NOOB question about OC'in....Actually Under clocking.

[dragonslayer45895]

Ok...i have a MSI M7VIZ-SATA mobo...its socket A. Im running a Atholon XP 3000
+ cpu.....but when i boot up is is running at 1.75Ghz . i tried bumping up the FSB to 190 and it reads as a 2.0Ghz 3000+....but in windows i get the dreaded BSOD . When it is working i can play Need For Speed Most Wanted just fine at good settings. but when i exit the game it runns like UBER slow . I then reboot and im getting the BSOD like all the time. If anyone can help me with this problem i would really apriceate it. This is my setup:

MSI M7VIZ-SATA mobo
AMD Atholon XP 3000+
512 DDR 400
Radeon 9600PRO 256Meg
30Gb primary
40Gb secondary
DVD/CDburner combo
250 watt PSU

Thanks in advance, Harley

 

[Johnx64]

My Athlon64 3000+ is only rated 1.8ghz.

As for windows running slow see if your hd is running in pio mode. Go into device manager ide\atapi controllers\primary ide channel\right click>properties>advanced settings if it is in pio uninstall the ide channel thats in pio mode then let windows reistall it.

 

[dragonslayer45895]

I just checked the PIO mode...it is set to dma. as for the clock...ive looked up this cpu and it is supposed to be stock at 2.1 when i first booted it it says its a 2600+. I was thinking that my NB was overheating or something....is that possible?

thanks for the help, Harley

 

[HotGore]

I think you go scammed, or screwed up and got a 2600.

 

[Johnx64]

maybe you need a bios update to support the processor

 

[ghost6303]

250 watt PSU

game set match

 

[Johnx64]

game set match

Oh my.... And it's out of an hp. Dude your gonna blow that sucker up and possibly take everything with it or atleast a few things.

 

[dragonslayer45895]

yea...i got a 350 watt rose will coming in the mail from the egg for it....i hope it dont go before it gets here

 

[(cf)Eclipse]

hate to say it, but i wouldn't expect that to be all that much better.

 

[HotGore]

yea...i got a 350 watt rose will coming in the mail from the egg for it....i hope it dont go before it gets here

From one bad PSU to another.

 

[dragonslayer45895]

ok...what kind of PSU would you recommend that would work for a tight budget?
i really apriceate the info on this.

thanks

 

[ghost6303]

when it comes to power supplies you realy get what you pay for. wattage doesnt necessairily mean anything. you can find cheap 600watt power supplies for like $40 but they generaly have the cheapest components available which are more likely to either fail and/or put out very dirty (inconsistent) volts. and the more load you put on them the more likely they will break. the cheap ones also have most of their watt rating on the 3.3v rail, meaning out of the 600 watts, more then half is dedicated to powering the voltage rail that your floppy drive uses (this type of power supply is what you normaly find comes free when you buy a new case, my buddy had a 520w with 350w on the 3.3v, 50w on the 5 and 120w on the 12v rails, should have been labled a 250w). there may only be 200watts on the 12v rails which is what 90% of computer hardware uses. when you use a supply like this without thinking about where power is allocated, you might be using 100% of those 200 watts (which you probably are) and when maxing it out, the line voltage is going to be horrible (blue screens, random restarts) and it will drasticly reduce life expectancy. and when a power supply fails it often takes out other, much more expensive, components with it. i would tell you to get a power supply in the 400-600 watt range but dont spend less then 100 bucks, not exactly a tight budget but remember you always get what you pay for. if you have to... you can go cheaper, but you will be gambling with the rest of your system. and get a major brand name, thermaltake, ocz, etc (NO generic names). there are cheaper ones, but they wont be any better then what you got.