Ever since I bought it a year ago, my 2.4c has been running at 3.0GHz (250MHz FSB) rock solid. I could game for hours and the temperature would never go above 130F (with copper/aluminum HS and air cooling). Nothing could phase it.
However, even if I up'd the FSB by 1 MHz (to 251), I wouldn't even POST. All I would get is the single long beep telling me it couldn't boot.
How is it possible that I'm rock solid at 250MHz FSB but I can't even boot at 251? Is there just a huge brick wall with some CPUs? I'm at a loss as to what could be causing the problem. Is there something I'm missing?
I've got my CPU:RAM ratio set to 5:4 and I've got quality Corsair XMS memory, so I've sort of ruled that out as potentially being a problem. I've fixed my AGP and PCI slots to 66 and 33MHz respectively. Other than that, I'm sort of out of ideas as to what could be causing this brick wall. I know I can get more juice out of my 2.4C if I'm running both cool and stable at 3.0.
Anyone have any ideas?
However, even if I up'd the FSB by 1 MHz (to 251), I wouldn't even POST. All I would get is the single long beep telling me it couldn't boot.
How is it possible that I'm rock solid at 250MHz FSB but I can't even boot at 251? Is there just a huge brick wall with some CPUs? I'm at a loss as to what could be causing the problem. Is there something I'm missing?
I've got my CPU:RAM ratio set to 5:4 and I've got quality Corsair XMS memory, so I've sort of ruled that out as potentially being a problem. I've fixed my AGP and PCI slots to 66 and 33MHz respectively. Other than that, I'm sort of out of ideas as to what could be causing this brick wall. I know I can get more juice out of my 2.4C if I'm running both cool and stable at 3.0.
Anyone have any ideas?