Overclockin' p4 2.4c - nothing but black

[Kwijy]

I decided to finally OC my 2.4, cause i heard ya could get great speeds out of stock cooling (around 3.0ghz)... now i can't get my cpu clock over 214 (normally at 200). even when i put my votage way up, it still does the same thing - reboots to a black, blank screen

my specs are:

::mobo:: GB-8IPE1000
::CPU:: P4 2.4c
::video:: Powercolour Radeon 9600pro ultra (bravo edition)
::RAM:: 2 x 256mb DDR400

what could be the problem??

 

[Soulkeeper]

maybe you need more voltage

 

[Shimmishim]

it might be your ram... up your ram voltage

 

[Kwijy]

cheers guys.. i've already tried upping my cpu voltage but it still didn't work, i think i'll try out the ram voltage.. how high should i go, cause i don't know about OCing ram.

 

[orion7144]

Originally posted by: Kwijy
cheers guys.. i've already tried upping my cpu voltage but it still didn't work, i think i'll try out the ram voltage.. how high should i go, cause i don't know about OCing ram.

You should be fine up to 2.8V on your ram. Some manufactures spec out up to 3.1 but most are at 2.8-2.9. Also make sure you have your PCI/AGP ratio locked and when first attempting to OC set your memory divider to 5:4 ratio till you find the max your CPU will do then you can mess with the ram.

 

[Kwijy]

hmm.. just tried reducing the ram clock ration to 1.6 (from 2.0) and brought my fsb to 220, still nothing..

in regards to AGP/PCI/SRC ration.. i don't know if i can lock it. it's only defult which is 66/33/100... then it just increments upwards on all of the settings by one... also my cpu voltage only goes up to 1.7600V.

perhaps this is my agp?
should i up the voltage on that?

 

[THUGSROOK]

lock the agp/pci bus @ 66/33

 

[Kwijy]

Originally posted by: THUGSROOK
lock the agp/pci bus @ 66/33

just f**ked around for a bit. the only options for agp/pci stuff is a setting called

AGP/PCI/SRC Fixed:

and the only options for this are..

Disabled (33/66/100)
66/33/100
67/34/101
68/35/102
etc
etc

I keep this set at 66/33/100, but wtf is SRC?
I'm starting to think it's a rather shi*ty mobo - does anyone else have experience with a GA-8IPE1000?

 

[Kwijy]

*BUMP*

Does anyone know anything about this mobo or what i might be doing wrong?