Overclocking.

[btcomm1]

I know I don't have the greatest board for overclocking, it's an ECS G31T-M

It does however have an overclocking option in the bios. I tried taking the FSB from 333 to 400 and I stopped getting video. I reset the Cmos and it booted again. Perhaps I could try 375 instead? so it would get me to 3 ghz? Should that be doable?

Unfortunately the cmos reset jumper is in what I consider a bad out of the way place and I would prefer to keep the resetting to a minimum. Otherwise I would just try it before asking.

 

[amenx]

Its normal, you have C1E/Eist enabled in the bios, it cuts the multi to 6 when CPU is idling to reduce heat/power. You can disable it as many do thinking it interferes with their OC, but I've seen no evidence of that.

 

[btcomm1]

Thanks, yeah I just started a game with CPUz running and it went to 8.

What about my overclocking question?

 

[amenx]

LOL, you edited your post. You were originally enquiring about the reduced mutli at 6 which I responded to.

 

[btcomm1]

hahaha, yeah when I saw the multi went to 8 when a game started I decided to completely change the topic.

Do you think 375 would be doable? Also when I raised the fsb to 400 before I had not changed my ram to 400, it was stuck on 333, I changed the ram to 400, would that make a difference?

 

[amenx]

Yes, never make huge jumps like from 333 to 400. Try at a lower setting. Also you may need to increase your PCIe frequency a couple notches or more. Really you should be reading the OC guide above, I could go on and on about what you may need to do or not do, good luck.

 

[amenx]

And btw, a 400fsb OC is very doable with your chip, you just have to take it one step at a time with the right settings. And settings vary with different rigs -- things you may have to adjust: CPU voltage, RAM timings, FSB, RAM, MCH volts, etc, some systems can do a 400fsb OC at default settings, but most usually have to make a few adjustments to the things I mentioned.

 

[btcomm1]

Thanks for the info, dang I'm not even sure if I can increase the voltage on my CPU with this bios hehe.

I'll look and see if thats possible, I just tried 375 and same thing, no video after I set it.

 

[Denithor]

As an additional comment, while your chip is almost certainly capable of 400fsb your motherboard may not be. That's why it is recommended that you take small steps (5-10MHz fsb adjustments) with stability testing between each to determine how high you can go. Read the sticky thread on C2D overclocking before proceeding, there's a lot of great info in there.