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Hey everyone, Im trying to Oc my 3800x2. I've read all the guides on this forum (which were really good btw) And i seem to understand the overall jist to most of it (the memory stuff is still fuzzy) I have an Asus A8n32-Deluxe. My problem is i cant make the translation from the well written instructions to my own BIOS. It seems like the wording in the Bios differs from all that I read. Should I upgrade my Bios (its ver 12xx or something like that). I REALLY want to OC this thing. If anyone can point me in the right direction it'd be appreciated!

Screens:
BIOS:
1.http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m83/basementproductions/01-18-07_0003.jpg
2.http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m83/basementproductions/01-17-07_2345.jpg
3.http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m83/basementproductions/01-17-07_2344.jpg
4.http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m83/basementproductions/01-17-07_2343.jpg
5.http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m83/basementproductions/01-17-07_2343.jpg
6.http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m83/basementproductions/01-17-07_2341.jpg

CPUz:
CPUz.jpg
 
How about some screenshots of your BIOS... You'll have to take pictures of them with a camera, then post.
 
Some CPU-Z screens would help too. One showing the CPU characteristics, and another for the memory. Just google CPU-Z for the program. I'm sure you can figure it out.
 
I have an A8N32 SLI-Deluxe, x2 3800+ and Corsair TWINX-3200XLPRO and can hit 2.6 without a problem. I'm using a Zalman CNPS9500 though.. If you're using stock hsf, you could probably expect to get at least 2.4GHz.

Your first screenshot is where you need to start. Up the "CPU FSB Frequency" to 240 and then simply reboot and try it. I think it will be that simple, since it's not too demanding and your ram timings are already pretty loose. If you reboot and find that your monitor isn't turning on then the overclock failed but no harm was done. Just reset it a few times and it should revert back to default settings. Worst case, you open up your case, find the CMOS Reset jumper and just clear the CMOS real quick. Look in the manual for the location of the CMOS reset jumper. To reset it, turn off your computer, slide the jumper over one spot, wait a second, then just slide it back to its original spot and turn the computer back on and voila, your bios is reset! You'll have to reset the time and whatnot, but no big deal...

Let me know how it goes at 240MHz... if that fails, we can try playing with your voltages, ram timings and divider. I see no reason for you not to be able to hit 2.4 though.

Good luck!
 
also yahoo or google around and see if you can find an opinion of the best bios for that board...i remember I upgraded my bios once on my a8n-sli and I wasnt able to overclock anything...turns out there was something wrong with the bios editing frequencies

i have another computer that runs a 3200 and that thing hit amazing speeds

dont forget to drop that HT to 4x or lower depnding on what speed you run it at as you dont want the ht link to go above 1000 really
 
Thanks for the tips and advice. I'll post results/problems later on this week.

1st attempt****

I upped the FSB to 240, but it dropped the cpu multiplier to 8 automatically.i cant find where to change the HT multiplier.
 
here is what i've done thus far:
1. I figured out my own BIOS
2. I set the CPU multi to x10 and the FSB to 250
3. I locked the voltages to around 1.3-1.4 going to the CPU
4. set the RAM divider to 216mhz

I ran Orthos to test the memory and CPU for a little bit and I noticed my Temps getting a little high. how can I fix this? what should I tweak?

here are screenshots (not during Orthos)
oc.jpg
 
Lookin good! If you want to keep pushing it, my recommendations are:

- Set HT to 3x.(once again, you never want HT to go over 1000MHz, so at 260x3 you'll be more than safe and there is virtually no performance hit for dropping the multi to 3x)
- Up FSB to 260

What sort of temps are you getting?
 
d7a7z7e7d said:
- Set HT to 3x.(once again, you never want HT to go over 1000MHz, so at 260x3 you'll be more than safe and there is virtually no performance hit for dropping the multi to 3x)
- Up FSB to 260

What sort of temps are you getting?
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Full Load its @ 55-56c (core 1 @ 55, core | 2 @ 46-48c)
Idle @ 36c (core 1 @ 34 | Core 2 @ 21)
 
Because thats what the motherboard is rated to run at (it says on the box somewhere probably) and running faster/slower speeds does not really affect performance at all.

edit: what he said ^^
 
Your load temperatures are a bit high for that overclock.

You're not anywhere near a "danger" zone or anything, but X2's generally have a hard time being stable past 55c.

I know firsthandedly, that my chip would fail at 2.5 (orthos overnight) because I was on air. As soon as I brought my temps down to 50c I was able to orthos overnight at 2.66 easily.

Your voltage is a bit too high for that OC... 1.4 should be enough to get to 2.6 or so these days.
 
Arcygenical said:
Your load temperatures are a bit high for that overclock.

You're not anywhere near a "danger" zone or anything, but X2's generally have a hard time being stable past 55c.

I know firsthandedly, that my chip would fail at 2.5 (orthos overnight) because I was on air. As soon as I brought my temps down to 50c I was able to orthos overnight at 2.66 easily.

Your voltage is a bit too high for that OC... 1.4 should be enough to get to 2.6 or so these days.
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What do you suggest I do? Im not on stock Air cooling, I bought a better CPU fan. I tried lowering the volts but when i did that and ran Orthos, windows froze. I want @ least 2.5 out of this puppy. so how can i achieve 2.5 + low volts + low Temp + stability?
 
I think your original attempt was best, you even had ram at 1:1 (250MHz) which is nice... I say just be happy with 2.5GHz :) Your temps are acceptable... I think mine runs 2.6 @ 58 load, never had a problem. Just orthos test it overnight to make sure it's stable.
 
Thank you to everyone for your help. [H]ard is by far the best. Your all cool guys, and you've aided in the birthing of another O/C'er, be proud!

-jeff
 
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