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I don't know what the stock voltage is...
I have ONLY overclocked the FSB to 220 X 10

My system is stable...but I have not heard of voltages at 3!!!
I am using CPU Z and the voltage says 3.0024 or 3.0008.

Is this BAD?

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Yes, its bad. Proper voltage for that chip is 1.35V to 1.45V, depending on the chip. IF yours is really running at 3V, I expect it to die at any moment. Seriously however, I believe CPUz is just reading the wrong Voltage. Try speedfan or look at your motherboards website for a monitoring tool. Run those and see what your CPU voltage is.

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I think you are right...
I checked with PCWizard and it says that the CPU is 1.4 volts.

WHEW.

Although I cannot find in my BIOS any settings to change this...could it be the "HAMMER CONTROL" setting? It has voltages that look like CPU voltages...

Any input is greatly appreciated.!

Reply to bornking

I don't know, I don't even know what motherboard you have. (some system details are nice if you want help solving problems.) I've never heard of hammer control (unless having your brother hold the nails counts...) so I don't know if that helps or hurts. I suggest reading the manual so you know what all those options in your bios mean.

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The manual only tells me what the options are...my mobo
it is an ASUS A8V-E SE. VIA K8T890...i think that is the chipset....

I do believe that the hammer control is the voltage control.

So far I have my CPU at 2.2ghz with no stability problems....
my memory is 4 X 512 of OCZ RAM @ 3-3-3-7...with 220MHZ
due to CPU/10 divider.

AMD 64 3200+ @ 2.2
2GB OCZ DDR Dual CHanel @ 3-3-3-7
BFG 7900 GT OC (OC'd again)
ASUS A8V-E SE (K8T890)

I am curious to know how much more I can OC this CPU...
All other settings (other than my 220 FSB) are stock, and my HSF is stock, with a temp of NO MORE than 45 degrees.

ANy ideas?

Reply to bornking

First, heres a link you should read if you haven't already.
http://www.overclock.net/amd-mothe [...] -bios.html

I don't know what issues you'll face trying to overclock. If Via still doesn't have a good PCI/PCIe lock, you could be in for some trouble. I'm also assuming your 3200+ has a Venice core. If it has a hammer core, you'll have problems running that many sticks of ram.

My advice is to take it slow. Try 5-10MHz increases in the base frequency, and see how far that takes you. Don't worry about relaxing timings or increasing voltages until you run into trouble. When I tried overclocking my old K8V-E Deluxe, I increased the base frequency from 200 to 225 without having to change anything. The ram still ran at 1T with a 1:1 ratio, no voltage increase for either CPU, memory, or NB. I'm sure I could have gone farther, but I had gone as far as I wanted. Just try it and see.

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Great link thank you...
I am at FSB 220 X 10 right now and my RAM is holding up in Prime 95 for over 2 hours...

I will consider lowering my Dram to 166 and upping the FSB to maybe 225, 230, 235 etc.

Thanks for the advice...
How does my game plan sound?

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