Are these bios settings ok?

StillUndisputed said:
i think my bios is 405 or something but it supports wolfdale im not sure about flashing dont know how to do it etc..

shall i do though windows

not sure how to flash etc?
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I doubt if it came with 405 as it was a very dodgy bios that overvolted the cpu. The only bios that correctly supports wolfdale is 502 and above. See here. Flashing is easy. I posted how to do it a bit further up.

The newest bios is 605 and is very good. Get it here. Download it and copy it to a USB stick as it's too big for a floppy. Use Ez Flash (Alt+F2 on startup) to flash it. Do not in any circumstance use Asus windows update software as it more often than not goes wrong.
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StillUndisputed said:
pasty muncher i think i need 2 update my bios its bios 402..
when i download the zip.. i leave it zipped and put on memory stick and jsut load and it will do everything?? isit simple?
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Unzip it and put it on the stick. Put the stick in the usb port and reboot. Press ALT+F2 straight away to run EZ Flash and when prompted select the location (C,D,E or whatever) and then the bios version you want to flash to. When asked if you really really want to flash hit yes and it will do it all and then reboot. You might want to clear the CMOS switch to give you a clean slate so to speak and then reset all your settings. I do it this way.
 
yep i have flashed it it came up with something todo with CMOS i just preses f1 to do settings its ok now..

when i make the fsb higher it makes the ram freqency higher as welll.. then i get errors and stuff :(

i instaled the latest one 605 isit ok?
 
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StillUndisputed said:
yep i have flashed it it came up with something todo with CMOS i just preses f1 to do settings its ok now..

when i make the fsb higher it makes the ram freqency higher as welll.. then i get errors and stuff :(

i instaled the latest one 605 isit ok?
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605 is good. I am on that one with no probs. I said about the ram thing in post #39. Give it a go. The ram is tied to the fsb so you have to change the divider. It's all in post #39. Just leave the strap on auto and use the dropdown box to select the dram frequency. That's my lot for the night but will be back in the morning. Take it in easy steps. Don't go all out to start with. Post how you get on and i will answer in the morning if nobody has before then.
 
yep that BIOS is fine... soz didnt think about the BIOS tbh.

You should then put a divider on your RAM, just run it a little lower at this stage as you are not currently looking at a massive overclock, raise the voltage to about 1.3 and with both of those you should get 370+ easy. Its your memory divider and Vcore that are letting it down at this point.

Oh and to your earlier post: lol! Yeah that'll be software overclcoking for ya ;)
 
soz was busy this evening... will download msn (not long reinstalled windows you see) and add your email later, working lates tomorrow, but will be on after that... so will try you then.

Get you overclocked and running in no time :)
 
StillUndisputed said:
i dont understand:(

all confusing me!!

can you come on msn mate??
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When he talks about the divider on our board (there is no Memory Divider as it's called something different), in AI Tweaker that setting is the FSB Strap to North Bridge setting. You have a choice of Auto, 200, 266 or 333. Leave it on Auto. A couple of lines down is the setting you need to change and it's called Dram Frequency. When you select it and hit enter you should see a drop down list. Set it to the closet option to 800 (scroll down and hit enter). It does'nt matter if it's below 800 at this point as we are looking for stability. Now save your bios changes and reboot. If it still fails you will need to increase the vcore (which i really hope you don't need to with only 370mhz). To do this reboot and go back into AI Tweaker in the bios and go down to the Vcore voltage. Increase it to 1.3v, save and reboot. Let us know how you get on.
 
People calling it the memory divider just confuses people, it doesn't even describe what it does! Wish people would name things as they are in BIOS, don't use the following:

MCH voltage
Memory Divider
Playstation 3

Confused me at first.
 
StillUndisputed said:
thanks foehammer ill just wait till i can speak to you on msn then begin the overclock again..

pasty muncher thanks for that advice..
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No problem. What i wrote in post #49 is what you need to do to get past where you are crashing. I can't make it any easier than that. I have written exactly how those settings are listed in the bios. Don't get blown away by memory dividers etc because you will not find a listing in the bios under that. I have the same motherboard with the same bios as you and have also clocked a E8500 in this board.
 
hi, im new to overclocking but have been looking at the new 8400's, but after reading this would i just be better off buying an e2200 (or e2180) and clocking it to 3 ghz.

From what iv read iv gathered the following;

FSBxRATIO=Clockspeed or 200x10=2Ghz (e2180) so....
333x10=3Ghz (as good as 8400?)

so is this info correct... cuz this sounds too simple to me :/

and does FSBx4=overall FSB (333x4=1332 'only 1 mhz off') or 200x4=800
 
QlimaxUK said:
hi, im new to overclocking but have been looking at the new 8400's, but after reading this would i just be better off buying an e2200 (or e2180) and clocking it to 3 ghz.

From what iv read iv gathered the following;

FSBxRATIO=Clockspeed or 200x10=2Ghz (e2180) so....
333x10=3Ghz (as good as 8400?)

so is this info correct... cuz this sounds too simple to me :/

and does FSBx4=overall FSB (333x4=1332 'only 1 mhz off') or 200x4=800
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Yes it is that simple in principle. It depends a lot on the mobo and ram as well. It usually involves an increase in vcore as well so a decent cooler is a must. Even so a E2180 at 3Ghz will not be quite as good as a E8400 due to the newer build (45nm compared to 65nm) of the Wolfdales plus the E8400 has a lot more cache.

You got the last bit right as well. Intel uses a quad pumped front side bus.
 
pastymuncher said:
When he talks about the divider on our board (there is no Memory Divider as it's called something different), in AI Tweaker that setting is the FSB Strap to North Bridge setting. You have a choice of Auto, 200, 266 or 333. Leave it on Auto. A couple of lines down is the setting you need to change and it's called Dram Frequency. When you select it and hit enter you should see a drop down list. Set it to the closet option to 800 (scroll down and hit enter). It does'nt matter if it's below 800 at this point as we are looking for stability. Now save your bios changes and reboot. If it still fails you will need to increase the vcore (which i really hope you don't need to with only 370mhz). To do this reboot and go back into AI Tweaker in the bios and go down to the Vcore voltage. Increase it to 1.3v, save and reboot. Let us know how you get on.
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hey pasty mate the FSB Strap to North Bridge is on auto mate you can see that in my bios screen shots.. on DRAM FEQUENCY its on 800mhz which my ram is.. when i change the fsb on the cpu it changes the freqency on the ram as well?? then overclocks the ram! and doesnt boot into windows! and when i change fsb 2 370 it changes ram frequency and from the list its all like overclocked not 800mhz fully:@
 
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StillUndisputed said:
hey pasty mate the FSB Strap to North Bridge is on auto mate you can see that in my bios screen shots.. on DRAM FEQUENCY its on 800mhz which my ram is.. when i change the fsb on the cpu it changes the freqency on the ram as well?? then overclocks the ram! and doesnt boot into windows! and when i change fsb 2 370 it changes ram frequency and from the list its all like overclocked not 800mhz fully:@
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Like i told you already. When you change the fsb it will change the Dram Frequency because they are linked. You increase the fsb then have to go back and change the dram frequency or it will crash. This is because the ram is trying to run at a speed higher than it's rated speed. Do this and save the bios changes and it should boot.
 
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