docpowell Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 I am interested in scraping as much performance as possible out of this system and have overclocked it a little as you can see from the attached screen shots. when I bumped the CPU over 3Ghz the fsb:ram ratio jumped to 3:2. of course I have thus far only used the AI overclocking feature of my Mobo and have not set any values manualy....gladdly take any suggestions on overclocking though..cpu-2940.bmpmainboard-2940.bmpmemory-2940.bmpspd-2940.bmp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekT Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 Try these settings. By setting the dram to 266, you can find the maximum CPU overclock. Use Orthos Prime to test for stability. http://sp2004.fre3.com/beta/orthos_exe_20060420.cab Use ASUS PC ProbeII to monitor your Northwood's temperatures. Do not raise your CPU vcore higher than 1.6V and do not let the maximum core temp of your CPU reach greater than 55C. Raise your FSB by 5MHz each time you find that your system is stable. In other words, test at 225MHz and if Orthos tests stable for an hour, then raise your FSB. When Orthos returns an error, then raise your CPU Core voltage +.1v and retest while making sure that you do not raise your CPU Core voltage higher than 1.6v and that Orthos does not raise your CPU temperature on load higher than 55C. Main: IDE Configuration (Disregard these settings if you have RAID running)Onboard IDE Operate Mode: Enhanced ModeEnhanced Mode Support On: S-ATAConfigure S-ATA as RAID: NoIDE Detect Time Out: 0 Primary HD (If you don't run a RAID)Everything is at Auto except..SMART Monitoring: Disabled32Bit Transfer: Enabled Advanced: JumperFree ConfigurationAI Overclock Tuner: ManualCPU External Frequency (Mhz): 225 DRAM Frequency: 266 (Forces pc2100 and will exclude the dram from the overclock, you will get to this after you find your successful CPU overclock)AGP/PCI Frequency: 66.6/33.3CPU Vcore Voltage: 1.50 ( Try 1.50V and raise if necessary. Prime95 will show if you need to raise the Vcore.DDR Reference Voltage: Auto (Leave at "Auto" for now. When you have your overclock you can then use this to help tweak your DRAMAGP VDDQ Voltage: 1.50V (This is default. I suggest you leave this at default)Performance Mode: Auto (After you have defined your CPU and Dram speed, you can test this by setting it to "Turbo") CPU Configuration: CPUID Maximum Value Limit: Disabled (Default)Hyper Threading Technology: Enabled (For your HT Northwood) Chipset: Configure DRAM Timing by SPD: EnabledMemory Acceleration Mode: EnabledDRAM Idle Times: 16TDRAM Refresh Rate: 15.6uSecGraphics Adapter Priority: AGP/PCIGraphics Adapter Size: 128 Spread Spectrum: Disabled (Make certain you disable this)MPS Revision: 1.4 Onboard Devices Configuration: (Disable serial, parallel ports if you do not make use of them) Onboard AC'97 Audio: Auto (Disable if you use a PCI sound card)Onboard LAN: Enabled (Disable if you use a PCI NIC)Onboard LAN Boot ROM: DisabledOnboard Floppy Controller: Enabled (Disable if you do not use a floppy) PCIPnP: Plug And Play O/S: No (Only set this to Yes when Installing your OS)PCI Latency Timer: Leave at DefaultAllocate IRQ to PCI VGA: Yes (This is important)Palette Snooping: DisabledPCI IDE BusMaster: Enabled USB Configuration: USB Function: (Set this to how many USB ports you actually use)Legacy USB Support: Disabled (Unless you use a USB Keyboard/Mouse and disable when using Memtest)USB 2.0 Controller: Enabled Instant Music Configuration: Disabled Power: Suspend Mode: AutoRepost Video on S3 Resume: No (Unless your Video is garbled when coming out of standby)ACPI 2.0 Support: NoACPI APIC Support: EnabledBios->AML ACPI Table: Enabled APM Configuration: Power Management/APM: DisabledPower Button Mode: On/OffRestore on AC PowerLoss: Power OffEverything else under here is disabled by default Hardware Monitor (Take note of your temps and voltages)Q-Fan Control: Disabled (If you use a Cooling Device that does not make use of this feature, Enabled if you use the stock fan/heatsink assembly) Boot: Boot Settings ConfigurationQuick Boot: EnabledFull Screen Logo: DisabledAdd On ROM Display Mode: Force BIOSBootup Num-Lock: OnPS/2 Mouse Support: Disabled (Enable if you use a PS2 mouse)Typmatic Rate: FastBoot to OS/2: No Wait For "F1" If Error: EnabledHit "DEL" Message Display: Enabled Post your results back please :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.