Nope BIOS is really the only way to unlock your memory, and loosten the timings. Also what are your northbridge temps? I know that was a factor in my un-ability to hit the 4Ghz mark. You could also try changing your multiplyer.

Cheers
Cameron

With a 12x multiplier you need to hit 250mhz FSB to get the cores running at 3Ghz.

If the memory's holding you back, do the following:

1) Set the HTT link speed to 4x (from 5x).
2) Put the memory on a 333 (sometimes called 166) divider.
3) Set the FSB to 250mhz.

Should be fine.

(333/400)*250 = 208.125mhz (This is the frequency your memory will run at - should be OK as it's only 8mhz above stock speed.)

Jon 8)

2.7ghz for an X2 is a good max o/c. Don't be surprised if you don't get much further regardless of your memory settings.

You need to change the memory divider, which is a setting in bios which is used to manually select a lower ram type.

GeForce explains this above in step 2.

Step 1 is required because the hypertransport frequency will crash the PC if it exceeds 1000mhz  by too great a margin, that multiplier setting times the bus speed equals Hypertransport speed, ie 4 x 250 = 1000.

If your Bus speed goes up towards 300mhz, you will need to drop the HT multiplier to 3x to remain stable in most cases.

Read carefully what GeForce wrote above, he is correct. However, as Nick said, that is going to be a difficult if not impossible accomplishment, and you would need an exceptional X2 cpu to get there.

You don't want to drop your memory timings, that's not the right way to do it. Figure out where the divider is in bios, indeed, if you (and so many others) would just post your mainboard ID's, then you would already have had the answer long ago.

I think that was the cpu temp Bindoe.

Either way, it's not correct, niether CPU or GPU runs at those low temps without some very sophisticated cooling solution.

actualy i just have the stock cooler and every temp monitor i have is saying 26 at load so that just rocks

i do however have a very very good case, i have the heatsink on the GPU then their is a fan right on top of it extracting it straight out my case their is also a 80mm fan on the back of it and a 40mm on the front. so when it comes to cooling its pretty well coverd, i am however looking at getting a water coolign system to keep the temps down in the summer

john

I once had a broken sensor that reported sub-zero temperatures.