How to Overclock this combo - Been Out Too Long

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turbotrey

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I have a P4 2.8 C with a MSI PT 880 board. I have 2 sticks of 256 Buffalo PC-3200 Ram. Every time I try to put the FSB up even to 203 the computer freezes or crashes. The min voltage to select is 1.52 and it can go up to 1.82. I am not really sure how to use the memory functions on this board. I have it set on the memory set to the chip but I think that is what my problem is.

Any help would be much appreciated.

P.S. I know this system is old but back in the day it was what everyone was talking about. The Buffalo PC-3200 was a special kind that overclocked like crazy. I've also got a 9800 SE that I modded to a Pro. I don't even know what any of the new stuff is these days. I would love to build a new rig but I spend 95% of my time on a laptop and the only thing I really use my desktop to do is play 1995 Command and Conquer Red Alert and burn DVD's.
 
turbotrey said:
I have a P4 2.8 C with a MSI PT 880 board. I have 2 sticks of 256 Buffalo PC-3200 Ram. Every time I try to put the FSB up even to 203 the computer freezes or crashes. The min voltage to select is 1.52 and it can go up to 1.82. I am not really sure how to use the memory functions on this board. I have it set on the memory set to the chip but I think that is what my problem is.

Any help would be much appreciated.

P.S. I know this system is old but back in the day it was what everyone was talking about. The Buffalo PC-3200 was a special kind that overclocked like crazy. I've also got a 9800 SE that I modded to a Pro. I don't even know what any of the new stuff is these days. I would love to build a new rig but I spend 95% of my time on a laptop and the only thing I really use my desktop to do is play 1995 Command and Conquer Red Alert and burn DVD's.
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On the BIOS page you were in to change FSB and whatnot, on the bottom do you see any menu/setting for "Spread Spectrum Confuration"? If so, enter that menu and disable CPU Spread Spectrum
 
Spread Spectrum is disabled. On another page there is an AGP and Memory setting. I changed the memory setting to by SPD instead of turbo and then I was able to change the FSB up to 210 and it was running P95 at around 67c after about an hour.
 
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