Newbie P4 OC Help
Ok so parts arrived today.
Gonna probably fit em on friday after work rather than rush it during the week.
So can anybody tell me what exactly i should be looking out for in the Bios.
Also ive got windows xp pro lite
Will this install on my SATA hard drive without having to make drivers disks etc ?
Thanks
Gonna probably fit em on friday after work rather than rush it during the week.
So can anybody tell me what exactly i should be looking out for in the Bios.
Also ive got windows xp pro lite
Will this install on my SATA hard drive without having to make drivers disks etc ?
Thanks
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with reard to the bios, what mobo is it again?
Id say, get it up and running first, then comeback for more help
XP lite --> if has sp2 your fine -> if not, you'll need a driver floppy to install as windows won't see you HDD
did you get the akasa PSU or the Tagan one?
You only wanted 3.0Ghz out of your 2.8 right?
options in your Bios
Set your agp or pci or both to 33mhz/66mhz respectivly
Then increase your FSB(front side bus) 5Mhz at a time
Starting point is 200 = set to 205 then boot into windows
test with prime95 --> ok --> back to your bios, increase by 5mhz and do same
Keep doing this until pc won't reboot or unstable
Then you can add a little vcore voltage (little bit @ a time)
Watch your temps when you do this (voltages add more heat than Freq)
Keep temps below 55c if you can and 60c is your max
When you have found your stable max --> post back with some screenshots
There is also the black magic side of overclocking!
Others will post to help with this
Id say, get it up and running first, then comeback for more help
XP lite --> if has sp2 your fine -> if not, you'll need a driver floppy to install as windows won't see you HDD
did you get the akasa PSU or the Tagan one?
You only wanted 3.0Ghz out of your 2.8 right?
options in your Bios
Set your agp or pci or both to 33mhz/66mhz respectivly
Then increase your FSB(front side bus) 5Mhz at a time
Starting point is 200 = set to 205 then boot into windows
test with prime95 --> ok --> back to your bios, increase by 5mhz and do same
Keep doing this until pc won't reboot or unstable
Then you can add a little vcore voltage (little bit @ a time)
Watch your temps when you do this (voltages add more heat than Freq)
Keep temps below 55c if you can and 60c is your max
When you have found your stable max --> post back with some screenshots
There is also the black magic side of overclocking!
Others will post to help with this
--> CALL IN SICKGonna probably fit em on friday after work rather than rush it during the week
So there are the drivers i will need right ?
http://support.wdc.com/download/?cxml=n&pid=1&swid=10
I got the Tagan PSU and the Mobo is an asus P4P800-x
How long do you recomend i run the stress test for with prime 95 and what should the FSB be at for me to reach 3.0 or thereabouts.
Thanks mate you been really helpful
http://support.wdc.com/download/?cxml=n&pid=1&swid=10
I got the Tagan PSU and the Mobo is an asus P4P800-x
How long do you recomend i run the stress test for with prime 95 and what should the FSB be at for me to reach 3.0 or thereabouts.
Thanks mate you been really helpful
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No thoose drivers are NOT for your sysem
This is what you need
http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts ... n&lang=eng
also try asus site for same drivers
copy them to a floppy
When you install XP, at the start press F6
Choose your driver and setup will continue as normal
to get 3.0Ghz from your 2.8 you only need to increase your FSB to 214Mhz!!! --> that mobo will do that easy - there should be no need to change your vcore (cpu voltage)
You should be stable at 3.0Ghz as only a 200Mhz OC,
When you run Prim95 let it run for 8hrs!!! If you only want to get 3.0Ghz, a couple of hrs whould be fine
The only thing to watch out for is your RAM, Timings might have to be increased
goto chipset in your bios, set SPD to manual and change values to 3,3,3,7
after your find your stable cpu OC, you can then lower each timing 1 @ a time, checking for stability first
Don't worry. Sound harder than actually is
I'd say get windoze installed and your cpu running @ 3.0Ghz, Then post back. People here may ask for some specs and temps, But we'll make sure your sorted!
