help me get athlon 4200 duel core to 2.5ghz

mlr · 01-06-2006, 07:33 AM

hi guys i recently bought the comp in my sig im having a lot of trouble getting this thing to overclock,im curently using ai booster and running at 2420 at 220 fsb x 11,ive tried overclocking manualy and just cant get past this without errors in prime95,if i try to set it to 225 or even 230 im getting an rounding error in p95 almost instantly,soi up the voltage on ram and cpu which gets rid of the rounding error but then gives me a hardware failure message,id realy like to get this baby too 2500,any help much apreciated thanks in advance mlr

SHAWN · 01-06-2006, 08:38 AM

Raise the voltage a bit until the errors go away.

mlr · 01-06-2006, 04:15 PM

you think thats all it is cos it seems the more i raise voltage the more erors i get it just doesent seem to like high voltage this

SHAWN · 01-06-2006, 05:01 PM

I say its more your motherboard then the chip. Asus isn't exactley made for overclocking. Go with a DFi Lanparty motherboard for that.

mlr · 01-07-2006, 11:42 AM

ok ive tried everything to get this baby to 2.5 but to no avail,im a little ****ed cos ive only had this mb 4 weeks,so ive just ordered a dfi lanparty cos after a reading a few posts this board isnt the best for overclocking,ill have to see how i go with that

KCRMYZ · 01-07-2006, 07:01 PM

YEs you should raise the voltage so that thing goes away thart should helo everything out.

01-06-2006, 07:33 AM	#1 (permalink)
mlr Super Techie Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 327	help me get athlon 4200 duel core to 2.5ghz hi guys i recently bought the comp in my sig im having a lot of trouble getting this thing to overclock,im curently using ai booster and running at 2420 at 220 fsb x 11,ive tried overclocking manualy and just cant get past this without errors in prime95,if i try to set it to 225 or even 230 im getting an rounding error in p95 almost instantly,soi up the voltage on ram and cpu which gets rid of the rounding error but then gives me a hardware failure message,id realy like to get this baby too 2500,any help much apreciated thanks in advance mlr __________________ AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 4800 at 2.76 ghz dfi lanparty expert PCI-E Extreme Edition GF7800GT *524 Core 1250Ghz Crucial Ballistix 2 x 1 Gig DDR 500 PC4000 20\" DELL Ultrasharp 2005FPW Midnight Grey Widescreen LCD Monitor wdc wd5000 akas-aatmao ata wd 2500jb external pioneer dvr 108 lg gdr8161b dvd rom \"640K ought to be enough for anybody.\" - Bill Gates, 1981[/size]

01-06-2006, 08:38 AM	#2 (permalink)
SHAWN FDISK Certified Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 4,673	Raise the voltage a bit until the errors go away. __________________ Tech Forums Announcements: - Forum Rules - Downloads: View CPU, RAM, Cache and Speed specs w/CPU-ID ~ Memory Tester ~ Fraps ~ Free Spyware Scan ~ Spy Sweeper - Trial ~ Free Virus Scan ~ Diskeeper (Defrag Tool) ~ Firefox Browser ~ How to do a Repair Install for Windows 2000/XP ~ CPU's: Intel vs AMD ~

01-06-2006, 04:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
mlr Super Techie Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 327	you think thats all it is cos it seems the more i raise voltage the more erors i get it just doesent seem to like high voltage this __________________ AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 4800 at 2.76 ghz dfi lanparty expert PCI-E Extreme Edition GF7800GT *524 Core 1250Ghz Crucial Ballistix 2 x 1 Gig DDR 500 PC4000 20\" DELL Ultrasharp 2005FPW Midnight Grey Widescreen LCD Monitor wdc wd5000 akas-aatmao ata wd 2500jb external pioneer dvr 108 lg gdr8161b dvd rom \"640K ought to be enough for anybody.\" - Bill Gates, 1981[/size]

01-06-2006, 05:01 PM	#4 (permalink)
SHAWN FDISK Certified Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 4,673	I say its more your motherboard then the chip. Asus isn't exactley made for overclocking. Go with a DFi Lanparty motherboard for that. __________________ Tech Forums Announcements: - Forum Rules - Downloads: View CPU, RAM, Cache and Speed specs w/CPU-ID ~ Memory Tester ~ Fraps ~ Free Spyware Scan ~ Spy Sweeper - Trial ~ Free Virus Scan ~ Diskeeper (Defrag Tool) ~ Firefox Browser ~ How to do a Repair Install for Windows 2000/XP ~ CPU's: Intel vs AMD ~

01-07-2006, 11:42 AM	#5 (permalink)
mlr Super Techie Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 327	ok ive tried everything to get this baby to 2.5 but to no avail,im a little ***ed cos ive only had this mb 4 weeks,so ive just ordered a dfi lanparty cos after a reading a few posts this board isnt the best for overclocking,ill have to see how i go with that __________________ AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 4800 at 2.76 ghz dfi lanparty expert PCI-E Extreme Edition* GF7800GT *524 Core 1250Ghz Crucial Ballistix 2 x 1 Gig DDR 500 PC4000 20\" DELL Ultrasharp 2005FPW Midnight Grey Widescreen LCD Monitor wdc wd5000 akas-aatmao ata wd 2500jb external pioneer dvr 108 lg gdr8161b dvd rom \"640K ought to be enough for anybody.\" - Bill Gates, 1981[/size]

01-07-2006, 07:01 PM	#6 (permalink)
KCRMYZ Banned Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 671	YEs you should raise the voltage so that thing goes away thart should helo everything out.

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