Athlon Headache please help me :D !!!

BRESTOVCANIN · 1 Feb 2015 at 19:12

Ok i hope ill get help here i have this CPU- http://prntscr.com/5zuir4 this is my motherboard- http://prntscr.com/5zuj5s and this is ram im using - http://prntscr.com/5zujow http://prntscr.com/5zujvw http://prntscr.com/5zuk2m !! Problem is it refuses any type of manual Overclock i tied tons of stuff i got sugested on Linus tech tips forums and all ended up as fail !! heres a list of stuff i have done !! : i tried to follow all steps linus did in this video http://prntscr.com/5zultl , updated bios to latest version http://prntscr.com/5zumkf .. this are stuff that hap[pends to me any time i try to manualy oc: http://prntscr.com/5zun3t .. and these are some bios info : http://prntscr.com/5zunxh , http://prntscr.com/5zuodl i accidently put multiplier on 260 stock is i think on 215 .. and this is only way i can overclock my cpu but still its too slow only 2.46 ghz after 7% oc http://prntscr.com/5zup7v , i tried to hit manualy 2.46 ghz and ended up with fails .. is there anything i can do to oc my cpu i need that extra speed for some time im saving up fior i5 but till i get enough ill lose all my nerves with this athlon.. Please help me

JRS · 1 Feb 2015 at 19:38

I've just read what I'm assuming is your thread on the linustechtips.com forum - amazed you haven't given up entirely since April last year!

First off - turn off 'Cool and Quiet' in the BIOS since that doesn't tend to get along well with bus speed overclocks. Next, turn down the multiplier one notch for your RAM and for the HT Link (might be called HyperTransport something-or-other) - if it's 5, turn down to 4, if 4 then 3. If it's listed by bus speed, same applies - just go down one setting in speed. Then try overclocking the CPU bus frequency. That rules out the memory controller and RAM being your limiting factor in the overclock.

Oh, and probably set your PCI-E frequency manually to 101. I always found that more stable when I was overclocking AM2 and AM3 setups. Don't know why, but it worked for me so I never really questioned it. Thinking back it was probably a hang-up from the old Athlon XP days where certain chipsets wouldn't lock the AGP and PCI bus speeds unless you manually set a speed one tick higher than stock.

BRESTOVCANIN · 1 Feb 2015 at 19:55

i gave up but i got infuriated few days ago so i want to start over

but tghis time on overclocking friendly forum with lots of proffesionals able to help

BRESTOVCANIN · 1 Feb 2015 at 20:22

same problem i oc it save stuff it works i restar pc again to go further it wont startup i restart again and it reset oc i oc again and it works i turn off pc after i finnish i turn it on oc error every single time same story !!!!

JRS · 1 Feb 2015 at 20:25

Tried turning up the vcore (CPU voltage)? Don't go too mad with it, standard voltage is 1.4V so maybe go up to 1.45-1.5V and see if that lets it work. What CPU cooler are you using?

BRESTOVCANIN · 1 Feb 2015 at 20:28

stock one .. works like charm keeps temp around 39-40 ( its usualy 35-37 when its clean of dust xD but its cold outside so its a bit dusty inside case ) celsius @ 2.46 ghz

BRESTOVCANIN · 1 Feb 2015 at 20:41

http://prntscr.com/5zw6gz oki its working atm after 2 straight restarts with this slight voltage increase few more ads and it starts showing yellow numbers wich i suspect mean danger zone so i was sfraid to go further with voltage stuff now ill turn it off and on to see results if it survives and starts up it will be best day in my life if not im back to square one

BRESTOVCANIN · 1 Feb 2015 at 20:46

http://prntscr.com/5zwafy also here are temperatures of stuff atm i wanted to post this before i turn off for few minuts

BRESTOVCANIN · 1 Feb 2015 at 20:57

Beyond even my beliefs its working ( for now it allready happend to me that oc worked for 1 full day before going back to old behavior of failed overclock) guess ill wait and see what will happend in next 24 hours

JRS · 1 Feb 2015 at 23:48

BRESTOVCANIN said:
Beyond even my beliefs its working ( for now it allready happend to me that oc worked for 1 full day before going back to old behavior of failed overclock) guess ill wait and see what will happend in next 24 hours

Well, keep a watch. Also keep a watch on temperature.

By the way, HT link speed is clocked up a bit. In the BIOS, is there an option called CPU/NB frequency? If there is, knock it down one notch if you go any higher on the CPU bus speed.

BRESTOVCANIN · 2 Feb 2015 at 09:58

i doubt ill try ocing again as i suspected it failed ! so i got berserk and boosted it on 3.2 ghz got blue screen afterwards xD and creepy cpu sound on restart after 10 secs of blue screen http://prntscr.com/5zxjz8

JRS · 2 Feb 2015 at 12:00

On that last screenshot, you've still got the HT Link speed waaaaaaaaay higher than stock. That won't help any overclock stability.

BRESTOVCANIN · 2 Feb 2015 at 17:04

i lowered that few times and every time ended up with no boot at all and after i restart it boots and says Overclock failed....... anything else i can try ??