Street , CO 1337

• Jan 2, 2005

• #6

CrashOveride said:

Looks like a nice start. I'd try 116 now, and test it w/ prime95 .

Click to expand...

exactly what i was gonna say...

 

OP

denz_1

Member

​

Joined

Aug 31, 2004

Location

Hamilton NewZealand!!

• Jan 2, 2005

• Thread Starter
• #7

lol I did right after I did the post and its at the same temp. Get slightly hotter under load before. But still fine. How do I get prime95? I just did it with 3dmark2001 with my onboard graphics got 1600. But tomorrow I should have my 6600gt. Then next weekend im going to get an ASUS p4p800 and a Zalman cooler. Should be some more fun.

 

moho

I wanna title tooo !

​

Joined

Nov 26, 2004

Location

1337 Leet Street , CO 1337

• Jan 2, 2005

• #8

denz_1 said:

lol I did right after I did the post and its at the same temp. Get slightly hotter under load before. But still fine. How do I get prime95? I just did it with 3dmark2001 with my onboard graphics got 1600. But tomorrow I should have my 6600gt. Then next weekend im going to get an ASUS p4p800 and a Zalman cooler. Should be some more fun.

Click to expand...

get prime95 at
http://mersenne.org/
or jus download it at:
http://mersenne.org/gimps/p95v238.exe

 

moho

I wanna title tooo !

​

Joined

Nov 26, 2004

Location

1337 Leet Street , CO 1337

• Jan 2, 2005

• #9

just to let you know what prime 95 is:
it is a program that calculates numbers and will test your cpu to its limit, telling you pretty mcuh what the hottest temperature it will be under load at.
when you download it, go to the options tab then "torture test" then blend is a good test, this program will also tell you if your overclocked cpu is stable at the speeds it is at. If you are testing for stability, then i'd run it for a good 8 or so hours to be safe...

 

OP

denz_1

Member

​

Joined

Aug 31, 2004

Location

Hamilton NewZealand!!

• Jan 2, 2005

• Thread Starter
• #10

awesome. my MBM5 says its CPu is at 31degres case temp 21 this is C not F is that ok?

 

moho

I wanna title tooo !

​

Joined

Nov 26, 2004

Location

1337 Leet Street , CO 1337

• Jan 2, 2005

• #11

load or idle?

if load thats a awesome temp....
its porbably idle thought, thats still a good temp

 

OP

denz_1

Member

​

Joined

Aug 31, 2004

Location

Hamilton NewZealand!!

• Jan 2, 2005

• Thread Starter
• #12

It is. Problem is at 120mhz i.e 2.4ghz it hits 50 degreesC when I run prime95 so restarts. It is summer at the moment But when I get a Zalman cooler it should help. I have poor air in my comp all messy and the hsf is really dusty.

 

OP

denz_1

Member

​

Joined

Aug 31, 2004

Location

Hamilton NewZealand!!

• Jan 2, 2005

• Thread Starter
• #13

But I have got the bug and cant wait to get my new Motherboard and cooler and have some fun. Pitty I have the hottest room in the house and its mid summer

 

E

ewhenn

Member

​

Joined

Oct 20, 2004

Location

Buffalo

• Jan 8, 2005

• #14

B0 Stepping 2.0A chips max out at about 2.5 GHZ tops.

 

Sjaak

Member

​

Joined

Apr 26, 2004

Location

The Netherlands

• Jan 8, 2005

• #15

ewhenn said:

B0 Stepping 2.0A chips max out at about 2.5 GHZ tops.

Click to expand...

yup, but they can take a load of vcore

when you get the zalman cooler, try the new idle / load (un-overclocked) temps first, then start ocing. Another easy way to improve your cooling would be to mount one or more case fans (intake / exhaust).