Endiel
04-24-2005, 06:16 PM
Hello all-- I'm not new to building computers (though I haven't done it in about 3 years) but I am new to OC'ing, and I've been reading this forum for like a month now, very helpful stuff... However, I couldn't wait long enough for a Venice so I broke down and just got a 3200+ Winchester from NewEgg. I've been trying to overclock it using a DFI LanParty nF4 Ultra-D, and 1GB (512x2) OCZ DDR 3200:
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=0-N82E16820227204
and a Thermaltake 480 Watt PSU:
http://www2.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16817153007
But I keep getting blue screens of death in between the XP startup screen and the initial login/desktop popping up when I get my FSB up past 219 and/or change my RAM timings to 2-2-2-8 in the Genie BIOS on the DFI Ultra (at 3.3 V, maybe that's not high enough... are there other settings I should change besides the CAS, RAS TO CAS, etc.?), saying Machine Check Interrupt or Machine Check error, one of the two-- and at one point, it even did a check on my HD and found some errors it had to fix.
I don't want to ruin anything, I just spent over a grand on my new box... (Lian Li 6077, Lite On 16x DL DVD-R, ATI Radeon X800XL <would have gotten an 6800GT but I had gift certificates at Best Buy ;-)> and a XP-90c Thermaltake HeatSink with Artic Silver 5 and a 92mm fan on top (Temps are consistently between 26-29 at idle), Hitachi 160 GB SATA. )
So I was wondering-- does anybody have any suggestions? What should I jack my CPU voltage to to get up to at least 2.4GHz, which from what I've read, should be no problem?
I hope I didn't fry something. The first couple of times I powered my box on I didn't have the 12V 4-pin connector hooked up, and couldn't figure out why it wouldn't boot... (everything would turn on, the LED's would stay in start-up mode but the darn thing wouldn't boot) but I finally I figured it out and plugged it in, but I don't think that would fry anything. Also, when I moved the jumpers from 1-2 to 2-3 on my MOBO to enable 3.2-4.0 DRAM voltage settings (after changing the CPU voltage in the BIOS from auto to 1.325 V) the directions said to turn off the box and unplug the power cord, but I just turned my computer off, and didn't turn off the PS or unplug it (there was still standby power to the board) so I hope that didn't mess anything up, but again, I don't think it would have.
:confused:
My question is-- do I need to have my RAM voltage jacked in order to get 2-2-2-8 out of it, and do I need to do anything else, or do I just have a dud system for OC'ing and be happy it boots at all? This isn't my first time build, I know how to put stuff together and was careful... I just wonder if perhaps my power source isn't big enough, but again, thought it would be okay...
Thanks guys <and gals...> any help or advice would be more than appreciated to this first time overclocker.
Also-- I just ran 3Dmark05 and got a score of 4572 with the free version (1024x768, no AA)
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=0-N82E16820227204
and a Thermaltake 480 Watt PSU:
http://www2.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16817153007
But I keep getting blue screens of death in between the XP startup screen and the initial login/desktop popping up when I get my FSB up past 219 and/or change my RAM timings to 2-2-2-8 in the Genie BIOS on the DFI Ultra (at 3.3 V, maybe that's not high enough... are there other settings I should change besides the CAS, RAS TO CAS, etc.?), saying Machine Check Interrupt or Machine Check error, one of the two-- and at one point, it even did a check on my HD and found some errors it had to fix.
I don't want to ruin anything, I just spent over a grand on my new box... (Lian Li 6077, Lite On 16x DL DVD-R, ATI Radeon X800XL <would have gotten an 6800GT but I had gift certificates at Best Buy ;-)> and a XP-90c Thermaltake HeatSink with Artic Silver 5 and a 92mm fan on top (Temps are consistently between 26-29 at idle), Hitachi 160 GB SATA. )
So I was wondering-- does anybody have any suggestions? What should I jack my CPU voltage to to get up to at least 2.4GHz, which from what I've read, should be no problem?
I hope I didn't fry something. The first couple of times I powered my box on I didn't have the 12V 4-pin connector hooked up, and couldn't figure out why it wouldn't boot... (everything would turn on, the LED's would stay in start-up mode but the darn thing wouldn't boot) but I finally I figured it out and plugged it in, but I don't think that would fry anything. Also, when I moved the jumpers from 1-2 to 2-3 on my MOBO to enable 3.2-4.0 DRAM voltage settings (after changing the CPU voltage in the BIOS from auto to 1.325 V) the directions said to turn off the box and unplug the power cord, but I just turned my computer off, and didn't turn off the PS or unplug it (there was still standby power to the board) so I hope that didn't mess anything up, but again, I don't think it would have.
:confused:
My question is-- do I need to have my RAM voltage jacked in order to get 2-2-2-8 out of it, and do I need to do anything else, or do I just have a dud system for OC'ing and be happy it boots at all? This isn't my first time build, I know how to put stuff together and was careful... I just wonder if perhaps my power source isn't big enough, but again, thought it would be okay...
Thanks guys <and gals...> any help or advice would be more than appreciated to this first time overclocker.
Also-- I just ran 3Dmark05 and got a score of 4572 with the free version (1024x768, no AA)