Recent content by IanW

I have recently upgraded my son's PC with an ABIT BD7-II motherboard, P4 2.0A CPU, 512Mb PC2100 RAM and a 450W CFT PFC PSU. Everything went according to plan and he has been using it for about a week now. Last night, I installed the Winbond Hardware Doctor SW and when run, it immediately...

Thanks for your reply. I realised after I'd posted that I'd left a lot of detail out. My case is not the best when it comes to cooling :(. There is no way to add an exhaust fan at the rear, so I'm relying on the PSU fans (it's a 430W Enermax btw) to extract the hot air. I didn't mention any rise...

Hi, I've seen various posts about the accuracy of the CPU and case temperature readings. Are these temps affected by the voltages delivered by the PSU? The reason I ask is that I've just replaced my ASUS A7M266 / 1.33GHz Athlon combination with an ABIT BD7 / P4 1.6a and on both systems the CPU...

Hi MIDIman, I had another go at increasing the core volts and to my surprise I actually spent the whole evening running at 133FSB :D. I guess my previous attempts were a little too conservative. I started by increasing the voltage to 1.7 and have since reduced it to 1.65 and it's still (or was...

Hi o1die, It's kinda refreshing to hear about other's 'not so good' overclocking experiences. At least I know I'm not alone :D. Regards, Ian.

Thank you for your reply. I have already mentioned that increasing the CPU voltage had no effect (other than make it run hotter). The DRAM voltage is not an issue (as the memory is not being overclocked). The HSF is a Volcano 7+ and I did have trouble fitting it initially. The temperature hit...

Hi, I've recently purchased a P4 1.6A and Abit BD7 with the intention of overclocking. Currently the best I can manage is 130 FSB giving an overall speed of 2.088GHz. I'm using the latest Beta BIOS from Abit. I've set the PCI bus speed to fixed 33MHz and the memory ratio to 1:1...