Need help, San Deigo not overclocking as well as I thought-

[Noni]

System-

Asus Sli Deluxe

2GB SAMSUNG (GENERIC) RAM 3-3-3-8 2x1GB

AMD 3700+ SD KAB2E 0543FPAW

7800GTX

550W HEC PSU (Good PSU).

Cooling- Stock cooler but temps did not go high.

I bought the San Diego off a member on another forum, hes a great guy and is very respected.He said that the CPU was only used for 2-3hours. The guy claimed 2.8ghz with 1.5V, i was thinking great! 2.6ghz at 1.4 would be ok.

So I run Prime95 at 1.4V- 2.64GHZ. I get a "FATAL ERROR" and it also said "HARDWARE FAILIURE" , so then I restarted a gently pushed up the voltage,

same error,

again, same error

I got to 1.45V and it still was not stable.

I have a scythe ninja opposite me but man its hard to install, I already tried and failed. the thing that scared me is that I pushed quite hard down on the processor. Is that something to worry about?

Heres my settings-

Divider 333mhz

FSB- 240

Multi 11x

Voltage 1.45V

HTT multiplyer- 4x

Im currently running PRIME 95 at stock everything to check whether everything is stable. How long shall I leave it on for?

What should I do? Why will it not overclock?

Thanks.

[ionicle]

i can get my sandiego (even tho its a 4000+) to 2.7GHz, i would expect the same of a 3700+ tbh

and just keep tryin, adjustsing settings, but dont go above 1.55V

[Theo404]

It could just be a poor chip? Or it might like the volts, see how far you get with 1.5XV if its not stable at 2.6 with 1.55V you can start to think about other parts of your system causing the problem.

[Neuromancer]

Are you running a divider on your RAM?

I am kinda shocked if you are running your RAM at 240 and managed to boot far enough to get into prime :lol:

EDIT: DOH Yes I see you are... :P

Try dropping it to 266Memclock as you are running it close to stock at a 6/5 divider. Also goosing the Vdimm a little might not hurt.

[madgravity34]

After my experiences with my 3700+, I would say try using a different multiplier. The guy that sold it to you, what FSB and multiplier was he using to get the 2.8ghz. Also, keep in mind that even with the same motherboard and chip, you could get far worse results than he does. My chip does 300 x 9 24/7 stable at 1.52v (1.55 in bios)