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On Tuesday 22 January 2013 03:13:01 PM IST, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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> On 22/01/13 09:41, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote: |
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>> So I have this old E2180 processor and no money as of now to buy a new |
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>> rig :P |
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>> I'm trying to overclock my CPU using BIOS host clock control and |
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>> everything is fine at 2.6 Ghz up to bootloader. |
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>> Kernel segfaults. Any idea why? I'm running pf-kernel 3.7.2 and it |
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>> doesn't work with vanilla kernel either. |
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>> Intel MCE is disabled in kernel configuration. |
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> When you raise the "host clock", which is the FSB, you are also |
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> raising the frequency of your RAM. So make sure you select a lower |
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> FSB:DRAM ratio in your BIOS. To begin with, set it to 1:1. |
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> Also, if you only have the stock CPU cooler that came with it, you |
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> won't be able to actually get a stable overclock. Your CPU's stock |
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> frequency is 2GHz. Without a better cooler, you might get it to 2.2 |
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> or 2.3 maybe. But 2.6? That's pretty optimistic. I don't think |
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> it'll work in the long run, unless you happen to have picked a good |
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> chip that can be overclocked without raising the VCore. |
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> But first, solve the RAM problem by lowering the FSB:DRAM ratio. |
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I don't get even 2.1 with the stock cooler. Temperature easily goes |
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above 75-80 (spec say high temp is 86) on the prime95 test. Quite easy |
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to cook it considering that I'm a Gentoo user :D |
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Not really worth that. Thanks for replies. |
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Nilesh Govindarajan |
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http://nileshgr.com |