Overclocking concerns - Please Help

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kumiyer

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I have already read the OC101 and Ram101. Just have few concerns that I want to clarify before doing more overclocking to my processor. I have a prescott 3.0GHz processor. I have overclocked it to 3.52Ghz without changing any other values. Temp is OK and my computer is stable. I however wanna check the max OC limit on this processor. How far can I go??

According to OC101. I am going to:
Keep adding 5 -10 MHz until my computer becomes unstable.
Then I up a notch on the vcore (add increments of 0.025V for a max of 3 times)
If the computer becomes stable - should I stop here or can go back and add 5 to 10 more to my speed for processor and then continue again with adding vcore voltage.

One thing I noticed, I OC my processor by 500Mhz and my temp did not even increase. That kinda concerns me if I did really overclock the processor. When I right click "My Computer" and also in BIOS it does say 3.5Ghz. Please clarify

Thanks again for your help.

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If you're really brave you can kepp going back and forth until total lockup then back htz off until back to stable. Keep in mind that prescotts run a bit on the hot side and your cpu may be able to clock faster than your current hsf can handle. Check temps at idle and on severe gaming.
 
Overclocked to 3.59GHz without any problem. Increased the vcore by 0.025 and the d-ram by .05. Computer is stable and my processor is running at 58*C ideal. I think, I might drop the idea of water cooling since 58* is OK and I cannot go any further with OC.

If I go 3.6 GHz, I get a SATA BIOS error message - "Cannot write to offset 44h !". Whatever the hell that means. But I am glad that I could OC to about 600 MHz.

By the way anybody know what this error message means. Is there a way to fix that error message so I can go further with the OC. Thanks for all your help.
 
58c idle? if its 58c idle whats the temp when its at full load, 58c seems kinda high to me, but im not an expert, still wana know what the temp is at full load ie 100% comp usgae so i can compare it with mine, which is like 68c and ive been told its too hot :s.
 
at full load it, I have seen it to go for 68, but again I have a Prescott processor and its meant to do that. If I see any major problems in future, I might change the heatsink or go watercooling.
 
my old prescott was really hot too, i never tried upping the voltage for fear that i might fry the thing, so i just upped the fsb.
 
mines a prescot too its a 3.4 oc'ed to a 3.6 lol not oc'd much i know, fast enough for me tho, but i was told my temps were too high, mines idle at around 44-48c and maxes at around 68c.
 
I might drop the idea of water cooling since 58* is OK and I cannot go any further with OC.
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an idle value of 58 is not ok, that is high

my old prescott was really hot too
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again its was only really the s478 prescotts which had heat trouble, and even that could be controlled with a half decent 3rd party cooler

But I am glad that I could OC to about 600 MHz.
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i'm sure it'll take a notcher 0.025 on the vcore without much trouble. Maybe you can puch futher at that voltage.

Also what are you using to test stability, i assume not just booting to windows


but again I have a Prescott processor and its meant to do that.
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:) It was never meant to do that, and the prescotts do not have a significantly higher thermal threshold
I have seen it to go for 68,
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that is touching frying temperature
 
I know that 68 is a little too high, but everybody - I mean everybody I have asked said that their prescott processor always have been high as 70 - 80 on 100% load and that its been running fine. As I said, I have to do the watercooling in future. I might do it real soon. Just spend all my money on my new 17" LCD TV Monitor. Next pay check = watercooling. :)
 
If I go 3.6 GHz, I get a SATA BIOS error message - "Cannot write to offset 44h !". Whatever the hell that means. But I am glad that I could OC to about 600 MHz.

By the way anybody know what this error message means. Is there a way to fix that error message so I can go further with the OC. Thanks for all your help.
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You can try a different sata connector, some are locked and some arent ... the ones that arent locked are ok for OCing, the others arent. You can also add more to vcore (although that doesnt seem to be the problem)

58... well.. my old Thunderbird was at 75*C.. bot those were really Hot CPU's
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Yes but you cant compare TBird to Prescott simply because its a different process size and Pressys are relatively easy to cool

i never tried upping the voltage for fear that i might fry the thing, so i just upped the fsb.
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uh .. whats the point of upping the vcore without uppng something else?
 
kumiyer said:
I know that 68 is a little too high, but everybody - I mean everybody I have asked said that their prescott processor always have been high as 70 - 80 on 100% load and that its been running fine. As I said, I have to do the watercooling in future. I might do it real soon. Just spend all my money on my new 17" LCD TV Monitor. Next pay check = watercooling. :)
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everyone said the earth was flat!
I tell you 80 is too hot, even for a 478 pressy
 
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