Hi,
Have,
ASRock 4CoreDual-VSTA PT880 with a Intel Core 2 Duo E6600.
Crucial 2GB kit (1GBx2) DDR2 PC2-5300 CL=5 UNBUFFERED NON-ECC DDR2-667 1.8V
Hiper 530W Black Type M PSU - ATX v2.2, Silent/Temp Control, Active PFC, SLI/Crossfire Certified
Sapphire HD 2600 XT 256MB GDDR4 Dual DVI-I TVO PCI-E Graphics Card
Arctic Cooling AC-FRZ-7P Freezer 7 Pro Socket 775 Processor Cooler
Right, if I run the BIOS as standard the CPU shows up as a 2.3Ghz. the bus speed(I think it's bus speed) is set to 266 in BIOS but after we get into Win XP I see I only have the speed at 255. Now If I go into the BIOS and change CPU Advanced settings "OverClock Mode" to CPU,PCIE ASYNC and change CPU bus speed to 266 then everythings fine and I have a 2.4Ghz CPU.
First, I don't understand WHY I need to do this to have the CPU at the speed it says from the box.
Second, If I change the speed to 277 or 288 2.5Ghz / 2.6Ghz repectivly sometimes the pc runs fine and other times it just keeps rebooting. I find this frustrating as people say that they can run the E6600 upto 3.0Ghz without problems. So, WHY won't mine run at box speed from the go and WHY do I have intermitant problems running well below other peoples settings and NOT that high?
Any help would be very appriciated,
Shaun.
Have,
ASRock 4CoreDual-VSTA PT880 with a Intel Core 2 Duo E6600.
Crucial 2GB kit (1GBx2) DDR2 PC2-5300 CL=5 UNBUFFERED NON-ECC DDR2-667 1.8V
Hiper 530W Black Type M PSU - ATX v2.2, Silent/Temp Control, Active PFC, SLI/Crossfire Certified
Sapphire HD 2600 XT 256MB GDDR4 Dual DVI-I TVO PCI-E Graphics Card
Arctic Cooling AC-FRZ-7P Freezer 7 Pro Socket 775 Processor Cooler
Right, if I run the BIOS as standard the CPU shows up as a 2.3Ghz. the bus speed(I think it's bus speed) is set to 266 in BIOS but after we get into Win XP I see I only have the speed at 255. Now If I go into the BIOS and change CPU Advanced settings "OverClock Mode" to CPU,PCIE ASYNC and change CPU bus speed to 266 then everythings fine and I have a 2.4Ghz CPU.
First, I don't understand WHY I need to do this to have the CPU at the speed it says from the box.
Second, If I change the speed to 277 or 288 2.5Ghz / 2.6Ghz repectivly sometimes the pc runs fine and other times it just keeps rebooting. I find this frustrating as people say that they can run the E6600 upto 3.0Ghz without problems. So, WHY won't mine run at box speed from the go and WHY do I have intermitant problems running well below other peoples settings and NOT that high?
Any help would be very appriciated,
Shaun.