Help with opteron overclock

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captain204mike

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someone please tell me what i am doing wrong
i went through the guide
tested my FSB/HTT and i stopped at 280, first time and it didnt error out so i was going to give that a try for a while
tested CPU--241--started getting higer temps so i stopped
now what,, what changes in bios do i need to make??
really need some advice here
Thanks
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ya i put the LDT/FSB Frequency to 2x
CPU/FSB Frequency to 5x
and the ram divider to 100mhz 1:2
then tested, got to 280 -- i am guessing this is the FSB max

then set the CPU/FSB back to 10x
and tested and got the FSB in clockgen to 241 and temps got to around 59-60c

so what exaclty would i need to change in the genie bios to get a overclock??
 
i would change the frequencies in the bios, but i guess clockgen will work too. and what do you mean "what do i have to do to get an overclock?" 241x10 is an overclock...
 
i mean what in the bios do i change as far as the values, to get the overclock with the speeds that i got when i tested,, i tried to change the FSB Frequency to 240
and pc wouldnt start so i must not be changing the right thing?
so that my memory is running at the right speeds and all that, because what i tested at is supposed to be at lowest to rule out bottlenecks,, do i just put everything back to default ie..
auto?
 
err..... well i think you are jumping about oh.... 75 steps ahead....

you need to start at 200fsb with setting everything yourself.... NO AUTO

so DRAM set to like 3/4 or 5/6 divider and the SPD latencies or looser.

Set your vcore to 1.35v
Set Vmem to what your RAM is rated at.
change your HTT link to 3x

Then up your FSB 10-20 to start with. Run Prime95, orthos, superpi, sisandra just to make sure it is somewhat stable.

restart.... up 10-20 again....

do the samething over and over again, and when you get 2.4+ area go by 5-10 FSB until Prime95, orthos, superpi etc error out...

this will give you a good idea (not exact) of where your chip can run at stock vcore...

then up Vcore by .025 or less.... so to 1.375 then run Orthos at the same FSB it failed at. if it passes for like 10min then restart... up the FSB 5-10 and do again....

do this until your temps on your CPU (USE CORETEMP) get around 50-60*C dont let it go above 65*C

and never up your Vcore over 1.55 on air... really 1.5v on air..

also on the DFI board the special vcore is a multiplier... so 1.5*1.10%=1.65vcore... dont mess with it with out a calculator... i have seen many people fry their CPU by putting 1.7v to the CPU because they can multiply...

you also need to test your RAM to see what it can run at...

low CPU multi to like 7 leave DRAM @ DDR400 or 1:1 and up FSB until memtest errors out... you can put memtest on a floppy but i think it is built into your BIOS also... got to love DFI :)

really read the Sticky on OCing before you jsut set 9x240 @ auto volts auto everything and then ask why is this not working....... grr

read my friend read
 
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