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Post by TRow on May 12, 2005 18:22:45 GMT -5
Did you install CPUFSB9 or CPUFSB? The version I use is the CPUFSB.exe or CPUFSB, where CPUFSB9 is actually CPUCool.
You may also consider that you system cant support those speeds, or you need to disable a bunch of stuff running in the background.
T.RoW
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Post by stevogabe on May 12, 2005 21:49:33 GMT -5
Okay i'm really confused( i know u think i'm a dumb ass by now) i HAVE to have an ide drive, right? Then i can use that cpucool u sent me right? Right now when i try to overlcok, my pc frrezes before i can restart( stops responding) 5 seconds after i click click use frequency 1 in cpu cool and click set new frequency, i click ok and then 5 second later , it all stops reponding. try increasing in small incraments. like from 3.19 to 3.25. i remember when i did a big jump i fried my memory so be CAREFUL and dont OC too much. i went from 3.2-3.6 and everything shutdown.
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Post by crusier on May 13, 2005 13:41:38 GMT -5
IDE ONLY ON THE SYSTEM.....no sata even connected....use the fine adjustment.....you might try looking at the PLL pdf manual to get an idea of the timmings and there tight/loose specifications.
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Post by 303dreams on Sept 6, 2005 14:32:57 GMT -5
tried it on my gen 1 works like a charm, was running system at 3.2 ghz for over an hour playing bf2 with my radeon 9800 oc'd as well... game ran AMAZING thanks for the tip! so nice to oc a dell finally!
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Post by onion on Mar 22, 2006 12:59:12 GMT -5
I am reviving this dead thread..as I had no luck oc'n when I was running bios ao4, no matter what drive config I tried. So I updated to ao6 and had luck..bad luck or good luck you decide. I will let the screens speak for me. This is what I had to do to get any clocking abilities at all And here are the smokin results..fasten your seatbelts Anything over 202.50 FSB and wham bam crash. SO does anyone want to opine on this year old thread revived. I sure would like to get a little more than these numbers. Take Care all and Thanks
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Post by crusier on Mar 22, 2006 16:42:01 GMT -5
Connect and boot from an ide hdd drive and have the sata hdds disabled in bios when you try the overclock.
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Post by onion on May 20, 2006 19:59:53 GMT -5
Well got it done, ran 3dmark 03 and not much improvement. I guess I expected more. Ima run 06 next. Cpu temp rose 2°c.
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Post by crusier on May 21, 2006 22:52:59 GMT -5
Did you do a soft restart of xp ( via selecting - start\turn off computer\restart )to get the system orientated for the new clock rate? Your also about mid way in the oc fsb range ( figure 215 min to a 233 max ). I managed a 240 on the gen1 2.8ghz here via using just one memory stick. I may yet look into a means of uping the cpu voltage. The 240 ran for awhile, but eventually crashed.
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Post by onion on May 22, 2006 2:46:34 GMT -5
Did you do a soft restart of xp ( via selecting - start\turn off computer\restart )to get the system orientated for the new clock rate? Your also about mid way in the oc fsb range ( figure 215 min to a 233 max ). I managed a 240 on the gen1 2.8ghz here via using just one memory stick. I may yet look into a means of uping the cpu voltage. The 240 ran for awhile, but eventually crashed. Yes I did a restart. At 219 I get no lockups until I run prime95. Im runnin 4 sticks of ram so I will mess with that and see what happens.
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Post by cloudstrife8 on Jun 11, 2006 12:38:12 GMT -5
How bad does this hurt your comp at the end of the day. Are there any more changes I can make that wouldn't hurt it to much and how? Anyway to increase the ram's speed? It's supposed to be at 400 as it's ddr 3200.
Currently oced to
CPU: 3436 MHZ or 3.4 GHZ Bus: 214.8 FSB: 859.1 Ram Speed: 214.8
Dell xps gen 2
CPU : P4 Northwood with HT 3.2 GHZ at 3.4 Ram: 1024 MB 2X512 Infineon (hopefully to be replaced with 2 1 gig sticks of xms ram) HDS: 2 Maxtors 1 80 gig 1 60 both IDE Video: EVGA Geforce FX 5700 Ultra 128 mb DDR 3 AGP (Hopefully replaced with GEForce 7800 GS 256 MB AGP)
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Post by crusier on Jun 13, 2006 16:09:56 GMT -5
Your memory is already oc'd as can be seen in your posted data. CPU: 3436 MHZ or 3.4 GHZ Bus: 214.8 FSB: 859.1 Ram Speed: 214.8 The PCxxxx is four times the FSB: 859.1 value as the memory is DDR and the memory is quad pumped. In regards to possible consequences of oc'g, it's a personal judgement call on the part of the user. If you go for higher performance memory your better off replacing any memory already in the system and the xps may have issues resulting in lower memory settigns being applied. It has to do with the SPD data on the memory sticks and how the bios decodes and applys it.
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Post by onion on Aug 20, 2006 7:26:55 GMT -5
Update time! I switched OC'ing utilities to Setfsb. www13.plala.or.jp/setfsb/I have had much better results. For one you do not have to restart for the FSB change to take effect. Two, Clock is stable at 229 FSB. Crusier you are right about 233 being the limit. Anytime FSB fluctuated above 233 system would lock. So I set FSB at 229 and that keeps it stable. Another thing I did was drop to 1gig of RAM and used slots 2 and 4 it seems to work better,don't know why. I also use SYSTool to set RAM timings. www.techpowerup.com/systool/Here are some screens.
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Post by crusier on Aug 20, 2006 19:41:26 GMT -5
Tighter timmings than the usual dell stock 8-3-3-3 will likely cause more issues when overclocking than running them stock or even increasing them somewhat. As I understand it the memory timmings are set in the chipset during the bios startup per the bios interpretation of the speed data in the memory sticks and is then locked up tight with the key thrown away until the system is power cycled. To get the 240fsb to run for a bit here I went clear down to just one memory stick and took the hit on the memory performance (I think I also ran a pci video card). Be aware that using means other than fine tunning will likely have a lot of issues as the registers aren't available in the 601 chip. If you have a good tech around you could look into having the timming chip changed out to a compatable one that does support all the timming options. There are some programs around that will alow you to rewrite the spd data in the memory sticks and they come with big warnings. I also saw something way back on thresholds existing on the fsb settings which came into play for some systems. The 229 your running should make for a noticeably more responsive system. I've though of looking into the dell xps gen1/2 overclocking a bit more, but haven't taken the bait so far. It'd likely be much easier to get a good overclocking motherboard and start from there ( I have looked around for one on a few occasions). To see if the timmings are actually changing make some before and after runs with a memory system latency analysis proggy.
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