H20 Cooled OC Help w/ Voltage & FSB

[Juzaam]

I have a H20 cooled system that I have set to 153 FSB with the Multiplier set to 13x (standard) for an XP2100.

I would like to reach the 180FSB range, but get errors when going above 153FSB. Can anyone suggest anything that would help me?

Here are my system specs:

Antec 400Watt Power Supply
Abit KR7A-Raid Mobo
XP2100 (multiplier is set to standard 13x - not currently unlocked)
CORSAIR MEMORY XMS PC-3200 (CMX512-3200) 512MB DDR RAM CAS2.5 Unbuffered w HeatSpreader
Gainward GeForce4 Ti4200 Golden Sample OC'd to 260/500
Innovatek H20 Cooling Currently 32 Celsius Processor 21C Ambient Temp
Western Digital 80GB Special Ed Hard Drive w/ 8MB Cache
18" EMI Shielded Server Grade ATA Cables
Lite-On 40x CDR
ASUS 16x DVD
4 Case 80mm Case fans (2intake 2 exhaust) +2 on the Antec 400W Power Supply
Currently Running Win2k - (I have XP Pro, but never bothered as 2k runs so well and I like my progs)

** These are the MAX voltages allowed by the MOBO** Can I crank them up with a BIOS Update???
VCore is 1.85V
DDR Voltage is 2.9V

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!

Thanks all,

Juzaam

[PreDatoR]

your chip is maxed out it sounds like. That and its locked. Only way to get the FSB higher is to drop the multiplier down lower. And that abit board a bios flash won't help the voltages go higher. Abit makes a good board but they aren't as overclockable as they once use to be.

[chottoED]

i agree w/ pred, 153 is pretty respectable.. especially for an abit..
water cooling doesn't guarantee any speed.. it just helps cool better... but if a chips maxed out.. there's nothing much you can do about it..
if you want insane FSB speeds... an ALi board would take you there (Pred would know first hand I think?)

[Juzaam]

I agree with all you have said - and know H20 just keeps everything cool and does not guarantee speed. I would like to mention that I found a site that has people with my MOBO with voltages up over 2.0 VCore. How could they do this with the same model when I cannot get mine past 1.85V ?

Here is the link.

http://www.vr-zone.com/guides/AMD/AthlonXP/

Is it a crock of $hit or did they mod out the board?

They also pushed the FSB to over 180 without dropping the multiplier? Did they just get a better chip print run than me? I know chip production and quality is fickle.

Let me know if anyone can help,


Juzaam

[Juzaam]

Thanks Predator - I just read your reply regarding amdmb.com off another thread. I will check into it!


Juzaam

[PreDatoR]

they've probably got a 1600 or 1700+ that is still locked. My 1600+ i can run it at 181 FSB no problem. Its locked at 10.5 mult though.

[Juzaam]

No - the site has most of the processors as 2100+ at 180 FSB! They show CPUID at 2300+ MHz!
Any ideas why this is so?

Here is the link that shows them again:
http://www.vr-zone.com/guides/AMD/AthlonXP/

Regarding what you just said about your 1600+ @ 181 FSB, that would basically make it faster than my 2100+ @ 152. Mine would have a bit higher GHz, but yours would prob be faster with the much higher FSB. Geez - so does that make never chips just more expensive equivalents?

In this regards, would it be worth my while to unlock my proc (I have the kit, though I could not get it to work on my other 2 chips) and drop the multiplier to up the FSB?

Any thoughts are much appreciated.

Juzaam

By the way Predator - Nice pics )