Duron 750@927 cannot go any higher any tips?

[MentallyNormal]

Okay i got the Duron 750 and The MsiProKt7 Pro-2a


I did the mulitpler pencil thang also the l7 cache thang.
Right Now the highest i can get it with it being stable

1.8 volts
Is 927mhz 103fsb x9
memory running at 133mhz

I tried 950 would go into winme but then it either come up with some reg error or dll errors. Tried increasing Volts to see if stablity would occur nope.

I know it's not the cooling i got a big arse fan blowing on it and temp is pretty good.

Am I stuck? Or can i get higher by doing something else
Any tips please suggest them.

Yeah I know 927mhz is pretty good for the price of this chip. But I at least want 950 wanna try to get 1ghz but i think that maybe out the question.

Maybe if i would of choose a different board?? But this board is pretty great though.

 

[Jamey]

My suggestion probably won't be too popular here, but be happy with 927. After all, these chips are fast for the money as they are. Getting a 20-25% increase in speed on top of that is awesome. I bought three 700 Durons from buy.com, and all will reach 950 at 1.8 volts or less, but I can't get any of them to get any higher so far. I am certainly not going to spend $15+ on a better cooling system. I am sure I could with higher voltage/better cooling, but is it really worth it? I have actually knocked them back to 850 mhz and 1.75 volts to keep the CPU temp below or at 40c. Two I have given away as gifts, the last I will try to get 950 at cooler temps and maybe stay there or at 900.

 

[Subversal]

Yeah be happy with 927. Got two Duron 700's; one at 1ghz(1.85v), the other can't do anything past 900 (1.85v). It seems stable at 900 though after Prime95 torturing, seti@home and some serious gaming for a week (temp around 42-45). I crash sometimes ( hardly ever in games or Prime95) but it is more a Win98 and/or memory problem I suspect (PC100@133-2/2/3).

 

[ChipNOW]

You've gotta remember that overclocking is a luck of the draw thing... some chips will do 1.2 and some may not even overclock at all - I concur with the others... be thankful with 927, it's still a fricking fast CPU.
Also, though Clock Multiplier O/C is the gentleman's way of overclocking, FSB O/C will give you a faster overclock, because you're beefing up all the external busses (memory, PCI etc) as well... In other words a 910MHz FSB O/C will most likely be quicker than a 927MHz CMx + FSB O/C
Cheers.

 

[micron]

Maybe unlocking it with loctite would help.

 

[BP]

It might be a power issue.They say you need a good 300w psu if you're going to get anywhere near 1Gig.