CAS 2, SPD setting in Iwill KK266 gets me 1420Mhz....

[seabhac]

This is with a 10 x 142 setting. What can I change here to increase my OC? When I go to 10.5 x 133 I can post but I get a blue screen in win 2k with a kernal message that alludes to a stack overflow. Same with 10 x 143.

I have two suspects here. The ram settings, and the video card. Any suggestions? I'm running 36-38C at idle. This with a crappy HSF so I am hoping I can do better.

 

[seabhac]

oh I forgot to mention I have not flashed the bios. Still running the Iwill that came with the board.

 

[Kriegster]

I would lower your multiplyer and increase the fsb and see if that works. That will prove weather its a pci card or your ram slowing you down. Also 1420 at 165 bus is quite a bit faster then 1420 at 142 bus Your cheasy heatsink shouldn't affect your fsb too much if any. Also try putting some heatsink paste on your chipset heatsink and add a small ball bearing fan if you plan on going over 160 or so. Right now I got my avia going at 1420 at 168 mhz bus Still can't make the jump to 1445 at 170 (my mobo will run stable at 170 max). Cpu just won't cut it yet but in 2+ weeks burn in I can get another 10-20 mhz out of it.

addition: FLASH DAT BIOS ??? ??? ??? the 0307 bios rocks and will give you a good increase in memory performance. Considering you have mushkin ram you should take advantage of it

 

[seabhac]

well the higher bus speed thing isn't happening. I end up losing too much speed. I'm thinking its the video card. It's old and it's tired!!

As far as the BIOS goes, I am a bit intimidated by doing that. Haven't done it yet. Plus the other day I installed a new driver for the video and crashed the hard drive. Had to reformat and start all over. What is the process for flashing the bios and what are the risks?