Help me OC my Tbred-A 1700+?

[KWolf]

Hey, this is my first post here. I've tried anything I can think of but with no success. I am running on the FIC AU13. I heard that the 8RDA unlocks the TBreds for you, and since FIC based the AU13 partly off of the AU11 which was co-developed with the 8RDA, I thought that this feature would be included. First I tried to increase the multiplier from 11 to 11.5. My computer waited 10 seconds, booted, with the multiplier back at 11. I tried to change the FSB, thinking maybe I needed to unlock my processor and this was an easy way to see. I put the FSB at 134 up from 133, 10 second wait, boot, and its back at 133. I set it to 138 thinking maybe it needed to be higher, booted, heard a long beep, and it came back at 133. Any ideas? I am a newbie at this and I have almost no budget so I cant buy a new board or anything.

 

[infinite012]

I've had great success with that board! Maybe your CPU isn't a thoroughbred, but a palomino. Have you checked for sure that it is a tbred? Even so, tbred A's don't tend to overclock that high. The max you will be getting is 1.8 GHz on air and maybe 1.9 if you're lucky.

 

[bgeh]

Originally posted by: KWolf
Hey, this is my first post here. I've tried anything I can think of but with no success. I am running on the FIC AU13. I heard that the 8RDA unlocks the TBreds for you, and since FIC based the AU13 partly off of the AU11 which was co-developed with the 8RDA, I thought that this feature would be included. First I tried to increase the multiplier from 11 to 11.5. My computer waited 10 seconds, booted, with the multiplier back at 11. I tried to change the FSB, thinking maybe I needed to unlock my processor and this was an easy way to see. I put the FSB at 134 up from 133, 10 second wait, boot, and its back at 133. I set it to 138 thinking maybe it needed to be higher, booted, heard a long beep, and it came back at 133. Any ideas? I am a newbie at this and I have almost no budget so I cant buy a new board or anything.

can you tell us the code on the chip?
if it's on the die itself, it means that you have a Palomino

 

[KWolf]

Thanks for the reply, Ive gottin my OC up a little (I was pressing buttons when it was booting, apparently that resets it back to the default). I'm sure its a TBred A. Core is a rectangle so its not a palomino. The model is like AIUGA, I'm not sure. It looks exactly like all the pictures ive seen of the TBreds, and the chip is a brownish color. Since it ends in A its probably a Tbred A. Any recommendations for FSB/Multiplier/Volatages? Right now its at 12.5x133 at 1.575v, which is OK but if I can go higher I most certainly will My main limit on this is my 300w PSU and all I have is the stock CPU cooler and a few case fans. (With my old palomino I was able to get my FSB to about 138 stable, which sucks ass) My ram should support DDR333, thats what it said on the box anyway (generic ram though). I guess thats all the important info on my system.