pls help me out trying to overclock 2500 +

[dealseaker]

my system:

2500+ under week 40
soltek 75frn-l mobo
two 512 sticks of geil pc3200
thermaltake 420 ps
fx 5200 video <<< can that be the problem?
dvd burner
cd burner/dvd drive (combo)
2 120 gb maxtors
1 160 gb maxtor
tv card
firewire card
usb card
floppy
3 80 mm case fans
one n/b fan
one 80 mm cpu fan

here is the problem, it overclocks fine, i have done it in the past with my 2700 ram and it ran fine, but did not pass prime 95, now when i run up the fsb to 200 and up the voltage to 1.8, the computer runs fine, but... the monitor blinks off, not the tower, just the monitor, comes back on in less than a second, it just blinks off, think the video card could be bad? i thought maybe so i upped it to 1.6, still did it, so i came in here for help


thanks in advance for any help, if i have to buy a new video card to make it work, just tell me which one to buy, i dont game much, so i just need one that will run

 

[dealseaker]

PLEASE someone help me out

 

[MrK6]

Sounds like you didn't lock the AGP/PCI frequencies. If you don't, they'll go up when you up the FSB and it'll cause major instability with your graphics (which looks like the problem you're having). Check you BIOS and make sure you have it locked to 66/33.

 

[dealseaker]

my AGP says 66, there is an option from 50 all the way to 100, but it is at 66, i dont see the pci option, but my AGP is at 66, what else could it be?

 

[dealseaker]

anyone?

 

[lobadobadingdong]

my guess is either power saving options are flaking out or the video card.

 

[dealseaker]

but is seems to run fine at 2500 speed, i am only running the fsb up to 200, i tryed 180, seemed to work ok, just not 200, also i was in dual channel, i moved to single channel, now seems to be ok, but i dont understand why it just did that, maybe it will work now, i dont know, if not i will have to be happy with slower speed, thanks for the help guys/girls

 

[JimRaynor]

if prime 96 crashes then it does not "run fine."

 

[Concillian]

Originally posted by: dealseaker
i have done it in the past with my 2700 ram and it ran fine, but did not pass prime 95

Contradictory statement there. If Prime95 doesn't work, you're going to get random crap happening.

Also I have memory that works great in single channel up to and over 200 MHz FSB speed, but it doesn't work in dual channel even at 166MHz. Dual channel on the nForce2 boards is a little wishy-washy, especially with 512MB DIMMs

Try lower memory timings, and/or single channel.