Overclocking CPU

[TomStamp]

Hey guys, I just built a new system basically the processor is a AMD x2 7750 Black edition. The stock speed is 2.7ghz. I went into my bios and tryed the easiest way to overclock and put the multiplyer to 14 instead of 13.5. And when it boots up it hangs, I get the one "beep" to say everythings ok. Iv tried changing the frequency aswell but still hangs.
A program that came with my motherdboard called easy tune lets me overclock to 3ghz and been stable. The only problem with this is once i restart my pc it doesnt save so I have to do this, each and everytime.
The motherboard by the way is a gigabyte ga-m52l-s3p.
Anyone got any ideas why I cant overclock in the bios.
Thanks
Tom.

 

[TomStamp]

Theres a picture of the easy tune program.

 

[crossbow]

I consider myself a newbie to the world of o'cing, but let's see if I can get you started....

With every change that doesn't work, try upping the CPU voltage (Vcore) very gradually as well, i.e. 0.05V (or the lowest possible increase) at a time if there's a feature in the BIOS to do so. I find it's much better to carry out all changes in the BIOS, & make very small increments (FSB, voltage, etc) each time.

Results will vary - one review site managed 3.3Ghz @ 1.45V with the 7750 BE, while another did 3.2Ghz @ 1.5V.

You're using a reasonable good cooler too, aren't you? Watch those temps too!

 

[TomStamp]

Hi crossbow again thanks for the reply. Yeah Iv managed to get to 2.9 just by changing the Multiplyer. Im going to go for 3.0ghz though just as its a nice number .
The cooler is just the stock heatsink and fan, I have 2x 120mm fans in the case, Im after one of those Zalman ones, The temps I think run fine about 36 on idle and the most iv got is 51 I think.
I thought myself to understand overclocking pretty well aswell but there are so many options and settings to change the voltages. Ill let you know how I get on thanks again.
Tom.

 

[TomStamp]

I consider myself a newbie to the world of o'cing, but let's see if I can get you started....

With every change that doesn't work, try upping the CPU voltage (Vcore) very gradually as well, i.e. 0.05V (or the lowest possible increase) at a time if there's a feature in the BIOS to do so. I find it's much better to carry out all changes in the BIOS, & make very small increments (FSB, voltage, etc) each time.

Results will vary - one review site managed 3.3Ghz @ 1.45V with the 7750 BE, while another did 3.2Ghz @ 1.5V.

You're using a reasonable good cooler too, aren't you? Watch those temps too!

Just to let you know I manged to get it to 3ghz. Just changed the multiplyer to 15.
At first which is weird, It wouldnt boot up when I changed it to 15 so I started to put the voltages up, after putting them up quite alot still nothing so i reset to default settings and it booted. I let it cool down for about an hour then just changed the multiplyer to 15 and it booted.
Maybe its because the temps were too high?
Again Thanks Crossbow

 

[mjn]

Forget multipliers, and up the FSB.

 

[Sniper Ash6]

once you have got somewhere you are happy with download prime 95 and stress test for a decent amount of time - couple of hours and watch the temps

this will show if your OC is stable

 

[11NG-Ben1642]

Temps, temps, temps, lol

I managed to get 2.56 from a 2.13 standard Core 2 Duo using a standard heatsink and fan, but the only thing to let me down was the core temperature, got as hot as a snake's ass in a waggon rut! OS would still boot but i noticed it hanged for a while every now and again, particularly when being asked to convert video files and the like.

If you have the cash I would strongly advise you to get a decent cooling system for your CPU.
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