Overclocking 3500 help

[Odysseus145]

My processor is a 3500 Venice with a DFI Ultra-D. No matter what I try I cannot get it above 2445mhz. I'm pretty sure the memory isn't the problem since it's G. Skill DDR500 and the timings are 3-5-5-10 1T. The HTT is on a 4x multiplier.

At the 11x multiplier, it would not boot above 220, so I lowered it to 10x and got it to 245. Also I tried to raise the vid to 1.425, but Everest and CPU-Z both say it's 1.39.

I'm out of ideas. I hoped to get a little more out of it.

 

[Odysseus145]

I have now updated the BIOS to the most recent I could find, and I still can't adjust the vid. I would appreciate any help.

 

[myocardia]

1.325v x 113%= 1.497v, 1.35 x 113%= 1.525v, 1.375 x 113%= 1.55375v. What did you think those adjustments were there for?😉

 

[Odysseus145]

I tried that, but it didn't change anything. Everything still says 1.39

 

[Odysseus145]

Any more ideas?

 

[myocardia]

No, not unless you aren't saving the changes. If you're saving the changes, then it sounds like you need to write all of your settings down, and reset your BIOS (remove the battery for ~20-30 mins, with the power supply unplugged). BIOS's can become corrupt. Once you power it back up, you'll have to change everything back to the settings you had them at before, and don't try to use the saved settings, if they're still there-- that would put you right back to where you started, with a corrupt BIOS.