HELP-OVERCLOKING ABIT KX7-333

saloniker

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May 27, 2003
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HALLO THERE.THIS IS MY FIRST POST,I AM A NEWBIE SO DONT CONSIDER MY QUESTIONS SILLY.I OWN A PC WITH THE FOLLOWING SPECIFICATIONS:
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CPU:ATHLON AMD XP 2000+
MOTHERBOARD:ABIT KX7-333
MEMORY:512 DDR 333
HARD DISK:MAXTOR 60GB
GRAPHICS CARD:Ti 4200 8X 128MB AGP
DVD BTC
PLEXTOR CD-WRITER
THE CASE HAS TWO FANS INSTALLED AT ITS BACK
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MY PROBLEM IS THAT I HAVE TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO OVERCLOCK THE CPU,CHANGING THE FSB FROM 133 TO 138.AS YOU SEE THIS IS A SMALL INCREASE.UNFORTUNATELY MOST OF THE TIMES THE SYSTEM BECOMES UNSTABLE.IT RESTARTS WHEN I USE THE 3DMARK 2001 BUILD 330 AND SOMETIMES I HAVE TO RESTORE THE DEFAULTS SETTINGS OF THE MOBO BECAUSE THE SYSTEM DOESN'T STARTS AT ALL.IS MY MOBO RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS OR I COULD BLAME THE MEMORY ALSO?THE SYSTEM'S USUAL TEMP IS 23'C AND THE CPU'S IS 50.THANKS IN ADVANCE!!!