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Topic: OC on the TH7 II raid
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Lars
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posted November 28, 2001 23:37
    
If there is one thing this board is NOT, it's a newbie o/c board. The fact that I've been able to get my 1.5 stable at 2.0, I largely contribute to the many hours I've spent tweaking systems for many years. Take a look at www.tomshardware.com and look for a overclocking guide. Or do a search on google. There are SO many possible reasons for not being able to get a system stable at a specific speed. The fact that many of the features in the TH7-II's bios don't even work will NOT make it any easier, especially if you new to overclocking. If you're not prepared to clear the CMOS, and able to immidiately setup everything you've changed in the bios (i.e. you know exactly how everything goes/works) then tread carefully. Besides the 125 Mhz fsb is a dangerous area, since for some reason the 2/4 divider doesn't work, the pci speed will be at almost 42 Mhz. I've trashed my entire raid0 windows + apps disk (12 GB data) learning that lesson. If you're still hooked on overclocking the TH7-II then welcome to the club  -------------------- Abit TH7-II Raid, P4 [email protected] 512 MB Samsung PC800 @ PC1066
Creative GF3@ 240/530, SB Live
2xIBM gxp60 40G raid0 on HP o/b
2xIBM gxp75 30G raid0 on Fasttrak100
Enermax EG465P-VE 431W PSU
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Spanky
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posted December 02, 2001 02:26
Oojah: If your first attempt to OC does not work, sit back and relax, and follow these simple proceedures.1. Always start off with a very modest (small) OC-FSB bump up first. It that fails then, make sure you yave error checking turned off and 2. Make a small jump in your vcore, say by .25 volts. Try again. If still a no go, jump the vcore a tad more. Most processors can do a small OC right out of the box, with no vcore adjustment. It is important to remember that if you OC, each increment of FSB/vcore adjustment up, gradually increases your CPU temp, so make sure your HS/FAN is installed well, and with good seating with a thermal paste, like Artic Silver. I have a P 1.7 with stock HS/Fan, I can boot and run just fine at 120-122 FSB, however, my system can not give me enough juice (over 1.85 vcore) to keep my opengl video card from freezing during games (even down clocking the G3 will not help...it just needs a bit more juice to run the card, same happened on my BP6's) Lars: This forum is for and about the TH7 series board, a board specifically meant for OC'ing. For newbies, or folks with a bit more experience, any forum such as this, by the spirit of its existence, is open for newbie, and more seasoned questions as well. Tranquillo guy. Regards to you all, Spanky
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Oojah
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posted December 03, 2001 09:16
First of all thanks for the various replies, but I would like to know what gave anybody the idea that I was a Newbie!, I have 3 Abit boards at home as followsBE62 v2 running PIII 1ghz @ 1.ghz
KG7 Raid running Athlon 1.4ghz @ 1.9ghz
TH7 2 v2 running P4 1.6 @ 1.6 ghz Oh and a BX133 raid not doing anything! I meant to imply that the TH7 does not seem to want to clock very well, and as it is new to me there may have been some "trick" that I was missing, I've actaully been in the trade for 20 years, I am sorry if I gave anyone the wrong impression, perhaps I should be more careful how I phrase things in future! Any way thanks again to those of you who replied. BTW I discovered that removing the heat spreader plate from the top of the P4 and using a thin copper plate under the H/S gave me a reduction of 14 degrees C, the chip now runs at a constant 32c, this is with a stock Intel HSF I think that is quite good considering the Athlon runs at 67c without load!
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posted November 24, 2001 07:36
You are getting greedy aren't you?? 
wll actually I'm on my 15 min coffee break in the Op. rom 
