OC Barton 2500+ Need advise

5th December 2003, 19:13

Just started trying to OC my Barton 2500+ for the first time. My specs are:
Processor: AMD XP 2500+
Cooling: Zalman Copper Flower (CNPS6000-CU) (Total of 2 fans and 1 heatsink)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-7N400 (NFORCE2)
RAM: 256MB 333MHZ (I know this is ****, getting more soon!)

I built this system from scratch but am needing the experts advise to OC

My system normally runs at temperatures 38-40C
I've tried pushing up the cpu freq from 11 to 12 but when i exit bios the system just hangs. I always save on exit from bios. but when it restarts it dosen't even start bios again, and there is no picture onscreen. When i press the restart button it starts perfect but resets my original bios settings. how do i get this sorted. its probably a simple mistake i'm making.
Thanks for ur time

Mak

piotke · 5th December 2003, 20:11

if this is a recent barton, it will be probably locked, and not possible t ounlock...

[Bonbon] · 5th December 2003, 20:33

try to run ram @ 166 mhz and cpu @ 200 mhz

5th December 2003, 23:13

Just did what u said bonbon. seems to be stable enough temp has risen to about 47-49C Temp. is that ok? what should i do to oc it even more?

Thanks Again

Mak

[Bonbon] · 5th December 2003, 23:54

I woudn't go any much further with those temps ,
the zalman isn't suposed to be an overclocker

Stresstest your system 24 or 48 hours also hé?
Prime95 + 3dmark = pretty stressfull

what is the Vcore atm ?
checked the temps in your bios?

If your system is silent , than the overall is nice , and i would keep it this way .

6th December 2003, 15:24

Managed to squeeze FSB Freq up to 205. Tried 210 but no boot. Temp seems to even out at 45C now. Temp last night was 49C but the room must have been very hot. Are there any fans/heatsinks you would recommend to reduce the temp?

Thanks yet again

Mak

jmke · 6th December 2003, 15:28

Thermalright SLK800/947 is you have some $$$ to spare

6th December 2003, 17:12

Thanks for the advise. I might get it depending on how genourous Father Christmas is (aka my girlfriend). Also checked out ur website jmke. U must have ur own power station to fuel those PC's. plus u have over 1000 gibabytes of storage. And i thourght i had alot with 80 GB's!

Mak

8th December 2003, 18:01

What is locked on the lastest barton? Multiplayer or FSB or both?

[Bonbon] · 8th December 2003, 18:04

A : multiplier.
fsb is never locked on the cpu

5th December 2003, 19:13	#1
Makaveli7 Posts: n/a	OC Barton 2500+ Need advise Just started trying to OC my Barton 2500+ for the first time. My specs are: Processor: AMD XP 2500+ Cooling: Zalman Copper Flower (CNPS6000-CU) (Total of 2 fans and 1 heatsink) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-7N400 (NFORCE2) RAM: 256MB 333MHZ (I know this is ****, getting more soon!) I built this system from scratch but am needing the experts advise to OC My system normally runs at temperatures 38-40C I've tried pushing up the cpu freq from 11 to 12 but when i exit bios the system just hangs. I always save on exit from bios. but when it restarts it dosen't even start bios again, and there is no picture onscreen. When i press the restart button it starts perfect but resets my original bios settings. how do i get this sorted. its probably a simple mistake i'm making. Thanks for ur time Mak

5th December 2003, 20:11	#2
piotke [M] Reviewer Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 5,003	if this is a recent barton, it will be probably locked, and not possible t ounlock... __________________ .

5th December 2003, 20:33	#3
[Bonbon] Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 692	try to run ram @ 166 mhz and cpu @ 200 mhz __________________ intelD820 (2*2.8), 1gb ram , 6600gt , lots of hdd

5th December 2003, 23:54	#5
[Bonbon] Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 692	I woudn't go any much further with those temps , the zalman isn't suposed to be an overclocker Stresstest your system 24 or 48 hours also hé? Prime95 + 3dmark = pretty stressfull what is the Vcore atm ? checked the temps in your bios? If your system is silent , than the overall is nice , and i would keep it this way . __________________ intelD820 (2*2.8), 1gb ram , 6600gt , lots of hdd

6th December 2003, 15:28	#7
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	Thermalright SLK800/947 is you have some $$$ to spare __________________

5th December 2003, 23:13	#4
Makaveli7 Posts: n/a	Just did what u said bonbon. seems to be stable enough temp has risen to about 47-49C Temp. is that ok? what should i do to oc it even more? Thanks Again Mak

6th December 2003, 15:24	#6
Makaveli7 Posts: n/a	Managed to squeeze FSB Freq up to 205. Tried 210 but no boot. Temp seems to even out at 45C now. Temp last night was 49C but the room must have been very hot. Are there any fans/heatsinks you would recommend to reduce the temp? Thanks yet again Mak

6th December 2003, 17:12	#8
Makaveli7 Posts: n/a	Thanks for the advise. I might get it depending on how genourous Father Christmas is (aka my girlfriend). Also checked out ur website jmke. U must have ur own power station to fuel those PC's. plus u have over 1000 gibabytes of storage. And i thourght i had alot with 80 GB's! Mak

8th December 2003, 18:01	#9
Falco Posts: n/a	What is locked on the lastest barton? Multiplayer or FSB or both?

8th December 2003, 18:04	#10
[Bonbon] Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 692	A : multiplier. fsb is never locked on the cpu __________________ intelD820 (2*2.8), 1gb ram , 6600gt , lots of hdd

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