I just changed out my motherboard from a Gigabyte GA-7VAX (KT-400 based) to a A7N8X Deluxe v. 2.0, and I?d like to report some results.
First of all, I have 2x256MB Geil PC-3200 Ultra GL2563200U in slots 1 and 3. The CPU is a Tbred 2600+. Video is a Ti 4600 from PNY running at stock speeds.
I reinstalled XP Pro SP2 when changing motherboards. I find that I can run well at 10.5x200, which is quite close to the native frequency of the 2600+, but I cannot change the multiplier at all above that. The Asus POST reporter tells me there?s an overclock error and will not proceed. Don?t get me wrong, I?m happy to be running a 166 CPU at 200, but I wish I could increase the multiplier. By the way, this occurs no matter how relaxed or aggressive my memory timings are set. (And in another by the way, the Geil memory gets some pretty aggressive, stable timings.)
Actually, the same thing happens when I run at the native FSB of 12.5x166. If I try to go above 12.5, bloophg. Nothing. By the way, I?m running an SLK-800 with an 8cm fan and 60 CFM across it, averaging 40-45 degrees C, so heat is not the issue.
I have confidence in the memory, because it looks really pretty in my case and it?s hard for me to believe that something so pretty could be evil.
The problem seems to be in the BIOS, which if I recall is 1005. Has anyone else here seen problems with increasing the multiplier on a T-bred past stock?
PS: I have played with all the voltages, but fercrissakes, I?m only trying to go from 10.5 multiplier to 11.
First of all, I have 2x256MB Geil PC-3200 Ultra GL2563200U in slots 1 and 3. The CPU is a Tbred 2600+. Video is a Ti 4600 from PNY running at stock speeds.
I reinstalled XP Pro SP2 when changing motherboards. I find that I can run well at 10.5x200, which is quite close to the native frequency of the 2600+, but I cannot change the multiplier at all above that. The Asus POST reporter tells me there?s an overclock error and will not proceed. Don?t get me wrong, I?m happy to be running a 166 CPU at 200, but I wish I could increase the multiplier. By the way, this occurs no matter how relaxed or aggressive my memory timings are set. (And in another by the way, the Geil memory gets some pretty aggressive, stable timings.)
Actually, the same thing happens when I run at the native FSB of 12.5x166. If I try to go above 12.5, bloophg. Nothing. By the way, I?m running an SLK-800 with an 8cm fan and 60 CFM across it, averaging 40-45 degrees C, so heat is not the issue.
I have confidence in the memory, because it looks really pretty in my case and it?s hard for me to believe that something so pretty could be evil.
The problem seems to be in the BIOS, which if I recall is 1005. Has anyone else here seen problems with increasing the multiplier on a T-bred past stock?
PS: I have played with all the voltages, but fercrissakes, I?m only trying to go from 10.5 multiplier to 11.
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