Overclocking AMD 64 3700+, Corsair XMS, and ATI AIW

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by handsomemax, Jan 16, 2006.

  1. handsomemax

    handsomemax Private E-2

    I'm not completely new to overclocking, but I have yet to overclock ram or a vid card, and I have some issues OC'in my chip. Here are my specs.

    Abit UL8 mobo
    AMD 64 3700+ San Diego Core (rated at 2.2ghz, 1mb L2 cache, and 1000mhz FSB)
    ATI 9600XT 128 MB AIW, AGP 8x (couldn't afford to upgrade to PCIe)
    2x512 Corsair XMS DDR 400
    Samsung 160 GB HD - not SATA :(
    Creative Sound Blaster Audigy MP3
    450w Raidmax PS

    The problem i have with overclocking my chip is that the mobo bios will only allow it to be set at 2.2ghz and the fsb at 400 mhz. It bothers me that I cant get the FSB to at least set at 500. The bios are up to date, and I am unsure of what else i can do to change this.

    For the ram and vid card, I am fairly new, so any help would be greatly appreciated.
     
  2. Bambo

    Bambo Private First Class

    Try read this http://www.ocworkbench.com/ocwbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=7;t=000990;p=0 Not so good for overclocking if PCI cant be locked. One of the posts has some answers from Abit Support and they confirm PCI is unlocked. May be 230fsb is max then, depends. Has Softmenu, locked AGP port, memory dividers and extra voltage. Dont know why you cant increase fsb. You should lock memory at 200fsb and try overclock that later. May be lower whatever Hypertransport divider is called in ULI bios. Be sure to test properly, Prime95 etc. Not possible to test for example pci at 40mhz=240fsb, may be it will work. Data corruption as on old VIA motherboards might return ;) 230fsb/2530mhz or about 38mhz for PCI should be ok and is still nice result for the price.

    Dig up all user experiences you can find before changing too much. Overclocking is easy but there will be bugs and such, may be some strange chipset features like no PCI-lock! Abit USA have a forum for 939/ULI http://forum.abit-usa.com/forumdisplay.php?f=75
     

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