Help with my OC

taylormsj · 03-27-2007, 07:41 PM

Hey
I cant seem to change any of my cpu clocks or multipliers in my motherboard BIOS - all of the fields are grey in colour and cant be chnaged - is there any other way of overclocking my system (in sig) a program or a patch or something ? Thanks

ETSA · 03-27-2007, 08:14 PM

Is this a system built by a larger manufacturer, or any for that matter. Like dell or gateway. If so, they lock their BIOS so you are unable to tweak it to get more performance. They would rather you buy up then tweak it up. Lame huh?

taylormsj · 03-27-2007, 08:22 PM

No its not i bought all parts separate and built myself, although it does seem as if asus have locked it - is there no way past this at all?

nffc10 · 03-27-2007, 08:27 PM

Your processor is probrably locked......but you should still be able to change the fsb.

taylormsj · 03-27-2007, 08:33 PM

I cant seem to change anything. Is the no program or anything to unlock my BOIS?

v0lten · 03-29-2007, 07:07 AM

Make a list of all the options you have so we know what you are looking at. Sometimes you have to Enable one thing for you to get access to a bunch of others. Or take something off Auto.

thealmightyone · 03-29-2007, 11:15 AM

His motherboard simply does not allow overclocking. The 'VM' stands for value motherboard. You get what you pay for.

The manual says you can increase FSB, but this is an error on Asus' part.

You can overclock in Windows, I guess. Depends how far you can increase the FSB before the motherboard becomes unstable (which may not be far at all).

lovely? · 03-29-2007, 11:26 AM

your probably right, but thats no reason for a tried and true tweaker to stop tweakin

(plz try to say that five times fast. really do it. i just tried its kinda hard...) the last part. tried and true tweaker to stop tweakin

elitehacker · 03-29-2007, 12:42 PM

The multiplier is locked for Intel CPUs, I'm not too sure about AMD ones. Remember heat is your number one enemy.

[-0MEGA-] · 03-29-2007, 09:27 PM

Usually when they are grayed out there is an option either in the same menu, or on a different menu, which will let you change the CPU from "auto" to "manual".

03-27-2007, 07:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
taylormsj Diamond Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,837	Help with my OC - cant change multipliers or clocks Hey I cant seem to change any of my cpu clocks or multipliers in my motherboard BIOS - all of the fields are grey in colour and cant be chnaged - is there any other way of overclocking my system (in sig) a program or a patch or something ? Thanks __________________ E2160 @3.2 (3.618 GHz max) \| 2Gb OCZ 6400 @ 890MHz \| 8800GT (725, 1895, 1970 MHz) \| Coolermaster CM 690 \| Hiper 530 watt \| Maxtor 160 Gb \| D-tek fusion, 5.5mm nozzle / Swiftech MCW60 with enzo's / Swiftech D5 / MCRres / MCR320 radiator / 3 high yate loon / 7/16" tubing / black feser one

03-27-2007, 08:14 PM	#2 (permalink)
ETSA Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: WA Age: 24 Posts: 2,276	Is this a system built by a larger manufacturer, or any for that matter. Like dell or gateway. If so, they lock their BIOS so you are unable to tweak it to get more performance. They would rather you buy up then tweak it up. Lame huh? __________________ DESKTOP Antec P180B(4 x 120mm Tricool fans) Antec 500W neoHE Gigabyte GA 965p DS3 E6400 /w Zalman cnps9500 led 92mm (OC'ed to 3.2Ghz) 4 GB Corsair xms2 DDR2 800 HD4850 512mb ddr3 /w Zalman VF1000 (OC'ed to 690/1143) Soundblaster Audigy 4 LAPTOP Core 2 Duo T5750(2.00GHz)/4GB ddr2 667/250GB HD/8600M GT

03-27-2007, 08:22 PM	#3 (permalink)
taylormsj Diamond Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,837	No its not i bought all parts separate and built myself, although it does seem as if asus have locked it - is there no way past this at all? __________________ E2160 @3.2 (3.618 GHz max) \| 2Gb OCZ 6400 @ 890MHz \| 8800GT (725, 1895, 1970 MHz) \| Coolermaster CM 690 \| Hiper 530 watt \| Maxtor 160 Gb \| D-tek fusion, 5.5mm nozzle / Swiftech MCW60 with enzo's / Swiftech D5 / MCRres / MCR320 radiator / 3 high yate loon / 7/16" tubing / black feser one

