Ok, I started here (http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1804). Then I went on to increase the FSB in the bios by 5mhz. The bios showed the FSB at 200mhz. I was able to reach 210 successfully without issues. When I increased it to 215mhz, the system was unstable. So, I took some advice from the site above about increasing the voltage slightly in the memory, then chipset, then cpu core but the system was never able to become stable at 215mhz FSB. My question is ... Am I done overclocking? Is there anything else to adjust to be able to get above 210mhz? I used ClockGen and I've so far been stable at 214mhz on that but that doesnt change the bios settings. http://hosting03.imagecross.com/ima...

The a64 does not use a FSB like the pentium 4 class cpu`s. Your article was using the p4 for the model. Try to search athlon 64 overclocking as you will need to understand Amd`s bus and how it works. I could tell you what to set but I think from your post you would like to understand what you are doing. Post back if you want actual settings.

"Am I Done O'Cing?" You haven't even begun. What you did was raise the CPU frequency from 200MHz to 215MHz. What you didn't do was adjust all the other frequencies (HT, RAM, PCIe, PCI) to compensate. That's why the system became unstable. Lower the HT to 4x (800MHz), lower the RAM to 166MHz (333MHz), lock the PCIe x16 at 100MHz, lock the PCI at 33MHz, disable Cool 'n' Quiet, disable all Spread Spectrum settings. After doing that, start raising the CPU frequency in 5-10MHz increments...try to hit 250MHz. A slight CPU voltage increase *may* be required but don't bump it up unless absolutely necessary. "If my answers frighten you then you should cease asking scary questions" - Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) in Pulp Fiction

Here are the options in my BiOS under GENiE CONFiG. Which I assume are the only ones I'll use when O'Cing. DRAM CONFIG FSB BUS CONFIG LDT/FSB FREQ RATIO LDT BUS TRANSFER WIDTH CPU/FSB FREQ RATIO PCI EXPRESS RATIO K8 COOL N' QUIET SUPPORT CPU VID STARTUP VALUE CPU VID CONTROL CPU VID SPECIAL CONTROL LDT VOLT CONFIG CHIIPSET VOLT CONFIG DRAM VOLT CONFIG In the DRAM CONFIG section I was able to adjust the DRAM to 166MHz. I was not able to find "HT" anywhere in the BiOS. Could this have a different name? http://hosting03.imagecross.com/ima...

"Could this have a different name?" HT (HyperTransport) is the same as LDT (Lightning Data Transport) so check your options for LDT/FSB FREQ RATIO. You should set it to either 4x, x4 or 800MHz, depending on what the choices are. If you can get the CPU frequency up to 250MHz, the CPU will run at 2.75GHz, the RAM at approx 195MHz & the HT bus at 1000MHz. If it's stable at that speed, see if you can take the CPU freq to 260MHz. That would put the CPU at 2.86GHz, RAM at approx 204MHz & HT/LDT bus at 1040MHz. "If my answers frighten you then you should cease asking scary questions" - Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) in Pulp Fiction

Ok. Will try later in the day and post my results. Thanks to you both for speedy replies and expert opinions. http://hosting03.imagecross.com/ima...

I maxed out at 215. I tried increasing voltages but the system never stabilized at anything over 215. I guess there are some conflicts in settings I should tinker with. I just don't want to keep upping voltages anymore. http://hosting03.imagecross.com/ima...