Overclocking e2160-not POSTing

Buffman · 8 Sep 2008 at 18:51

I know there used to be a thread on this and I've had a look, but I didnt see information on my question. As I seem to up my clock on my e2160 with freezer7pro the motherboard (Gigabyte p31-s3l) doesn't POST (I think thats the term, the pc doesnt even get to the bios before restarting) as I up the FSB to 300MHz FSB.

I currently have the cpu voltage set to auto and the RAM set to auto (do I need to up the volts on the RAM? OCUK says 2v is the working voltage but I havent changed anything)
Currently I have a rather odd clock of 256 x 9 and temps seem to keep around 40-43 degrees.

Cob · 8 Sep 2008 at 19:13

Set the correct memory voltage (will be +0.2v for 2.0v) and set a Memory Multiplier that is low enough for your memory.

Buffman · 8 Sep 2008 at 20:16

Cob said:
Set the correct memory voltage (will be +0.2v for 2.0v) and set a Memory Multiplier that is low enough for your memory.

Ok set the memory to 2v and got the overclock to 2.5 ghz.

I was also looking at CIA (2) (I think its the speedstep type thing but mine has many different options to pick, currently its disabled (I can't recall why) but I'm not sure which option to pick from
-none
-cruise
-speed
-furious
-extreme
(or something like that) actually I'll have a look at the manual (yes it does tend to be easier to ask ocuk

)
edit:
Actually I dont want this CIA 2 as its an overclocking thing which I could probably do without, though im still looking for speedstep on my mobo...

Cob · 9 Sep 2008 at 13:58

Speedstep is C1E and EIST.

Buffman · 10 Sep 2008 at 21:11

Sorry to ask more questions but my pc seems to freeze as I overclock to around 2.6-2.8ghz at random intervals and the temps at these times seem fine, do I need to raise the volts? If so by how much?

Cob · 11 Sep 2008 at 01:30

Shouldn't need more volts for only 2.8ghz. Is your memory multiplier set low enough so that upping the FSB doesn't push the memory speed too high?

Buffman · 11 Sep 2008 at 15:54

Cob said:
Shouldn't need more volts for only 2.8ghz. Is your memory multiplier set low enough so that upping the FSB doesn't push the memory speed too high?

memory multiplier? (doesnt know what that is?)
the memory I have is 2x2gb Geil black dragon 5-5-5-15

Cob · 11 Sep 2008 at 17:49

The memory multiplier sets the memory speed. Memory speed rises as you raise the FSB, so you have to set the memory multiplier to a level that won't push it too far out of spec.

Combusted · 11 Sep 2008 at 18:41

Sorry to but in, But i'll end up asking the same questions likely as Craig.
Since i plan on clocking my processor up.
but in my BIOS i have the option to make the FSB unlinked. Will i not have to lower the memory FSB that way?

Cob · 11 Sep 2008 at 23:19

Combusted said:
Sorry to but in, But i'll end up asking the same questions likely as Craig.
Since i plan on clocking my processor up.
but in my BIOS i have the option to make the FSB unlinked. Will i not have to lower the memory FSB that way?

Nope you won't have to worry about the memory speed if you unlink it. That's an advantage of an nVidia motherboard.

Buffman · 12 Sep 2008 at 16:39

Cob said:
The memory multiplier sets the memory speed. Memory speed rises as you raise the FSB, so you have to set the memory multiplier to a level that won't push it too far out of spec.

so if I want the memory multiplier low but the cpu clock rate high I need to use a higher multi?