3.4 what am i doing wrong????

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well i got all of my new stuff in and was attempting to oc it. i have:
mobo asus p5gd2 deluxe
proc intel p4 550 lga 775 (3.4 ghz, 1024k L2 cache, 30 capper)
ram ocz 2x512 ddr2 5400 enhanced latency
psu 550 antec true controll
2 36 gig raptors in raid0

ok.. so i didnt enable "lock free" in the bios (and this actually works intel must hate asus!! gives a choice of 17x or 14x multi!!)

i locked the pci-e at 100, and pci at 33.3

bumped up to 2.1 volts on the ram at timeings 3-2-2-8 and set the ram to run at 3;4 ram was running at 293 and fsb was at 220.

i cannot get above 220 mhx fsb!! i tried lots of stuff, uped the v on chipset, set ram to 1;1, enabled lock free, disabled lock free, locked pci-e down to 98 mhz, locked pci-e to 101 mhz, made latencys on ram all mid timeings, all tight timeings, and all very loose times. nothing ive tried helped it out, still cant get over 220 mhz fsb.

one more question: i know if you want to oc far at 17x id need some volts, but would i still need more volts at14x?? cause the over all speed is lower wouldnt it need less volts, there for not having to add more volts till i hit about 3.4 ghz?

i dono.... the last p4 i had was a 2.8 and i got it to 3.5 with no volts at all... and very very stable. but i really dont wanna add more volts to core cause im using stock cooling. (btw my temps are fairly decent only at 42c at 3.75 ghz...)

any sugestions? am i missing something basic?


heres what i got...

Newegg Mobo

Yahoo Rams

Newegg Proc

Newegg Gcard

Newegg Psu
 
Well on my AA8XE (which supports the 1066FSB) I set the multiplier to 14x and set my FSB to 275. Which gave me 3.85GHz. Stock voltages. I'm using a Swiftech MCX775-V w/Vantec Tornado, but I did reach 3.73GHz on stock cooling with decent temps.

So it's got to be some kind of setting. Or, it is POSSIBLE however unlikely that you got a CPU that doesn't overclock for crap.

My 2.4C wouldn't break 2.6GHz. it does happen.
 
yeah i thought the same thing... but it will run at 3.7 but when at 14x it wount get that fast either...
 
they are adjustable.. in the bios and asus probe deal they all show above..

12 at 12.4
5 at 5.068
3.3 at 3.36
 
check them with a multimeter. the motherboard sensors are almost never accurate.
 
well i really dont have one... but i got my 2.8 to 3.5 with it so i doubt there is a prob with it.. and they all are reading above so even if it is off it is still close..
 
I find that not locking the pci-e freq and leaving it on auto helps, When i oced my 560 to 4.2ghz, it was doing 233x18 and the pci-e was 112 i think. I have been playing with x14multi too and to get 275x14 the pci-e freq is about 122.
My advice is leave it on auto as long as it doesnt go over 130 you should be ok, the 925xe mobos have dividers which bring pci-e and sata back down when the fsb goes up. but 130 or under should do you fine.
 
i was just looking through the specs on that psu... it only has a 24 amp 12volt line. that seems pretty weak for driving a system that "needs" a 24pin power connector (additional 12 volt) with overclocking. the general consensus seems to be that although a 20 pin psu will work on the new intel/amd boards with 24 pin connectors, for overclocking you want 24 pin atx 2.0 or eps12volt. something with multiple 12volt rails and the 24 pin main connector by default.

i'd try a different PSU with a better 12volt line. that or increase the voltage to see if it helps.
 
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