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Old 07-03-08   #1 (permalink)
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hi there everyone, does anyone know why my system wont even get to POST when i push the fsb past 212mhz? ive isolated the motherboard by underclocking the cpu and the memory, but everytime i try to get past 212mhz it wont even run the POST. have i bought a crappy board? u can see what board it is in my sig. many many thanks everyone!!!!!!
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Have you given it a tiny bump in voltage? Usually once you hit a wall with FSB you increase the voltage and try again. Also loosening memory timings gives you some room.

Just be sure to keep an eye on temperatures.
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hi there, and cheers for the reply. i did my oc by following this guide : http://www.overclock.net/amd-general...ocket-am2.html : loosened all the mem timings, and tried upping the voltage a little, but still no passing 212, which from what ive heard is pretty low. any ideas?????
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