IC7-MAX 3 Overclocking problems

Stevetama · 11-23-2004, 07:28 PM

Ok, I have an IC7-Max3. I used to have a WD IDE HD, and with that I can overclock fine. But i have reciently added a SATA HD, and it runs fine normally, but once I over clock the CPU it fails to read any sort of sata HD's. I have the latest bios, just updated that today... I just can't seem to find the problem.. btw, I can overclock the voltage on everything (CPU, Ram, AGP) that doesn't do anything, just upping the freq of the chip. Thanks ~Steve

**Praetor** · 11-24-2004, 04:31 AM

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and it runs fine normally, but once I over clock the CPU it fails to read any sort of sata HD's

LOL yeah ... its something many peeps havnt thought about ... the drive controllers limiting your OC capacity (actually ive run into that boundary a couple times but thats when i go for silly outrageous OCs). Not much you can do with that man ... (short of a BIOS update, trying different cables etc, stuff you would have done). Its not common that the IDE interface will cap people ... but it does happen

Stevetama · 11-24-2004, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Praetor

LOL yeah ... its something many peeps havnt thought about ... the drive controllers limiting your OC capacity (actually ive run into that boundary a couple times but thats when i go for silly outrageous OCs). Not much you can do with that man ... (short of a BIOS update, trying different cables etc, stuff you would have done). Its not common that the IDE interface will cap people ... but it does happen

I had been trying to overclock my p4 2.8 @ 3.0, and that is where it wouldn't reconize my SATA HD. So thought about what you had said about OC being silly outragious, so i tried it at 2.85 GHz and it wouldn't even boot like that! I had to clear my cmos...? After I pulled the jumper and reset it, i went back to bios and tried 2.9GHz even, and now everything is working fine. And this next part is really really weird, I have slightly increased the voltage to CPU and only over clocking at 2.9. I just built my girlfriend a computer, that has a gigabyte board and a p4 3.2 lga775 and I just beat her on CPU score and barely lost to her in Memory score, Weird how much newer her's is, but it doesn't run as good....

Stevetama · 11-24-2004, 06:31 PM

btw, i am talking about scores on PCMark, a benchmark program

**Praetor** · 11-24-2004, 06:37 PM

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I had been trying to overclock my p4 2.8 @ 3.0, and that is where it wouldn't reconize my SATA HD. So thought about what you had said about OC being silly outragious, so i tried it at 2.85 GHz and it wouldn't even boot like that!

Maybe for your hardware 200MHz is too much

4W4K3 · 11-24-2004, 07:25 PM

its got to be your SATA drive. i worked with that mobo, 2.6C, Geil PC3200...and it went to 3.2GHz no problems. he was using a regular ATA133 drive though on IDE channel...i think SATA might have bropught it to its limits. board is great for overclockign though.

**Praetor** · 11-25-2004, 03:47 AM

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...i think SATA might have bropught it to its limits. board is great for overclockign though.

Yes it does seem just to be a case of "luck-of-the-draw" with this overclock.

11-23-2004, 07:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
Stevetama Silver Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 136	IC7-MAX 3 Overclocking problems Ok, I have an IC7-Max3. I used to have a WD IDE HD, and with that I can overclock fine. But i have reciently added a SATA HD, and it runs fine normally, but once I over clock the CPU it fails to read any sort of sata HD's. I have the latest bios, just updated that today... I just can't seem to find the problem.. btw, I can overclock the voltage on everything (CPU, Ram, AGP) that doesn't do anything, just upping the freq of the chip. Thanks ~Steve

11-24-2004, 07:25 PM	#6 (permalink)
4W4K3 VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Lewisville, TX Age: 20 Posts: 6,858	its got to be your SATA drive. i worked with that mobo, 2.6C, Geil PC3200...and it went to 3.2GHz no problems. he was using a regular ATA133 drive though on IDE channel...i think SATA might have bropught it to its limits. board is great for overclockign though. __________________ My Computer I choose to believe what I was programmed to believe. Can I eat your brain? FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358

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11-24-2004, 06:31 PM	#4 (permalink)
Stevetama Silver Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 136	btw, i am talking about scores on PCMark, a benchmark program