Airwolf
Latter Alcoholic
+287|7176|Scotland
Ok, so I've got an Intel 6400. Hooah.


I wanted to overclock, and I can get the CPU to run at 2.867GHz, but after that it doesn't want to boot up.

What it says is that it "...is an improper boot device, please insert the boot device and press any key"




After contemplating on this, it turns out the BIOS doesn't actually register my hdd after 2.867GHz. Is this just an overclocking limit (Stock 2.13GHz) or is this a mobo or hdd problem? or could it be ram? (667MHz)



Any help is appreciated


Wolf
Jussimies
Finnish commander whore
+76|7040|Finland
I have no idea I bought 62 € zalman just to release that there is no option in BIOS to increase fsb or multiplier.
Marlboroman82
Personal philosophy: Clothing optional.
+1,022|7079|Camp XRay

probably a combo of both, move it down slightly to it boots properly then run prime 95 on it. repeat this process till you find a stable pt.
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Airwolf
Latter Alcoholic
+287|7176|Scotland
nah, it runs absolutely fine at 2.867GHz. Just wanna go beyond that but can't somehow
Marlboroman82
Personal philosophy: Clothing optional.
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[E.F.L]Airwolf wrote:

nah, it runs absolutely fine at 2.867GHz. Just wanna go beyond that but can't somehow
probably the max your board/ram can handle. oh well take a look at either a custom bios for your board or one of the dfi boards because they are great for overclocking.
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Airwolf
Latter Alcoholic
+287|7176|Scotland
I like the idea of custom BIOS.


lol, any good sites for that stuff?
Fancy_Pollux
Connoisseur of Fine Wine
+1,306|7102
You need to raise the voltage.
Marlboroman82
Personal philosophy: Clothing optional.
+1,022|7079|Camp XRay

what board do u have
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King_County_Downy
shitfaced
+2,791|7053|Seattle

Better yet, what broad do you have? hmm? j/k

Can you set it manually with the multipliers on the mobo? I'm on crack.
Sober enough to know what I'm doing, drunk enough to really enjoy doing it
Airwolf
Latter Alcoholic
+287|7176|Scotland
Asus P5LD2. No letters on the end, coz there's so many variants, just P5LD2.


Yes pollux, I have indeed tried that, because the stock voltage is 1.3v, even raised it to 1.45v. No change
Masques
Black Panzer Party
+184|7178|Eastern PA
Could be the CPU. Some batches OC better than others.
Kmar
Truth is my Bitch
+5,695|7057|132 and Bush

What are your temps?
Xbone Stormsurgezz
Agent_Dung_Bomb
Member
+302|7192|Salt Lake City

If your board supports it, make sure that the PCI & PCI-e bus speeds are locked.  I've seen this happen because the board doesn't lock these buses, and as you increase the FSB speed, it takes the other buses out of spec with it.  Hard drives don't usually tolerate too much before you start getting errors, and it would seem SATA drives are even less tolerant.
The Stillhouse Kid
Licensed Televulcanologist
+126|7098|Deep In The South Of Texas
You probably need to run your RAM on a divider, otherwise it's speed is going above what it can handle.
kylef
Gone
+1,352|6949|N. Ireland
But PCI-E Frequency to 100Hz

What is your FSB at the moment? Raise your cVore and Northbrdige core if all else fails..
CrazeD
Member
+368|7129|Maine
It's because when you over clock the FSB, you are also over clocking every component on the mother board, unless there are locked buses. Set the PCI bus to 66MHz, see if that helps. You can quite easily get data corruption on your hard drive from over clocking, so be warned.
Airwolf
Latter Alcoholic
+287|7176|Scotland

CrazeD wrote:

It's because when you over clock the FSB, you are also over clocking every component on the mother board, unless there are locked buses. Set the PCI bus to 66MHz, see if that helps. You can quite easily get data corruption on your hard drive from over clocking, so be warned.
This is the normal bus speed for PCI yeah? I'll give it a go

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