WD HDD lower FSB

[ThePunkGeek]

yesterday i got a new hdd Western digital 40 7200rpm and RMA my maxtor 40 gig. on my maxtor i could hit 152 fsb but on the WD i can only get 144 stable max vcore/ram voltage, this is sad anything i can do about it?

 

[KaHNZa]

Probably about the only thing you can do is get a different HD.

 

[David]

Try altering PCI dividers. At a 142 FSB you will probably have a PCi divider of 1/4 = 35.5MHz.
Change this to, say, 1/5 and you will get 28.4MHz. Pretty rubbish, but increase the FSB to 166 and you will get 33MHz.

 

[ThePunkGeek]

Probably about the only thing you can do is get a different HD.

how exactly do i change my divider and my ram wont hit 166fsb

 

[David]

how exactly do i change my divider and my ram wont hit 166fsb

If the mobo supports changing dividers, there will be an option in the BIOS.

 

[ThePunkGeek]

If the mobo supports changing dividers, there will be an option in the BIOS.

ive looked before and am told my board does (8kha+ newest beta bios)

 

[elysium]

ive looked before and am told my board does (8kha+ newest beta bios)

I would assume you have a book about your motherboard or a faq on a cd rom. Read it. If not, go to the Epox homepage and download it/read it from there. This will give you important information. It might seem like a waste of time, but it will also answer a lot of the questions you will have in the future also.

Reminds me, I should read mine...

Ely

 

[David]

ive looked before and am told my board does (8kha+ newest beta bios)

I know nothing about its BIOS. Check out the manual or website for the mobo, and/or check out the Epox section of the AMD motherboards forum.

 

[ThePunkGeek]

I know nothing about its BIOS. Check out the manual or website for the mobo, and/or check out the Epox section of the AMD motherboards forum.

ok thanks for the help the divider kicks it @ a certain fsb i think on this board

 

[RnPgrosz]

Which brand hd is best for overclocking?

 

[MyEpoxDied]

There are no pci dividers on the 8kha+ just the 3/4 ram divider.

 

[LiGhTBoY]

Which brand hd is best for overclocking?

From what I read ( and that is a lot) I would suggest an IBM. These are supposed to be good in overclocking . Please, do correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[Garfield]

I also have the Epox 8KHA+ motherboard. Yes, the divider changed automatically. No, you can't go above 1/4. That's the highest you can go.

I also have a WD 40gig HDD and my FSB is at 150. I'm not having any problems with it. My PCI bus is 38MHz.

 

[ThePunkGeek]

i flashed my bios and now am at 147FSB and only +0.050vcore +0.40dimm so i have a ways to go still

 

[Garfield]

What is the average voltage that's going to your dimm? Adding .4 is a jump, isn't it? And, this is giving you hdd problems?