Pressie with C0 Stepping refuses >230 FSB

[flippe]

Hello, I got a pressie that has stepping which is viewed in CPU-Z as Revision C0 (Click here for pic), and it refuses to go past 230 fsb, without me hvaing to jack up the voltage really high (to around 1.55 or 1.6), I checked my ram, and that all check up, it might be my mobo (ASUS P4p800SE) though. I was just wondering if this has happend to other people, becuase I read is some other forums some person had the same issue. Perhaps I got a lemon CPU, or just one of Intels screwup batches. Currrently I'm running it at 230 FSB at 1.465 vcore, which is about average for that fsb. Any suggestions on what to do would be very helpful.

 

[Pabster]

Stop, and be happy with what you got.

You may well have received a chip from a batch which just isn't as good as other batches.

The P4P800-SE is a nice board.

 

[flippe]

Ok, to make a correction, the vcore was 1.435, which is a little lower than 1.465. Also, I read a guide on overclocking and have finally found out how to properly overclock. This whole time i've just been jacking up the fsb and adding enuf voltage to keep it stable without taking my time and slowly increasing the fsb along with the vcore. I'm going to try it this new way and see if I can get any further, so far im at 3.54ghz with 1.45 vcore.

 

[vrbaba]

whts the guide? link...

 

[flippe]

Here you go, http://www.hitechbits.com/articles/overclock1.htm#Version.

 

[flippe]

The guide itself is a little old and doesnt really give pics of bios or anythingm its more like how you should do it in basic terms. Also, as you are constantly rebooting trrying out new o/c's, I recommend that you actually let the comp rest (off) at its most stable o/c for like 10 or so minutes, becuase the constant rebooting has cuase my cpu to become unstable at even stable clocks. After rebooting about 17 times, I couldnt get my new o/c's too stable so I clocked it back down to one of my stable o/c's and it still wasnt stable, so it lead me to believe that constant rebooting without rest can throw off your o/c's and how much voltage you need to keep them stable.