mobo(a7v8x-x) doenst want to let me oc the ram?

[jo3]

just like the subject states my a7v8x-x wont let me move the fsb up...well it will in bios but wont do anything in windows or anything...its sh-t no name ram ddr2100 and its at 2.5 lat. anyone know if there is anything i can do? it overclocked when it was on a different board but i dont remember the lat settings or anything anymore.



i know the ram is old and ghetto and i plan on upgrading it soon, but for now i just need to bump the crap up.


any info will work.

 

[Mr.Rotory]

set the ram to spd and then overclock, but seriously that is some weak *** ram

 

[jo3]

it wont do anything...i wish i could show you so you could understand. it wont recognize anything im at 16x133 right now :\

 

[wannaoc]

If I remember right the a7v8x-x isn't the best for overclocking to begin with but it should let you do something.

I haven't played with Asus boards yet but some BIOS have a setting you need to turn on in order to overclock. It will have the type of cpu listed or something like that and you choose "user define" It usually is on the same page as the FSB speed adjustment. The ram may have something similar also.

Also some have a hidden menu for adjusting ram. For example in Giga-Byte boards you hit ALT-F1 to open a "advanced chipset features" Look through your manual for info on that.

 

[jo3]

i know what im doing in it. the board shows that it should be at a certain number but nothing is coming of it...i think i may need a new psu i think im gonna buy an antec 430 tru watt psu or something...instead of my 350 thing i have now...i dont even know how my comp runs on it right now lol....

 

[wannaoc]

I just noticed you have pc2100 in your system, even if it lets you thats not going to go far. It still seems like you don't have the setting enabled to use the overclocked settings.

And btw no one said you didn't know what you are doing but you didn't give us much to start with.

 

[jo3]

i hope i didnt come across like i was *******g or anything, im just frustrated. i have all the settings the way they need to be to overclock but its just kinda screwing with me...ehh what can you do...ill just buy a gig of 3200 and be done with it.

 

[Mr.Rotory]

See and that would most likely (99% sure) would solve your issue.

 

[Yamiyanazz]

I have that board....I tried changing the FSB to run my proc at a higher speed. Got a windows error screen saying that system32 had ****ed itself up and that I needed to re-install windows...lost everything. I wouldn't do anything untill you got new ram, seriously.

 

[jo3]

I have that board....I tried changing the FSB to run my proc at a higher speed. Got a windows error screen saying that system32 had ****ed itself up and that I needed to re-install windows...lost everything. I wouldn't do anything untill you got new ram, seriously.

heh i keep everything i care about on one of my other drives. and ive never cared abut losing info. but like i was saying it wont even let me change anything about it.

 

[Yamiyanazz]

Hmm... go into the bios and under the clock speed, just set it to manual and then change it...other than that, I don't really have an idea. just keep in mind that due to the VIA chipset, it speeds up the entire board and not just the ram so you will probably find instability in your PCI/AGP slots.

 

[jo3]

i hear that...