HeadRusch
09-22-2004, 03:02 PM
System:
Antec TruPower 400+ watt (forget which model, 410, 430.....) PS
Chaintech VNF-250 Nforce3 board flashed to 7/29 Bios
1 stick 512megs Crucial Ballistix PC-4000 (500Mhz) Ram
Boxed Athlon 64 3000 Newcastle, 512m cache
Stock HS/F applied with Arctic Silver 3 (had it lying around)
Radeon Pro 9800
Seagate 120 gig SATA drive
Generic DVD-Rom drive
Purchased the MB, Chip, Ram and HD recently...upgrading from overclocked Intel 1.6a Northwood @ 2.3Ghz.
After flashing the bios on the Chaintech, I began to test the overclocking waters.....each attempt at taking the chip past its 200x10 settings results in Prime95 instability.
Now, I have tried adding voltage, changing RAM latencies (1:1 and 5:6), and jumping through all sorts of hoops. I've read the online Guides, I've read other forums, and the end result is usually the same.....unstable.
The chaintech temperature sensor shows the chip running in the mid 40's at idle at stock speeds, and around 50 when I managed to boot into windows with 1.65v and a 230x10 multiplier for 2.3Ghz. It primed for about 3 minutes before failing and the temp went up to around 64c, but I'm not sure I trust the sensor on this MB.
The long and the short of it is this: I have become really frustrated with seeing all my attempts at overclocking resulting in failure. I was hoping to see 2.4Ghz out of this setup, but for the life of me I can't even get to 2.2ghz and have it still pass a Prime test.
I am looking for some instructions, and basically some hand-holding on trying to get the most out of this setup. Someone suggested the SATA drive was the problem, others have suggested I keep the FSB setting low while cranking up the memory speeds (I guess that is done by lowering the multiplier?? I'm not entirely sure since I know my ram should run pretty quick).
This is nothing but a gaming box so I want to get the most out of it that I can..and right now I can't do better than stock. Can someone help me out here? I sure would appreciate it, and promise to pass on any knowledge I learn that leads to some @($*%$(@( success :)
:bow:
Antec TruPower 400+ watt (forget which model, 410, 430.....) PS
Chaintech VNF-250 Nforce3 board flashed to 7/29 Bios
1 stick 512megs Crucial Ballistix PC-4000 (500Mhz) Ram
Boxed Athlon 64 3000 Newcastle, 512m cache
Stock HS/F applied with Arctic Silver 3 (had it lying around)
Radeon Pro 9800
Seagate 120 gig SATA drive
Generic DVD-Rom drive
Purchased the MB, Chip, Ram and HD recently...upgrading from overclocked Intel 1.6a Northwood @ 2.3Ghz.
After flashing the bios on the Chaintech, I began to test the overclocking waters.....each attempt at taking the chip past its 200x10 settings results in Prime95 instability.
Now, I have tried adding voltage, changing RAM latencies (1:1 and 5:6), and jumping through all sorts of hoops. I've read the online Guides, I've read other forums, and the end result is usually the same.....unstable.
The chaintech temperature sensor shows the chip running in the mid 40's at idle at stock speeds, and around 50 when I managed to boot into windows with 1.65v and a 230x10 multiplier for 2.3Ghz. It primed for about 3 minutes before failing and the temp went up to around 64c, but I'm not sure I trust the sensor on this MB.
The long and the short of it is this: I have become really frustrated with seeing all my attempts at overclocking resulting in failure. I was hoping to see 2.4Ghz out of this setup, but for the life of me I can't even get to 2.2ghz and have it still pass a Prime test.
I am looking for some instructions, and basically some hand-holding on trying to get the most out of this setup. Someone suggested the SATA drive was the problem, others have suggested I keep the FSB setting low while cranking up the memory speeds (I guess that is done by lowering the multiplier?? I'm not entirely sure since I know my ram should run pretty quick).
This is nothing but a gaming box so I want to get the most out of it that I can..and right now I can't do better than stock. Can someone help me out here? I sure would appreciate it, and promise to pass on any knowledge I learn that leads to some @($*%$(@( success :)
:bow: