1700+ at the limit

[streetster]

ok....

well, basically, dont do anything until you've done your coursework

other than that,

set the FSB to 166, and the ram speed to 100% (then it will be running in sync with the fsb, thus greater performance). and also set the multiplier to 10x

that will give you 1660mhz (ie 2000+ athlon), from there you could try increasing the fsb further, perhaps 170, 175, 180, but only in small steps.. if it boots to windows run something like prime95 for a bit, see if its stable, if it crashes, reboot, and increase the vCore one notch, boot, see if its stable, if it is increase the FSB some more... remember to keep an eye on the temperature of the cpu aswell..

my cpu is currently at 11x200 (ie 2.2Ghz), at 1.7v... which isnt too bad, like a 800mhz overclock? but some people can get higher, some people get lower.. its all chance, but like i said, make sure you finish your coursework and back it up somewhere else before you go fiddling about

mark

[mr_anderson187]

2 questions bout ure post

how do i set the ram speed to 100%? in the bios wot bit of it? i couldnt find it

i have hte newest si sioft sandra version, but how do i find out the temp of the cpu, and what range would you conside to be acceptable, and what is dangerous?

[streetster]

ok... 2nd menu thing from the left in the bios, then advanced chipset features (think its 2nd or 3rd option down).. that should allow you to fiddle with the fsb and such, and the ram speed...

you might need to get the latest bios if there is one about, they can be updated in windows which saves you from booting into dos and doing it from there...

latest bios

think thats the windows bios updater

as for your temperatures... you really want them to be in the 40s or lower.. 50's is borderline and 60 is really not good, and you will decrease the life of the cpu... however if its stable at 60 some people consider it to be acceptable, however below 50 is generally good

[Rod911]

Like I mentioned before, the A7V8X-X does not have the required AGP/PCI locks to achieve high FSB overclocking. To be on the safe side and reduce the chances of hard drive corruption, you should leave the RAM and FSB at 166 (despite the fact your previous overclocking attemps yielded you a 180FSB...that's where the problems began) and simply increase your multiplier and vCore accordingly to achieve stability.

As for reaching 2.4Ghz. A more realistic goal should be > 2Ghz at first considering you haven't mentioned what kind of cooling you have and 2.3Ghz or greater can start getting toasty.

What range temp? Personally, I don't care much for temps. Just as long as everything is running stable, then everything's sweet.

[streetster]

didnt realise it wasnt an nforce2 board... thought it was the same as mine, when it obviously isnt, prolly best to stick at 166mhz fsb like Rod says, and just increase the multiplier.

mark

[The Fishmeister]

Guys,
This has been an interesting look at o/c. Fair play to MrAnderson for persistence. Newbs like us need you learned folk out there!

I have a xp2600 Barton, with a MSI KT Delta( upto 400FSB) 512 mb DDR, Geforce MX400 64 mb, M Audio Delta 44 s/card. Most I've got is an increase to 187 FSB from obviously 166 , before it won't boot. Left the multiplier at auto. Have read up and think a vcore increase could help to boost fsb further. Not sure about the multiplier, although I have checked out AMD' s home site for info on the specs for the chip. Think my fan is ok. Rated for a Xp3200 anyway.

Any ideas on o/c further? Ram is running at 333mhz. All help appreciated.