Trouble with OC

[markt435]

So I'ma start off by saying yes this is an ECS board...blah blah blah. I know its a piece, you don't have to tell me that. With that out of the way I can continue this lol. Specs are in sig btw.

For overclocking you don't get much. Not a surprise there. But we do get one option, for a 333 fsb. That would bump up the e6300 to a 2.3 or so. Problem is, when I do it, the comp wont post at all. I was thinkin maybe it was the RAM, so I upped the voltage by .15 which is currently the max. Still no dice. So I left that at .15 above normal. Next I tried the vcore...raised it by .15 as well. Still nothing. It can't be the proc...we know that. So it has to be the RAM or the mobo....is just that shitty.

But, as I was looking around google for reviews of the board I came across one that said they bumped the speed up easily. I forget which ram they used but do you think if I increased the timings on the ram it would allow me to run the overclock? And if anyone has the default timings on my ram stick that would be great so I'd have a place to start.

EDIT: Found the article... http://www.sysopt.com/features/mboard/article.php/12027_3642766_3

""The competition" fell short on overclocking features, but the ECS P965T-A pales by comparison. CPU Core Voltage can only be adjusted to +0.05V, +0.10V, and +0.15V, with no other voltage settings available. Worse, there is no "fine tuning" of bus speeds, selections are 100MHz (FSB400), 133MHz (FSB533), 166MHz (FSB667), 200MHz (FSB800), 266MHz (FSB1066) and FSB333 (FSB1333). That last setting presents a significant jump for difficult cores, and was probably included only for support of future FSB1333 processors rather than as a "gift" to frugal overclockers.

And so we did jump to 333MHz, and were rewarded with a 2.33GHz Core 2 Duo E6300 (up from its stock 1.86GHz). "

So its possible obviously. I'm thinkin its a RAM issue then.

 

[NordicRX8]

Your sig mentions that you have HyperX 1GB DDR2800. That's gotta be a typo.

HyperX is Kingston ram correct??? The default (SPD) timings should be on a sticker somewhere on the RAM itself or on the packaging... try loosening each setting by 1 or 2 (increasing the value).

Yes, good thing you mentioned that fact that you KNOW that ECS is a "budget" (not overclocker friendly) motherboard, otherwise this thread would have had a dozen posts telling you how crappy ECS is for overclocking.

Good Luck.... and get a new motherboard!!!!

 

[markt435]

You don't know how much I wish I could get a new board. Money is too tight right now. That and another stick of ram. Yeah its kingston ram. And its no typo. Its rated for DDR2 800...I found out the default timings are 5-5-5-15. Anyway, I tried to lower the mem speed and up the FSB setting but it didn't work. So its either the BIOS or RAM...and I no think its the ram. But its just odd that a review said it was easily done. If its easily done and I have ram that was the same rated speed in the review, then it should post and be completely stable. Maybe if i flash the BIOS again? It would make me soooo happy if I can squeeze as much performance out of this board as I can but its lookin like I can't which bllooooooowssss.