My Claw wont go 2+ Ghz

[mitarbl]

I have AMD 64 2800+ Clawhammer (C0), Epox 8kda3j, 2x256 Kingmax moduls with 2.5 timings 2.5-4-4-8, i overclocked it, and at 1.998 Ghz (222 FSB - 9x multiplyer), system goes unstable, Super Pi reports error, DvD to Divx encode tilts, blue screen apears. Voltage and other stuff are default. Temepratures didnt cross 57c with box cooler.
I read that this procc and mobo is very good for overclocking and that people achived 2.2 - 2.4 GHZ without any tempering of voltages or latencies.....Is it ram? Too low latencies?
Its my first OC, so i could be missing somethig...help would be appritiated

 

[imported_Kensai]

Drop to 3-4-4-8 and try it out. Check your HTT multiplier. Maybe drop it to three.

 

[monster64]

Voltage and Other stuff are default? You gotta raise the vcore and tweak the "other stuff" (pci /agp locks)

 

[MDE]

Try setting the RAM divider to 166MHz (333 DDR).

 

[Furen]

Use a memory divider or only one stick of ram. Lower your Hypertransport multiplier/frequency. If using SATA make sure your ports are frequency locked.

 

[ssvegeta1010]

Originally posted by: MDE
Try setting the RAM divider to 166MHz (333 DDR).

^ That would be my first thing to try. It looks like your RAM can't handle 222 at those latencies.

 

[spiritwalker2223]

Furen, how is using just one stick of ram going to help him???

I would use a mulitiplier for my ram before upping the ram cycles.

 

[Furen]

Originally posted by: spiritwalker2223
Furen, how is using just one stick of ram going to help him???

I would use a mulitiplier for my ram before upping the ram cycles.

It MIGHT help because the memory controller would have less banks to deal with. I'm guessing your ram is single-sided and, if so, then going to one stick is not really going to help much. If your ram is double-sided, on the other hand, going to a single stick will be very different.

 

[Aenslead]

Wait, wait... its plain easy: use a memory divider and lower your HTT multiplier at x4; that's it.

 

[JEDIYoda]

can you get a memory divider at NewEgg??

 

[Aenslead]

...?

That's a joke, right?

 

[Avalon]

Originally posted by: Furen

Originally posted by: spiritwalker2223
Furen, how is using just one stick of ram going to help him???

I would use a mulitiplier for my ram before upping the ram cycles.

It MIGHT help because the memory controller would have less banks to deal with. I'm guessing your ram is single-sided and, if so, then going to one stick is not really going to help much. If your ram is double-sided, on the other hand, going to a single stick will be very different.

256MB of memory should already be single sided. He just needs to make sure he runs a memory divider, so his memory doesn't overclock past 200FSB, and to drop his LDT/HTT multiplier to 3.