A7n8x/ 2600+ Xp Fsb

[Kiersiege]

I'm new to overclocking things for myself. I have an A7N8X Deluxe mobo and an AMD 2600+ XP.
I'm assuming "CPU External Frequency" under advanced chipset settings in my BIOS is my front side bus right?
That was set to 165. (I have 1 gig of Geil 3200 ram btw). A friend told me I probably could step that up to 200. Well, this morning I stepped it up to 185, and it ran, 3D Marked it, everything seemed fine, but it lost stability after a reboot.
The highest I am able to get it is 175 without the system not booting, or failing to boot all the way. Is this because I need to raise my vcore voltage or something else? My temps are fine, 37-40c. I am not running a stock heatsink, it's a nice model ( I forget which, has a huge traffic cone orange fan with adjustable speed sitting on top of it.) With arctic silver applied.

In my newb stage of OC'ing my only guess is I need to up my voltage, which is currently at 1.65v I believe.

My multiplier is at 12.5 also (I think.)

 

[Kiersiege]

no help at all?

 

[quiksilverx181]

Well, if that vcore that u posted is default, then yes u gotta prolly raise ur vcore to get a higher overclock, but be careful, dont do the vcore too high

 

[Kiersiege]

what should I try raising it to? 1.85?

 

[gmkmay]

Raise the voltage in the smallest increments you can until you get stability at the desired OC. If you want a 200fsb on a locked 2600...you might be out of luck. But just raise it a little and then raise the FSB a little. Rinse and repeat. Just keep in mind increases in voltage exponentially increase heat output.