Ok here goes.Currently i have my Duron oc'd to 959 at 1.85v.When i try and hit 1000,i get windows protection errors.Now i was going to buy a 1.1 t-bird and another A7V mobo,which only goes up to 1.85 without the voltage hack.If i cant even get my Duron to post unless i get more then 1.85,how will the 1.1 post?And what mobos actually go higher then that on their own without the hack?
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Duron 700@958
Hercules Prophet 2 Ultra
man i love this machine lol.miss the money though
[This message has been edited by TowerofPower (edited 01-05-2001).]
If you are getting windows protection errors than there is a good chance that you hard drive just doesn't like the high system bus. Now if you're only changin the multiplier than there should be no problem.
If you are buying a TBird 1.1 ghz than you shoudl have no prob. The TBirs default voltage is around 1.7 or 1.8 i think. That's like saying "I don't think I should upgrade to a P3 900 if my P3 450 won't even post at 700Mhz"
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-AKA 'The Tool Man"
-Case modding is a lifestyle!
-Why would you paint a duck green?
what's your cooling ?
My 600 used to be stuck on 950 with my rather crappy cooling ...
Bought me a GlobalWin FOP32-1 and 1030 MHz was no problem anymore ....
Now i got a 650 @ 1081 stable ....
get good cooling .... if you already have try to trade ur CPU ;-)
I agree with DuronDude in that cooling is usually the most overlooked part of the equation. It may be running cool enough for your purposes but not for the CPU to attain the next o/c Mhz speed. I have always found that better cooling, (and I mean quite a bit better), will enable you to go higher with stability, without any other setting changes.
I used to get windows protection error, or missing file on boot with a 1gig T-Bird trying for 1.25gigs (worked fine at 1.2gigs). I have an Abit KT7 Raid with Core voltage at 1.85v in the bios, The later revisons of this mobo give 1.91 volts when set at 1.85v (so I'm told and mine does). I have now improved my cooling quite substantially, (although on borrowed time), and 1.25Gigs is stable without any other changes including voltage as I was maxed out on voltage before.
If it is winter where you are run your PC outside for a 15 mins, then try to get higher just for a test to see if much cooler temps work. (don't take a hot PC into the cold, turn it off a cool it down first)
does anyone else have such high burst temps?
mine idles at 33* but when i play a dvd or work with photoshop (which is all the time) i get to 45-50* and up to 60* when ripping a DVD or gaming. i was looking at other people's temps and it seems they burst only about 10* about their idle.
i dont know what the name of my HS/F is but i got it from 3dfxcool.com and it came with a 80mm fan on it. my thermal paste is whatever comes from pcpowerandcooling.
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