oc'ing trouble

P4EE · Nov 23, 2004, 07:35 AM

i used to be able to oc my cpu considerably, but it seems like once i ditched my ide's and went sata raid 0, i could no longer oc.i have an abit ic7-g that has that softboot thing (or whatever it's called) to easily change my cpu speed. are the 2 somehow connected? is it a dumb question? be gentle, i'm just learning.

MiDKnYtE · Nov 23, 2004, 09:57 PM

some SATA controllers are more sensitive to overclocking. when you add in RAID0, that makes it more fragile.

El Kapitano · Nov 23, 2004, 10:26 PM

Yep, the ide controllers are usually locked with the PCI/AGP bus if that's applicable in your case. However the sata controllers were'nt, I went through hell trying to overclock an AMD64 3200 S754 on a K8V deluxe board with sata raid. Must've reinstalled windows about a dozen times.

All part of the learning curve.

Nov 23, 2004, 07:35 AM	#1
P4EE DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: glassboro, nj Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0	oc'ing trouble i used to be able to oc my cpu considerably, but it seems like once i ditched my ide's and went sata raid 0, i could no longer oc.i have an abit ic7-g that has that softboot thing (or whatever it's called) to easily change my cpu speed. are the 2 somehow connected? is it a dumb question? be gentle, i'm just learning.

Nov 23, 2004, 09:57 PM	#2
MiDKnYtE Caffeine Machine Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Hell is empty. All the devils are here. Posts: 670 Rep Power: 0	some SATA controllers are more sensitive to overclocking. when you add in RAID0, that makes it more fragile.

Nov 23, 2004, 10:26 PM	#3
El Kapitano Most of the 7 dwarfs in 1 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Rochdale, Lancashire Posts: 947 Rep Power: 0	Yep, the ide controllers are usually locked with the PCI/AGP bus if that's applicable in your case. However the sata controllers were'nt, I went through hell trying to overclock an AMD64 3200 S754 on a K8V deluxe board with sata raid. Must've reinstalled windows about a dozen times. All part of the learning curve.