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Problem, wont allow any overclocking even though it designed to!!
Ok, here is my setup:
amd 64 3200 socket 939
abit av8
1 gig (2 x 512mb) corsair xms pc 3200 non-ecc
raedon 9600 pro 128 mb agp
seagate barracuda 250 gb SATA HDD
450 watt power supply
At stock settings the computer runs great, no problems. however when i go into the bios or even through the program that the mobo comes with that is windows based and try to slightly increase the frequency the computer crashes, im talking only increasing by 5. My multiplier is at ten but tried to lower that too and gave me a problem, things didnt load correctly(mouse, and all hardware came up as new hardware while windows loaded). My mobo has the ability to run a fixed 66mhz on the agp or u can run an agp ratio.(cpu:agp:dram) Also, I havent played with voltages at all and my temps have been hovering around 35-40c. Thanks in advanced
amd 64 3200 socket 939
abit av8
1 gig (2 x 512mb) corsair xms pc 3200 non-ecc
raedon 9600 pro 128 mb agp
seagate barracuda 250 gb SATA HDD
450 watt power supply
At stock settings the computer runs great, no problems. however when i go into the bios or even through the program that the mobo comes with that is windows based and try to slightly increase the frequency the computer crashes, im talking only increasing by 5. My multiplier is at ten but tried to lower that too and gave me a problem, things didnt load correctly(mouse, and all hardware came up as new hardware while windows loaded). My mobo has the ability to run a fixed 66mhz on the agp or u can run an agp ratio.(cpu:agp:dram) Also, I havent played with voltages at all and my temps have been hovering around 35-40c. Thanks in advanced
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Dosent mention anything about locked frequency! I give that memory thing a try. Should I try anything with lower the multiplier and raisuing th fsb to a number that is equal to what I am running now, then trying to up it?
Do you have an HTT setting? I had to lower mine in order to get it to work. The multiplier is locked at whatever the stock setting is (eg, I have the 3000+ locked at 9x).
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If you locked the AGP to 66 and the PCI to 33, then the next thing to check is the SATA channel. I have an MSI K8N Neo2 board wouldn't go beyond 237MHz on the FSB because the SATA channel wasn't locked. I found out that two of the four SATA channels are locked, but the ones I was using were not. After switching, I went up to 275MHz, which is what I expected. See if your manual tells you whether it is locked or not.
The other important factor is the memory you use. Corsair is good quality, so perhaps the timings are too aggressive for overclocking. Raise the latency on the first value and see if that changes anything. My Patriot PC3200 RAM runs at 3-3-3-8.