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Overclocking (Main Thread)

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northerncrane33 northerncrane33 Active Member
205 messages
joined Jun 2007
#961 ·
Alex Foster5 said:Can someone tell me if there's a program to bump up the processor voltage? I've scoured my entire BIOS and found nothing. If one exists, where can I get it?

Your motherboard doesn't support voltage adjustments. Besides, I don't know any software that lets you crank the voltage from within Windows...
Alex Foster5 Alex Foster5 Newcomer
8 messages
joined Jul 2007
#962 ·
Does anyone actually know where I can track down these programs? Specifically looking for AquaMark and FutureMark 3DMark.
northerncrane33 northerncrane33 Active Member
205 messages
joined Jun 2007
#963 ·
Alex Foster5 said:Does anyone actually know where I can find these programs? AquaMark, FutureMark 3DMark?

Torrents?🤔
Rebecca Parker Rebecca Parker Member
24 messages
joined Nov 2007
#964 ·
Alex Foster5 said:Does anyone actually know where I can track down these programs? Like, where can I find AquaMark or FutureMark 3DMark?

http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?id=6
boldhound8 boldhound8 Regular
437 messages
joined Oct 2007
#965 ·
You’re gonna try overclocking😲 😱

Can't even Google a program name to download it yourself.
Don't know how to bump up the voltage, and you're out here looking for some program to do it for you?!

🙄

Stop messing with stuff you don't understand before you end up frying something.😉
northerncrane33 northerncrane33 Active Member
205 messages
joined Jun 2007
#966 ·
boldhound8 said:You want to try overclocking😲 😱?

Can't even Google a program name to download it.
Don't know how to bump up the voltage, and you're looking for a program to do it for you?!

🙄

Stay away from stuff you don't understand before you screw something up.😉

👍 👍 👍
Alex Foster5 Alex Foster5 Newcomer
8 messages
joined Jul 2007
#967 ·
boldhound8 said:So you're planning on overclocking😲 😱?

You can't even manage to Google the names of software programs and download them.
You don't know how to bump up the voltage, and yet you're out here hunting for a program to do it for you?!

🙄

Stay away from things you clearly don't understand before you end up doing something incredibly stupid.😉

Whoa, slow down there with the attitude... maybe learn how to type properly before you try lecturing me.

And I'm dying to hear your brilliant suggestion on how I should adjust my voltage—there's nothing in the BIOS. > told me my motherboard doesn't support it, and nobody seems to know which software actually works. Pretty smart of you, aren't you?
Rebecca Parker Rebecca Parker Member
24 messages
joined Nov 2007
#968 ·
Alex Foster5 said:Whoa, hold on. Don't start acting like a genius right away... maybe learn how to type properly before you try lecturing me!!!

And I’m just dying to know—how exactly would you suggest I change the voltage? It's not even an option in my BIOS... northerncrane33 already told me my motherboard doesn't support it... and does anyone actually know a software for it?????? MR. SMART GUY.

I posted a link above. Just download the benchmarks. There are plenty of other utilities used for overclocking, so maybe you'll find something that actually works for you.
Alex Foster5 Alex Foster5 Newcomer
8 messages
joined Jul 2007
#969 ·
Andrew Fox74 said:I sent you that link above. Go ahead and download those benchmarks. There are plenty of other utilities out there used for overclocking too, so hopefully one of them turns out to be useful for you.

Well, thanks,,,
Nicole James Nicole James Regular
313 messages
joined Dec 2010
#970 ·
Hey everyone, I could really use some advice here.

