Cannot go over 10x clock multiplier

[Miraluka]

I unlocked my Duron 800, but no matter what i do i can never go higher than 9.5 for the clock multiplier. And i can only go up to 107mhz fsb stable. This is with the MSi K7T Pro2-A mobo. Anybody think of a reason why this would happen?

Note* I have not yet linked the L7 bridges to get the higher voltages, i will do that later.

 

[jsbush]

It's probably your L1 bridges, try reconnecting them.

 

[paulip88]

It is also possible that your CPU has reached the limit. Also, before we jump to that comslusion, what is your setup? What are your temps, voltage, HSF, etc.

 

[Miraluka]

my setup is the following:
MSi K7T Pro2-A, Duron 800, Alpha PAL6035 with Sunon 23cfm fan using Arctic Silver. Want more details? I also have 128mb of PNY Technologies PC100 sdram, an additional 32mb of generic PC100 ram, Maxtor 8.4 gig 5400rpm ata33 hd, seagate 30.7 gig 7200rpm ata 66 hd, a 32x cdrom(dont know brand), a smart & friendly 8x CD-R rocket burner, and a floppy drive. You still want more? Ok, i have a Panasonic PM17 17 inch crt monitor, a Microsoft Wheelmouse(serial), and a really old, loud-clicking AT keyboard which i connected with an AT to PS/2 converter. Oh yeah, and the SCSI card that came with the burner, and a LinkSys Etherfast PCI 10/100 NIC, and a Yamaha DS-XG sound card. Thats all i can think of right now. I think thats it.

I'm running Windows 98SE, and i test my temps with SiSoft's Sandra 2001 Standard. It gives me readings of around 38*C when doing anything but gaming. Right after gaming when i check temps the highest i've ever seen was 40.3*C. It probably was higher during the actual gameplay though. My power supply is a "Deer Computer" p/s. dunno if that is the brand, but that is what it says on the sticker. I think it is 125 watt.

I set my cpu core voltage at 1.800 because that is the highest i could get without connecting the L7 bridges, which i neglected to to initially, but if it will help me become completely stable at 1007mhz then i will do it. The speed that i like to run at is 950mhz because i know i am completely stable at this speed. If raising the cpu core voltage will help the stablization of my system at 1007 please tell me so.


And i know that it is not the L1 bridges that are connected improperly. If i had not connected them right then i would not be going over 8.5 for the clock multiplier.

 

[shiznut123]

what are l7 bridges. how are you supposed to connect them to get more voltage?

 

[MikejwZ34]

This page might be of some help.

Link

 

[DarkMajiq]

shiznut123: The L7 bridges on the Athlon control the voltage. By connecting certain ones, you can manually set the voltage. It's explained in AnadTech's Athlon overclocking article, which I'll try to find the link for.

Miraluka: There are a few of reasons you may not be able to get past 107MHz FSB stable: first, you could have reached the max that your particular Duron chip will take. Or, you could have hit the limit of your KT133 chipset. Lastly, it's possible that your RAM is holding you back, it may not be able to go higher than 107. On this one I'm especially suspicious of that 32MB of generic PC100... You can try running with only one or the other stick of RAM, and you can see if either one specifically is holding you back. I'm betting on the KT133 chipset or your Duron though.

As for not being able to get the 10.0 multiplier, that's probably because you're reached the limit for your chip. If you want to see whether it's that multiplier or the chip that's stopping you there, try it at a lower FSB, like 10x100.