Latiass
04-15-2006, 10:01 PM
Guys, I've got some simple questions regarding the Dothan I've got kicking around.. I recently decided to overclock it, to see how far I could take it, and I was actually quite happy with the results.. However, I have a few.. "issues" that need to be resolved before I'll be happy with it.
For one, I need a recommendation for memory. :O I have absolutely no problems reaching 266FSB stably (relatively speaking; it doesn't want to boot at 201 half the time, but when it does, I can get it to 266 fine). I currently have just some Kingston Value RAM in here (it was never intended to be an overclocking rig), but since 266FSB is relatively useless with DDR400 (actually it works out to be like DDR370 or something), I desperately need to know some good RAM that will at least let me use FSB250 (I know there's lots, but I need to know what has the highest potential to go to DDR533 speeds). I also need a decent video card, but that's unrelated.
Also.. it doesn't seem to want to go past ~2.7GHz and be stable (I can get it to 2.8 half the time, obviously, since I have to boot at 201FSB.. but it's only half the time, it works). Doesn't matter what voltage I give it, it just doesn't want to be stable.. in fact, it seems to crash faster with the higher voltage, which leads me to believe it's a heat issue. I mean, I'm still using stock cooling, so I wasn't expecting miracles or anything.. but I'd like to know if I have to mod the adapter/motherboard at all or if I'm missing something. Also, it only grows unstable after leaving it running for a while at 2.8 (by that I mean about 30 seconds). Before that, it seems fine; after that, it crashes even in the BIOS until I leave it off for a bit, which really makes me think it's heat.. but once again, I want to make it's not something stupid.
Current setup:
P4P800-E Deluxe
Pentium M 750 booting at FSB201, FSB266x10 for 2.66GHz using clockgen and EIST
2x512MB Kingston Value RAM - DDR400 3-4-4-8
I'm fairly happy with the superpi 1M of 30 seconds that this beast is giving me - but I'd also like to boost that and real world performance as much as possible. Any help in getting me faster superpi times/benchmark scores is greately appreciated!
For one, I need a recommendation for memory. :O I have absolutely no problems reaching 266FSB stably (relatively speaking; it doesn't want to boot at 201 half the time, but when it does, I can get it to 266 fine). I currently have just some Kingston Value RAM in here (it was never intended to be an overclocking rig), but since 266FSB is relatively useless with DDR400 (actually it works out to be like DDR370 or something), I desperately need to know some good RAM that will at least let me use FSB250 (I know there's lots, but I need to know what has the highest potential to go to DDR533 speeds). I also need a decent video card, but that's unrelated.
Also.. it doesn't seem to want to go past ~2.7GHz and be stable (I can get it to 2.8 half the time, obviously, since I have to boot at 201FSB.. but it's only half the time, it works). Doesn't matter what voltage I give it, it just doesn't want to be stable.. in fact, it seems to crash faster with the higher voltage, which leads me to believe it's a heat issue. I mean, I'm still using stock cooling, so I wasn't expecting miracles or anything.. but I'd like to know if I have to mod the adapter/motherboard at all or if I'm missing something. Also, it only grows unstable after leaving it running for a while at 2.8 (by that I mean about 30 seconds). Before that, it seems fine; after that, it crashes even in the BIOS until I leave it off for a bit, which really makes me think it's heat.. but once again, I want to make it's not something stupid.
Current setup:
P4P800-E Deluxe
Pentium M 750 booting at FSB201, FSB266x10 for 2.66GHz using clockgen and EIST
2x512MB Kingston Value RAM - DDR400 3-4-4-8
I'm fairly happy with the superpi 1M of 30 seconds that this beast is giving me - but I'd also like to boost that and real world performance as much as possible. Any help in getting me faster superpi times/benchmark scores is greately appreciated!