Here is my current setup:

Processor... Intel Core 2 Duo E4400
Motherboard... Asus P5N-e
Memory... Transcend JM667qlj-1g, two 1GB sticks at 557 MHz
Graphics... ATI x1300xt
Hard Drive... two Western Digital Caviar 160 GB drives in RAID0
Power Supply... Antec Basiq 500W
Cooling... stock cooler on the processor, plus two case fans

So... I've been reading online that people are pushing these processors past 3 GHz, but for some reason, mine just won't run stably above 2.55 GHz (with the Front Side Bus at 1020). Once I go beyond that, my Everet stability test hangs after only a few minutes—and if I try to push the Front Side Bus to 1100, it refuses to even boot. Interestingly, if I push it to 1200, it boots up, but Windows won't fully load—it just hits a black screen and stays completely frozen. My temperatures are sitting around 41°C, so I don't think heat is the issue here. I even tried bumping the core voltage up to 1.50V, but it didn't help at all. As for the memory, I've tried keeping it at 667 or dropping it down to 400, but nothing seems to change the outcome.

Is there some trick I'm missing, or is there a hardware bottleneck somewhere? Or did I just end up with a dud processor that's being stubborn?
northerncrane33 northerncrane33 Active Member
205 messages
joined Jun 2007
#971 ·
You really think the FSB can hit 1020???
Stability tests: run Prime95 or Orthos....
Check the temps using Core temp at 0.94 or SpeedFan
Nicole James Nicole James Regular
313 messages
joined Dec 2010
#972 ·
The FSB is at 1020—and by that, I mean the actual FSB clock speed (255 base clock × 4).

I've been checking stability using the Everest test, though I just realized that most people usually lean on different tools for this kind of thing... Regardless, it's pretty obvious the system wasn't holding up, since Windows kept crashing on me every thirty minutes to an hour or so.
granitehound202 granitehound202 Member
17 messages
joined May 2007
#973 ·
boldhound8 said:You’re gonna try overclocking😲 😱

You don't even know how to Google a program's name and download it!
You clearly have no idea how to bump up the voltage, yet you're out here hunting for a program to do it for you?!

🙄

Just stay away from stuff you don't understand before you end up making a huge mistake.😉

Look, he can only really mess things up if he cranks up the voltage... honestly, he could probably overclock for a hundred years without touching the voltage and he definitely won't "fry" anything that way!
northerncrane33 northerncrane33 Active Member
205 messages
joined Jun 2007
#974 ·
granitehound202 said:He can only mess things up if he cranks the voltage... he could be overclocking for 100 years without raising the voltage and he won't "fry" anything for sure.

So, what kind of rig is that in your signature anyway?😲 😲 😲
The first part of your signature is👍 🙏 ,though you'll probably just end up deleting this signature too.
ruggedcanyon90 ruggedcanyon90 Newcomer
1 message
joined Jul 2007
#975 ·
Here’s my current rig: AMD Athlon64 3000+ (running at 2000), integrated Nvidia 6100 256, 1GB DDR2 800MHz RAM, an Asus DVD burner, and an 80GB Western Digital hard drive. 😎 It’s running fine, haven't even messed with any overclocking yet... it's pretty much fresh.

Now, about the old one: AMD Athlon XP 1800 (actually hits 1500), 512MB DDR RAM, DVD-ROM, CD burner, 40GB Maxtor, and an Nvidia 6600 GS 256. And get this—I actually tried some overclocking on it and managed to bump the processor up to 2100MHz (it was stable at 1750)... but it didn't last long. The motherboard just died on me out of nowhere. It gets power, sure, but won't boot... just keeps throwing that "CPU Fan not working properly" error. Whatever, at least I picked up a new MB.

Check it out:

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/...me=GA-M61PM-S2
Steven Scott10 Steven Scott10 Newcomer
4 messages
joined Oct 2021
#976 ·
My rig:
CPU: DualCore Intel Core 2 duo E4300 1800MHz & 2656MHz
MBO: MBO ASROCK 4COREDUAL-VSTA
RAM: 2 x RAM PC-5300, 1024MB, DDR2, Crucial 667 MHz
HDD: WD160 GB SATA , WDC 200 GB SATA
VGA: Sapphire Radeon X1650 Pro AGP 256MB
Power Supply: CHIEFTEC 400W, 12cm fan, ATX2 ver 2.0
OS: Microsoft Windows
Other: LCD TV Samsung SM940MW Wide LEADTEK WinFast TV2000 XP Expert Creative Audigy 2 Platinium ex en ....

