X2 3800+ overclock dissappointing - ideas?

[mixchange]

asus a8v deluxe
zalman 9500led
memory is in the non blue slots, 2x 1GB OCZ PC4000 (i've heard the slots are labeled wrong in the manual)
lite on IDE dvd-r/cdrw
ati radeon 9600 all in wonder
amd x2 3800

FSB: Tried 2.00 (stable) 2.1 (a bit less) 2.2 and up not that stable, 2.4 totally unstable freezing etc.

CPU is at 36C at 2.00, 46c when at 2.4

Do you think maybe I just got a bad stepping? I hunted around some other forums and some people were doing up to 3Ghz with water or 2.7 with air.

BIOS settings:

AI overclock Manual
cpu volt: manual
multiplier: 10
cpu volt: tried 1.40 to 1.5
agp/pci auto
ddr volt 2.7 (also tried 2.8)
agp volt 1.5
v link: 2.5

memory:
mem clock mode: auto
HW memory hole: auto
burst length: 4 beats
2T command: disabled



I have disabled the Promise Fast Track controller as I don't need RAID and it makes the boot time much longer while it searches for devices

Anyone have any ideas, or do you think i just got a bum x2 3800?

[farksy]

Try doing lower dividers. I think that is an old chipset so don't expect too much from it.

[DilTech]

That's the Via chipset, that's probably your problem. Never seen a good clock out of it.

[CompGeek]

yea... you want a DFI nforce 4 dude, or the eVGA SLI board, its a cheapo and OCs like da bomb

[majestik]

I thought this was Xtreme Overclocking section