expresso Posted March 11, 2007 Posted March 11, 2007 yes it has to be something in the bios thats making it hang on boot - but only when i use it with the usb cable - if i use the firewire - it boots fine - but i changed the cable because i was having a problem with the drive - but i think i fixed it maybe i put the firewire cable back - and leave it - about the cdrw combo - i am not going to get too crazy about that - like you said - 30 dollars and 2 days later from newegg and i got a new one - just so happened that i was stuck with no drive to boot from - i have a image with R-Drive - so i tried to make my thumb drive bootable - i made a partion on it - but not sure if its working right - i wasnt able to make it bootable for some reason with R-Drive - so i just installed the whole program on the thumb drive - then i ran it to restore a image - and it said it had to be rebooted because of a locked drive etc. ? i am guessing because i am in windows and it cant restore while your in it -- so i rebooted and it started the process of restore - and it worked so thats good - but what i need to figure out is how to make it a boot disk on the partion - that would be good - then just reboot with thumb drive in usb port - i also have Acronis drive image - i will try to make it a boot with that one - see if it works -- and also data life tools for WD drives - wouldnt work with my external if it was connected with the firewire cable - then i used the usb cable for other reasons and tried it again and then i was able to run Data life tools -- you would think WD would add that pieace of information when you download that program to test the drive with - so i ran the test and drive was fine - i messed something up yesterday when i had the external drive connected to a notebook i was working on and updating everything - for some reason i ended up with update folders and files on my external drive and couldnt delete them -says in use -- etc. - even after i disconnected the drive from the notebook and rebooted a few times - so i wiped out the drives - formatted again - ran tests - etc. - what a pain and still dont have a clue how that happened - so i changed the cable to usb - maybe my firewire cable or connection either on the drive or my MD is flaky - Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mungo Posted April 1, 2007 Posted April 1, 2007 thats a good clock there. cant get my 4200 past 2.65, and thats with 1.65 volts. im thinking my memory might be holding me back a bit:mad: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
expresso Posted April 1, 2007 Posted April 1, 2007 hi - it may be your memory - i have different memory your volts are high - how did you get it to boot at those volts and are you running at those volts all the time ? what are your temps with those volts ? i heard that going to 1.6v and higher does take a toll on the cpu - not sure if it matter whether the temps are good or not - i am not sure - i tried to go to 2.9 and 3.0 -- i was able to run at 2.9 for a while - before it failed prime - but i had to raise the volts alot more - not sure what there were - but at one point - it started to boot and then just shut down period - everything - i though i blew the chip - board or everything - i put it back to my stable 2.8 and left it - i figured it wasnt worth it for me - i am good at 2.8 1.55v my temps are at around 40c under load if i raise the fans to the max on the Rad - or else it gets to about 45C with the fans on low - - the board hangs around the 49c to 51c and the chipset is one of the coolest now at around 42c at full load - so i feel pretty good about the temps with the volts i am pushing -- but i had to push too much more volts just to try to get 2.9 stable - and then i wouldnt run it 24/7 that way even if it got stable - so whats the use - you may want to start fresh with the OC and see if you can get higher this time around or try a divider - see if that works out better for you - Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
King_Kevin Posted April 2, 2007 Posted April 2, 2007 cant get my 4200 past 2.65, and thats with 1.65 volts. im thinking my memory might be holding me back a bit:mad: Yikes, that some high voltage you got there. Look at my sig. I got the same chip as you but perhaps a different stepping. Either you got a weak memory controller or your memory timings are too tight. Or you're just unlucky to get a batch that simply can't overclock that high. I can even overclock to 2.75 GHz at only 1.42v with 8hr dual prim95 stable. So I suggest you start from scratch and slowly work your way up in the MHz. Or just get a new proc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mungo Posted April 2, 2007 Posted April 2, 2007 those volts were only to see if it would get me to anything like 2.7 ~ 2.8. but alas it failed to even get past 2.65 temps were allright at those volts, 38 ~ 42 under full load. got a few days of soon so will loosen mem timings right of and start again. seen a few 4200 clocks around and most seem to be getting around 2.7 so either i just got a load of poo chip or im going wrong somewhere. :sad: my stepping is LDBFE 0612 UPMW Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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