Overclocking Prolem - Please Help!

[themagicwalrus]

I have been trying to overclock my processor, but seem not to be having any luck. I joined the L1 bridges (on numerous occasions) with pencils 2B to 6B, but when I use the motherboard jumpers, I turn the PC on and just get a blank screen with no boot.

I really do not know what the problem is. Is it my bridge connecting? This is my second motherboard of the same type, and it did this on both, so I know it can't be the motherboard.

I don't know what to do - Please Help!!

[themagicwalrus]

No ideas? This is really bugging me so if you do know please tell!

[Cricket]

Hi themagicwalrus,

First thing I'd do is take the motherboard out of the system and set it up with only the CPU, heatsink, 1 stick of RAM, video card, PC speaker, monitor and power supply. Place it on a hard, non-conductive surface and see if it will POST at default speed. If it POST's, try to OC it a little and see what happens.

When you put the motherboard back in the case, make sure that all the standoffs in the case match up to all the mounting holes on the motherboard. If they don't, remove the ones you don't need (or cover them with non-conductive electrical tape).

When you're overclocking, how high up are you taking the FSB or multiplier? What settings are you using exactly? Normally, when overclocking you go up in really small steps, check if the system is stable and then take it up a little more.

Is the power supply a good quality one that puts out at least 300 watts of clean power?

Not all motherboards will overclock well. Some don't like it at all. Inexpensive motherboards use cheap parts that don't have the quality to be pushed harder than they were designed for. You need a really high quality motherboard that has been designed with overclocking in mind if you really want to be successful. For AMD processors, ABIT is a good motherboard brand to go with.

RAM quality is another thing to look at. Normally, you would go with high quality RAM from companies like Mushkin or Corsair. These have been made with overclocking in mind. I know Mushkin hand picks the memory modules and then test the RAM sticks to qualify them for overclocking. That's why they cost more.

:) Cricket

[themagicwalrus]

The computer works when I do not fiddle with the multiplier or anything, its just when I set the jumpers to manually set the ratio, it does not boot. Taking them off makes it work again.
FSB is at 133 at present, I can't get it any higher than 140 without windows boot problems. I have a 300W power supply. Not sure of the make. Have I got to enable/disable any setting is the BIOS?

[audiyoda]

If you can't get the multiplier on a T-Bird 1.33 to OC over stock 133, I'm thinking your RAM is not able to accept the higher speed. What brand do you have and what is it's latency?

-Craig

[themagicwalrus]

I am not at home so off the top of my head it is made by MQ. Not sure of the latency. I have not modified it.

[Alfie]

Bridges closed?
Are you sure?
Set the fsb to 133,change the multiplier to 9 and see what happens.
Many times pencil can fail,you're far better off with a conductive paint or ink.

[themagicwalrus]

I must have tried at least 5 times to do this and I get the same results each time. Where can I get conductive Ink, and is it easy to get off if I make a mistake?

[Alfie]

You can use rear defroster grid repair,available at any auto supply store,use a pin to fill the gaps,the only bridges that you want to close are the L1 bridges.
The paint is removeable with acetone(nail polish remover).
Once the bridges are closed the only adjustment is the multiplier,keep the fsb constant.
Does your board support changes to the multiplier?