Moheevi_chess

Will this board be able to overclock? Anybody have any experience with this mobo? I have an e5200 in it and I can't get it to boot past it's stock 2.5ghz lol...
Here is the mobo @ newegg

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KC_Flip

That board is actually a fairly good overclocker. I just recently got it for my wife's comp. I currently have her E1200 (1.6 stock) at 2.5. The only thing holding me back is the ram (667). So you might want to check the ram settings, because I didn't find I way to unlock the ram from the fsb overclock. As far as I know you can only use the presets.

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Moheevi_chess

Yea you can't unlock the ram. My ram shouldn't be holding me back at this point since it is 800mhz ram. Would the fact that I'm trying to use a 12.5x multi make a problem? Maybe I should try 12x instead.

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KC_Flip

It's worth a shot. Is it fairly new? It might just need a CMOS reset, a new battery, or possibly a BIOS flash. I'm just kind of throwing out ideas.

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Moheevi_chess

Yea just built this computer yesterday evening, haven't tried resetting the CMOS. I'll check the site to see about the BIOS

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huntman21014

It should be good for 333 as it is designed for that speed, try setting the fsb to 333x9 stock volts and see what happens

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Moheevi_chess

333*9 at stock voltage doesn't post, I tried +1 to fsb volt and +1 to ddr voltage.

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huntman21014

Have you tried ctrl + F1 to open up advanced options. maybe try 1.26v at 333x9?

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Moheevi_chess

Tried 1.26v still wouldn't post. My ram timings @ stock are 4-4-4-15 should I loosen these up?

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Mccaula718

The board is a great overclocker. I hit a fsb wall at 320ish so keep the multiplier high. Run a divider on the memory until you have a stable cpu oc, then work on ram. Up the fsb voltage up to +2 and lower later if you're able to. I'd put the cpu voltage at around 1.35 and work your way down from there as well. I'm running my cpu at 3.75 at 300x12.5 at 1.4v, +2 fsb, with the lowest memory divider.