• Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
    Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.

Overclocking limited by N/B Strap CPU settings - HELP!

C

CelicaMan94

n00b
Joined
Apr 20, 2004
Messages
2
I'm having trouble overclocking because of the N/B Strap CPU As settings in the BIOS. To be honest, I'm not sure exactly what it does. All I know is that it has something to do with the CPU:DRAM ratio. I was able to overclock to 3.6 GHz with the Strap settings at PSB800, but it didn't last very long because of my RAM. I'm running DDR400 Kingston @ 2.6v. I've tried increasing the voltage up to 2.8v with no results. My goal is to get my P4 3.2 up to 4.0 GHz at a 5:4 ratio. This would put my FSB at 250 MHz and my RAM back to its original 200 MHz. The Strap settings are confusing me. Each setting has a different set of ratios available. The 5:4 ratio that I want is only available in the PSB533 (I believe) and By CPU settings. I'm not sure what effect this setting has on the memory, but if anyone could elaborate on it to clear this up I'd be an extremely happy camper.

I'm running factory settings until I get this topic cleared up.

P4 3.2 @ 1.55v, Thermaltake HSF
ABIT IC7-MAX3
2 x 512 Kingston DDR400
WD 80GB HDD
ATI 9800 XT, Thermaltake Giant III cooler @ 430/375
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top