Argh I Dunno What To Do!!!

[Bboy_Jon]

I have an abit NF7-S Rev 2 mobo

ok well i updated my bios to the tic tac manta ray xt d26 (i think thats what its called) and i tried to oc but still cant hit 220 fsb stable. I had vcore at 1.85-1.9 and the vdimm and the other ram voltage thing at max and still nothing. I havent tried messing with the timings though. DO i just set them higher? at what intervals?


Could it be my psu thats causing the probs? my rails are always the same whenever i check (its a raidmax 420w psu) i kinda want a fortron 530w psu but i dunno anymore

ill be getting about 75 bucks next week (or around there) what would be better

get my fortron 530w psu

buy a mobile 2400/2500/maybe 2600

or save up for my a64 system (it would be a 2800 and one of the cheapest mobos i guess)

i only get payed about 75 a month and im quitting my job probly by the end of november (paper boy lol) so ya i dunno what to do

[MiLaMber]

I dont think you'd get a great overclock with a barton period mate.
Have u tried lowering the multiplier and retying.
If ur desperate to gain a decent overclock, cheapest bet is a mobile chip.

[skattrd]

It sounds like you've hit the limit of the cpu. The psu sounds like its fine to me.

If its a standard Barton with a locked multi then 220 is pretty good (11x 220 =2420) and you wouldn't get alot more out of a mobile, maybe 25/2600, but that isn't worth the extra money imo, save up for an A64 if you're not happy with what you've got

[Bboy_Jon]

ya multi is locked, the thing is it doesnt run stable at 220 fsb, i ran prime for like 5 seconds then it failed

i havent tried messing with the timings though. What would i try

Row-actice delay-8
ras-to-cas delay-3
row-precharge delay-3
cas latency time-2.5

it would probly be a waste of money to buy a mobile 2400 and get about the same results because i then would have spent $200+ should i still go with a fortron 530w though? i kinda want another psu for some reason

[Agent]

Get rid of the tictac BIOS.
They are very unstable and cause a lot of problems. Im talking from first hand experience here

[Bboy_Jon]

ya i got rid of it last night, its screwed up my internet explorer (when i went to forums it would show the new topic to the right, but when i clicked int he sub category i wouldnt see the new posts unless i refreshed it)

i went to the newest abit bios and everythings fixed but i dunno what to get next