DeathONator

There aren't really any tell tell signs that your voltage is too high besides temperatures and stability. Generally a chip won't stop functioning right away unless you do something drastic. More often then not the chip just doesn't last as long as it normally would (ie. only lasts 5 years instead of 10 years). I'm not familiar with your chip, but 2.7v would be too high (if you mobo can even increase the voltage that high). A general rule is: Don't increase your voltage by more than about 18% from stock with good air cooling, and don't increase by more than 25% with good watercooling. Of course if your temps are getting above 53C or there abouts, then you're too high.

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nosebleed

I've got an Athlon64 3000+ Venice (1.8GHz and 1GHz FSB)... on an MSI K8N Neo4-F. So far this board seems to QUITE excellent for overclocking. I've tweaked my FSB to 300 with an HT multiplier of x3 (default is 200 x 5) and I've left the CPU multiplier at x9 (which is the default, and highest)... therefore I have a CPU speed of 2.7GHz and bus speed of 900MHz (as opposed to 1.8GHz CPU, and 1000MHz bus speed) and I also adjusted my vcore from the default of 1.4v to 1.6v (although it fluctuated from 1.57 to 1.58, and sometimes up to 1.62... not sure if this is normal). Now as for my temperature... yes it certainly has gone up... I ran the Prime95 maximum heat torture test and it doesn't go any higher than 52C (I'm using the AMD stock cooler, which works well, but is annoyingly loud at full speed). At idle it hangs at around 40C-42C.

I'm just wondering if these settings are safe, I haven't thoroughly tested them... but I'm not sure if I need a higher vcore, or maybe I should step the CPU multi down to x8.5 or x8 to be safe.

Any suggestions appreciated?

studhudson69

i have a hp celeron proc.700 with a 128 megs of ram can i overclock thid thing?

Kipper

lol u beat my secondary rig by 33mhz.
Anyways, you CAN overclock your CPU in 2 ways:
1. Flash your BIOS (most likely not possible for you, so ignore this option)
2. Use software to overclock (may not work, but it is worth a shot). Try to find some software that allows you to overclock over the internet (sadly, I cannot name a few off the top of my head).

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llango

hello everyone! i have problems with my amd bartom 3000, the system don't let change my multipler fsb. the stock multipler is 10.5 x 200, i think my processor is blocked for this, i alread raise my fsb to 212 mor than that and my sistem go unstable.what do i do?

The Duke

It is most likely locked... they have been for a long time now!
Thats a respectabel OC!
Please start a new thread on your OCing...
I'd be glad to help with what I know.

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llango

well the duke, i put some new information for help us to help me ^_- and


now after read the information off overcloking in this forum, i can't or don't no
a way to change my memory timings, my mobo don't give my this option, because i'm change my fsb and not the multipler my sistem crash whem i'm playing a game
like far cry.If you now how to change de memori timings give me a help ok!!

FSB 214 mhz x 10.5

zephyrus9999

can anyone tell me whats the maximum fsb speed for a 3500 venice with stock cooling?

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DeathONator

Please post all questions that are specific to your application in a new thread of your own.

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wowza

WoW i just now read your Guide and im like the 34 thousanth to read it. Nice work

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