What am i doing wrong?

Paul_Robson · 18 Feb 2009 at 19:34

Hi people, kinda stuck and wondered if maybe someone could stread some light on my problem.Over clocked the cpu to 3.7ghz, multi at 12.5,fsb 296, core volts at 1.42v, memory at volts 2.10v. When i run prime 95, one core fails after 5 mins.Pc works great though. Any ideas?

Mark228 · 18 Feb 2009 at 21:18

What is the error message you get? Didn't know it could tell you what was causing the problem, the version I run just gives an error and you then have to try find out what it is? In my case it was bad RAM as I found out after running memtest86 for 8 hours.

Kennysevenfold · 18 Feb 2009 at 21:20

try lowering the fbs slightly untill stable and work from there.?

Paul_Robson · 18 Feb 2009 at 22:38

If i lower the fsb to 260, then it runs ok. I guess i need to up the volts a little. Would that be a correct assumption ?

w3bbo · 18 Feb 2009 at 22:53

What test were you running in prime?

mame · 18 Feb 2009 at 22:56

What speed does that put your RAM at with the divider you are using ?

Paul_Robson · 18 Feb 2009 at 23:36

986, my memory can go over 1066. i had my memory at 1120 at it was still ok.

mame · 19 Feb 2009 at 00:23

3.7 is quite good for that CPU. a lot of people are struggling to get past 3.2-3.4. If you area pretty much at the limit, you might get a bit more out of it by giving it plenty more volts but probably not worth it.

Paul_Robson · 19 Feb 2009 at 00:31

Ive upped the volts a bit, i will see how it goes and post back..