Can someone help me please.

Leopold Butters

Leopold Butters

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Okay, I have a AMD x2 6400+ 3.21Ghz. Now i want to overclock it and am hoping to get to 3.4 from what i have read it overclocks well to that. the problem is that when i get into my bios everything in the cpu section is locked. Now i know people have overclocked this cpu but i cannot for the life of me figure it out. can anyone lend a helping hand?
 
Not all motherboards allow for overclocking. However, if you see settings for voltage, clockspeed etc, you may just need to a setting to unlock those settings. It may be something just like "overclocking" or "CPU settings" that woud probably be set to "default" or "disabled" and you would want to change it to "manual" or "enabled".
 
Bodaggit23 said:
Have you looked in the Frequency section?
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Okay, I did just find something in the bios. It says

AI Overclocking [Auto]
Processor Voltage [Auto]
CPU-NB HT Link Speed
CPU Tweat [Enable]
PLL1 Spread Spectrum [Disable]
PLL2 Spread Spectrum [Disable]
SB Clock Spread Spectrum [Enable]
 
One more thing though, now that I have bumped it up from 3.21 to 3.4 do i need to add more power to the cpu? and what kind of temeratures should I be running at?
 
well if it booted without adding voltage thats good.. but i would stress test it with amd overdrive if it hangs add a little voltage :D
 
zer0_c00l said:
well if it booted without adding voltage thats good.. but i would stress test it with amd overdrive if it hangs add a little voltage :D
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well, now I am getting the BSOD. So I am assuming i have to increase voltage. But I do not know what to increase it to. it is on auto right now and I am not sure if auto is the lowest settting which is .800 and i just increase from there or if it starts somewhere else. Anyone know if auto is always the lowest?

Okay, so i am pretty sure the voltage is at 1.4 now how much shoudl i go up by? the next one is 1.4250 then 1.500 ect..
 
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Go by the smallest increments possible, too much voltage and you'll fry it (not to scare you, its not like its likely unless you start going insane with it) bump up the voltage one notch, then stress test it for a good long while. If it passes, you can try to get it higher if you so desire by repeating this process. But watch that you don't allow your temps too high (Use speedfan to monitor them) and stay away from suicide level voltages and you're aces. :)
 
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