GA-P35-DQ6

cocodaclown · 5 Nov 2007 at 23:09

Q6600 quad cpu, 4gb crucial ballistix pc2-8500, p35-dq6 board.
Got one of these, managed, after about 4 days, to get it to run smoothly. However, when I open CPUZ or even giga-bytes own Easy-Tune it shows my cpu speed as 1.55ghz and my ram as pc6400 at really low mhz. However, in si-soft it shows as 2.4ghz and in TAT its 2.4ghz too.
Do I have to change my vdimm from 1.8v to 2.2v to see my ram as it should be? Both of those, however, show my ram at running at about 300-400mhz depending on which stick. And how do I get my cpu to show its correct speed or is it? Im completely and utterly new to oc'ing so a pointer to a guide would be welcome too

, especially one for this board.

Thx in advance

liam8582007 · 5 Nov 2007 at 23:12

Speedstep enabled? What is it in the BIOS?

Liam

Cob · 5 Nov 2007 at 23:58

cocodaclown said:
Q6600 quad cpu, 4gb crucial ballistix pc2-8500, p35-dq6 board.
Got one of these, managed, after about 4 days, to get it to run smoothly. However, when I open CPUZ or even giga-bytes own Easy-Tune it shows my cpu speed as 1.55ghz and my ram as pc6400 at really low mhz. However, in si-soft it shows as 2.4ghz and in TAT its 2.4ghz too.
Do I have to change my vdimm from 1.8v to 2.2v to see my ram as it should be? Both of those, however, show my ram at running at about 300-400mhz depending on which stick. And how do I get my cpu to show its correct speed or is it? Im completely and utterly new to oc'ing so a pointer to a guide would be welcome too , especially one for this board.

Thx in advance

Disable C1E and EIST in BIOS to disable SpeedSteps power-saving features if you wish to.

And yeah change your vdimm to 2.2v. And you have to double CPU-Z's ram speed to get the DDR speed (400x2 = 800mhz). You'll need to set the Memory Multiplier to x4 to get it running at 1066mhz.

WJA96 · 6 Nov 2007 at 06:40

Have a look here - the DQ6 bios is pretty much identical to the DS4.

cocodaclown · 7 Nov 2007 at 00:59

I opened up bios to have a look before changing anything, and it says my SPD is 1066 already, which I cant understand. The voltage still shows 1.8v and, as its a giga board, it also shows a red warning sign for this. Thx for the advice so far, any more hints, clues or sound advice is always welcome

NigeyUK · 7 Nov 2007 at 10:41

CPUZ doesnt show the voltage correctly, at least it didnt on mine, try downloading everest to check the actual voltages etc.

HatMan · 8 Nov 2007 at 09:12

It's no help to you sorry, but I have a P35DQ6, a Q6600, 4 x 1Gb stick of XMS2 6400 C4, and I can't overclock past squat either. Some good members helped me a lot on the OC section and I had a small party when it hit 3GHz for 20mins before crashing. My DQ6 has the worst bios recovery ever, in fact 99% of the time I have to do it. I even get the odd crash in games, well only GRAW2 to be honest. My system is 2 months old an I hate it already. If I could afford too, it would be in the bin. Good luck to you

WJA96 · 8 Nov 2007 at 10:00

HatMan said:
It's no help to you sorry, but I have a P35DQ6, a Q6600, 4 x 1Gb stick of XMS2 6400 C4, and I can't overclock past squat either. Some good members helped me a lot on the OC section and I had a small party when it hit 3GHz for 20mins before crashing. My DQ6 has the worst bios recovery ever, in fact 99% of the time I have to do it. I even get the odd crash in games, well only GRAW2 to be honest. My system is 2 months old an I hate it already. If I could afford too, it would be in the bin. Good luck to you

Where are you located?

When it crashes, what does it do - just die (blackscreen) or bluescreen and reboot?

HatMan · 8 Nov 2007 at 19:41

I'm based in Cardiff. I don't think I've had a black screen death. If I try to overclock, I ussually end up with a reboot cycle that never ends or a maybe just maybe a boot that registers 3GHz. On one occasion it ran at 3GHz and I managed to play GRAW2 for 30 mins. I was happy until it crashed. BSOD with white writing with information about a memory dump. An orthos test, on the one occasion it has worked, lasted no time at all. I've tried one stick and still fail. I can't even run my RAM at 2.1v without changing ANYTHING else.

WJA96 · 8 Nov 2007 at 20:04

On that basis I'd say the RAM could be duff, or you may have a weak core on the CPU. It's really unlikely the motherboard is bad. BSODs are usually down to *** chipset, as when the CPU is overwehelmed the system generally blackscreens in my experience (especially undervolted CPUs).

It's probably also worth having a look at the chipset cooling. The big heatsinks are there for a reason, and they do need a modicum of airflow over them.

And sadly, you're a touch too far away to offer direct intervention.