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OCing K7T266 Pro2 RU, need input

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AMDdoolbooter

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Hey guys, I'd like to know if anyone here has any experience OCing the K7T266 Pro2 RU.

Heres a little story:
I used to have my MOBO OC'd by about 100Mhz with my 1600+. My FSB was 143x10.5, with bios set to Hi Perf defaults. With my load of corsair XMS2400, I never had stability issues. Then I installed Neverwinter Nights, which is a known killer of AMD based systems. Anyways, after a couple of days of playing my system took a dump. I had to send one of my ram chips in to corsair for replacement because it somehow fried. When I recieved the new one, I tried to reOC my system but it wouldnt take any change I made. Since then, I have flashed the BIOS to 3.7, installed a 2100+ (AGOIA), Vantec Aerocool, non conductive shim, AS3, 4 higher flow case fans and an Antec TP 550. After flashing the BIOS on my Gainward Ti4600, which I couldnt OC even 1Mhz without it crashing before the update, ive got the system running 11000+ in 3dmark 2k1SE330. With my new PS, im ready to jump in and try for 1850Mhz.

Anyone ever get a good clock out of these boards??

My spare system, with a K7T266 ProR and 1600+ wont OC for crap, and never would.

Full system specs for your perusal.
AthlonXP 2100+ (AGOIA) w Vantec Aerocool+TMD
MSI K7T266 Pro2 RU
2x 256MB Corsair XMS2400 DDR CAS2 w heat spreaders
2x 40GB WD 7200RPM ATA100 in RAID0
Gainward Geforce 4 Powerpack! Ultra/750XP Golden Sample 128MB
SB Live! Platinum 5.1
3COM 10/100
3 Port VIA firewire card
16X Pioneer Slotloader DVD
48X16X48X HiVal CDRW (all my Plextors died!)
4 35CFM green LED fans
Antec SX1030B SOHO case with ALL fan grills cut out
Antec TruePower 550 watt PS
Av Case Temp under load 33C
Av Core Temp under load 38C
Windows XP Pro/Detonator 41.09/VIA 4.38

Thanks!!
 
Screw it

After 2 hours of tweaking and tuning, I have been unable to get this rig to run stable at anything over 50Mhz OC, which in my opinoin, isnt worth the time. I have to admit that Fuzzy Logic 4 is pretty damn nice, I was able to run at 1833 for quite a while before I had any troubles with lockup. I decided to ditch the OCing (hoping that I will soon pick up an A7N8X Deluxe and 2700+) and tweak my system for maximum 3dmark scores, hoping to beat the elusive 11300 barrier for slower systems like mine. I flashed the BIOS on my Gainward card and I havent had trouble keeping it stable at OCed speeds. This is the sum of all my parts, I tweaked the BIOS, drivers, and the card itself to produce this, my highest score EVER in 3dmark2001SEb330

11668

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