Originally posted by: Cheex
I reduced the clock speed even further and still i had detection issues. Everything seems fine from stock (2.80GHz) until 3.20GHz. Anything higher, I get detection issues.
My HDD is connected in the first SATA port (SATA 1). Also tried connecting the hard drive to the SATA 4 and still had issues.
I'm worried...
Originally posted by: Cheex
Well first off...I went with the Foxconn because of my budget limitation and also the fact that it was based on the P965 chipset which has been receiving great reviews. Also, reveiws on the board itself showed that while it can't outperform (except in a few instances) the more expensive boards, it held its own pretty well against them performance-wise.
Next, is the fact that PCI and/or PCIe bus speeds have no direct option in the bios to lock them (unless i'm overlooking them). Also, does Spread Spectrum have anything to do with this?
Next...I know that I will be lacking the HT of the EE965 but getting to 3.73GHz will still be a 'milestone'.
As for memory, I don't really do any encoding (might mess with it sometime). I'm more of a gamer/audio user with a touch of photoshop.
Further on, I pretty much know that my CPU isn't limited to where its at now. I know it has a lot of headroom for overclocking (like all Pentium D's). So 3.73GHz and 4GHz is definately possible.
Bottom line: Are you sure when you say that my HDD isn't been detected because of incorrect PCI and/or PCIe bus speed? If so, how can i lock them?
Originally posted by: Cheex
I know that some boards have PCI/PCIe bus speeds locked by default/manufacturer and this can't be changed, which is good. Maybe they are locked and that is why there is no bios option for them.
The mobo came with the most recent bios, so no problem there.
The voltage on my memory is what i'm not sure of. I saw something in Everest which suggested to me that it was 1.8V. EDIT: Everest says: Module Voltage - SSTL 1.8.
Does this relate to the HDD detection problem? If so, how?
I can set memory timings in the bios and also the MHz. Should I set it to 533MHz or set it to Auto?
Should I raise the voltage and loosen the timings to 5-5-5-15?
Also, the bios doesn't give me the option to set memory dividers. So it does that on its own. Currently the memory (according to the post screen) is booting at ~640MHz.
What do i do???
Thanx in advance.
Originally posted by: Cheex
The first run, it posted and then the boot manager opened, I selected to boot into XP, started to load and then it crashed.
266 is a no-go. Raised CPU voltage to 1.4V and RAM to 2.2V. Loosened the timings to 5-5-5-15 and still nothing. Cleared the CMOS and set FSB back to 240 and RAM timings to 3-3-3-9 and booted without a hitch.
What now??? :disgust:
Originally posted by: stevty2889
Originally posted by: Cheex
The first run, it posted and then the boot manager opened, I selected to boot into XP, started to load and then it crashed.
266 is a no-go. Raised CPU voltage to 1.4V and RAM to 2.2V. Loosened the timings to 5-5-5-15 and still nothing. Cleared the CMOS and set FSB back to 240 and RAM timings to 3-3-3-9 and booted without a hitch.
What now??? :disgust:
You may need more Vcore, I needed 1.45v for 3.7ghz with both of my 920's.
Originally posted by: Cheex
How do I make sure it not overclocking anything else?
Originally posted by: Cheex
Ok i'll go for +0.2500V (1.5V) and try it again.
Should i leave memory at default (1.8V) or set it to what voltage?
Originally posted by: Cheex
From a review:
Foxconn's overclocking interface
I don't know how much you can tell from this but anyway...thanx.
Originally posted by: Cheex
I actually booted into XP at 266x14 (3.73GHz). Signed into forums and was about to take a screenshot of cpu-z and in all the excitement I hit the Power key instead and shut down the computer...ROFL. Wouldn't boot there again. Had to reset CMOS...i like where Foxconn put the CMOS jumper, its easy to reach and work with...lol.
Now i'm back at 240x14 (3.36GHz), again without a problem in Vista RC1.
I think the MCH voltage increase may have helped. However, what exactly is the CPU Termination Voltage?[/q
Sets (overrides) the voltage at which the FSB runs, helpful at higher FSB settings.
Nothing special should be necessary to get your board to at 1066MHz FSB since it's desing to run Core 2 Duo processors, which are run at this FSB anyway.
If you experiment enough, you'll find the answer. It's all about finding the combination that makes it happen.
Possibly Google your motherboard model name with the words "overclock" or "overclocking" and it may lead some answers as to exactly what settings do the trick.