not sure if the cpu is overclocked properly

spacegrass · 13 Jun 2006 at 15:23

Hi, Im relatively new to overclocking, and using the bios I have managed to overclock my cpu from the stock speed of 2000mhz to its current setting of 2450mhz.

Im not sure if this has been done properly, heres what my cpuz looks like;

does this look like it has been done right? It passed one test of prime95's blend torture mode and I havent experienced any instability.

I need some reassurance

spacegrass · 13 Jun 2006 at 16:39

here's the memory tab as requested.

as for dividers, I was told to change the memory divider to 166 which I did in the bios.

spacegrass · 13 Jun 2006 at 16:45

on occasion the system has locked up for no apparent reason. This seems to occur when the cd or dvd drives are attempting to access data.

my drives are both set on cable select since I only use one IDE cable, does it work to set one on master and the other on slave using the one cable? And is setting drives on cable select a known cause of computers locking up?

spacegrass · 13 Jun 2006 at 17:38

ok youre gonna have to explain to how to change to 1t also the only multipler I could find in my bios was something called Hammer FID control

Should I try rasing this value? Its currently set to auto

spacegrass · 13 Jun 2006 at 17:39

I have one stick of one gig ram and two sticks of 512 ram

I assume I can run those two 512's in dual channel mode? How would I go about doing that?

spacegrass · 13 Jun 2006 at 17:44

Im using a Winfast NF4 K8AC, Its actually manufactured by foxconn though I do beleive.

spacegrass · 13 Jun 2006 at 18:07

ok Ive put the sticks in dual channel mode, I am now in 1T then?

spacegrass · 13 Jun 2006 at 19:53

I set it to 1T in the bios and the computer refused to boot, I then couldnt access the bios when I rebooted so I had to take out one of the 512 sticks, set it back to 2T, then open up the computer again and put the 512 stick back.

Oh I also found the HT multiplier, it was well hidden away, and I set it to 4x and the computer again refused to boot.

So this has been a bit of a wasted exercise, but thanks anyway for your knowledge oc pbb'ers.

I was also wondering was it my ram or my motherboard at fault for not being to boot at 1T? My memory is all from the "value" range - 1 stick of 512 corsair value ram, one 512 stick of corsair value select ram and a gig of elixir ram (cheap make).

spacegrass · 13 Jun 2006 at 20:00

No, what I did was I put the one gig in a yellow slot next to a 512 stick and a 512 stick in the blue slot.

I also tried putting a gig and a 512 in the yellow slots and a 512 stick on the furthest blue slot so that there was a empty slot between.

spacegrass · 13 Jun 2006 at 21:52

ok, so I remove the 1gb stick, then go into bios set it to 1T make sure it works then put the 1gb back?