Hehe, i don't want to piss off John by mentioning it again but I hope you're including me in that 3 partner
My 2500+ is so far maxing out at high 180's on my NF7-S, and voltage doesn't help it get up. I'm thinking of swapping for a mobile 2500+, since at 2050 MHZ I estimate my rating at around 2900+.
Same thing for me. 3dmark passes at 1.7 volts, but even as high as 1.825 my system shuts itself down IMMEDIATELY when I try to run Prime 95 test 1.
For me I just hate to know that it's not perfectly stable, and if it fails P95, it's not.Originally posted by: jjet67
What's so big about prime95?
Mine didn't go through prime95 but it has not caused any problems so far. I'm running a program which uses cpu 99% 24/7.
JJET
Originally posted by: McArra
HUGH!!! We are 4 now
Maybe you can return it to seller and pay restocking fee? We're in the same boat. I've tried everything. My chip WILL NOT run even close to 3200+, and yours probably won't either. I supsected that raising ram or chipset voltage would have no beneficial effect (afterall this is a cpu shortcoming, not a mem/chipset one), but I tried anyway, and to no benefit. My CPU simply will not do it.
I hope I can return it and pay restocking fee... That would be great I'll email newegg and check they probably won't do it though. If not I'll just try and sell it and get myself a mobile Until then I'm going to try and see how high I can take this puppy and pass prime95
Newegg says Special ordered items are not refundable. All items come with manufacturers warranty only. Refurbished items come with 15-day warranty only. All refunds require 15% restocking fee. Do not remove any labels from any parts or it will result in your warranty being void. Any wrong or damaged item must be reported within 7 days. No refund after 30 days, NO CPU REFUND AFTER 7 DAYS, no exceptions.Well apparently we're both screwed and have to be happy with what we have. My cpu at 2900-3000 is actually quite fast anyway, so maybe down the line I can get a much better mobile CPU, and just remain content with it for now.Originally posted by: Corey0808
That's really too bad for us that can't do it
Wow! Thank you so much for that. My CPU just can't run 188, but 187 seems to be sweet. I am still somewhat convinced that there is something amiss, because it seems to go much higher on FSB and ALMOST be ok, but just not quite. I will do what you recommended and give it a try tonight. Also, I noticed that my heatsink grease was applied badly - it was in fact a pad/grease thing that came with the heatsink, so I'm picking up some real stuff today to see about that. If I can hit 3200+ I'll be rosy.
You're almost correct. The problem is that sometimes a 166 FSB chip (like the 2500+) can't run 100% stably at 200 fsb (3200+), and generally the first and simplest step for OCing stability is to just raise the voltage. It's this way with AMDs and with intels. Voltage is only beneficial to an extent, but generally if you've got a setup that runs "almost right" at 200 FSB and default voltage you've got a great chance of rock solid stability with a humble voltage bump. Of course there are many cases of 2500+ running at 3200+ at default voltage. If you go to cpudatabase.com you'll see that most of the people there are giving small voltage bumps to their CPU to gain stability, often well past 3200+. Default is 1.65. Up to 1.8 is considered acceptable for long term use by almost everybody, and above that it's up to personal prefereance, as to whether your small increase in power is worth the extra volts going through the chip long term.
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