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FlippinEck

FlippinEck

FlippinEck

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erm, right, maybe was a bit overzealous as to try and overclock my brand new system but i went ahead and did it anyway, so i followed the small mini guide on OC, changing the voltage and fsb to 367 and 1.45 respectively, i switch on my pc to be met with a repeating beep and an orange light on the monitor... what the ferk have i done :(

edit: im a smart lad, i figured it out, cmos reset stuff :)
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but i do have a question now, im guessing, seeing as i put the fsb to 367, and it failed, i cant go that high?
 
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depends on what other changes you've made.

might need to increase northbridge voltage, memory voltage, set memory timings etc.
 
nah go for it :D clock the nuts off it ;) try a different FSB speed as it might be walled there, also if u have the option go into hardware monitor in the bios to see what the actual voltage is as it might have a bit of a drop so u may have to set it higher ;) mines at 1.42 or soemthing but actually its 1.36 or something like that :p cant remember off hand.

also try to keep the ram at its origional speed as close as possible, mines got a whopping +3MHz :p so i tiny clock there. as MP said u might need to up the NB volts slightly or mayeb do a volt mod might help with the cpu volts :)

there are very detailed guides out there :) seek and ye shall find
 
Start off not very aggressively to make sure everything will run OK as is, then increase it.

I went from 2.4GHz to 3GHz straight away and then gradually worked up to 3.6, gets too toasty for my liking though ;p
 
Free advice if you'd like it:

Don't increase VCore unless you have to. Increasing VCore makes your chip run hotter and use more power. This could potentially limit your overclock dependent on cooling and PSU. Increasing VCore is used to push the barriers of the chip and shouldn't be necessary at first.

Next try increasing the FSB slowly, if possible keep the RAM running at the same (or 2x effective for DDR2) speed as the FSB.

Finally if you're interested in getting a good overclock it's best to learn more about your mobo - most mobos have an overclocking guide somewhere on the net, google is your friend.
 
guys, ive been priming for half an hour after each increment, im at 300 just now, the only thing is, my multiplier is coming up in cpu-z as 6, when i changed it to 9 in the bios, it was coming up as 9 earlier, any idea why it is 6 all of a sudden?

do i have to disable speedstep?

no worries, disabled c1e an eist
 
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That's just the speedstep kicking in on idle. Disable it while you're finding the limits of your CPU, but it's worth trying it enabled once you have a stable overclock.
 
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