03-27-2007, 08:27 PM	#4 (permalink)
nffc10 Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Nottingham Age: 17 Posts: 1,659	Your processor is probrably locked......but you should still be able to change the fsb. __________________ Amd Athlon 64 X2 6000+ @ 3.31GHz Asrock AM2NF3 VSTA 2gb Corsair XMS2 PC5400 Sapphire X800XL 256MB AGP 80GB Maxtor Hard Drive OCZ StealthXtreme 600W PSU Pictures - 1 2 3 http://www.treasuretrooper.com/438654

03-27-2007, 08:33 PM	#5 (permalink)
taylormsj Diamond Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,837	I cant seem to change anything. Is the no program or anything to unlock my BOIS? __________________ E2160 @3.2 (3.618 GHz max) \| 2Gb OCZ 6400 @ 890MHz \| 8800GT (725, 1895, 1970 MHz) \| Coolermaster CM 690 \| Hiper 530 watt \| Maxtor 160 Gb \| D-tek fusion, 5.5mm nozzle / Swiftech MCW60 with enzo's / Swiftech D5 / MCRres / MCR320 radiator / 3 high yate loon / 7/16" tubing / black feser one

03-29-2007, 07:07 AM	#6 (permalink)
v0lten Bronze Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 25	Make a list of all the options you have so we know what you are looking at. Sometimes you have to Enable one thing for you to get access to a bunch of others. Or take something off Auto. __________________ CPU: Intel E6600 2.4ghz @ 3.1ghz MOBO: Gigabyte 965P-DS3 GFX: GeForce 8800 GTS RAM: 4x1gb Corsair XMS PC 6400 800 PSU: Zion PowerReal 600w +22 +22 SOUND: Soundblaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer HD: Western Digital 160gig 7200rpm DVD: Samsung DVD player Monitor: Sceptre Naga 20.1" Widescreen Cooling: Zalman 2 ball CPU cooler, 4case fans.

03-29-2007, 11:15 AM	#7 (permalink)
thealmightyone Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: York, UK Age: 21 Posts: 1,000	His motherboard simply does not allow overclocking. The 'VM' stands for value motherboard. You get what you pay for. The manual says you can increase FSB, but this is an error on Asus' part. You can overclock in Windows, I guess. Depends how far you can increase the FSB before the motherboard becomes unstable (which may not be far at all). __________________ E8200 @ 3.576GHz with GA-P35-DS3L 2900 Pro, flashed to XT, oc-ed to 850/1860. Crucial Ballistix Tracers PC2-8500 2GB Enermax Modular 620W Creative Audigy 4 2x Seagate Barracuda 250GB Jeantech Nitro case, XP Pro and 19" LCD

03-29-2007, 11:26 AM	#8 (permalink)
lovely? Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: California Age: 15 Posts: 3,818	your probably right, but thats no reason for a tried and true tweaker to stop tweakin (plz try to say that five times fast. really do it. i just tried its kinda hard...) the last part. tried and true tweaker to stop tweakin __________________ E4500 @ 2.93GHZ ASUS P5K-DELUXE 2GB OCZ Reaper CL3 @ 800MHZ 3-4-4-15 eVGA 8800GT OZC GameXStream 700W PSU 320GB WD Caviar SATA, 80GB WD Caviar IDE Sometimes scientists make things alot harder than they need to. All they've gotta do is put a big spring on the ground where they think it's gonna land, or send a mission to the moon to erect a sign that says "Welcome to Earth".

03-29-2007, 12:42 PM	#9 (permalink)
elitehacker Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 19 Posts: 2,413	The multiplier is locked for Intel CPUs, I'm not too sure about AMD ones. Remember heat is your number one enemy.

03-29-2007, 09:27 PM	#10 (permalink)
[-0MEGA-] Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 20 Posts: 27,082	Usually when they are grayed out there is an option either in the same menu, or on a different menu, which will let you change the CPU from "auto" to "manual". __________________ Desktop // Laptop Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0GHz // Core 2 Duo P8400 2.26GHz Asus Rampage Formula X48 // Intel PM45 ATI 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 // 512MB GDDR3 9800M GTS 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2 940 // 4GB DDR3 800 750GB SATAII w/32MB // 200GB SATAII 7200RPM Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 21391 // 9179

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