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Overclocking Pentium 4 2.8C
Name: dmateer25 Date: October 23, 2004 at 09:43:55 Pacific OS: Windows XP CPU/Ram: Pentium 4 / 1 GB
Comment:
Can't seem to get my 2.8C 800 FSB processor to overclock higher than 2.9 it will just restart on me as soon as i start up windows. Can anyone give me some suggestions on numbers i should use for overclocking?
Here are my specs:
Processor - Pentium 4 2.8C 800FSB
ZALMAN CNPS7000A-Cu Pure Copper CPU Cooler with Arctic Silver 5
Name: jam Date: October 25, 2004 at 11:28:45 Pacific
Reply:
My guess would be a weak PSU. Check the amperage on the +12v rail...you should have 18A minimum, even more if you have numerous IDE devices & cooling fans. Make sure the extra 4-pin plug is connected to the motherboard
Asus A7N8X-X 1800+ @8x210mhz 512mb PC3200 Ti4200/8X 128mb WDC 60GB
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Response Number 2
Name: dmateer25 Date: October 25, 2004 at 17:49:34 Pacific
Reply:
my psu is
Antec Sl400 400 watts the amperage on on the 12v rail is max 18A
both power connectors are plugged in
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Response Number 3
Name: najitech Date: October 26, 2004 at 06:33:15 Pacific
Reply:
I have a P4 2.6c. Mine is overclocked to 3.01 and is quite stable. I have a Thermaltake Silent PurePower 420 w PSU, 512 MB of Mushkin Blue Line, MSI nVIDIA GeForce 5700 (128 MB) graphics card. Not sure why you have hit a bottleneck with your 2.8C. How about other info, e.g., memory timings, BIOS update.
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Response Number 4
Name: dmateer25 Date: October 26, 2004 at 09:52:47 Pacific
Reply:
my memory timings are
2.5-3-3-8
and i just updated the bios yesterday because i thought maybe that would help but it didnt...
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Response Number 5
Name: najitech Date: October 27, 2004 at 05:32:52 Pacific
Reply:
What is your core votage setting? My P4 2.6 has a stock setting of 1.575, but I am running mine at 1.675 with no problems.
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High CPU temperature
