Overclocking AMD X4 975 Phemon II On M5A97

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Hello,
i am tryinto get a perfornce peak/ stable peformance up to 4.2 Ghz .but for some odd reason it will only go up to 3.8 i have let it auto tune it self but no results any advice on how to get up to 4.2 Ghz
 
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I actually have this exact model board and a Phenom X4 965 on it.... reading this thread has been a nice chance to reaffirm some of my settings and reconsider others- but man, if there is one thing I can say, it's that this board is the MOST user-friendly BIOS interface I have ever seen. You navigate the freakin' BIOS screens with the mouse and have the option of picking values from a drop-down or using the keyboard. If there is a basic understanding of concepts like base frequency, multipliers and CPU/NB/Memory relationship, you should be able to almost fiddle with the settings for an hour and come up with something from trial and error.

I think that my advice to the OP would be to read up on the dozens of thread about overclocking...
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must be missing something, I'll have to go back and look.



 
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Ok i think i have figured out to make the ratio ...first pull out the AI Suite II , then click on the auto tuning ,then manual mode ,then more settings , then cpu ratio, then select each core to Ex sample 1 - core 18.5 / 2 - core 18.5 / 3 - core 18.5 / 4 - core 18.5 / then click on to make each 1 higher
 
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Ok i had the cpu ratio up to 19.0 but any more than that it becomes unstable an crashes i also noticed 2 thing in the asus AI suite do that the adjustments u know u can save profiles but i was wanting the ajustment permament so i figured that the main adjustment in the bios will be that way but for me to do that i would have to first do some testing at th in the ai suite to get a stable report so from here need to do some voltage tweaking
 
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But remember it will let me in the software to change it not the bios ..from past responces in the forums it is set as 18.5 an will not let me change it ..so i think this is a minor set back or i am doing somethin wrong
 
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Ok as soon as i hit the + sign the cpu ratio but it will not accept any more than 18.5 ..if it goes any higher the blue screen pops up ..so that tells me that the voltages is gonna have to come up to have a sucessful report Not only that once i have set it an try playing a game 30 mins into it , the game crashes an everything else goes crazy ..so had no choice but set it back to auto ..at this point i am fixing to give up an just wait til i get the buildozer since this board is basicly made for it ...i dont know proffet whats your take on it?
 
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As for all the power saving features I disable them until I'm 100% stable with acceptable temps (don't forget to change windows 7 power profile to performance). Then I re-enable them and bring voltage down as low as I can and do a final test for stability.

I don't remember anyone mentioning what cooler the OP is using, this is critical if he wants to reach anywhere near 4.2Ghz on a Phenom II.

I'd suggest to the OP to do some reading on OCing a BE chip before he continues this endeavor. He/she needs to visit the sticky on overclocking a AMD black edition chip. Let's try not to kill you cpu, read a lot and then read some more, and then you'll be ready to try and OC your system.

Remember every chip and board is different, so it's gonna be a guess and check game with a whole lot of waiting before you get a stable full system overclock.

Always work on one component at a a time to eliminate having to guess which component is causing instability.
 
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Yes it is ..it's a Phenom II x4 975 BE
 
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Ok the temps stays around 33.7 on a Silenx compact effizio , Now on the reading part i don't know what u mean but i have read in the past on the cpu that this was a simple task to go from 3.7 to 4.2 but doing this process is quite hard..also dont know what u mean when u say "OP"
 
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Original poster is what I meant by OP. Sure getting to 4.2Ghz might not be a hard task but getting it 100% stable and within temps is a whole different beast.

If you just want a quick test to see if it will work bumb your voltage up to 1.55v with with LLC set to medium so it stays at 1.55v under load. It's gonna get hot real quick under load!
Set your CPU multi to 21x
Make sure all power savings features are disabled
Leave FSB at stock 200
Leave ram at stock
Leave N/B at stock
Do all this is the bios!!!
Oh yeah and don't just expect it to work cause nothing is guaranteed when overclocking!
Run prime for 15 minutes for initial stability check. Don't let temps go over 55C! Stop if you have to.
Then if the test was successful you will just have to work down the voltage and enable the power saving features.
 
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