Hey,
I have an Athlon XP 1700+ that I have unlocked. I'm able to raise the clock multipler over the default of 11x, but I can't lower it any. Right now I have the CPU running at a very stable 12x133 = 1596MHz. If I turn up the FSB ANY the system will either not boot or crash within windows. Before I had unlocked the CPU I was able to turn up the FSB to about 150MHz as a maximum. Normally I ran it at sometime like 11x145 = 1595MHz. So I'm guessing that the maximum speed I'm going to get from this particular XP 1700+ is around 1600MHz. In either case, upping the FSB or upping the clock multipler, I have to increase the CPU core voltage to the max of 1.85V to get it to run stable. Cooling is not an issue, because I'm using a Swiftech liquid cooling system. Under full load for hours and hours the CPU barely gets over 50 degrees C. I want to experiment with the maximum FSB that my Crucial PC2100 DDR can take. So I wanted to lower the clock multipler and run up the FSB. That why I wouldn't be overclocking the CPU, but I would be increasing the RAM speed. However, when I turn down the clock multipler to anything below the default of "11", the system will not boot at all. I get nothing, and no signal to the monitor. Can anyone think of anything I am doing wrong? Here is my configuration:
Abit KR7A-RAID (latest BIOS)
Athlon XP 1700+ (unlocked)
Gainward GeForce4 Ti4200 128MB
Swiftech water cooling for both CPU and GPU
Thanks!!!!
I have an Athlon XP 1700+ that I have unlocked. I'm able to raise the clock multipler over the default of 11x, but I can't lower it any. Right now I have the CPU running at a very stable 12x133 = 1596MHz. If I turn up the FSB ANY the system will either not boot or crash within windows. Before I had unlocked the CPU I was able to turn up the FSB to about 150MHz as a maximum. Normally I ran it at sometime like 11x145 = 1595MHz. So I'm guessing that the maximum speed I'm going to get from this particular XP 1700+ is around 1600MHz. In either case, upping the FSB or upping the clock multipler, I have to increase the CPU core voltage to the max of 1.85V to get it to run stable. Cooling is not an issue, because I'm using a Swiftech liquid cooling system. Under full load for hours and hours the CPU barely gets over 50 degrees C. I want to experiment with the maximum FSB that my Crucial PC2100 DDR can take. So I wanted to lower the clock multipler and run up the FSB. That why I wouldn't be overclocking the CPU, but I would be increasing the RAM speed. However, when I turn down the clock multipler to anything below the default of "11", the system will not boot at all. I get nothing, and no signal to the monitor. Can anyone think of anything I am doing wrong? Here is my configuration:
Abit KR7A-RAID (latest BIOS)
Athlon XP 1700+ (unlocked)
Gainward GeForce4 Ti4200 128MB
Swiftech water cooling for both CPU and GPU
Thanks!!!!