I'll admit it first off. I'm new to the overclocking scene. I've had my eye on it for a while, but having just gone and bought an EP-8K7A+ and an TBird 1.33, I figured I may as well try it out.
All's well and good. I bought the retail CPU, so I'm using the stock heatsink and fan. Yes, I know they're not what I *should* be using, but they seem to be working well enough. And yes, I'm using the thermal tape dealie that came with the box. I like it. I'm also cheap. And lazy. Arctic Silver was extra, and I was scared I'd break something trying to put it on.
Anyway, my CPU's idle temperature is 49º C, and gets as high as 55º when fully loaded - i.e. playing Giants with everything turned on. Motherboard temp hovers around 24º C.
I've been doing solely multiplier overclocking right now, being too frightened to screw around with my FSB.
I'm running steady at 11 x 133 = 1.46. Everything works flawlessly. However, when I try to up it one more - to 11.5 x 133 - I POST just fine, but when Windows (2000, of course) should be loading up, I just get a black screen. I tried increasing the voltage from the default (1.82) to 1.91, the next highest increment available. It'll boot then, but after staying in Windows for a minute or two, my system will crash and I'll restart.
I'm assuming this is a problem with my temperature running too high, though from what I can tell, the temperatures are basically the same at 11.5 as they are at 11. Thinking that maybe the increased voltage was too much for 11.5, I tried one more step up - 12 x 133 - and that too wouldn't boot, staying on a black screen when Windows should be loading.
What do you think? Is this a cooling problem? My processor being flaky?
Ideas, suggestions? I'd really like to be able to hit 1.56 (my friend hit it wish his 1.33), but, well, I'm not sure. What should I be doing?
And while we're at it... how do I go about checking the stepping of my CPU?
Thanks for your help.
-Calim
All's well and good. I bought the retail CPU, so I'm using the stock heatsink and fan. Yes, I know they're not what I *should* be using, but they seem to be working well enough. And yes, I'm using the thermal tape dealie that came with the box. I like it. I'm also cheap. And lazy. Arctic Silver was extra, and I was scared I'd break something trying to put it on.
Anyway, my CPU's idle temperature is 49º C, and gets as high as 55º when fully loaded - i.e. playing Giants with everything turned on. Motherboard temp hovers around 24º C.
I've been doing solely multiplier overclocking right now, being too frightened to screw around with my FSB.
I'm running steady at 11 x 133 = 1.46. Everything works flawlessly. However, when I try to up it one more - to 11.5 x 133 - I POST just fine, but when Windows (2000, of course) should be loading up, I just get a black screen. I tried increasing the voltage from the default (1.82) to 1.91, the next highest increment available. It'll boot then, but after staying in Windows for a minute or two, my system will crash and I'll restart.
I'm assuming this is a problem with my temperature running too high, though from what I can tell, the temperatures are basically the same at 11.5 as they are at 11. Thinking that maybe the increased voltage was too much for 11.5, I tried one more step up - 12 x 133 - and that too wouldn't boot, staying on a black screen when Windows should be loading.
What do you think? Is this a cooling problem? My processor being flaky?
Ideas, suggestions? I'd really like to be able to hit 1.56 (my friend hit it wish his 1.33), but, well, I'm not sure. What should I be doing?
And while we're at it... how do I go about checking the stepping of my CPU?
Thanks for your help.
-Calim
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