OC and a RAID messing with me!

[Acquiescence]

Hey guys, first time writer, long time viewer;

I tried to follow Zebo's Quick and Dirty OC guide a few days back but ran into a few obstacles. Whenever I OC my CPU more then 1 MHz I'm unable to startup my computer. Underclocking is no issue what so ever. However after a OC ( of any magnitude ) my computer automaticlly boot into nVidia RAID BOOT something ( can't actually recall the exact name ( I'm at work ) ). The thing is; I'm not using a RAID-setup. I'm running a single SATA 250GB HDD. I read that the mobo need to have SATA locks, which supposedly are on my 3 and/or 4 slot (nVidia). I tried all my slots (4) but no success. Oh, almost forgot, my mobo's a DFI Infinity NF4 SLI. So please chaps, help the new guy out 🙂

P.S. I haven't OC a CPU since my Pentium II came out back in the days, and you had to hot-wire it 🙂

EDIT: If of any use - my CPU: AMD64 Venice 3700+ 90nm

 

[TheTeacher]

That's pretty bizarre? Even 1Mhz OC??? So it tries to boot from a RAID or it's taking you into your RAID menu?

Mike

 

[Acquiescence]

Aye, even a single MHz. I'm now home and checked what that nVidia message said when I'm booting; NVIDIA RAID IDE ROM BIOS 4.59 and it's getting stuck every time at detecting array. If I recall right - then it's supposed to come a "Press F10 for RAID Utility" message afterwards, but it doesn't. The computer fail at that stage. I find it really strange that I get that screen regardless of what I do :S

/Acquiescence

 

[myocardia]

Acquiescence, you should reread Zebo's guide, slowly. You have to isolate. Put your HTT multi @3, and your RAM @100 Mhz, along with giving your processor 1.5-1.55v, to find out how fast your processor is capable of going.