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Hi guys. I'm trying to overclock my AMD Venice 3500+ E3 processor on a MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum motherboard. I got up to 210 FSB with an 11x multiplier (CPU at 2310 MHz), booted up fine, but when I tried to run the OCCT 30 minute Stability Test, my entire computer froze 12 minutes into the test. It was frozen for several minutes before I noticed that nothing was moving and progress had been stuck at 37% for a while; the mouse didn't move, Ctrl-Alt-Del didn't work, totally unresponsive so I reset the computer and loaded the default settings back into the BIOS. Here are the settings I used in BIOS for my OC try:
==DRAM Configuration==
Timing Mode = [Manual]
Memclock index value (MHz) = [133Mhz]
CAS# latency (Tcl) = [2]
Min RAS# active time (Tras) = [ 5T]
RAS# to CAS# delay (Trcd) = [ 2T]
Row precharge Time (Trp) = [ 2T]
Row cycle time (Trc) = [Auto]
Row refresh cyc time (Trfc) = [Auto]
Row to Row delay (Trrd) = [Auto]
Write recovery time (Twr) = [Auto]
Write to Read delay (Twtr) = [Auto]
Read to Write delay (Trwt) = [Auto]
Refresh period (Tref) = [Auto]
User Config mode = [Manual]
Bottom of 32-bit[31:24] IO = [D0]
1T/2T Memory Timing = [2T]
Read Preamble value = [6ns]
Async Latency value = [6ns]
S/W memory hole Remapping = [Disabled]
H/W memory hole Remapping = [Disabled]
MTRR Mapping Mode = [Continuous]
==Cell Menu==
**Current CPU Clock: 2310 MHz**
**Current DDR Clock: 136 MHz**
High Performance Mode = [Manual]
Aggressive timing = [Disabled]
Dynamic Overclocking = [Disabled]
Adjust CPU FSB Frequency = [210]
HT Frequency = [4x]
HT Width = [down_16 up_16]
CPU Spread Spectrum = [Disabled]
SATA Spread Spectrum = [Disabled]
PCIE Spread Spectrum = [Disabled]
PCIE Clock = [100Mhz]
SSE/SSE2 Intructions = [Enabled]
Cool'n'Quiet = [Disabled]
Adjust CPU Ratio = [StartUp]
Adjust CPU VID = [StartUp]
Extra CPU Voltage = [By CPU VID]
**CPU Voltage: 1.400V**
Memory Voltage = [2.75V]
NF4 Voltage = [1.50V]
I feel like I may have missed something or there may be something that's limiting my overclock that I didn't see. It's running at stock voltage, but I don't want to up the voltage, especially since load temps are 47'C and I'm not comfortable giving more volts. But it seems like that my OC should be able to go higher, other people I've seen running at stock volts can get like 2.5GHz so I'm thinking my chip may be a dud OC'er too.
Something important I should probably note is that SpeedFan says my +12V line is bouncing between 12.83v and 12.77v (which is out of the +/-5% spec), but Everest and the BIOS reports my +12V as switching between 11.92v and 11.86v. And for the +3.3V rail, SpeedFan reports it as 3.14v which is within spec but Everest reports it as switching between 3.36v and 3.38v (out of the +/-5% spec).
I've also tried using Clockgen to overclock but when I shutdown my PC after I've used ClockGen the system won't POST (it'll turn on though but nothing will happen, just a long beep and black on the screen) and I have to hit the power button to turn the system off and press it again to turn it on again before it'll POST. I don't know why Clockgen's doing that but I've avoided using that program to OC so far since I think it may be doing something to my computer it shouldn't be doing -- after all, it should POST if I turn off and turn on the PC immediatly after, shouldn't it? But I can give Clockgen a try if you guys think it'll be a good idea. I've looked on MSI's support forums and I've found someone else that's having this problem with Clockgen.
I'd like to say thanks for any help with my OC in advance.
I'll gladly provide more information if I missed anything.
==DRAM Configuration==
Timing Mode = [Manual]
Memclock index value (MHz) = [133Mhz]
CAS# latency (Tcl) = [2]
Min RAS# active time (Tras) = [ 5T]
RAS# to CAS# delay (Trcd) = [ 2T]
Row precharge Time (Trp) = [ 2T]
Row cycle time (Trc) = [Auto]
Row refresh cyc time (Trfc) = [Auto]
Row to Row delay (Trrd) = [Auto]
Write recovery time (Twr) = [Auto]
Write to Read delay (Twtr) = [Auto]
Read to Write delay (Trwt) = [Auto]
Refresh period (Tref) = [Auto]
User Config mode = [Manual]
Bottom of 32-bit[31:24] IO = [D0]
1T/2T Memory Timing = [2T]
Read Preamble value = [6ns]
Async Latency value = [6ns]
S/W memory hole Remapping = [Disabled]
H/W memory hole Remapping = [Disabled]
MTRR Mapping Mode = [Continuous]
==Cell Menu==
**Current CPU Clock: 2310 MHz**
**Current DDR Clock: 136 MHz**
High Performance Mode = [Manual]
Aggressive timing = [Disabled]
Dynamic Overclocking = [Disabled]
Adjust CPU FSB Frequency = [210]
HT Frequency = [4x]
HT Width = [down_16 up_16]
CPU Spread Spectrum = [Disabled]
SATA Spread Spectrum = [Disabled]
PCIE Spread Spectrum = [Disabled]
PCIE Clock = [100Mhz]
SSE/SSE2 Intructions = [Enabled]
Cool'n'Quiet = [Disabled]
Adjust CPU Ratio = [StartUp]
Adjust CPU VID = [StartUp]
Extra CPU Voltage = [By CPU VID]
**CPU Voltage: 1.400V**
Memory Voltage = [2.75V]
NF4 Voltage = [1.50V]
I feel like I may have missed something or there may be something that's limiting my overclock that I didn't see. It's running at stock voltage, but I don't want to up the voltage, especially since load temps are 47'C and I'm not comfortable giving more volts. But it seems like that my OC should be able to go higher, other people I've seen running at stock volts can get like 2.5GHz so I'm thinking my chip may be a dud OC'er too.
Something important I should probably note is that SpeedFan says my +12V line is bouncing between 12.83v and 12.77v (which is out of the +/-5% spec), but Everest and the BIOS reports my +12V as switching between 11.92v and 11.86v. And for the +3.3V rail, SpeedFan reports it as 3.14v which is within spec but Everest reports it as switching between 3.36v and 3.38v (out of the +/-5% spec).
I've also tried using Clockgen to overclock but when I shutdown my PC after I've used ClockGen the system won't POST (it'll turn on though but nothing will happen, just a long beep and black on the screen) and I have to hit the power button to turn the system off and press it again to turn it on again before it'll POST. I don't know why Clockgen's doing that but I've avoided using that program to OC so far since I think it may be doing something to my computer it shouldn't be doing -- after all, it should POST if I turn off and turn on the PC immediatly after, shouldn't it? But I can give Clockgen a try if you guys think it'll be a good idea. I've looked on MSI's support forums and I've found someone else that's having this problem with Clockgen.
I'd like to say thanks for any help with my OC in advance.
I'll gladly provide more information if I missed anything.