New Quad -> haven't a clue what to do...

Conrad11

Conrad11

Conrad11

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Hi there,

I have been out of touch with overclocking and everything for quite a while. I loaded the ASUS BIOS and I honestly haven't the slightest clue what I am doing. Nothing like the DFI Ultra-D one, its so confusing, I don't know what settings to change etc....

Help me....lol.

Where do I start?

My specs are:
Q6600 (Stock Cooling)
OCZ Flex PC2-6400 800Mhz (2x1GB) (4-4-4-15 2V)
Asus P5K (Ai Lifestyle version)
Corsair HX 620W
X1900XT.

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I mean at the moment I am just changing settings in the dark and here is what happend :S:




What should i do? There must be some sort of speed-step setting i have missed?

Also is there a way to update the BIOS in windows?

Thanks.
 
All CPU related settings should be under "CPU Configuration" on ASUS boards including EIST, C1E, execute disable bit...etc.
 
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For the following what should they be set to:

C1E Support
Max CPUID Value Limit
Vanderpool Technology
CPU TM Function (I think this is the speed-step)
Execute Disable Bit

They are all Enabled or Disabled but whats the best settings to have?
 
Thanks.

This is quite confusing now.

OK. Running 350x9 1.425V.

When i open CPUz in windows it shows: 351x9 with the Rated FSB 1404.1Mhz (Im sure that number should be lot lower?).....it also shows the vcore at 1.26v

Strange or normal?
 
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Where is the option to disable speedstep - cant find it
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Conrad, can I first suggest you read the motherboard manual a few times so you are familiar with the basics, secondly can I suggest you spend an hour or two reading some of the many threads on overclocking and overclocking quad cores in these forums.

If you have a general understanding of your BIOS and the principles of overclocking then you will have a nice smooth ride.

I am happy to help as I'm sure are others but you need to do some work also :)

Conrad11 said:
My specs are:
Q6600 (Stock Cooling)
OCZ Flex PC2-6400 800Mhz (2x1GB) (4-4-4-15 2V)
Asus P5K (Ai Lifestyle version)
Corsair HX 620W
X1900XT
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Nice specs man, I'm sure by this time next weekend you will be flying! :cool:
 
Big.Wayne said:
Conrad, can I first suggest you read the motherboard manual a few times so you are familiar with the basics, secondly can I suggest you spend an hour or two reading some of the many threads on overclocking and overclocking quad cores in these forums.

If you have a general understanding of your BIOS and the principles of overclocking then you will have a nice smooth ride.

I am happy to help as I'm sure are others but you need to do some work also :)



Nice specs man, I'm sure by this time next weekend you will be flying! :cool:
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Thanks of the post dude.

I have been reading through the posts on the forums - the ones posted in this thread are particularly interesting.

I have actually been through the manual, but it doesn't tell you much about the settings and what they do to be honest....

I have actually overclocked before, its just its been ages and everything has changes. I am used to the standard BIOS's and the ASUS BIOS is so confusing :p.

Right according to CPU-z v1.43 the settings are:

Core Speed: 3200.0 Mhz
Multiplier: 8
Bus Speed: 400.0 Mhz
Rated FSB: 1600.00 Mhz
Core Voltage: 1.280 V (Set to 1.475 in BIOS i think)

Temps: (According to SpeedFan v4.33 - full load [ 4 x Prime95 - CPU Torture Test] )
System: 39*C
CPU: 65*C
AUX: 127*C !!!!!!! <- wtf?
HD0: 28*C
Core 0: 63*C
Core 1: 63*C
Core 2: 60*C
Core 3: 60*C

Appears to be stable, but obviously haven't run a big stability test yet.
 
Woah - just stopped the Prime Test (All four cores - about 1hour 20mins) and i have noticed that the vCore reading in CPU-Z shot up to 1.408V.

What would be the next step for here?
 
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Conrad11 said:
Woah - just stopped the Prime Test (All four cores - about 1hour 20mins) and i have noticed that the vCore reading in CPU-Z shot up to 1.408V.

What would be the next step for here?
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thats ok :)

you will get 3 "levels" of vcore on your system, the vcore you enter into the BIOS, the idle vcore in windows and a load vcore.. as the load on the processors increases so the vcore will drop slightly.. so when you stoped the prime95 run the processors load drop'd dramatically and the vcore therefore increased up to idle levels.

So for instance my BIOS vcore is 1.5v, Idle vcore is around 1.48v and under load 1.464v
 
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Pneumonic said:
thats ok :)

you will get 3 "levels" of vcore on your system, the vcore you enter into the BIOS, the idle vcore in windows and a load vcore.. as the load on the processors increases so the vcore will drop slightly.. so when you stoped the prime95 run the processors load drop'd dramatically and the vcore therefore increased up to idle levels.

So for instance my BIOS vcore is 1.5v, Idle vcore is around 1.48v and under load 1.464v
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Ah ok, makes abit of sence, but yours droped slightly, mine dropped quite dramatically (.12v nearly), could that mean it is unlikely to be stable?

Thanks for all the advice guys - I am getting used to it now...
 
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Right i have booted on 400*8 and primed - it seems fine.

I can boot on 400*9 but its not stable during prime and it BSODs.

I would like to get 400*9 and ideas?

Should I downgrade the bios - currently on 603, but from the thread above it appears 602 is the best. Or are they practically the same anyways?
 
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Surely it's not unstable because its on stock cooling? Or do you mean because it is getting too hot? Temps are < 70*C apart from the "AUX" which is 127*C for some reason?

I think it might be unstable because it's not getting the true voltage. I could probably set 1.7V in the BIOS and get a 1.5V reading in CPU-z, but im scared to do so because it might, just by fluke, or by errenous reading, actually be 1.7V....and i end up killing the CPU.
 
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