Cdizzle Posted August 17, 2007 Report Share Posted August 17, 2007 Alright, I got the "gist" of it... anyways I have a 3800+ dual core im looking to overclock, for some reason I can only get it to 2.2GHz... I know part of it is the ram, but I had it at 2.4 the other day with some old ram (to make it 2 gigs) in it and it would lock up when I got my processor at 100%. Is it only cause of cooling? My computer wont POST if I up the Vcore... Why is this? Quote Damn Thiefs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civichatch Posted August 17, 2007 Report Share Posted August 17, 2007 first thing you need to do is raise voltage to cpu as ur raising the multiplier. And i would advise getting a new heatsink. I overclocked to my comp to 2.8 and it locked up and wouldnt post. And i cant get it passed 2.65 now. So i think somhow it resets itself not allowing you to go as far. Quote System Specs: Alpine SWR-1542D 15" sub Sealed Subwoofer Box MTX mxa 6001 Class D 774watts RMS @ 2ohms MTX Bass Knob Pioneer 6.5's in doors MTX Thunderdome 6x9 in rear Stinger 1 Farad capacitor 80 amp stinger fuse BIG 3 in 4 gauge wire 4 gauge power/ground wire JVC MP3 CD Car Deck (KD-G320) 12 gauge Monster speaker wire to Sub 16 gauge Stinger speaker wire to doors Stinger Gold Plated Battery Terminals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cdizzle Posted August 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2007 (edited) On my last mobo I could overclock the speed of the processor while upping the Vcore (voltage to cpu) and it would POST everytime. I am thinking that if I got different cooling it might work, just seems weird that if I up the vcore it wont POST at all... I can up the MHz to the processor all I want but once I touch the vcore it wont POST... 158F under full load... that is 69C ish Edited August 17, 2007 by Cdizzle Quote Damn Thiefs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted August 18, 2007 Report Share Posted August 18, 2007 158F under full load... that is 69C ish theres your problem right there. get some better cooling man! i overclocked my old Barton AMD from 1.3 to 2.0 GHz and im still running at a smooth 33C anything over about 55C sets off an "alarm" (we'll just call it that cuz thats what it pretty much is) on the motherboard telling the computer to shut down immediately. now i've never had to mess with voltage settings to overclock, only memory timings. im betting i could get my CPU up to 2.5 GHz if i had some faster ram (im still running some old DDR 333 MHz crap) but im guessing thats your problem. depending on how fast your ram is limits how much you can overclock, that and how hot your CPU is getting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cdizzle Posted August 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2007 (edited) theres your problem right there. get some better cooling man! i overclocked my old Barton AMD from 1.3 to 2.0 GHz and im still running at a smooth 33C anything over about 55C sets off an "alarm" (we'll just call it that cuz thats what it pretty much is) on the motherboard telling the computer to shut down immediately. now i've never had to mess with voltage settings to overclock, only memory timings. im betting i could get my CPU up to 2.5 GHz if i had some faster ram (im still running some old DDR 333 MHz crap) but im guessing thats your problem. depending on how fast your ram is limits how much you can overclock, that and how hot your CPU is getting I am running Corsair XMS PC3200 RAM (x2 512)... I dont know what the stock MHz is on it... but right now it is only running at 171.5 MHz.... and I dont think that is good at all... I dont think that cooling is an issue yet... only when I touch the vcore... Do you know how to mess with memory timings? Edited August 18, 2007 by Cdizzle Quote Damn Thiefs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted August 18, 2007 Report Share Posted August 18, 2007 theres your problem right there. get some better cooling man! i overclocked my old Barton AMD from 1.3 to 2.0 GHz and im still running at a smooth 33C anything over about 55C sets off an "alarm" (we'll just call it that cuz thats what it pretty much is) on the motherboard telling the computer to shut down immediately. now i've never had to mess with voltage settings to overclock, only memory timings. im betting i could get my CPU up to 2.5 GHz if i had some faster ram (im still running some old DDR 333 MHz crap) but im guessing thats your problem. depending on how fast your ram is limits how much you can overclock, that and how hot your CPU is getting You are going to make it big one day. For real. Quote 4 15" FI Q D2's in 12 cubes tuned to 32hz 1- T1000.1bd's 3 Maxx 29 deep cycles 4 runs of 1/0 gauge -Big 3 -Trunk sealed off from the cabin Custom 15.8 dual-volt switching MLA module All in a CAR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted August 18, 2007 Report Share Posted August 18, 2007 Do you know how to mess with memory timings? yea thats most likely your problem right there. my CPU-Z says im running my ram at 200 MHz, and my FSB is rated at 400... so if i got faster ram, i could overclock a bit more, but yours... yours says you're running at 240 bus speed, and can go up to 960... with only 174 memory clock. something seems weird there. what brand of motherboard do you have? i'll look up exactly what you'd need to do to get the most out of your timings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted August 18, 2007 Report Share Posted August 18, 2007 (edited) oh and could you post a screenshot of your SPD page of CPU-Z too? a screenshot for every slot of ram please Edited August 18, 2007 by Chaos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinb721 Posted August 18, 2007 Report Share Posted August 18, 2007 ive overclocked my p4 3.0 to 3.4 and i can still run @ around 65 - 70F. overclocking really does no harm unless you have the correct cooling for the job. i tried getting it higher and it would boot up, but after 10 mins of working in windows it would lock up then shut down. I think i had it up over 3.6ghz. messing with memory timings is a whole nother story. right now i have all kinds of mixed memory in my pc (bad bad bad) because i ran into a problem with my friend and had to give up 2 of my 512 sticks of corsair. Quote 12" fi q rf t10001 naw mean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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