what are some safe overclocked settings for 3.06b

[xerocool]

a couple things:

1. i've got a 3.06b running at 3.33 ghz at 1.6v originally 1.5v
2. i've increased the 133fsb to 145
3. i've increased the DDR voltage to 2.6v from 2.5v
4. i've increased my AGP voltage to 1.7v (i'm running a radeon 9700 pro) default was 1.5v
5. i've set the DRAM:CPU ratio to BySPD making the DRAM speed 362, so it's running at 346mhz instead of 333 (i've got 2x 1GB dual channel Mushkin pc2700)
6. the AGP/PCI Clock Table is set to 68/34

i'm wondering what some good settings are for this setup, i'm running air cooling and my temp is around 30 C right now. i've heard some people say that increasing the voltage is a good way to make your system die sooner, and i want this setup around for at least a few more years, so don't suggest anything that'll make it die tomorrow

thanks!

 

[xerocool]

DAMN, ok i just tried to set it to 152MHz making the DRAM 380MHz and when I restarted the screen was just BLANK. i had to take out the CMOS battery so I could reset the settings.

does anyone have a good way to correct your mistakes when you overclock? meaning, i assume you guys just don't pop out your CMOS battery each time when you test a system and go a bit over its limits. how do you guys do it then? is it your mobo's bios that has some special feature? if so, what mobo are you using?

oh, btw the CPU temp is 46C and the case temp is 33C idle at default settings which are:

CPU: 1.48v
DRAM: 2.49v
AGP: 1.5v
AGP/PCI clock table: 66/33

 

[Soulkeeper]

usually i only go a few mhz at a time and use a bootable memtest86+ cd to make sure the system is stable enough to load windows

if you overclock only a few mhz at a time like say 5mhz then usually the system won't fail to boot
it is more likely to just be unstable under full load or stressfull situations
which allows atleast enough time to change yur bios settings back


also as far as voltage goes that is your main concern as far as safety
i would keep the cpu under 1.7v
the mem under 2.9v
agp no higher than about what you got it at

once you get the voltages right you can find the limits of your hardware
don't be afraid to overclock but instead be afraid of the voltage

I would think yur ddr333 could get to 200mhz maybe (although you might have to lower latencies at some point)

just go a few mhz at a time and if the system is not fully stable in windows then up the voltage, on whatever might be holding you back, and see if that helps



have fun
and let us know how it goes




good luck

 

[xerocool]

but what do you do when your system won't even show anything on the screen at all? like when i did my overclocking, NOTHING showed up, not the BIOS checking my RAM, NOTHING. my old FIC AN-11 used to have a feature where if i overclocked my 1700+ too much then i'd just have to hold down insert while I rebooted and it would automatically change all my settings back to default. any mobo's have something like this?