OptikaliLLusion Posted May 17, 2004 Posted May 17, 2004 Hello, I'm HSS. Alright, I have a question about overclocking. I'm new at the stuff (I read the FAQ though). I went on a trip to my BIOS and went to the FSB setting and notched it up to 166 MHz. After saving to CMOS, it restarts but I get no beep. Panicking, I shut it off and reset the CMOS. So I go back to BIOS and see the FSB at 100, so I set it at 133 and it works normally. What was the problem with this? Cooling (I'm upgrading to a Volcano 12 soon)? Motherboard? Specs: Biostar M7NCD AMD Athlon XP 2400+ TB Seagate 80GB EIDE HDD 7200RPM POWMAX 300W Power Supply 3 Case Fans PNY Verto GeForce FX 5200 (So sad) 128 MB DDR SDRAM PC2100 (should get two 512 PC3200 sticks in a week) 52x42x52x CD-RW Drive Sony 1.44 MB FDD D-Link D-520 Revision E. Windows XP Home Edition Thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
battery Posted May 17, 2004 Posted May 17, 2004 too fast...try to put the the fsb at 136...raise it in that incriment until it own't boot...then raise the vcore until it will...then continue...until you can't raise your vcore anymore do to bios or heat..then just knock it down a step...so its stable... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agallion Posted May 17, 2004 Posted May 17, 2004 i think thats a motherboard..and ur 2400 is sapose to be 133 so a 166 jump is kida big dhould handle it though Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptikaliLLusion Posted May 17, 2004 Posted May 17, 2004 My mobo's BIOS FSB Settings are as follow: 100 MHZ 133 " 166 " 200" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Posted May 17, 2004 Posted May 17, 2004 if you raised the FSB to 166 without touching the multi, it woulds be running at close to 2.5GHz. Most T-breds and Bartons have trouble after 2.4GHz (except mobiles), so as everybody else said, take it slowly. If you can lower the multiplier on your CPU before overclocking the FSB. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptikaliLLusion Posted May 17, 2004 Posted May 17, 2004 That would require unlocking of the processor. Well, better go scrounge up a few more dollars. And how can I slowly raise the FSB if it only goes 100, 133, 166, 200? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Posted May 17, 2004 Posted May 17, 2004 are you sure your processor is locked? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptikaliLLusion Posted May 17, 2004 Posted May 17, 2004 According to the FAQ, they are locked by default, and I haven't even touched the bugger after installation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Posted May 17, 2004 Posted May 17, 2004 Any AMD processer based on the Barton/Thoroughbred core that were manufactured before Week 39, 2003 were factory unlocked. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodking Posted May 17, 2004 Posted May 17, 2004 and get some new ram...it's only rated up to 133MHz and you will not get alot more out of it.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
broooooooce Posted May 17, 2004 Posted May 17, 2004 That's what I noticed also, the RAM is holding you back, assuming the chip could take it. Nicer motherboards allow you to increment the FSB 1mhz at a time. You might consider upgrading (might check on a new PSU too) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick_fourdumbkids Posted May 17, 2004 Posted May 17, 2004 his motherboard might be able to go in increments of 1 mhz but if he's got a setting set wrong in BIOS it'll only allow jumps of 133-166-200 my board was defaulted the same, there's definetley an option that you have to switcg over to manual or something similar but i can't remember for the life of me what it is Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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