I need your Help getting over the hump

[r0ck]

I'm running XP 2100+ with 8K3A+,...i can't get it to go over 141 FSB....i get a blue screen from Windows after it detects all the drives and stuff...i don't know whats limiting me. From what i have read, i should be able to get over 150 FSB. Can you please lead me to the right direction..
here are the specs

Epox 8K3a+
XP 2100+
Samsung PC 2700 cas 2.5
WB 40 gigz
Gainward GF4 Ti 4200
Lite-on DVD-rom 16x
Lite-on 40x12 cdrw
3Com NIC
Santa cruz
2 80mm rear fans , and 1 80mm in the front
AX7 with 40cmf fan


TEMPS
CPU: ~55C idle on a HOT day
~61 load on a HOT day

System : ~32C on HOT day

 

[jaybee]

First guess is it's the cpu. What voltage do you have it set at? 1.75v? Try bumping by .025v and boot at 142fsb. I think that board reads the cpu thermistor too; if so, your temps are good and you can even bump vcore to 1.80v. Also, what's the vcore reading (vs setting)?

jaybee

 

[r0ck]

stock Vcore is at 1.75...max is at 2.2
i'll try with booting with 142FSB @ 1.77v

 

[r0ck]

no luck 🙁

it says A problem has been detected and windows have shut down to prevent any damamge.....and then at the botton its says

"STOP: 0X000007E (0xC0000005, 0xF9F84B6, 0xF9EA9C64, 0xF9EA9964)
ACPI.SYS - Address F99F84B6 base at F99E50000, DateStamp 3B7D8550"

i don't know what that means...maybe one of you can tell whats causing the problem.

 

[jaybee]

Hmmm.... could be PCI/AGP. Can you set fsb to <133? At 142, your PCI should be 35 or 36. If there is a setting for 108/36, give that a shot. If that fails too, you've got something on the PCI or AGP bus that can't handle the overclock. btw You probably won't have any significant data loss, but it is possible to foul up your system by overclocking the fsb. Generally the worst that happens is you have to reinstall Windows. Just a heads-up in case you didn't know.

jaybee