OC possible thru software but not bios?

[Jfreetrader]

hiyas. ive read a lot about OCing my mini 311 (1025nr) i have modded the heatsink with copper shims, modded for external wireless (a real must have in my line of work), been overclocking with the software for quite some time. i finally had the time to take the step to crack the bios and begin to OC thru that.
heres what ive been able to do so far.
with default memory (2gb, 1gb onboard 1gb HP chip) i have been able to chanage the Bios' mem ratio to 4:5, then overclocked thru software, but really this was just aproof of concept as i had gotten a 2gb g.skill 1333 stick i really wanted to play around with
i have been able to set ratio to 2:3 and then thru software easily set fsb to 166. setting CPU to 2.0ghz. rock solid, no issues whatsoever.
i dont have all the paperwork inforont of me atm, but i was able to oc it to 1 point below 2.2ghs. think thats 182 fsb.
that right there i dont quite understand, at 2:3 ratio it should put my memory at 1100, thats below the speed of my memory. isnit it?
"2.2Ghz | 183Mhz | 733 | 512+221 | 3:2 | 1100"

but whats really kind of odd to me, is the 2.0ghz speed, i am not able to run thru the bios. i leave it in linked, set to 512+152, 2:3 ratio,
"2.0Ghz | 166Mhz | 666 | 512+152 | 3:2 | 1000"
im not able to boot. i have to remove the memory have, restart, revert settings in bios, and then reinstall mem to get things back to normal.

i dont quite understand. if i can stay that way thru software no issues, why would it not work thru the bios?

i dont want to sound ungreatfull or pushy, but i work in the offshore oil industry, so a speedy answer would be fantastic as i dont get much time on land. let alone much time at home with all the tools ard resources.

thankyou

[Bruno_007]

With the 3Gb of ram I think you won't be able to run the memories at 1333Mhz, at least in my case and in general I think. Some limitation of the chipset probably.

Try setting 177 (512 + 196) or 182 (512 + 216) fsb at Linked 3:2. I'm proposing these values to make the memories run slightly above or near 1066Mhz, to trigger higher timings for them and possibly enabling the mini to boot.

If not try using the Unlinked option, with something like 1066.

[Jfreetrader]

thanks for the fast reply/ sorry i havnt been as quick in getting back
as im sure youve seen, things are kinda crazy in my line of work.

that seemed to have worked, ive been able to oc to higher levels. tryign right now at 2.2 thru bios.

i havnt had much trouble in it crashing outright, but i fear i may be getting locked up every now and then, so i may have to back off to 2.0 or something.

one thing i have seen is that i cannot seem to wake from closing the lid anymore. its like its stuck, stil powered on, fan running, still warm, but the power, wireless, and sometimes the capslock lights are all illuminated for some reason.

kinda scaring me, i adjusted some bios settings that i read may make things a little easyer for ocing, but who knows. if it keeps happening, i guess ill try unlinked mode. im just scared that it will be easyer to fuck things up, with intigrated memory and all.

anyhow, thanks again, and if you have any more advice id love to hear it.

[Bruno_007]

thanks for the fast reply/ sorry i havnt been as quick in getting back
as im sure youve seen, things are kinda crazy in my line of work.

Yeah no problem, I believe they are.

Curious... Ok try running and application like Prime95 to test the stability of the machine with your current overclock. Leave it for a while, like 30min, and see if it didn't came up with errors. I kind of think that the sleep problem isn't related to the overclock.

Check this thread for example: viewtopic.php?f=59&t=4738&p=30578

See if it fixes your problem.