This is what you need
http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts ... n&lang=eng
also try asus site for same drivers
copy them to a floppy
When you install XP, at the start press F6
Choose your driver and setup will continue as normal
to get 3.0Ghz from your 2.8 you only need to increase your FSB to 214Mhz!!! --> that mobo will do that easy - there should be no need to change your vcore (cpu voltage)
You should be stable at 3.0Ghz as only a 200Mhz OC,
When you run Prim95 let it run for 8hrs!!! If you only want to get 3.0Ghz, a couple of hrs whould be fine
The only thing to watch out for is your RAM, Timings might have to be increased
goto chipset in your bios, set SPD to manual and change values to 3,3,3,7
after your find your stable cpu OC, you can then lower each timing 1 @ a time, checking for stability first
Don't worry. Sound harder than actually is
I'd say get windoze installed and your cpu running @ 3.0Ghz, Then post back. People here may ask for some specs and temps, But we'll make sure your sorted!
carefull there. Venge said he has got only stock cooling on the CPU!kenc51 wrote:You should be good for upto 250Mhz (mayby more)
250FSB would give you 3.5Ghz!!!
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Well i actually bought a new CPU fan.
Its a Zalman ALcu 7000b i think
Ive been looking around other forums (not as helpful as here to be honest) for the Drivers and there is nothing on the Asus site either.
I see some ppl have said that the drivers should be on the mobo cd and i should copy them to floppy ill have to have a look when i get home.
Asus dont have anything in the manual about them either.
If all is well at 3.0 i think i might push it to 3.2 but it seems like that will take some time what with all the testing.
Its a Zalman ALcu 7000b i think
Ive been looking around other forums (not as helpful as here to be honest) for the Drivers and there is nothing on the Asus site either.
I see some ppl have said that the drivers should be on the mobo cd and i should copy them to floppy ill have to have a look when i get home.
Asus dont have anything in the manual about them either.
If all is well at 3.0 i think i might push it to 3.2 but it seems like that will take some time what with all the testing.
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That Heatsink is fine (watch temps anyway)
Me personally would try 220fsb with no extra vcore
Then test for stability, if fails prime, add a little vcore (NEVER GO ABOVE 1.55V!!) (less is more!)
That would be a good starting point...
Asus supply the drivers on their cd
You need the .dll .sys and a oemsetup.txt file (should be in a seperate folder)
Folder will be called Intel application Raid edition or something
Me personally would try 220fsb with no extra vcore
Then test for stability, if fails prime, add a little vcore (NEVER GO ABOVE 1.55V!!) (less is more!)
That would be a good starting point...
Asus supply the drivers on their cd
You need the .dll .sys and a oemsetup.txt file (should be in a seperate folder)
Folder will be called Intel application Raid edition or something
So what your saying is add 5 at a time and make sure it boots then when i get to 220 test for stability ?
And then after post the results with temps etc and see if i can go any more on it ?
Sounds good
Hopefully i will have results on friday
Providing i have no problems installing anything.
I also got some arctic silver 5 which i hear helps a little bit with cpu temps
And then after post the results with temps etc and see if i can go any more on it ?
Sounds good
Hopefully i will have results on friday
Providing i have no problems installing anything.
I also got some arctic silver 5 which i hear helps a little bit with cpu temps
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Sorry man... Just back from work..
I checked my ASUS cd.. My mobo's are p4p800 dlx and p4c800-e dlx --> p4p800 is same chipset
On my cd, Goto \Drivers\Chipset\IAA - in this folder there should be a file called "MakeDisk.exe" This as far as I know, will make a floppy for you to install with....
I use xp with SP2 already included so never needed to install SATA drivers
Mayby someone else cam jump in here to confirm?
I checked my ASUS cd.. My mobo's are p4p800 dlx and p4c800-e dlx --> p4p800 is same chipset
On my cd, Goto \Drivers\Chipset\IAA - in this folder there should be a file called "MakeDisk.exe" This as far as I know, will make a floppy for you to install with....
I use xp with SP2 already included so never needed to install SATA drivers
Mayby someone else cam jump in here to confirm?
NO (simple answer)am i screwed ?
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