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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

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.

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?)

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

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


Juzaam

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.

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 )