First time overclocking... ran into a problem

[bradams]

Comp:
DFI Lanprty NF4 SLI
AMD A64 3200+ Winchester
2x1GB PC-3200 Supertalent 3.0CL
BFG 7800GT
Envy24 audio
Hitachi 80GB
Sony 530A DVD-RW IDE
Ultra-X-finity 500W

I can get my winchester stable at 240x10 1.50v... and my cheap ram at a 9/10 divider... my ram is limited up to at about 220 on loose timings... but every time I lower the ram divider to 5/6 or 3/4 my computer won't boot... but 9/10 is fine...

is it possible my ram can't run on a lower divider?... I've tried all the different ram settings.. running them as fast or slowrunning auto etc... nothing boots at 5/6

 

[leSLIe]

i would say its your core, the winchester cpus arent that good for OC

 

[RavenD]

Could be the memory controller on the chip doesnt like those dividers.

 

[N H O]

i would say its your core, the winchester cpus arent that good for OC

no it depends on the stepping, on average venice chips dont clock much better than the cbbhd winnies

 

[(cf)Eclipse]

is it possible my ram can't run on a lower divider?... I've tried all the different ram settings.. running them as fast or slowrunning auto etc... nothing boots at 5/6

mess with the drive strengths and dram response time until you find a combination that works at the memory ratio you want

or try different ram slots