nf7-s oc and hard drive corruption

[adelphi]

before i get hard drive corruption from oc, like i did w/ gigabyte vaxp (reinstall windows like 9times in 2 days)

also can someone tell me if there is a pci/agp lock while upping fsb?\

and what would be a good increment to up fsb

edit:: (is goin from xp2500--> xp3200 possible/realistic using 2x512mb pc2700 kingston valueram)
antec psu from sonata
hsf = silentboost

 

[Elcs]

There is an AGP/PCI lock on the NF7-S. My Rev 2.0 is happily chugging along at 210 mhz fsb and has been solid as a rock for a good few months now.

Im not too patient with FSB overclocking, hence the reason why Im at only 210... might be able to push further but Im happy as it stands.

 

[myocardia]

All you have to do is go into the bios, and set PCI=33, and AGP=66mhz, and you're ready to overclock. Well, at least as far as that ram will take you. I wouldn't count on very high at all, though, until you buy some quality PC3200.

 

[bootoo]

Just remember, and correct me abit folks if I'm wrong here, to take it in STEPS. Seems like big jumps can cause bios and hdd corruption problem and particularly with abits from what I've read on another forum (I'm talking through my hat though, I have epoxes, but I go in steps too). I cringe when folks just jerk that fsb up up up in one big leap.

I'd start with 5 mhz jumps - actually that's just what I do.

 

[Elcs]

Originally posted by: bootoo
Just remember, and correct me abit folks if I'm wrong here, to take it in STEPS. Seems like big jumps can cause bios and hdd corruption problem and particularly with abits from what I've read on another forum (I'm talking through my hat though, I have epoxes, but I go in steps too). I cringe when folks just jerk that fsb up up up in one big leap.

I'd start with 5 mhz jumps - actually that's just what I do.

I think the BIOS corruption issue was fixed in one of the updates. I dont think IDE HDD's corrupted but I do believe that SATA drives 'may' face the same problems as they do on most/all Nforce2 based boards.