need help with 1.6a and p4t-e overclocking

[akiraxtc]

I don't if i'm just unlucky or what but my 1.6a doesn't seem to be able to go above 133 mhz bus or even at 133 mhz. On 130 Mhz it's rock stable though.. been running benches all night yesterday.

At first, my usb intellimouse doesn't want to start, then the POST screen always pauses at "Checking memory, press esc to sk" (notice the missing word) then it continues. If i continue using my USB mouse winxp will put out BSOD. Now i'm using USB-PS2 adapter and it runs just fine.

At 133 Mhz bus i can't even install windows without corrupting anything. At 130 Mhz bus everything went as smooth as it can be.

Any of you know what can i do to run at 133 Mhz bus safely?

By the way, here's what i have:
p4 1.6A Northwood retail HSF @ 1.55V
Asus P4T-e (ICS clock generator, confirmed)
4 x 128 MB PC800 Samsung RDRAM 8 device
64 mb Geforce 3 Ti200
4 out of 5 pci slots full:
- Slot 1: NIC
- Slot 2: ATI TV Wonder
- Slot 3: Empty
- Slot 4: Hercules Xp
- Slot 5: ATA100 Controller
No other USB Devices is connected except for a USB keyboard, which seems to be running just fine.
431 Watts Enermax PS
6 HDDs, all running

It's kinda weird though.. if the USB ports are somehow went berserk due to the clock speed, why does my USB keyboard still run and not my mouse? And gosh i still want to run my nortie at 133 Mhz FSB or i can't sleep thinking i'm the only one who can't reach it

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Luck of the draw overclocking the Northwoods. I have seen plenty of people get about the same as you, but of course some get higher. I have the 2.0 and can only get 2.4 out of mine wont post at 130 fsb. i have it at 120 right now as I type this might try 125 and see if it posts. But I do know for a fact that 130 fsb wont work at all for me.

 

[WebBastard]

Well you can kick up your voltage a little bit. Your running really safe at 1.55v, try 1.65v or even 1.7v. I wouldn't go past 1.75v though. Also make sure you go the proper cooling = Realing Nice Cooling Fan, Arctic Silver 3, Good case ventilation.

Good luck!

 

[akiraxtc]

i tried bumping my voltage all the way up to the point where my bios volt adjustment would go... still no go. It seems hard to believe that i can't raise 3 Mhz bus from a rock solid system to even a successful boot
I touched my HSF when it BSODed... no significant heat.

 

[GrumpyMan]

Are you using the dipswitches to o/c?

 

[GHz]

I'm new to RDRAM, and in fact considering it for my next upgrade, but from what I read in the manuals of the P4T-E and the TH7II, there is a 3x and 4x multiplier for the RDRAM. It might be your memory that can't handle that speed. Have you tried lowering the multiplier? I also see that you have a lot of PCI slots filled. Seeing that you are running close to spec for your PCI bus, so I think, I dont see it as a problem, but you may want to try to see if it works with only your video card installed. It may be your PCI devices may not like your PCI speed. I doubt that, but it's worth a try. Finally, it may just be you have reached the maximum speed your CPU can reach without more "extreme" (water-cooling, TECs, or even a better HSF, etc.) cooling.

 

[GrumpyMan]

<< I'm new to RDRAM, and in fact considering it for my next upgrade, but from what I read in the manuals of the P4T-E and the TH7II, there is a 3x and 4x multiplier for the RDRAM. It might be your memory that can't handle that speed. Have you tried lowering the multiplier? I also see that you have a lot of PCI slots filled. Seeing that you are running close to spec for your PCI bus, so I think, I dont see it as a problem, but you may want to try to see if it works with only your video card installed. It may be your PCI devices may not like your PCI speed. I doubt that, but it's worth a try. Finally, it may just be you have reached the maximum speed your CPU can reach without more "extreme" (water-cooling, TECs, or even a better HSF, etc.) cooling. >>




That's the reason I was asking if he used the dipswitches to o/c. The only way to get the proper agp and pci bus speeds in spec, is with the dipswitches set to 133 or above. Then all his pci and agp cards will be running in spec. Through the bios this cannot be accomplished yet (unless Asus includes it in their next bios upgrade). And I agree that he needs to set the ram to 3X instead of 4X on the first boot at 133 fsb. You need to use the P4T settings for o/cing instead of the P4T-E settings in the manual.You can get the manual in PDF format at the Asus web site which has the proper dipswitch settings.