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my CPU and RAM dont overclock for shit.
my mobo is a SiS 648 chipset MSI 648 Max-L.
THE PROCESSOR (Revision B0, Stepping 4, Pack Date 7/31/02)
my P4 2.26B (2.26 GHz 533 MHz FSB) does not overclock very well at all.
at 137-138 MHz (default FSB is 133 MHz), its not 3DMark stable (crashes before the first test loads up).
if i try raising the voltage, it makes no difference whatsoever.
another strange thing is that none of the CPU stress programs ever show any errors. i ran Prime95 for over 24 hours at overclocks above 140 MHz and got no errors at all. S&M also always passes all tests no matter the frequency. however, despite what these programs say, the system is not stable at all, even when the CPU is overclocked only a little bit. i once pasted a screenshot into paint after a long Prime test was successfully completed, and the computer froze after i pressed the paste buttons.
THE RAM (link)
my 512MB stick of Kingston ValueRAM PC2700 2.5-3-3-6 does not overclock AT ALL.
if i raise the freq to 168 MHz instead of the stock 167 MHz, i quickly get errors in memtest86. however it runs memtest86 perfectly at stock settings.
if i lower the timing to CAS 3 at 168 MHz, i get mmemtest86 errors as well. even if i raise it to CAS 3 at the default 167 MHz, it still gives me errors.
so basically if i overclock the RAM in any way and by any amount, it ends up being unstable - even if i loosen the timings. and when i loosen timings at stock freq, i still get errors. if i raise the voltage at all, i get errors. even with stock freq if i raise the voltange i get errors. i can underclock the frequency to below 167 MHz and it works fine however.
is it just an incredibly, unbelievably, shitty stick of RAM? or is my motherboard the cause?
is it possible that a motherboard can limit overclocking in this way? can it somehow be a bottleneck for it, and cause system instability when compenents are overclocked?
or is my hardware really that shitty?
my mobo is a SiS 648 chipset MSI 648 Max-L.
THE PROCESSOR (Revision B0, Stepping 4, Pack Date 7/31/02)
my P4 2.26B (2.26 GHz 533 MHz FSB) does not overclock very well at all.
at 137-138 MHz (default FSB is 133 MHz), its not 3DMark stable (crashes before the first test loads up).
if i try raising the voltage, it makes no difference whatsoever.
another strange thing is that none of the CPU stress programs ever show any errors. i ran Prime95 for over 24 hours at overclocks above 140 MHz and got no errors at all. S&M also always passes all tests no matter the frequency. however, despite what these programs say, the system is not stable at all, even when the CPU is overclocked only a little bit. i once pasted a screenshot into paint after a long Prime test was successfully completed, and the computer froze after i pressed the paste buttons.
THE RAM (link)
my 512MB stick of Kingston ValueRAM PC2700 2.5-3-3-6 does not overclock AT ALL.
if i raise the freq to 168 MHz instead of the stock 167 MHz, i quickly get errors in memtest86. however it runs memtest86 perfectly at stock settings.
if i lower the timing to CAS 3 at 168 MHz, i get mmemtest86 errors as well. even if i raise it to CAS 3 at the default 167 MHz, it still gives me errors.
so basically if i overclock the RAM in any way and by any amount, it ends up being unstable - even if i loosen the timings. and when i loosen timings at stock freq, i still get errors. if i raise the voltage at all, i get errors. even with stock freq if i raise the voltange i get errors. i can underclock the frequency to below 167 MHz and it works fine however.
is it just an incredibly, unbelievably, shitty stick of RAM? or is my motherboard the cause?
is it possible that a motherboard can limit overclocking in this way? can it somehow be a bottleneck for it, and cause system instability when compenents are overclocked?
or is my hardware really that shitty?
.