Does anyone on this forum happen to be running the same CPU and motherboard combo? This ASROCK 4COREDUAL-VSTA is... honestly, it's garbage. I only picked it up because I wanted to keep using my old Radeon card from a previous build. The highest FSB clock goes from 297MHz to 2673MHz.
You can't even adjust the CPU voltage on this thing.
Current status: overclocking
Processor Information:
Processor DualCore Intel Core 2 duo E4300
Core Conroe-2M CPU
CPU stepping L2
L2 Engineering Sample Yes
CPUID (processor name) Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 4300 @ 1.80GHz
CPUID revision 000006F2h
Core Voltage 1.325 V

CPU Speed:
Processor Speed 2655.8 MHz (original: 1800 MHz, overclock: 48%)
CPU Multiplier 9.0x
CPU FSB 295.1 MHz (original: 200 MHz, overclock: 48%)
Memory Bus 295.1 MHz
DRAM:FSB ratio 1:1

CPU Cache:
L1 instruction cache 32 KB per core
L1 data cache 32 KB per core
L2 cache 2 MB (On-Die, ASC, Full-Speed)

Motherboard Information:
Motherboard ID 63-131-0000010-00101111-013007-VIA$4CDVT131_4COREDUAL-VSTA BiOS P1.40
Motherboard Model ASRock 4CoreDual-VSTA (4 PCI, 1 PCI-E x16, 1 AGP, 2 DDR DIMM, 2 DDR2 DIMM, Audio, LAN)

Chipset Information:
Motherboard Chipset via Apollo PT880
Memory Timings 4-4-4-12 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS)
Command Rate (CR) 2T

SPD Memory Modules:
DIMM1: Micron Tech. 8HTF12864AY-667E1 1 GB DDR2-667 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-15 @ 333 MHz) (4-4-4-12 @ 266 MHz) (3-3-3-9 @ 200 MHz)
DIMM3: Micron Tech. 8HTF12864AY-667E1 1 GB DDR2-667 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-15 @ 333 MHz) (4-4-4-12 @ 266 MHz) (3-3-3-9 @ 200 MHz)

BIOS Information:
System BIOS Release Date 01/30/07
Video BIOS Release Date 08/03/06
BIOS DMI Version P1.40

Graphics Processor Information:
Graphics Card Sapphire Radeon X1650 Pro
GPU Code Name RV530 (AGP 8x 1002 / 71C6, Rev 00)
GPU Core Clock 594 MHz (original: 600 MHz)
Memory Frequency 688 MHz (original: 700 MHz)
wiredmarlin5 wiredmarlin5 Newcomer
2 messages
joined Apr 2009
#977 ·
Man, you really pushed that processor through some serious overclocking, especially when you consider that motherboard is honestly kind of a joke...

If you were running a decent board like a DS3, you’d easily have that CPU hitting well over 3.2GHz...
northerncrane33 northerncrane33 Active Member
205 messages
joined Jun 2007
#978 ·
wiredmarlin5 said:You did a hell of a job overclocking that CPU, considering the motherboard you're using is absolute garbage.

With a decent board like a DS3, that processor would have hit well over 3.2GHz.

Yeah, true, but look at the CPU overclock percentage; 48%!!!!
That chip is insane. 🙏 🙏 🙏
wiredmarlin5 wiredmarlin5 Newcomer
2 messages
joined Apr 2009
#979 ·
northerncrane33, when are you finally going to pull the trigger on a purchase? I mean, seriously, can't you put together a decent setup for about 4k these days?...
northerncrane33 northerncrane33 Active Member
205 messages
joined Jun 2007
#980 ·
wiredmarlin5 said:northerncrane33, when are you actually buying? You think you can pull a whole rig together for $400?

I'm seriously thinking about it. Been looking at parts for three months now.🙄😳
Here's the plan:
E4400
Gigabyte P35-DS3
2GB Kingmax
Gigabyte x1950pro
Chieftec 550W.......

If you think I need to swap something out, just say so.
I'll probably pick it up at Best Buy or Micro Center.👎

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