Dude it looks (possibley) like the mobo isn't recognising the chip correctly, X2s can be detected as "Unknown Hammer" cores by old bioses. In this case it would (reasonably) select a lower fsb to "protect" the chip. Have you tried "cpuz" (google "cpuz" for the download) if this reports anything other than a "Manchester" core then updating the BIOS is the first port of call. However don't take this lighty, you must have exactly the correct Bios file and if it goes wrong it may leave the PC unbootable (un'post'able). Once it is running correctly find a good overclocking forum. Those guys are very experienced, I am more happy overclocking than teaching overclocking. Theres no reason why you 4200 X2 couldn't eventually reach 2500MHz on the stock cooler but this may take 50 - 100 tweaks and reboots to get right. Slowy slowly catchy monkey.

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Don't worry Sony, I'll just cancel my date of birth and get a new one.

....or you might havbe cool'n'quiet enabled, which lowers the chip speed when you're not using it for much. When you're gaming it ramps up the speed again

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nevermind about my previous post it was me not looking carefully

Regards,
Richard

the seS dudes are good with overclocking stuff, may be worth poping onto their forum as well.

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LMAO awww he called him by his first name awww ...

Anyways i want to look at the dual cores now seeing as AMD are doiing price drops so yeah hopefully it'll work out then :D:D

Anyways just a question because i aint in depth with the Intel and AMD war but is it worth waiting for Intels new release or jsut buy AMD when prices drop??

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