E4300 + BadAxe2 won't OC

[Xyvotha]

hello all, i haven't had any luck with this combo, ran into 245fsb stable with 1.4 vcore. Anything above that leads to BSOD running two instances of Prime95 or no POST at all.

Isnt' this CPU supposed to OC way better???

specs:

E4300 - stock HS/Fan
Intel BadAxe2 - BIOS 2507
4 x 1GB Kingston ValueRAM 667
7900GTX 512MB
Antec TruPower 550w

any help will be appreciated.

 

[kent]

Up CPU voltage
Lower memory clock
Up Northbridge voltage
Set PCI-E freq at 105MHz

 

[pvhk]

it will be resolved by disabling enhanced C1 control.

 

[Xilikon]

And disable Watchdog as well.

 

[smoothmove]

I second the turn OFF C1E and Watchdog. Mine wold not overclock at all with those on.

 

[pvhk]

yes watchdog too!

 

[Xyvotha]

thanks a lot for the replies!

will try it and tell you how it came...

edit: btw, more detailed specs:

RAM: Kingston ValueRAM KVR667D2N5/1g, 4x1GB sticks:

Clock Cycle Time (tCK) CL=53ns (min.) / 8ns (max.)
Row Cycle Time (tRC) 54ns (min.)
Refresh to Active/Refresh Command Time (tRFC)105ns
Row Active Time (tRAS)39ns (min.) / 70,000ns (max.)
Single Power Supply of+1.8V (+/- .1V)
Power (IDD0)1.872 W (operating)
UL Rating94 V - 0

CPU:
Processor Stepping (according to BIOS): 000006F2
Microcode (acc. to BIOS): 0051

MB: Intel D975XBX2
BIOS: 2507

 

[Xyvotha]

yeah! reached 2.99GHz pretty fast!

so far it's loading windows with these settings:

CPU:
FSB 333
multiplier 9 (locked)
vcore 1.40v

System Buses:
FSB voltage 1.250
MCH voltage 1.525

RAM:
Reference 266
Mem. Freq. 533
RAM voltage 2.0
Effective RAM Freq. (according to CPU-Z) 333

Running 2xPrime95 now, will tell ya later how's it doing

btw, anyone knows how's the relationship between Reference Frequency and Mem. Freq. under RAM options? Is Reference some kind of multiplier?

BIG THANKS to everybody who posted replies!!!

 

[Xyvotha]