Hi and once again sorry for the delayed reply.
I think you will have changed the RAM settings... as they are set to auto... so will automatically change when you change your FSB. Im not totally sure in your case though... as we still dont know what the RAM multiplyer / ratio is. - - -> Some motherboards dont allow you to faf with these settings... if you cant find it then im confident that that could be the situation.
In which case.... it makes going further quite tricky. . .
SO... you have tried everything that you can to get your machine faster with what you have it seems. But we can not be sure what the limiting factor is. Is it the RAM... as it cant run at the requested speeds or is it the CPU's natural limit.
Next step... find out what the limiting factor is.
a) You are running 2gig of ram... but with 3 sticks. Are they all the same make / speed? - For instance if you run a 1 gig stick of 400Mhz with 2 sticks of 512 at 333Mhz... the "RAM" can only go as fast as the slowest part (333). Therefore reducing the speed of the 400mhz RAM to 333 - - annoying.
If its all 400Mhz... which you can check by looking on the side of the ram... then thats a good start. The reason for this is you should now try underclocking your RAM.
So.. if your ram is 400Mhz (which i think it will be) then change the auto setting to 333Mhz. - - - Now when you overclock the CPU if it was the RAM that was struggling it should overclock further... as to get the RAM to its maximum will take a higher FSB. (Hope im explaining this OK)
However.... the tricky part is that we dont know the multiplier / ratio. So it is impossible to know what we'd be asking of the RAM when overclocking... and therefore there is potential for causing damage to the RAM. Saying this we didnt know it when it was set to "auto"... so i guess just work round it? ? ? - in small increments.
If it clocks to the same speed... then the answer is that your CPU has hit a wall. . .
But what kind of wall? - Heat? Voltage? Physical limit (unlikely).
Most common limiting factor is heat as im sure will know. So to get more speed . . spend a bit more on a better heat sink. - If you only have stock cooling now it may be limiting your o/c potential.
What are your current running temps by the way under full load at 3.4 gig?
Max
I think you will have changed the RAM settings... as they are set to auto... so will automatically change when you change your FSB. Im not totally sure in your case though... as we still dont know what the RAM multiplyer / ratio is. - - -> Some motherboards dont allow you to faf with these settings... if you cant find it then im confident that that could be the situation.
In which case.... it makes going further quite tricky. . .
SO... you have tried everything that you can to get your machine faster with what you have it seems. But we can not be sure what the limiting factor is. Is it the RAM... as it cant run at the requested speeds or is it the CPU's natural limit.
Next step... find out what the limiting factor is.
a) You are running 2gig of ram... but with 3 sticks. Are they all the same make / speed? - For instance if you run a 1 gig stick of 400Mhz with 2 sticks of 512 at 333Mhz... the "RAM" can only go as fast as the slowest part (333). Therefore reducing the speed of the 400mhz RAM to 333 - - annoying.
If its all 400Mhz... which you can check by looking on the side of the ram... then thats a good start. The reason for this is you should now try underclocking your RAM.
So.. if your ram is 400Mhz (which i think it will be) then change the auto setting to 333Mhz. - - - Now when you overclock the CPU if it was the RAM that was struggling it should overclock further... as to get the RAM to its maximum will take a higher FSB. (Hope im explaining this OK)
However.... the tricky part is that we dont know the multiplier / ratio. So it is impossible to know what we'd be asking of the RAM when overclocking... and therefore there is potential for causing damage to the RAM. Saying this we didnt know it when it was set to "auto"... so i guess just work round it? ? ? - in small increments.
If it clocks to the same speed... then the answer is that your CPU has hit a wall. . .
But what kind of wall? - Heat? Voltage? Physical limit (unlikely).
Most common limiting factor is heat as im sure will know. So to get more speed . . spend a bit more on a better heat sink. - If you only have stock cooling now it may be limiting your o/c potential.
What are your current running temps by the way under full load at 3.4 gig?
Max
