A7V333 +xp1800 AGOIA - Overclocking help

[Grimace]

First post here. I was wondering if anyone might be able to offer some overclocking knowledge.

I just unlocked my xp1800 AGOIA chip last night, and the highest stable frequency that I can achieve is 1.667 (166/33@10x).

My rig is as follows:

xp1800 AGOIA (unlocked)
Asus A7V333 mobo (Rev. 1.04, bios 1015)
PNY GF4 Ti4600
512MB Winbound (winbond?) pc2700 platinum RAM
Volcano 7+ hsf
Sony 24x10x48 CDRW
Sony 52x CDROM
60GB Maxtor 7200rmp 2mb HD
Coolermaster ATC210 case, 4x80mm fans (2 in + 2 out)
Antec 365w PSU

I tested my cpu with Sysmark2001SE, and scored 11600 give or take 100 or so. Also, with the CPU BURN-IN test, the max CPU temp was 44*C, and about 39*C idle.

When trying to boot with a multiplier of 10.5, I get that annoying ASUS b*tch telling me that the boot failed due to system overclocking. If I push the FSB higher than 167, the system crashes during Battlefield 1942 (oddly, it just shuts the game down and nothing else), and when I tried 169 FSB, the system reboots randomly. I upped the VCORE voltage to 1.85V before making any of these changes.

I ordered a T-bred 1800 from newegg today, so I am hoping to get at least 1.8GHz with a 166(333)FSB. Any chance of me gettin anything higher with what I got? Overvolt jumper maybe?


Thanks for any and all help.

Grimace

 

[Optimus Prime]

Im not really too sure about your current situation with the palamino but i can help with the tbred info. If you will look at my sig below you will see my oc with my tbred 1800. Good results i think.

I have rev 1.01 w/ 1015 bios (oldie but a goodie) of that mobo. I can run my tbred up to 2 GHZ with 1.65 vcore with no locks and no problems at all. I bumped it down a touch to the current settings in my sig just to make sure it stays stable.

you have rev 1.04 so your 1/5 devisor should be working but run as many testing programs as you can to make sure that it is when you go to a 166 internal bus. You will need to run the 166 if you want to go any higher then about 1600 because the max multi is 12.5. If you dont want to do this just connect the trusty L5 and blammo youve got multis over 12.5. If you have any addition questions i can give you a more detailed version of my tbred OCing experience.

OPrime

 

[Jon]

I had a terrible time trying to run a Paly on this board too. Couldn't get anything more than 143MHz 1:1 out of it or had to settle for 133MHz 4:5 and overclock using the multiplier.

Since getting a Tbred 1800 I've pretty much been able to get whatever I want with PC2100 being the limiting factor (167 x 12 1:1) for the time being. Hopefully some new PC3200 will be along in the next 2-3 weeks and I can really do what I want.

By the way, I had this same trouble with two different chips...a 1700 and 2000. Both worked fine at 166MHz in KT266A boards, so I had no other conclusion than this board just doesn't like them much.