Barton Chip overclock
10 August 2003, 09:00 AM
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Hi all.
Speaking to my mate at a computer shop, he just told me the good news about the 2.5 Barton chip.
He sold me the chip as he said it was one of the best.
Well friday, he told me that, AMD have stopped making these chips as what they really are, is a 3200 turned down.
Soltek, my Motherboard, have realesed updates for my board and bios which turns the Barton back to a 3200.
Hence AMD have ceased to sell them as price of a 2.5 turned up against a 3200 'of the shelf' chip.
We have updated my board so that it now accepts 200 FSB, so it now reads the chip as a 3200, i have flashed the bios with the latest update, and older ones, but none seem to work for some reason.
The boot up screen appears, shows the speed of the chip, but then freezes.
Can anyone shed some light on this or possibly show me the way?
The board is a Soltek SL-75FRN2-L and is only about 5 months old.
Thanks very much to all
Tony
Speaking to my mate at a computer shop, he just told me the good news about the 2.5 Barton chip.
He sold me the chip as he said it was one of the best.
Well friday, he told me that, AMD have stopped making these chips as what they really are, is a 3200 turned down.
Soltek, my Motherboard, have realesed updates for my board and bios which turns the Barton back to a 3200.
Hence AMD have ceased to sell them as price of a 2.5 turned up against a 3200 'of the shelf' chip.
We have updated my board so that it now accepts 200 FSB, so it now reads the chip as a 3200, i have flashed the bios with the latest update, and older ones, but none seem to work for some reason.
The boot up screen appears, shows the speed of the chip, but then freezes.
Can anyone shed some light on this or possibly show me the way?
The board is a Soltek SL-75FRN2-L and is only about 5 months old.
Thanks very much to all
Tony
10 August 2003, 12:02 PM
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Yes, some 2500 chips will run at these speeds, but not all. Some 1700 chips can be run in a similar way; I am running a XP1700 ThoroB at 2ghz, whilst I type this.
Remember though, that the chip will almost certainly run hotter so upgrade your cooling.
I'd wind down the speed on your 2500 and gradually increase the speed to a maximum whereby it is stable. It clearly isn't stable at the current speed. This may be due to the CPU not able to attain such, your cooling, memory or mobo.
Remember though, that the chip will almost certainly run hotter so upgrade your cooling.
I'd wind down the speed on your 2500 and gradually increase the speed to a maximum whereby it is stable. It clearly isn't stable at the current speed. This may be due to the CPU not able to attain such, your cooling, memory or mobo.
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hi sterns
i have a barton 2500 overclocked to 3200. you need to change in the bios the fsb from 166 to 200. you will also need to have pc3200 memory and you will almost certainly have to knock the vcore voltage in the cpu up a notch or two. the standard vcore is 1.65v but you might need to knock it up to 1.7 or 1.725 to get the cpu to run stable. the reason you machine might be falling over or refusing to boot is the memory. if the memory is not pc3200 then you will need really good pc2700 (corsair) to get anywhere 200mhz fsb. the cooling is another issue. at 3200 these bartons run very hot circa 50+degs on full load so you beter have one big **** fan on the processor.
hope this helps ya
cheers
big sinky
i have a barton 2500 overclocked to 3200. you need to change in the bios the fsb from 166 to 200. you will also need to have pc3200 memory and you will almost certainly have to knock the vcore voltage in the cpu up a notch or two. the standard vcore is 1.65v but you might need to knock it up to 1.7 or 1.725 to get the cpu to run stable. the reason you machine might be falling over or refusing to boot is the memory. if the memory is not pc3200 then you will need really good pc2700 (corsair) to get anywhere 200mhz fsb. the cooling is another issue. at 3200 these bartons run very hot circa 50+degs on full load so you beter have one big **** fan on the processor.
hope this helps ya
cheers
big sinky
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