[cwiz]

Hey,
i've got an old p.o.s. i've been trying to overclock to see how well i can run HL2/CS:S/DoD:S on it. its got the following (as best I can remember):

MoBo: Gigabyte 200MHz FSB... dont know too much else

Processor: AMD 64 1.1Ghz socket A

RAM: Elixir 512mb 333Mhz (Soon to be 1024mb)

GFX Card: ATI 128 MB Radeon 8xAGP

Anyway, i've been using "Easy Tune" to OC. i can get it up to 1.25GHz at 49 deg C, but when i try and push to >1.28GHz, the comp locks up or goes to a black screen or shuts down, it pretty much spazzes out. The threshold for restart is 60 deg C so I dont think i'm over heating. Is my ram limiting me or something?

Let me know if there is more info that will help.

[Nitestick]

the processor is unstable. either due to overheating or insufficient voltage.

[cwiz]

the voltage is 2.5 by default, will upping it help?

[Nitestick]

i'm no expert on socket A but if it is at 2.5v it should be dead :amazed:. processors haven't run on voltage that high since about the first generation of pentium 1's

[cwiz]

hmmm... i'll have to check it out when i get back home tonight

[Apokalipse]

my Athlon XP 2800+ (Socket A) runs at 1.7V

[cwiz]

ok, i checked, i had the wrong voltage... its running at 1.6V i believe. i tried upping it to like 1.75 and going over 1.3Ghz, but it restarted... by temp was 49*C, so thats not why it restarted. any ideas?