error "Disk boot failure, insert system disk and press enter" when over clocking?

HockeyZ

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System specs:
Core2 Duo E6300
gigabyte 965G-DS3 mobo
ATI X1950
4gb Kingston KVR800D2 Ram

I have some extra parts and im trying to put a system together and OC it. When ever I put the fsb above 320 I get the "Disk boot failure, insert system disk and press enter" error. I am using a divider on the ram and never going over the 800mhz its rated for even though I have read it can go to 900+ pretty easy. Is there something else I am missing?
 

classy

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See if there is bios setting that will lock the sata bus speed to 100 mhz. That error is because the drive is going out of spec. I am not familar with that board and bios.
 

Iclimb1998

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Drive going out of spec + bus speed
You're going to spend a lot more money for a 2P system. The processors are more expensive, the mobo will cost more, and you'll need twice as much RAM.
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extra

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What classy said. If you're using an IDE drive, try SATA (not sure, just saying). Try to force the pci-e speed to 100mhz.

But anyway, it's an older board and there were some that had weird things like that...like where if you'd "set" the pci-e speed it wouldn't really set it to where you thought it would, but would instead use a divider of some sort. I'd google around and see if there is some magic setting to stick the pci-e speed at for high bus speeds. I have an old asus board that fails like that at high bus speeds unless you set the pci-e speed to 119, lol.
 

HockeyZ

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Seems like overclocking with the 965G is often problematic. I found using the easy tune software that came with the mobo allowed me to get to 2.6 but no further. :(