Overclocking Woes

[Stokes]

Few problems with overclocking.

So I am following the guide for A64 processors and overclocking and i found all the fields where to change the settings. Anyways, I was uping the FSB by increments of 5 and sometimes 10, and it boot every single time to 450 FSB, which i know is not correct. I booted to windows and it CPU-Z said my FSB was only 200. But BIOS is telling me 450.

So I thought, ok let me skip this for now and move to the cpu chip capability, well I put the multiplier to 10 and then put in 205 fsb and cpu-z recognized that, and I tried upping the voltage on the core except when I put in 1.55 (I think), CPU-Z told me it was 1.4 V. Then I tried upping the FSB to 215, and when I logged back into windows CPU-Z told me it was back at 200 fsb. Is there something I am missing here and making a newbie mistake?

Thanks for your help. I haven't loaded any new bios, I assumed Monarch did since they had the venice core on here and CPU-Z recognizes the new venice core as well.

 

[theMan]

1. make sure you have the latest bios, which you can check in cpu-z. it should be 1.8. if not, you can get it here. just follow the instructions in your manual on flashing the bios.

2. make sure you reduce your ldt multiplier. make sure that fsb*ldt is not above 1000. the board might be automatically reducing the fsb so its not over 1000 (?)

3. set pci lock. it could be dropping down the fsb because theres no pci lock on (?)

4. if you have the newest bios, and didnt flash, just reflash the newest bios, because it might be corrupted.

 

[Ike0069]

Originally posted by: theman
1. make sure you have the latest bios, which you can check in cpu-z. it should be 1.8. if not, you can get it here. just follow the instructions in your manual on flashing the bios.

2. make sure you reduce your ldt multiplier. make sure that fsb*ldt is not above 1000. the board might be automatically reducing the fsb so its not over 1000 (?)

3. set pci lock. it could be dropping down the fsb because theres no pci lock on (?)

4. if you have the newest bios, and didnt flash, just reflash the newest bios, because it might be corrupted.

Ahh, #2 actually sounds very possible.

 

[Stokes]

Ike -

What is the ldt multiplier usually named in the bios? I did see like FSB Multiplier and it was set to 5x.

 

[malvare1]

Originally posted by: Stokes
Ike -

What is the ldt multiplier usually named in the bios? I did see like FSB Multiplier and it was set to 5x.

that's correct, hit the page down or up key to bring it to 4x or even 3x as needed

 

[malvare1]

Originally posted by: theman
1. make sure you have the latest bios, which you can check in cpu-z. it should be 1.8. if not, you can get it here. just follow the instructions in your manual on flashing the bios.

2. make sure you reduce your ldt multiplier. make sure that fsb*ldt is not above 1000. the board might be automatically reducing the fsb so its not over 1000 (?)

3. set pci lock. it could be dropping down the fsb because theres no pci lock on (?)

4. if you have the newest bios, and didnt flash, just reflash the newest bios, because it might be corrupted.

How do you set the pci lock ?

 

[Stokes]

on the FSB Multiplier - what exactly am I doing when I change that setting and when I get my final overclock, will that not be at 5x normally?

 

[theMan]

you want the fsb times that number to be less than 1000 or 1000 at all times.

 

[Ike0069]

Set it to 4x and that will be good up to 250 HTT (FSB). If you go over 250, lower it to 3x.
I currently have mine set at 4X with HTT at stock speed (200). You won't see any difference in performance.

As for the AGP/PCI lock, set it to 67 (defaults at 66).

 

[Sentential]

My thoughts on this issue:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v180/Sentential/IMG_1787.jpg

Its the board, not you.

 

[blckgrffn]

lol, I have had fun with this board too

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: Sentential
My thoughts on this issue:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v180/Sentential/IMG_1787.jpg

Its the board, not you.

I feel the same was about MSI,nice pic. :thumbsup:

 

[Duvie]

I guess I have been lucky...A board that runs prime stable and memtest stable for 12 hours at 353HTT...I see no reason to say anything bad about MSI...they have treated me well as well as my first i845 mobo I had...

 

[Stokes]

353HTT seems a reall good number! Hoping I can reach the same.

Too bad I am on a trip and won't be able to overclock my new build until sunday! I should have brought it with me lol.

I believe that was the problem ike that I PMed you about. I had that multiplier set to 5x and didn't know exactly what it was for.

I see no reason why this is considered a 'bad' board. It's is probably THE s939 AGP board recommended out of all the boards for its overclocking.

 

[Ike0069]

Every MB maker has its bashers. Just ignore them.
The Neo2 is not without problems, but it is made to OC and it does that extremely well.
Have fun on Sunday.

 

[blckgrffn]

I am not a MSI basher, my neo2 was just a difficult to configer POS... I finally got it all figured out and now I have bought another

Nat

 

[NINaudio]

I had no issues with my Neo2 and this was only my second build and oc, the first being a p4 on an asus p4s800 board.

 

[n7]

LOL @ the MSI bashers!

I used to be one too, but then i realized i had no reason to be one.

If you check around, you will see that the Neo2 is easily the most recommend s939 AGP motherboard for OCing out there, which is why i bought mine.

I have had no issues save for temps reading off from what i can figure, but it's certainly a good mobo.

 

[Bushman5]

well i got my 3000+ winchester stable at 2.6 ive heard people saying it can do 2.8 but that mite require alot of tweaking with my ram and other BS 2.6 is good enough i guess

 

[Ike0069]

Originally posted by: Bushman5
well i got my 3000+ winchester stable at 2.6 ive heard people saying it can do 2.8 but that mite require alot of tweaking with my ram and other BS 2.6 is good enough i guess

Yea, 2.6 is awesome for a 3000+, and on stock cooling...very nice.
Highest I've seen anyone get a 3000+ winnie is 2.7.

 

[sangyup81]

the MSI Board got on my nerves too at first but once you learn how to get along with it, it does everything you need excellently

 

[Sentential]

Originally posted by: blckgrffn
I am not a MSI basher, my neo2 was just a difficult to configer POS... I finally got it all figured out and now I have bought another

Nat

I couldnt agree more. My friend's MSI nforce4 Intel Edition just went up in smoke...literly. This was my first MSI board. Needless to say I wasnt impressed and wont be making the same mistake again.