hey guys,
i was overclocking to 3.4 (all i can get it stable at) and i realised that my pci express frequency goes up as i push the FSB, so i manually changed the pci express clock down to 100 and the computer gave me a message ("previous attempt at overclocking failed........") and reset the clocks to default. however, if i leave the pci express clock free, it will go up to 108 as i push the FSB and the overclock will work (stable for 2h30 2xprime)
my question is how can i get the overclock to work with the PCIe frequency at 100? because even though i can't overclock further as of yet (cooling) i feel the PCIe clock will hold me back later and cause instability when i come to overclock more. (as i said, i can set it to 100MHZ manually but it's unstable)
system specs and settings:
P4 630 (Prescott - N0 Revision) 3ghz @ 3.4 (0.0125v added to keep stable at 3.4)
MSI 915P Neo2 Platinum edition (several reviews said it should go up to 250 FSB stable) @ 227 FSB and 108PCIe clock (until this problem is sorted out)
Mixed RAM (but still dual channel) (see validation)
Radeon X700 Pro 128MB (if that makes a difference - since it is on the PCIe slot)
CPUz Validation
I'm hoping to get this issue cleared up soon as i want to overclock more when possible, any help is much appreciated
Sorry for the long post,
Ara
i was overclocking to 3.4 (all i can get it stable at) and i realised that my pci express frequency goes up as i push the FSB, so i manually changed the pci express clock down to 100 and the computer gave me a message ("previous attempt at overclocking failed........") and reset the clocks to default. however, if i leave the pci express clock free, it will go up to 108 as i push the FSB and the overclock will work (stable for 2h30 2xprime)
my question is how can i get the overclock to work with the PCIe frequency at 100? because even though i can't overclock further as of yet (cooling) i feel the PCIe clock will hold me back later and cause instability when i come to overclock more. (as i said, i can set it to 100MHZ manually but it's unstable)
system specs and settings:
P4 630 (Prescott - N0 Revision) 3ghz @ 3.4 (0.0125v added to keep stable at 3.4)
MSI 915P Neo2 Platinum edition (several reviews said it should go up to 250 FSB stable) @ 227 FSB and 108PCIe clock (until this problem is sorted out)
Mixed RAM (but still dual channel) (see validation)
Radeon X700 Pro 128MB (if that makes a difference - since it is on the PCIe slot)
CPUz Validation
I'm hoping to get this issue cleared up soon as i want to overclock more when possible, any help is much appreciated
Sorry for the long post,
Ara