help oc'ing 3800x2

me1234

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i upped the fsb to 220 thus resulting in a speed of 2200mhz, and ddr440.
i have the 3800+ x2 on a k8n sli platinum, 2x512 twinx1024c2pt @ 2.5-3-3-7-1T, 7800gt from leadtek. i ran some tests, no problems. the screen turned blank in flash 8 and the sys locked up in condemned criminal origins. should i push up the voltage (currently at stock voltage) also i disabled cool&quiet, should i increase the voltage of the mem, or the northbridge. i saw some tests with this memory and there shouldnt be any problems. also the temp stays at 35c for the cpu. im planning to buy an arctic cooler freezer 64pro [now i have the stock hsf]. anyway this is a minor overclock and there shouldn't be any problems wright?
 

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i upped the fsb to 220 thus resulting in a speed of 2200mhz, and ddr440.
i have the 3800+ x2 on a k8n sli platinum, 2x512 twinx1024c2pt @ 2.5-3-3-7-1T, 7800gt from leadtek. i ran some tests, no problems. the screen turned blank in flash 8 and the sys locked up in condemned criminal origins. should i push up the voltage (currently at stock voltage) also i disabled cool&quiet, should i increase the voltage of the mem, or the northbridge. i saw some tests with this memory and there shouldnt be any problems. also the temp stays at 35c for the cpu. im planning to buy an arctic cooler freezer 64pro [now i have the stock hsf]. anyway this is a minor overclock and there shouldn't be any problems wright?

Post the exact voltages for Memory, Northbridge, HTT (LDT, if present in BIOS, it should be 1.2v) and CPU. The system should be fine for that minor overclock, but once I know the voltages now, I can better assist you.

~~Mad Mod Mike, fixin' the world 1 rig at a time
 

me1234

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northbridge voltage is 1.5v stock
cpu is 1.312 [cpuz] in bios its set to 1.350v stock
memory i dont know - stock
the bios is version 3.7, i updated when i bought the parts to get dual core support. i saw that the latest is 3.9 should i update?
anyway i appreciate your support
 

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try upping the fsb to 210 first and see how that goes. after youre comfortable with that, go up to 215. if all goes well with the 215, then try 220 again. try and keep all the voltage settings at stock, until things start becoming unstable.
 

me1234

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i upped the fsb to 220 without messing around with voltages and ran prime95 torture test [blend ] for 9hours and 7 mins and got 0errors 0 warnings so i guess it must be a software problem because everything seems well. also the cpu temp did not exceed 39 degrees C.
 

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