Recent content by charbo187

I think you're right Falcon. I'm undergoing some OC experimentation. so far I'm at 2.7 GHz from 2.3 GHz. Cores sitting at 58c for cores 0 & 2 55c for cores 1 & 3. hoping I can sit on a steady 2.8 GHz, 1600 MHz FSB. I know you're thinkin that should be cake. but I bought a cheapo ASRock mobo...

well guys, you can say I'm disappointed to say the least. just installed my brand new corsair H50. they sure made it look a lot simpler in their video. any way idle temps are about 2-3 degrees cooler at about 48c-49c. not really the improvement I had in mind. load temps top out at 56c so I guess...

So I tried re-seating the cooler and I cleaned and re-applied the thermal paste but temps are still around 50c-52c on all 4 cores. under 100% load they only go to about 63c I have an Antec 300 case with good airflow. my overclocked HD4830 idles at about 40c and only gets to around 56c under...

A BIOS update seems to have fixed my problem, everything was detected correctly with settings at auto on 1st boot after update :)

I have a Q8200 in an ASRock P34Twins1600 board. The problem is that no matter if I set the CPU to (Auto, Manual, or Optimized) in the BIOS with all the speedstep, spread spectrum etc. off the PC FSB is running at 328 MHz instead of the 333 MHz that it is supposed to run at stock. Even when I...