pentium D 930 cant OC that much on my p5w dh deluxe?

[secretanchitman]

rig is in my sig...its all set up, runs fast (at least than my current 2.4C @ 2.9Ghz), blah blah. problem is, i thought i had bought this mobo so i can overclock really high (says AT and other sites).

now i know how to OC fairly well, but this pci-e, northbridge/southbridge, peg link and all this new crap that is available to tweak confuses me. the manual doesnt help much either.

ive managed to get 220fsb with no changes to voltages or anything in the bios. only thing that is set manually are the ram timings (4-4-4-12) and the ram ratio (DDR2-800 because my ram is rated at that). as i increase the fsb, i notice that the DDR2-800 will go back down to DDR2-667 and clock back up as i put more fsb into it. so i tried 235fsb, and no luck. it'll go into windows, then reboot on me.

gah...i wish this OCing would be back to the easier days. increase memory and cpu voltage if needed, pump up fsb, and use a divider if necessary.

any ideas? i have the 1st revision 930...i thought i was getting a decent chip for overclocking. guess not...

thanks a lot for your help!

 

[Henny]

I have the exact same setup (930 and P5W DH while awaiting Conroe).

I'm at 4.01Ghz with a 267 FSB.

I increased Vcore to 1.4 v but didn't need to.

You need to make sure you set PCIX to 100 and PCI to 33 or they could be holding you back. I also set FSB termination voltage to 1.4. Everything else is at default.

 

[secretanchitman]

alright, i will try that now and see what i get. thanks for your help!

 

[secretanchitman]

yuck. i turned on the machine and it said overclocking failed! what crap...i hate this chip, or it could be this board. i have no idea. im hoping the E6600 im getting will fix all of this crap.

 

[Henny]

Try some different memory. I've heard that G Skill doesn't boot properly with certain MB's. It likes higher voltage then default.

I highly doubt your CPU is holding you back. Conroe won't cure a bad setup so you better get it stable before you go to Conroe.

 

[buck]

lol
I must confess, i went to frys and got the d805 to go into my ds3 until tomorrow (they say they have them, im gonna be there bright and early) when i return it for a conroe....
I didnt bother overclocking it though.
I cant wait till tomorrow 8am.