oc'ing my p3 850e

[byron]

i have been running a p3 600e @ 810mhz in my system for a year or so now. someone gave me a p3 850e the other day... so i threw it in my system.... it won't even run stable at 850mhz..... when it gets into win2k it just freezes....... i've played w/ the voltage..... tried everything between 1.65 to 1.90.... runs somewhat stabe at 1.90v at 986mhz but freezes sooner or later.......... when i have it at 986mhz it messes w/ my netcard and i can't use my LAN internet connection....... but if i step it down the LAN works fine... but the machine freezes within a few minutes. anyone have any clue what is going on.... i have an asus p3v4x... and am cooling it with a golden orb

 

[byron]

el-bumpo

 

[The_Lurker]

<< i have been running a p3 600e @ 810mhz in my system for a year or so now. someone gave me a p3 850e the other day... so i threw it in my system.... it won't even run stable at 850mhz..... when it gets into win2k it just freezes....... i've played w/ the voltage..... tried everything between 1.65 to 1.90.... runs somewhat stabe at 1.90v at 986mhz but freezes sooner or later.......... when i have it at 986mhz it messes w/ my netcard and i can't use my LAN internet connection....... but if i step it down the LAN works fine... but the machine freezes within a few minutes. anyone have any clue what is going on.... i have an asus p3v4x... and am cooling it with a golden orb >>




Hmm.... a few funky things in ur msg. First of all, u said it isn't stable at 850mhz?! But then it's somewhat stable at 986mhz w/ 1.9 Volts? Or at everything default, 850mhz still crashes (in which case, i recommend u reinstall windows). As for overclocking, check ur temps and make sure it's not heat. Then we can see what's happening.

 

[byron]

thanks we'll give it a shot

 

[NightTrain]

It sounds like either heat or you need to update your bios.

 

[Marine]

Actually, it sounds like you don't have your heatsink seated correctly on the cpu core. Even with stock Intel HSF, this chip should run at 950 MHz easily. Why don't you make sure that your fan is plugged in, your HS is seated, you have some thermal grease between your cpu and HS and try again. Start at default and just inch it up a couple MHz at a time. If it won't POST, give it a voltage boost and try again.