The stepping on my 1800+ is AGKGA...anyone know if this is a good overclocker? Anyone had a lot of luck with it?
I unlocked it once, and it worked beautifully! Now it's working, but only stock multiplier. Reason unkown, bridges still look in perfect condition. Redoing it right now...
I just re-unlocked the multipliers and everything seems to be working ok. kinda strange though, my 13x is my 12.5, and 14x is 5. Whatever Anyway, I got it to boot up at (12.5x133), but it just wasnt stable enough, crashing out of 3DMark2001SE within about 20sec. of benching. I lowered the multiplier to 12 and kicked it to 142FSB...nothing, 141...nothing, 140...booted all the way up to the Windows98 screen before it actually gets to the desktop then came up with a registry error screen and informed me that windows has fixed the error in the registry(thanks Microsoft ). 139...booted all the way to the desktop without any errors. Since the registry error was"fixed", it erased all the drivers for all my hardware. This includes my RAID drivers, Ti4600 drivers, ATI TV Tuner drivers...I mean everything Is this normal when playing around with overclocking trying to find a stable speed? Has anything happened to you guys/girls out there like this? I assumed that it was just a normal thing...
I have my computer set at 12x139 right now for a speed of 1668MHz. Which is a little better than the stock 1533. Although i achieved a stable OC to 1633MHz by simply changing the FSB. That was using the stock multplier, which is in my specs below.
Makes me wonder why I even wanted to unlock this in the first place???
Not sure if I want to try insane FSB speeds with a low multiplier or not. What do you guys think? Would it be too hard on my IDE and PCI devices? I have no 1/5 divider.
Everytime you "Cold Boot" your PC windows saves the registry. It saves up to 5 days previous and you can restore that registry version, so long as you haven't changed any major system info.
Cold boot the PC and hold either F8 or L-Ctrl down during boot up and you should get a choice screen, choose 'Command Prompt only' normally option 5
now type in 'SCANREG/RESTORE' (enter)
You then get a list of registry dates that have been saved. Highlight the appropriate date and then enter or R to restore to that state
Hopefully you will not require the above but it's worth remembering, as it can save you reformating.
If you get the failed message, It will still use the version It had before it just means something Important in the registry information has change that means the older registry won't work. It doesn't work every time but believe me, it really does help when a driver has messed something up.
Remember, that settings you have changed after the registry date you are backing up to will be reset to that registry date and time. good luck.
Your right Justintime , I'm sitting at 1668MHz(12x139) right now and "seems" stable. I was hoping that this chip would go to at least 1700Mhz or more. This is kinda pathetic. Oh well! Didnt know what I was looking for when I bought this chip 3 months ago anyway. I'm thinking about getting ahold of an AGOGA 1900+, but not too sure yet. I really want to build another system... Maybe with an Assus A7V333 mobo, with Crucial PC2700DDR and the AGOGA chip.
Must hold back...not worth the money spent, since the Hammer is just around the corner. I want to get this running as fast as possible!
Maxout , thanks for tip, I'm sure I'll find that useful quite often! I'm working on my A+ certification, and I hope to come across things like that to make life easier. It's a long road ahead, but must keep learning...everything just changes so fast! To think... a year and a half ago I didnt know anything!
Whenever I start playing with overclocking\driver changes\etc.. I do a full Norton Ghost backup.. that way if something goes wrong I can be right back where I started in about 15mins...
If you don't trust the Windows registry backup, you could always open regedit manually and export the entire registry to a file (do this before overclocking anything, obviously). That way you can boot to safe mode and restore your saved registry if you fubar it through overclocking. Make sure you didn't disable scanreg from within msconfig, otherwise Windows doesn't do the automated backups. For hardcore overclocking, you might want to try a WinNT based OS like Win2000 or WinXP as they seem to handle high speeds better. But some have had better luck win Win98... You'll find that most of the best overclocks on any processor (Intel or AMD) have been done in a WinNT based OS.
I have an AGKGA 1600+. I can run at 1.67GHz with 1.83v, but its not the most stable. Can't run 3dmark or prime95 . However, I run at 1.61GHz (11.5x140) with 1.83v, and its stable as a rock no matter how many times I run 3dmark or anything else. I've been considering going watercooling, but I think 1.61GHz is enough for me for now. My next upgrades are to DDR and a new super-quiet Seagate Barracuda, since my WD 15.3gb is the only thing making noise now that my 7200RPM DragonOrb3 is running at 5v, 3000RPM. Its inaudible and still keeps temps below 38*C under normal usage
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Seagate Barracuda's are nice. I got the 60GB Barracuda IV disk, since my IBM 60GXP had a spak-attack. It is quieter than my IBM disk for sure. If only I didn't have my PC case on the table, I guess I would hardly hear a thing from it.
Oh, and get this, my old IBM 60GXP does work fine when upside down. Anyone ever had that? I realised this after ordering the Barracuda, so the 60GXP has gone in my old system, upside down of course Thanks IBM, for making such a retarded drive. Maybe it was because I ran it for more than 8 hours a day
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Anyway, I got it to boot up at (12.5x133), but it just wasnt stable enough, crashing out of 3DMark2001SE within about 20sec. of benching. I lowered the multiplier to 12 and kicked it to 142FSB...nothing, 141...nothing, 140...booted all the way up to the Windows98 screen before it actually gets to the desktop then came up with a registry error screen and informed me that windows has fixed the error in the registry(thanks Microsoft
Is this normal when playing around with overclocking trying to find a stable speed? Has anything happened to you guys/girls out there like this? I assumed that it was just a normal thing...
. However, I run at 1.61GHz (11.5x140) with 1.83v, and its stable as a rock no matter how many times I run 3dmark or anything else. I've been considering going watercooling, but I think 1.61GHz is enough for me for now. My next upgrades are to DDR and a new super-quiet Seagate Barracuda, since my WD 15.3gb is the only thing making noise now that my 7200RPM DragonOrb3 is running at 5v, 3000RPM. Its inaudible and still keeps temps below 38*C under normal usage 
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