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What is holding back my oc?

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So i have my e4500 at 2.95 right now 268 x 11.

Ram is at ddr2-402 (i have to choose the lowest out of the three option 402,536, and 670 for system to boot). This give me ddr2-4300.

If i increase to fsb to 269, it says something about incorrect boot device and ask to restart.
If I change ram speed to, say, the second option, ddr2-536, screen won't even post at fsb 250ish.

I think it's either my mobo or my ram or both.

mobo: http://www.afterdawn.com/hardware/product_details.cfm/6806/asus_p5ld2-x_1333
ram: kingston 2gb kvr533d2n4
 
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Incorrect boot device is you have 2 hdd and your booting the hard drive without the os or a cable is loose somewere on the hdd
What cooler do you have on the CPU?
 
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i only have 1 hdd and the freezer 7 keeping my e4500 at 23'C idle
 
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Incorrect boot device is you have 2 hdd and your booting the hard drive without the os or a cable is loose somewere on the hdd
What cooler do you have on the CPU?

Or the controller shitting out because of the bus speed. Is there some option for a PCI lock? Are you touching the PCI-e clock?
 
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give the northbridge a bump in volts
also make sure the timmings on the ram are default and the voltage for the ram also

it could be you maxed out the of or hit a fsb hole
 
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i think i leave it at auto. Now that you say it, I remember reading something about changing pci and pci-e speed when i first learn to oc...i remember something about setting it at 90...
 
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should be 100
 
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the mobo doesn't really give me much options to do. I can't change any kind of voltage in bios\

edit: the bios only shows pci express. is it pci or pci-e?
 
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Pci-e is PCI express

I would suggest an upgrade if possible
 
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oh one more thing. I first can't even increase the fsb to anywhere more than 230. But after couple days i can get pass that and work my way up little by little. (it's like every couple days the chip increase its fsb threshold by little...until it hits 268 :()

everything else is default except for the fsb cuz i can't possible change it anyway. Should i do sth with the multiplier?
 
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Yes but bring your FSB down
 
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