Overclocking a AMD XP 2500+

goladith · Post by **goladith** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 9:15 am

hello all, i got a 2500+ on a NF7-S Mobo, and i can't get it to run right at approx 200 FSB, i leave the multiplyer as it is, i think it is at 12, but anyways, it runs fine with FSB at 190ish, but i want more power, i was told i could get it running faster then a 3200+ but, i won't work, and seggestions?

dadx2mj · Post by **dadx2mj** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 9:35 am

What kind of ram is in the system? Have you upped the vcore any? I have a 2500 running at 12.5x180 my PC2700 just wont go over 180 FSB. You may need to slow down your ram timings as well to get the higher FSB. Last is your multiplier locked, if not try raising that.

VidmanII · Post by **VidmanII** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 9:53 am

update your BIOS to 1.7 or higher.

if your cpu is of the Locked variety, your multi will be 11x.

list your following components so we can see what they're capable of......

RAM?
Power supply?
fan/HS for cpu

assuming your PSU and RAM are adequate, you'll need to set your CPU voltage to somewhere in between 1.75v and 1.8v and your RAM to 2.65v or 2.7v

also important to make sure your case cooling is adequate as well.

nexus_7 · Post by **nexus_7** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 9:59 am

Woot, another Ill'ian

Yea, ram might be an issue. Maybe increasing the voltage or lowering its case or other attributes might help.

And make sure you attend the LAN http://www.pcalan.com

Greg

dadx2mj · Post by **dadx2mj** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 10:05 am

Jeez I just noticed this was goladith's first post...Welcome to PCA , hope you stick around and enjoy yourself here.

blade · Post by **blade** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 5:33 pm

If you have decent cooling, then up the vcore to 1.7. Then try 11x200.

Otherwise 11x190 or 195 may be the limit. And as others said, depends on what ram you have.

Welcome to pca

goladith · Post by **goladith** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 2:05 am

sorry, it has beena while sinc ei could get back to the board, i have 1 512 stick of Kingston PC4000 DDR, and no, my multiplyuer isn;'t locked, oh and by the way, i think i may be putting too much wear on my vid card anyways OC'ing my comp, lol. it has been doign game crashes at 190 FSB x11, lol, i got a old Gigabyte RADEON 7000 64 mb card, lol

NascarFool · Post by **NascarFool** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 7:29 am

The XP2500+ has an 11 default multiplier. I have one runnng at 11x210 on and Epox 8RDA3+ rev 2.1 with 2x256megPC3200 Kingston HyperX. Extremely stable folding machine.

goladith · Post by **goladith** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 10:04 pm

oh, i am ruinnign an ABIT NF7-S mobo, does that make any differnce?

goladith · Post by **goladith** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 12:57 am

no more help on this?

blade · Post by **blade** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 1:30 am

i was told i could get it running faster then a 3200+ but, i won't work, and seggestions?

Not all will overclock. Though most have. 11x190 may be the limit for your cpu.

What kind of cooling do you have? You may need better cooling. Try with the side panel off and see if it's stable at 11x200 that way and in a cool room. Did you up the voltage?