you want to start off in the Advanced Bios features if Im not mistaken since you are using a gigabyte board. Does it have that selection in BIOS?
I would go to the line where it says CPU multiplier and raise it by 100 or 200 mhz without doing anything else. Restart computer and see if it boots successfully. Most 940's should be able to run 3.2 Ghz on stock Vcore settings.
EDIT:I forgot that a 945 is a not a black edition. That means you can only change the FSB and not the multiplier as the multiplier is locked in a 945.
The speed of the 945 is 3.0 and the multiplier is locked at 15X.
The speed of the cpu is essentially composed of two parts. The CPU multiplier and the FSB
Multiplier X FSB = CPU frequency.
Since I know the multiplier is 15, all you have to do is take 3000 mhz (same as 3ghz) and divide that by 15. The result is that your FSB is at 200 MHZ.
Now since you cant change your multiplier, change the FSB so that M X F= 3100 MHZ or 3200HZ
So 15 * F = 3200
F= 213mhz or around that.
Set the FSB to 213mhz and come back and see if it works. Also stress testing your computer and load temperatures are important in a successful overclock. Not to mention RAM timmings
Well get to that later, but for now do what I told you and come back and tell us what youd found
I would go to the line where it says CPU multiplier and raise it by 100 or 200 mhz without doing anything else. Restart computer and see if it boots successfully. Most 940's should be able to run 3.2 Ghz on stock Vcore settings.
EDIT:I forgot that a 945 is a not a black edition. That means you can only change the FSB and not the multiplier as the multiplier is locked in a 945.
The speed of the 945 is 3.0 and the multiplier is locked at 15X.
The speed of the cpu is essentially composed of two parts. The CPU multiplier and the FSB
Multiplier X FSB = CPU frequency.
Since I know the multiplier is 15, all you have to do is take 3000 mhz (same as 3ghz) and divide that by 15. The result is that your FSB is at 200 MHZ.
Now since you cant change your multiplier, change the FSB so that M X F= 3100 MHZ or 3200HZ
So 15 * F = 3200
F= 213mhz or around that.
Set the FSB to 213mhz and come back and see if it works. Also stress testing your computer and load temperatures are important in a successful overclock. Not to mention RAM timmings
Well get to that later, but for now do what I told you and come back and tell us what youd found
