Originally Posted by DragonRomeo

Hey guys, i just read this guide and started overclocking my cpu. I had a question about the final results and roughly what they should be about. Lemme get this straight:

cpu - upper range (as long as its stable)
vcore - upper range that is possible without burning something
ram latency - tight as possible (generally want a tight ram)
ram speed - high as possible (generally want a ram speed equal to cpu speed)

if that's correct, then i wanted to ask is it better for the rig to have a [tighter ram and a lower speed] than a [lower ram and higher speed] or somewhere in between. Or is it that i want a high ram latency and a high speed to match it? I guess i'm just tryin' to figure if i should increase the ram latency.

i'm using:
cpu external frequency: 200/33 overclocked 255/43
memory frequency: increased to 424 (from an auto setting)
cas latency: 3T
ras to cas relay: 4T
ras precharge time: increased to 4T (from 3T)
ras active time: 7T
vcore: (unadjusted) 1.5250

am i doing this right? where do i have some headroom?

Originally Posted by ^|bioZT@R|^

hmm
ai've not found many of the settings mentioned in my bios.. though ai tryed changing the multiply setting ...ai increased it up until my system on OS load rebooted but while ai was changing it back in the bios display went off and the red led on my case went on without chnging... ai was unable to reboot it or shut it off , in the end ai just unlpugged it from the powersource...
so when ai try to turn mymachine on all the coolers start and the leds on MB, but nothing works, it wouldnt even open the cd-rom when ai push the button on it... as ai said before, reset button nor power button work...

so is my cpu gone forever? tho when trying to change the settings back ai checked the cpu's temperature and it was as usual ~45º

tell me is there anything ai can do with it or ai just would need to buy a new cpu?

Originally Posted by Xavier1421

Welcome to the forums biostar.

Try power cycling the computer.

Pull the CMOS battery for 30 seconds, then put it back in. Unplug the psu from the wall and hit the power button on the case. Hit the power button again on the case, then plug the psu back into the wall.

It works sometimes, least for me.

Originally Posted by ^|bioZT@R|^

-Gate A20 option- normal/fast normal *cause I have no idea what it is
-RDRAM bus frequency- Auto/300/400 - more is better , right? Auto (should make it the same freq as the cpu FSB)
-should ai turn on the ecc on my ram? what does it improove/do? ECC bad...leave it off
-System BIOS cacheable- Enabled/disabled disabled
-Video BIOS cacheable- enabled /diabled disabled
-Memory hole at 15M-16M - enabled/diabled disabled
-Delayed transaction -Enabled/diabled disabled
-CPU THRM-THrottling- different percentages to choose disable preferred, 50% if not there
-PCI PIRQ[A-D]# - enabled /diabled whatever it defaults to
-IRQ resources- many IRQ nums with "assined to" don't touch
-PCI/VGA Palette Snoop - Disabled/enabled whatever it defaults to

thank you for the worm welcome...