I tried booting at 150MHz last night,Windows wouldn't load &after going back into the BIOS & resetting to 138MHz I was greeted with the "Scary Windows Didn't start normally last time,etc...I let it boot into Windows normally & seems good.
I ran some Benchmarks & stressed it & all seems stable.This is our 1st PC & I've learned a lot & am continuosly learning
...sometimes the hard way
!! I haven't tried CPUcoolor any software OC tools,just BIOS settings & have determined that 147MHz is the razor's edge for our PC.143MHz
is ok,but we've had a few Random Restarts.This could be do to
an ugly ATI Driver install last fall,had to run Sysrestore .But 138MHz seems the stablest. Being My Wife & 2 Kids share the PC also I've decided to leave it where its set at & when I get my own PC w/ the Chaintech board I can OC all I want.Then if I crash the My PC the Admiral & Kids won't care ....LOL!!
My Computer Info: Built & set up May 2003.
ECS K7S5A version 3.1Cheepoman OC BIOS 1.0( 020325)
Chipset-SiS 735 CPU to PCI Bridge
AMD Athlon XP 2200-Thoroughbred(138MHz, 1.86GHz)
Multiplier:13.5X(27/2X)
Thermaltake Heat Sync
Microsoft Windows XP Pro Version 2002 SP2
512Megs DDR400 RAM (1 stick Mushkin PC3200 Low Latency)
CAS Latency-2T/RAS Time-7T/Precharge-4T
ATI Radeon 9800 PRO 128Meg AGP 4X (slightly OC'd)
Intel PRO 1000 Network Card MT
NEC USB 2.0 PCI Card (5 ports)
NEC 19" Mutlisync FE991SB Monitor
Enermax 470Watt ATX Power Supply:
+3.3V:34A/+5V:40A/+12V1:16A/+12V2:15A/-12V:0.8A/
+5Vsb:2.5A/+3.3V & 5.5V: 280W
MBM5 Voltage Readout:
Core0: 1.60V
Core1: 2.45V
+3.3: 3.23V
+5: 5.02V
+12: 12.33V
-12: -12.26V
-5: 0.00V
I can't stress how helpful this site is,whether you're an Overclocker or not,If you have a K7S5A board,you need this site in your favorites.I only hope I find a site half as informative for The Chaintech.
Happy Belated New Year to you all & a thousand thank you's.
