KraZy Posted February 27, 2003 Posted February 27, 2003 When I purchased my A7V8X, it autodetected my XP 2400 at 2ghz. Fine. And the BIOS was actually allowing me to OC at around 2.375-2.392ghz (really good.) Now the drawback to the awesome multiplyer, was the fact that it would not allow my system clock over 140mhz. That, in the long run is kind of a so-so trade off for the awesome speeds that I was getting, and I was actually making up the loss in memory bandwidth with the CPU power. And of course the FSB loss... (actually, SiSandra put the CPU a few clicks away from the XP 3k, but the memory bandwidth was staying in the stock ranges.) Now, since the bios update, it autodetects the CPU from between 700mhz to 1.1ghz (-gasp-) and it actually allows me to crank the clock up to 166mhz. Of course, I corrected the multiplyer, and it is running at a stable at 1.99993ghz, and adjusting core voltages no longer is a benefit to overclocking... For some reason, at this clock speed (166), 3dMark won't even init.. In order to get a bench from 3dMark now, I have to still drop the clock -down- into the 130's or 140's and increase the multilpyer up-to-par.... Anyone had similar experiances? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KraZy Posted February 28, 2003 Posted February 28, 2003 (edited) For those who care, an update... The problems was caused by the new BETA ASUS bios drivers. It seems that it will not allow overclocking at all, or the detection schemes for AMD processors is buggy, so it was really throwing me off.. After the BETA update, I was getting similar simptoms of an overheat by CPU or video. I rolled back to the non-beta, and my 'puter is better than norm. Just thought I would share..... Edited February 28, 2003 by KraZy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DimensioN Posted February 28, 2003 Posted February 28, 2003 For those who care, an update... The problems was caused by the new BETA ASUS bios drivers. It seems that it will not allow overclocking at all, or the detection schemes for AMD processors is buggy, so it was really throwing me off.. After the BETA update, I was getting similar simptoms of an overheat by CPU or video. I rolled back to the non-beta, and my 'puter is better than norm. Just thought I would share..... try reinstall the 1002 version, and wait for the original 1003 version.. greetz Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Posted June 23, 2003 Posted June 23, 2003 (edited) Those are great results for that board. I can't get above 2.250MHZ on the same set up and my temps are through the roof! does your board have the 4mb bios or the 2mb version?? Sorry, i forgot to say that i am having exactly the same experience. I can't up the fsb but the multiplier will take alot more. Shame, as i can't use the full potential of the Corsair ram Edited June 23, 2003 by Johnny Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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