It won't go higher than 1.85v!

[ZondaC12]

My Soyo Dragon KT400 ultra platinum has a voltage control for the CPU, and the highest setting it has is only 1.85 volts. my CPU is an XP 2400+ and if i want to overclock it to like 2300 i read that the voltage has to go to like 2 volts! is there like a BIOS update that will allow me to set the voltage higher?

 

[lhgpoobaa]

Nope. Not a chance.
There are very few motherboards that support core voltages over 1.85v. I believe that for such voltages special voltage regulation must be designed by the motherboard maker.

Thats why i got an Epox 8K3A+ board. Specially designed for overclockers, it supports up to a rediculous 2.1v.

So you will just have to see how far you can take your XP2400+ with 1.85v.

Its possible you could do a voltage mod, but that is tricky, requires considerable hardware and soldering skills and voids the warantee of the board.

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[ZondaC12]

anyone have any guesses as to how far i can take it w/ 1.85v? and you know what annoys me? i bought that mobo because i saw ads for it in gaming magazines, and on the box and on features lists it said "overclocking ready" so i thought this was like the one of the "pros'" motherboards, and it had the KT400 chipset. and then i find this out. AAAHHH!

 

[lhgpoobaa]

How far you can go with 1.85v depends on:

A. The core stepping of the CPU you have.
and
B. The cooling you use.

If you get an AGOIA XP1600+ its entirely likely that you can get up to XP2000 to XP2200+ speeds easily, as that CPU is a great overclocker.
Other chips vary.
My AGOGA XP1800+ is no where near as good, needing 1.85v just to get up to XP2000+, a jump of only 133Mhz.

The first tbred XP2200+ chips wernt very good either, barely getting an extra 100 to 200Mhz.

The new XP2400+ tbred revision B chips are better though, some people getting 300Mhz out of them.

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[ZondaC12]

ok sorry im asking so much, but im a newb to this--what is core stepping--it that the multiplier or the bus speed?

oh and about the cooling--i don't have it yet but i plan to purchase one of those inovatek kits within the next month or so. the reason im experimenting with this now is because my mobo has an Anti-Burn Regulator set at 85 C that seems to work in conjunction with the CPU's die temp monitor, so if it gets too hot, it shuts off and no burnt CPU!

 

[Unolocogringo]

Dont rely on it. Most motherboards do not react in time to save the cpu. Especially since it is at 85c already. 90c is the design limits when serious damage to the cpu is likely.

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[melb_angel19]

Core stepping is the little written code on the core that tells you what revision of the chip is and approximately when it was made.
Certain core codes are known to overclock better. e.g. AGOIA.
On duron, Tbird and XP cpu's its written on the central die. With the newer Thouroughbred chips its written elsewhere on the CPU.

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[ZondaC12]

the cpu's already at 85 C???? even when i had it at 17X and running at 2266mhz it only said around 50 C/122 F on the die, it would probably take alot to get it to 85 C.

also about that core stepping:
on say, the xp 2600 would it be that AIUAB on the black label on the CPU? here's a link to the pic: http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/02q3/020821/athlonxp-01.html

 

[lhgpoobaa]

Yes. Thats correct. With the introduction of the tbred XP cpu's the core ID codes were moved to the small blad label below the core.
As for overclocking, the XP2600+ probably wont overclock all that far. The best of the new ones is the XP2400+.

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