yesterday i found out my amd barton 3000+ was running on 13x166, while i have pc3200 ram *mind you, it is generic stuff* i always thought i had a cpu with 400 fsb, though i couldn't find proof of it anywhere, so i just tested it put it on 10.5x200 and ran prime95 all night on a blend stress test, no problems for ten hours straight and no temp increase, so i shut it down again. as it was now running 70 mHz short, i thought i'd increase the multi by one half, but it immediately became instable... is this a problem inherent of barton core 3000+'s? *sorry, don't know the stepping* and can i increase the voltage without seriously harming the cpu? i want to be able to use this rig for another 3 years at least, since i have little money(A) some info: asus a7n8x deluxe 2.xx mobo, 512 generic pc3200 ram, amd 3000+ barton cpu, stock cooling on cpu at 56 celsius full load *btw, i can't up the fsb instead of multi because my bios won't allow it and i am too chicken to flash the bios*
Are you sure your Barton is a 400 FSB Barton? Mine is a 333, and I've been running at 166 x 13 just fine. My idle temp is 38.0C if that helps, though I'm using athlon soft cool.
no. i'm not sure, but i want to take advantage of my pc3200 ram and at 10.5x200 its fine, but 11x200 it screws up bigtime, though it is only an overclock of +-30 mHz over 13x166... or can't it be compared that way?
The AthlonXP 3000+ runs on a 333 MHz FSB with a default voltage of 1.65V. Other than the larger L2, there are no architectural differences between Thoroughbred B's and Barton chips. Taken from: http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1340 You should running 166 (333) which is your stock fsb. It doesnt matter that you have 400mhz memory, its speed is determined by the fsb of your cpu. The clock speeds of 200x10.5 you achieved should be faster than the stock 13x166 you were running
