secksyoats
10-24-2007, 04:35 AM
Hi I'm a long time reader, (especially the official neo2 tips thread) never posted here. I'm a rookie overclocker but that's basically it.
I read this sweet guide on overclocking and it allowed me to get to 2.8 with my 3800 (2.4 stock) venice - you probably already knew it was 2.4 stock hah.
I was wondering if someone could help with my problem.
My specs are the following:
Neo2 Platinum
Antec 430W Truepower (26a 12v)
Venice 3800
OCZ 2gb platinum (not great for ocing, but they manage if the divider is dropped)
other relevantish specs - vid card agp sapphire x1950 pro 512mb
sb live
1, sometimes 2 hds
1 dvd burner which i never use
XP-90C Heatsink with 78CFM 92mm fan
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I read the overclocking guide I found (I can post it if necessary) and got the computer to 2.805.
The way I did this was by eliminating factors like the ram and the cpu factors and the merged the factors together to get a stable overclock.
I can memtest and prime for 15+ hours (thats all i tested for) stable with no errors on this overclock
The oc was achieved by dropping the memory divider to 166, running stock timings (2.5-3-2-5, 1T). Put up the Vcore to 1.475 and 1.5, both were equally stable and neither got hot. On stock my xp-90c keeps my cpu idle at 30 and full load to never over 50 - usually 49 max. Temperatures didn't change after adding the voltage at all. Maybe 1 degree. It should be noted that I didn't see 1.475 or 1.5v in Core Center which is MSI's cpu utility. It looked almost as if no voltage had been added - I can double check this. Not an issue to me at the moment since I primed for hours and hours as well as memtested all with no errors.
So after letting it go all night and half the day stable I felt the oc was stable. It is stable. If those programs test for stability, then it's stable. Never locked up or anything.
So I went to shut down or restart at one point. Every time (pretty much) I shut down this computer, it doesn't give me a beep. I have to reset via the battery. After a restart I usually have to ease into the OC (the way I originally found the OC.) First I'll drop the divider to 166 and put it to 1T and set the timings, add the voltage, set the FSB to 240x11 - Restart. Gives me a beep, I enter bios again and jack the FSB up to 255x11 and it boots windows like nothing ever happened. /\This is some whack behaviour.
oh yeah i always put my ram to 2.8v cause thats the highest they're allowed to do without warranty failure.. thought i should mention this as well.
Can anyone please give me a clue?! Any ideas about this?
I read this sweet guide on overclocking and it allowed me to get to 2.8 with my 3800 (2.4 stock) venice - you probably already knew it was 2.4 stock hah.
I was wondering if someone could help with my problem.
My specs are the following:
Neo2 Platinum
Antec 430W Truepower (26a 12v)
Venice 3800
OCZ 2gb platinum (not great for ocing, but they manage if the divider is dropped)
other relevantish specs - vid card agp sapphire x1950 pro 512mb
sb live
1, sometimes 2 hds
1 dvd burner which i never use
XP-90C Heatsink with 78CFM 92mm fan
--
I read the overclocking guide I found (I can post it if necessary) and got the computer to 2.805.
The way I did this was by eliminating factors like the ram and the cpu factors and the merged the factors together to get a stable overclock.
I can memtest and prime for 15+ hours (thats all i tested for) stable with no errors on this overclock
The oc was achieved by dropping the memory divider to 166, running stock timings (2.5-3-2-5, 1T). Put up the Vcore to 1.475 and 1.5, both were equally stable and neither got hot. On stock my xp-90c keeps my cpu idle at 30 and full load to never over 50 - usually 49 max. Temperatures didn't change after adding the voltage at all. Maybe 1 degree. It should be noted that I didn't see 1.475 or 1.5v in Core Center which is MSI's cpu utility. It looked almost as if no voltage had been added - I can double check this. Not an issue to me at the moment since I primed for hours and hours as well as memtested all with no errors.
So after letting it go all night and half the day stable I felt the oc was stable. It is stable. If those programs test for stability, then it's stable. Never locked up or anything.
So I went to shut down or restart at one point. Every time (pretty much) I shut down this computer, it doesn't give me a beep. I have to reset via the battery. After a restart I usually have to ease into the OC (the way I originally found the OC.) First I'll drop the divider to 166 and put it to 1T and set the timings, add the voltage, set the FSB to 240x11 - Restart. Gives me a beep, I enter bios again and jack the FSB up to 255x11 and it boots windows like nothing ever happened. /\This is some whack behaviour.
oh yeah i always put my ram to 2.8v cause thats the highest they're allowed to do without warranty failure.. thought i should mention this as well.
Can anyone please give me a clue?! Any ideas about this?