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More info?)
Sounds good. Thanks for the advice Chip.
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"Chip" <anneonymouse@virgin.net> wrote in message
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> "lonesw0rdsman" <geo@neo.net> wrote in message
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>> Hi. I just got my abit nf7-s 2.0 and mobile 2400. Im currently at 2.4mhz
>> . The settings are 11X220 with the voltage at 1.70 I was wondering
>> though, what would be the ideal settings for this and if I wanted to try
>> 2.5mhz ?
>> Settings such as ram timings, ram voltage, cpu voltage, etc. I have
>> kingston 3200ddr 2.5cl. idle temps are about 35C and under load about 47C
>> Any tips or suggestions please ? Good websites about this ?
>
> There's far too many variables to give specific instructions. You will
> just have to try it for yourself and play around with different settings.
>
> One tip I would give you is to try to keep things simple. What I mean by
> that is don't play with too many settings at once. Then if something
> doesn't work, you have a good clue where the problem might be. Rather
> than changing a whole load of things and then finding it doesn't work and
> having no clue about what the problem is.
>
> So, keep your FSB (i.e. ram) speed low and then you know any problems
> aren't ram-related. When you have found the limit of your CPU, you can
> think about raising the FSB up again.
>
> The other (obvious) tip is don't go mad! Don't just whack the speed up to
> 2500 and hope for the best: that's a recipe for a corrupted bios and a
> broken PC. Steady increases, testing with Prime95 each time.
>
> Also, I recommend using 8rdacore.exe or clockgen.exe to make online
> adjustments, rather than doing it in the bios all the time. Then if you
> get a lockup or crash with a bad setting, you haven't made your PC
> unbootable.
>
> I would recommend have a good read of the forum below. I am sure people
> there will help you, but do read/search the forum first before wading in
> with questions. Its only polite.
>
>
http://forums.pcper.com/forumdisplay.php?f=7
>
> Chip
>