OCing an xp2000

[Potatopopper]

Hi,

I was wondering if I should upgrade my ram to get better overclocking ability. For some reason my xp2000 doesn't want to go above 1.74ghz. i do not understand why. I am running around 41*C and 44*C under full load. It doesn't seem to matter what I put my voltage at either. What happens when I go above that is either my system won't boot or programs and games will crash. Here are my system specs.

XP2000 @ 147 * 12 = 1764mhz with Volcano 11
2 x 256mb PC2100 DDR Ram
Asus A7N8X Deluxe Mobo (Not the 2.0 revision
Radeon 9800 (Leaving out the rest on this...not important)
Antec 550w power supply

I read somewhere that I should upgrade my ram to get better stability, is that my problem?

 

[Shimmishim]

what's the stepping of your chip?

 

[Potatopopper]

I am not sure what you, but I am guessing you want to know what the core is? Well, I am not real sure but I think it is a polomino cause it is square and everyone says the polomino is square. I know this is a bad chip to overclock, but I think I can get to about 2.0GHz if I get faster ram to be in sync with 166fsb....What do you think?

 

[bjc112]

TO really find out, take the heatsink and fan off.. List the steppings...

Yes, better ram would be nice, that Crucial 2100 is killin ya...

 

[Potatopopper]

Here is what my CPU has printed on it:

AMD ATHLON
AX2000DMT3C
AGOIA 0207VPGW
Y7806131416

 

[bjc112]

Originally posted by: Potatopopper
Here is what my CPU has printed on it:

AMD ATHLON
AX2000DMT3C
AGOIA 0207VPGW
Y7806131416

Well its a Revision A ( T-bred A)

You might not get too much out of that... 1.8 ghz may-b..

 

[Ymeister19]

dude got that chip right no rock solid at 10X200 1.85 vcore