Tube: Just so you know, during XP install, to update the bios you are supposed to run the software and bios file from the harddrive after booting with a bootdisk, this requires a fat32 drive. There is a way to use another type of boot disk which creates a ram drive, but for simplicity I...
Are you guys getting these OC's using IDE drives only or are you seeing similar performance with SATA's? I've got an Athlon 64 3200+ Clawhammer on an ASUS K8V Deluxe board (10x213, no lock) and looking to get a board that will overclock.
nitenichiryu1: I've seen it posted on the MSI site to set the AGP to 67 to get the lock activated. I haven't done too much testing one way or the other to confirm but have had no problems so far. Also, you need to use the SATA 3&4 ports if you want to OC.
1.4 - For removing the back...
A quick trick to get back into bios if you make a mistake on the RAM settings is to power us the K8N Neo2 platinum while holding down the Insert key. This will load in greatly reduced settings temporarily so you can make changes.
Siamike
Whenever reseting the Bios, flashing, or even initial setup you should first Load Fail-Safe Defaults, F10 save and reboot, then when you go back into reset all the parameters in the bios you will have the selection menu for the HT frequency.
Some users on the MSI forums have...
I've been working and having problems at OC'ing my FX-53, admittedly (I think) the PQI Turbo 3200 RAM is holding me back, waiting for Balistic RAM to arrive Tuesday. Currently running at 13x205 stable.
Using Bios Rev 1.3,
memory timings - 2.5 4 4 11, 1T 200MHz
VID - 1.5 v
CPU - VID + 5% =...
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