Best bios settings for oc on ak31 3.1

*JEREMY* · Feb 10, 2002

Just wondering what some of you guys are running for settings to get high fsb speeds.Im having trouble even posting at 143.I am running a xp1700 unlocked at 12x137 stable right now at 1.85v.The ram is 2x128 samsung pc2100 but I have ran it at 150 stable on a different board before.I upped the volts to 2.7 on it with conservative timings but still no go.I have tried disabling the usb ports and sound also.I can run the cpu multiplier at the lowest setting and it still wont post above 143.Im confused on what I should have for dram clock setting,I can choose host clock or spd.I have tried just about everything at this point,even moving the ram to diffrent slots and removing one of them.Any ideas?

Luie · Feb 12, 2002

1600+ (10.5 x 166) 1.85Vcore

KingMax 256Mb PC-300 (DDR 2400)

All at most aggressive timings of rams except of the 1T Command.

Rock stable in Win 98. Goes nuts in Win XP.

In Win XP, I lowered it back to 10.5 x 155

Caffinehog · Feb 13, 2002

Give 150 and 149 a shot. I have trouble between 143 and 148, but it works at 149.

Caffinehog · Feb 13, 2002

And try default voltage.... could be overheating. Mine won't work at high FSB if the voltage is too high.

res0r9lm · Feb 15, 2002

try using just one stick of DDR. the only thing I have changed is [email protected] and [email protected] and fsb@153. I am using one crusial 256mb 2100 DDR

*JEREMY* · Feb 16, 2002

I have tried all that stuff guys,the first thing I tried was the removing 1 stick of ram trick,Even tried going up in 1 mhz increments from 133 to 166 and once I get past 144 it wont post and the screen wont even come on and I have to reset the cmos which is a real pain to do when you are testing out every 1 mhz and this was all tried with the multiplier down below default.I am rock stable at 12x137 but from 138 to 143 it will post but wont boot windows and I get an irq error,anything past that is a no post.The only card I have in when testing is my radeon 8500.Im thinking it has to be this ram because I just cant understand what would cause me not to be able to post at anything above 143 even with the multiplier set as low as 8.

Caffinehog · Feb 16, 2002

What are your memory settings in the bios? Try a bit more conservative. (Higher numbers, no interleave.)

Starfoxer · Feb 18, 2002

luie, what kind of cooling are you running? can someone tell
me what ram settings they have?

Arkaine23 · Feb 18, 2002

mem settings

Cas2, 4way interleave, lowest numbers for everything else... dropping the settings down didn't help me get higher FSB so I don't think it was the OCZ holding me back...

*JEREMY* · Feb 18, 2002

I have tried all the memory settings now,im so sick of trying because I have to reset the cmos everytime and put all the settings back in.I just dont get it

My asus a7a266 was more stable than this board.My loaded temps are only 37c at 1.85 so I know thats not the problem.arrrgggggggg!

juliendogg · Feb 19, 2002

try some corsair or kingmax

Jeniva · Feb 22, 2002

im running the Default memory settings..I have 2 256mb ddr sticks (no name brand)...
When I started O/C'n this board..it wouldnt boot past 142FSB...Someone mentioned going to 150..I tried it and it works fine...I havent tried going past that yet..
Still running 150 with a vcore of 1.85

Starfoxer · Feb 22, 2002

could it be the radeon 8500. i seem to have simular problems
also. though it was probably my old 4500 rpm quantam
HD.

Luie · Feb 22, 2002

To Starfox (Answer to your earlier post),

I am using a lapped aluminum heat sink. It's one of those crappy ones. To make it run cooler, I added another fan blowing from the heatsink's side.

Which means there is now two fans, one blowing on top and one blowing at the side. Both fans are very quiet (5400 rpm)

*JEREMY* · Feb 23, 2002

Starfox said:
could it be the radeon 8500. i seem to have simular problems
also. though it was probably my old 4500 rpm quantam
HD.

I tried out a friends pci vid card and still no luck.I think I might just break down and buy some quality ram next week

juliendogg · Feb 24, 2002

try setting your ram as "by spd" instead of the default "by host clk"? worked for me and i went from 150 to 166 only to have a hdd crash. oh well......

give it a try!

*JEREMY* · Feb 26, 2002

Well I bought a 256mb stick of Micron CL2 PC2400.Still no change at all.I tried the spd instead of host clock also juliendogg.The farthest I can get my pc to post is 143 and that is with the multiplier down as far as 8 and with my my agp at 2x and it still wont load windows,I get errors like IRQL not less or equal or something like that,This sucks

res0r9lm · Feb 26, 2002

*JEREMY* said:
Well I bought a 256mb stick of Micron CL2 PC2400.Still no change at all.I tried the spd instead of host clock also juliendogg.The farthest I can get my pc to post is 143 and that is with the multiplier down as far as 8 and with my my agp at 2x and it still wont load windows,I get errors like IRQL not less or equal or something like that,This sucks

maybe you got a bad board. I had 2 asus a7v kt133 motherboards one was stable @ 109 the other wouldn't even post @102

*JEREMY* · Feb 26, 2002

Thats what im thinking,at least I can get a little over 1600 stable but I was really hoping I would be able to push it to 1700 when I bought this board after seeing the great results that everyone else was getting,oh well thats my luck.

res0r9lm · Feb 26, 2002

*JEREMY* said:
Thats what im thinking,at least I can get a little over 1600 stable but I was really hoping I would be able to push it to 1700 when I bought this board after seeing the great results that everyone else was getting,oh well thats my luck.

maybe you could sell it to someone no interested in overclocking or has a "b" tbird or duron and then get another one.

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