Seriously Confused

**dragon2309** · 03-04-2006, 01:39 PM

Hey, im in a good mood because i am finally able to re-overclock my P4, i did it fine for ages then it wouldnt let me. Nayway, on with the strange story....

Normal core speed is 2.8Ghz, running at that for ages, tis idle is 48*c, it always has been, rises to like 51 when under slgiht load. I overclocked it, its currently on3.26Ghz, (will go further once i figure out whats going on), at 3.26Ghz, the idle temp is a cool 42*c, thats 6*c lower than at 2.8Ghz.... WTF!!!!

I use speedfan to monitor and record temps etc.. i know tis not entirley accurate so i went into BIO, left it for 5 mins and checked, !!! 42*c !!!

So incase you got confused aswell in all that rambling, at 2.8Ghz it ran at 48*c and at an overclocked 3.26Ghz, it rana t a cooler 42*c. What the hell is going on. Why is ti that when i force ti to overclock it runs cooler. LOL, it completely goes against everythign ive ever seen/learnt

dragon2309

[-0MEGA-] · 03-04-2006, 01:41 PM

Weird. It's happened to me where its the same temp whether i o'c or not.

**apj101** · 03-04-2006, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by dragon2309

Hey, im in a good mood because i am finally able to re-overclock my P4, i did it fine for ages then it wouldnt let me. Nayway, on with the strange story....

Normal core speed is 2.8Ghz, running at that for ages, tis idle is 48*c, it always has been, rises to like 51 when under slgiht load. I overclocked it, its currently on3.26Ghz, (will go further once i figure out whats going on), at 3.26Ghz, the idle temp is a cool 42*c, thats 6*c lower than at 2.8Ghz.... WTF!!!!

I use speedfan to monitor and record temps etc.. i know tis not entirley accurate so i went into BIO, left it for 5 mins and checked, !!! 42*c !!!

So incase you got confused aswell in all that rambling, at 2.8Ghz it ran at 48*c and at an overclocked 3.26Ghz, it rana t a cooler 42*c. What the hell is going on. Why is ti that when i force ti to overclock it runs cooler. LOL, it completely goes against everythign ive ever seen/learnt

dragon2309

this process is never an exact science, and wired things can happen. Are we sure that we had 48 idle at 2.8? and vcore changes?

**dragon2309** · 03-04-2006, 01:50 PM

no vcore changes took place, my board isnt good enough for that, lol. and yes, i am very VERY sure it was 48*c, i even checked that in the BIOS aswell, i un-overclocked it and checked it, 48 down to 42 is really strange.

I have an Arctic Cooling Super Silent Ultra 4 on there,but it hasnt got any feature that speeds it up or anything, its the same speed all the time.

dragon2309

ro0kie · 03-07-2006, 05:26 AM

hows the potential on that processor??? I'm thinking about getting a P4 2.8Ghz 478 NorthwoodC w/HT. I heard their quite the overclockers. anyways sorry i cant help you with your prob but js wanted to know how the proc was.

fade2green514 · 03-07-2006, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by [-0MEGA-]

Weird. It's happened to me where its the same temp whether i o'c or not.

then your temp measurements are wrong.. theyre inaccurate depending on the board and such... flukes happen.
edit: same thing for the 48-->42 on o/c, could be an inaccurate reading... or maybe the o/c effected the thermometer thingy

fade2green514 · 03-07-2006, 01:21 PM

hey omega didn't you have an athlon 64 3200+? whats with the old sempron that it seems you've switched to?

**apj101** · 03-07-2006, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by fade2green514

then your temp measurements are wrong.. theyre inaccurate depending on the board and such... flukes happen.
edit: same thing for the 48-->42 on o/c, could be an inaccurate reading... or maybe the o/c effected the thermometer thingy

its a possibility, i could except a drop of 1-2 degrees and put it down to yet another strange oc phenomina, but a 6 degree drop. Truth is i have no idea why

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dragon2309 P.I Dragon Join Date: May 2005 Location: KENT, UK Age: 20 Posts: 8,679	Seriously Confused - STRANGE!!! Hey, im in a good mood because i am finally able to re-overclock my P4, i did it fine for ages then it wouldnt let me. Nayway, on with the strange story.... Normal core speed is 2.8Ghz, running at that for ages, tis idle is 48c, it always has been, rises to like 51 when under slgiht load. I overclocked it, its currently on3.26Ghz, (will go further once i figure out whats going on), at 3.26Ghz, the idle temp is a cool 42c, thats 6c lower than at 2.8Ghz.... WTF!!!! I use speedfan to monitor and record temps etc.. i know tis not entirley accurate so i went into BIO, left it for 5 mins and checked, !!! 42c !!! So incase you got confused aswell in all that rambling, at 2.8Ghz it ran at 48c and at an overclocked 3.26Ghz, it rana t a cooler 42c. What the hell is going on. Why is ti that when i force ti to overclock it runs cooler. LOL, it completely goes against everythign ive ever seen/learnt dragon2309 __________________ Intel Core2Duo E6600 @ 3.1Ghz - (__CPU__) eVGA 680i SLi - (__MOB__) 4Gb Corsair Dominator DDR2-800 (4x1024Mb) - (__RAM__) 250Gb Western Digital SATAII 7200rpm - (__HDD__) nVidia BFG 8800GTS OC 320Mb - (__GFX__) LG DVD+/-RW 18x DVD-RAM - (__OPT__) Triple Boot - [XP Pro] + [Vista Ultimate] + [Ubuntu 7.10] - (__OS__) [3DMARK'03 :: 25,587] --- [3DMARK'05 :: 13,989] --- [3DMARK'06 :: 8791] - (__BENCHMARKS__) dragon2309.co.uk - a little slice of geek

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dragon2309 P.I Dragon Join Date: May 2005 Location: KENT, UK Age: 20 Posts: 8,679	no vcore changes took place, my board isnt good enough for that, lol. and yes, i am very VERY sure it was 48c, i even checked that in the BIOS aswell, i un-overclocked it and checked it, 48 down to 42 is really strange. I have an Arctic Cooling Super Silent Ultra 4 on there,but it hasnt got any feature that speeds it up or anything, its the same speed all the time. dragon2309 __________________ Intel Core2Duo E6600 @ 3.1Ghz - (__CPU__) eVGA 680i SLi - (__MOB__)* 4Gb Corsair Dominator DDR2-800 (4x1024Mb) - (__RAM__) 250Gb Western Digital SATAII 7200rpm - (__HDD__) nVidia BFG 8800GTS OC 320Mb - (__GFX__) LG DVD+/-RW 18x DVD-RAM - (__OPT__) Triple Boot - [XP Pro] + [Vista Ultimate] + [Ubuntu 7.10] - (__OS__) [3DMARK'03 :: 25,587] --- [3DMARK'05 :: 13,989] --- [3DMARK'06 :: 8791] - (__BENCHMARKS__) dragon2309.co.uk - a little slice of geek

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03-07-2006, 05:26 AM	#5 (permalink)
ro0kie banned Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 231	hows the potential on that processor??? I'm thinking about getting a P4 2.8Ghz 478 NorthwoodC w/HT. I heard their quite the overclockers. anyways sorry i cant help you with your prob but js wanted to know how the proc was.