DFI Lan Party 875 overclocking troubles

[ijesse]

OK, first of all I'm a Mac to PC switcher so pardon my confusion. System Specs:

2.6 GHz P4 w/800mhz bus
DFI LAN Party mainboard
2x 512 PC3200 Corsair XMS
Radeon 9800
160 GB SATA HD
Pioneer 4X DVD-RW
52X CD-RW

The BIOS settings for the DFI board aren't as clear as other BIOS settings I've seen before. I am unable to OC beyond setting the FSB to 215 mhz yet I see all of these reviews saying the DFI board can do 280 or so... how on earth do they get it that high?! I went to 225mhz and it wouldn't boot, so I held the Insert key like the manual said and it loaded the defaults. Now the system won't OC AT ALL. If I set the FSB at 205 or 210, it will still only load at the stock 200 FSB and otherwise runs fine. Please help!

 

[DFITechsupport]

Hi ijesse,

Please send E-mail to tech@dfiweb.com. We'd like to send you an update BIOS for testing. Besides, please check the FAQ on www.dfi.com for LANParty PRO875. The SATA H/D needs to run on 100 MHz all the time. There are some tricky settings under the BIOS for overclocking. I think the OC experts in Anandtech can share their experience with you. I saw the article said they can over clock the FSB up to 280 MHz too.

Thanks

DFI Techsupport

 

[stans]

I'm having the same type of issues using P4 2.4c with 2x 512 PC3500C2 Corsair XMS, can't o/c past 255 stable but when I put in 2x 256 (generic memory) I can easily run stable at 275. Others have mentioned similar problems on other 865/875 boards not sure if this can be addressed in BIOS.

 

[DFITechsupport]

Are you Stanley?
I did send a BIOS to Stanley already this morning.
If you are not Stanley, please send E-mail to tech@dfiweb.com.
We'll send you a BIOS for OC as well.
Thanks

DFI Techsupport

 

[stans]

That's me, thanks for the help. I'll keep you posted.

 

[happybob]

to overclock that high, make sure you have your memory setting in 5:4.
DFITechsupport, can you email me the overclocking bios too? I already sent you an email to the email address you listed above.

 

[DFITechsupport]

I sent out the BIOS for PRO875 on 6/14/03 to a couple of customers as they requested this morning. I wonder if you are the one. Please let me know if you didn't get it.
Thanks

DFI Techsupport