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Overclocking trouble

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wordomouf123

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OK, I was O/Cing my brother's rig earlier today when i ran into some trouble, first of all, he has my old proc (which has never before been overclocked) which is a 2.4C P4 on an ABIT IC7-MAX3, it goes like this:

I tried pushing the proc to 2.9 GHz, but when I do that audio clips and video clips are slow coming out (like the video will do a few frames, then stop for a few seconds, then go on, and this continues throughout the whole video, and the audio for the video doesnt match whats going on in the video)

When i push it to 3.06 GHz, the boot screen and everything else that should be displayed on the monitor wont show up, even though the motherboard is on and running.

I have gotten it to work at 2.76 GHz but cant get any farther past that.

I am running the proc at stock voltage and with a stock heatsink.

Whats going wrong? Is it my voltage?
 
Doesnt anybody have an answer?? There have got to be plenty of IC7-MAX3 owners out there!

C'mon!:(
 
Try locking your agp/pci to 66/33. Also, raise the vcore and ram voltages a little.
 
Originally posted by wordomouf123

When i push it to 3.06 GHz, the boot screen and.......
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OK i dint know you could even OC a 2.4 that high. And if your boot screen doesnt show up means your system cant handle it right? Its what my friend told me; "If your computer doesnt boot and it is not stable, then it cant handle the OC". Did you adjust the FBS 2 match ur video card? or maby there are other causes of the video problem, i dont know.
 
I think your problem is that you're OCing too far with your stock HSF. You'll have to fork out more cash for a better cooling solution than the stock Intel HSF. Also, how many watts is your PSU and what are your memory timings/voltage? 2.4s can reach 3ghz no problem--as long as you have the hardware to support it.

Reduce your vcore back to normal--until you get better cooling. Raising the vcore will only generate more heat from the cpu, and your HSF are already pushed beyond their capacities at >2.76ghz.
 
but i read somewhere that somebody else had a 2.4C at stock voltage and stock cooling at 3.2GHz
 
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