2200+ O/Cing Problems

Cimon

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Specs
AMD XP 2200+
Volcano 11 hsf with silver goop
A7V8X MOBO
512 of decent DDR333
450 wat PSU (good one, can't remember brand)
ATI 64 meg 9K
80 gig PATA drive
120 gig SATA drive
DVD
Burner
and a plethora of case fans


I have a 2200+ (unlocked) on a A7V8X-1394 board with 512 of DDR333 and it runs hot and won't O/C much. It normally runs in the neighbourhood of 48 degrees C (not o/c'ed) at idle and will go up to around 53 degrees when I have o/c'ed at 11.5 x 166 (1909), I can push it up to around 2k, but that's it, no farther, it is rather unstable at 2k and will crash when pushed. When it is running at around 2k, you could fry bacon on the hsf (low sixies under load).

I'm getting a little p/o'ed that this thing won't go faster. I am about to give up on it and buy a 2500+, but I want to give it a chance first.
 
Try to return your Volcano 11+, if you can then get the Thermalright AX7 with 80mm Tornado or Delta, that should be about the same price as Volc 11+ but temps will be MUCH lower. But this setup will louder than Volc 11+, buy some Arctic Silver 3 as well.

-Intel PIV 2.4C @ 3.84G -Asus P4P800 -OCZ Gold 2x256 3700EL memory @ 256mhz 2.5-3-3-7 -Sapphire 9800pro @ 490/780 -SB audigy -80G Maxtor Diamond Plus9 Ultra ATA-133 hdd -450 Enermax PSU
 
sorry to burst your bubble dude but thats about as far as your 2200 will go - they're terrible overclockers and rarely go above 2Ghz... i've got one, ran a lil cooler than yours (make sure you've got your heatsink mounted nice and tight), though i was using a vantec aeroflow

<b>don't hold strong opinions about things you don't understand</b>

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Aeroflow is better than Volc 11+

-Intel PIV 2.4C @ 3.84G -Asus P4P800 -OCZ Gold 2x256 3700EL memory @ 256mhz 2.5-3-3-7 -Sapphire 9800pro @ 490/780 -SB audigy -80G Maxtor Diamond Plus9 Ultra ATA-133 hdd -450 Enermax PSU
 
that was my point scotchy [tounge]

<b>don't hold strong opinions about things you don't understand</b>

...<i><b><A HREF="http://home.graffiti.net/error_911:graffiti.net/specs.html" target="_new">system specs</A></b></i>
 

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