Weird OC issue...

[hans030390]

I have an ECS A780GM-A Ultra motherboard with an Athlon II X2 240. Before I updated the BIOS, trying to OC through it would do nothing. I could OC with AMD overdrive, but it would become unstable at even the slightest OC.

After updated the BIOS, I tried OCing again. To my surprise, it worked and was stable. A couple reboots later, I checked CPU-Z. The OC was no longer applied. It was still set in the BIOS, but was doing nothing. I was able to OC a bit through AMD Overdrive without issue, but I decided to just set everything to default (in the software) and not mess with it.

Just as I was about to post this, I checked and noticed my CPU was overclocked again based on the settings in the BIOS. WTF.

I've read reviews on Newegg...others are able to OC with the same motherboard and CPU without issue. What is going on?

Edit: I uninstalled AMD Overdrive and tried bumping up the clocks in the BIOS. It's still OCed, but it's using an older setting I had...

Edit2: I just shut down my computer. When I turned it back on, it was reading the correct OC. :/

 

[tweakboy]

Dont never use software for OCing. Always do it through the BIOS. I dont know the voltage situation with your CPU but your going to need to run stock first so o we can make sure it runs good...

 

[hans030390]

Dont never use software for OCing. Always do it through the BIOS. I dont know the voltage situation with your CPU but your going to need to run stock first so o we can make sure it runs good...

I've been running it stock for a few months now. Problem with the BIOS is that I can't change the HT multiplier (I believe that's the correct term), and these CPUs sometimes have trouble OCing if that gets too high.

 

[Hyperlite]

I've been running it stock for a few months now. Problem with the BIOS is that I can't change the HT multiplier (I believe that's the correct term), and these CPUs sometimes have trouble OCing if that gets too high.

yeah, most mobo's don't like HT much over 2000. mine maxes at about 2120. Which understandably doesn't give you much OC headroom. So you don't have an option to change the HT multi?

 

[hans030390]

yeah, most mobo's don't like HT much over 2000. mine maxes at about 2120. Which understandably doesn't give you much OC headroom. So you don't have an option to change the HT multi?

Supposedly there's a way to do it on my motherboard, but I'm not sure how. I'm also sure that my RAM doesn't like being OCed as well, but I'm not sure how to keep it at a good speed...

 

[tweakboy]

Get your motherboard manual out. It could be a dip switch or a bios option.

Also make sure your motherboard is flashed with the latest BIOS . and options are unlocked.. hmmm I dont know what the question is now hans,, gl