MOVED: Unable to O/C FSB beyond 220 FSB (K8N Neo Platinum)

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Unable to O/C FSB beyond 220 FSB (K8N Neo Platinum)

And the Newbie award goes to:
ME!
Turns out that a little research over and the Amdmb forums cured my issue.
What was wrong: The AGP lock.
In order to get it engaged, you must set AGP frequency to 67 Mhz in the BIOS.  By default it is set to 66 Mhz.  At 66, the AGP lock is not active and you end up overclocking the AGP bus.
Got my board to boot into windows up to 240 at 3.0-4-4-10 timings (2.80V).  However it isn't Memtest stable at that FSB.  System would post at 250 FSB, but memory couldn't keep up, and Windows wouldn't load.  Lowered FSB to 230, and got it Memtest stable at [email protected]  Also Memtest stable at 225FSB at [email protected]
Will now work to see what the chip can do, and then try to see if I can't squeeze my memory to run at CAS 2.0.
For all those out there with a similar issue, check your AGP frequency.  Another thing that I noted from the Amdmb forums, is that the thermal paste under the chipset heatsink is poorly applied on many boards.  This could also affect your stability, if the northbridge ends up overheating.
So on that note, I take back my previous rant about the board.

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