I dont think cooling will be a prob ATM I have the thermaltake blue orb II
Also I upped my CPU speed it says my max is 340 but it wont start up right so I played around with it for a while and the highest I could get it to work right is 300
( factory default is 266 ) In my MB Bios I cannot set the voltage for some reason here are some pics of the bios this is not my computer I just found these so I could show you guys I will take some pics of my exact config tommorow
there is a great page on the bios of the board I have now with loads of pics. PLease take a look and tell me if there is anything I can do guys
Also I just want to say thanks for all your guys help in helping me get this. I dont know what I would do without you fine folks.
the page is here
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/377/3/
Edit:
From the last page of the review of my board
Edit II:Overclocking
And here is where we find the Achilles heel of the 77Dual-VSTA. While it does have an adjustable Front Side Bus (FSB) that is adjustable at 1MHz increments, there are no voltage adjustments whatsoever on this motherboard. It seems that the VIA PT880 chipset is the culprit for holding back the overclock as we have used the Intel D975XBX and Gigabyte DS3 with the same processor and voltages only to get better overclocks. For this reason we are confident in saying that the motherboard is without a doubt an overclocking liability. Of course there is always the possibility that in a future BIOS or driver ASRock will be able to enhance overclocking.The highest stable setting I was able to reach was a less than stellar 290MHz FSB.
OK so I found a way to increase the voltage but it means modding the processor itself I dunno if I trust it though. It involves electrical tape and "conductive ink"!?
http://sg.vr-zone.com/?i=3904
http://sg.vr-zone.com/?i=3904&s=3
Edit III:
there is another MOD that involves soldering that I might try but I dont know enough about resisters yet
http://forums.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?t=192571
Again let me know what way you guys think is the best way
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