Striker II Extreme Voltage woes

[cje]

Whatever I set in the BIOS, the board always reports that it is giving more voltage than what I set.

For example, I set 1.3v for my Q6600 at stock, I let it POST then into BIOS again and view voltages, it reports 1.36! The Q6600 has a VID of 1.3, so I lowered the voltage to 1.25 which the BIOS then reports that it is giving 1.3v to the chip.

However, if I then change the fsb to 1600 and multiplier to 6, it won't even pass POST. It will freeze with the code "MP INIT" which is a cpu L2 cache error. In order for it to POST it needs 1.3 in BIOS, so 1.36v actual.

Why does it overvolt so much? and why cant I run my Q6600 at stock volts at stock speed, but with a higher fsb and lower multi?

Other voltages are high, and should be adequate:
Vcore : 1.3 (Actual 1.36)
Ram : 1.6 (Actual 1.72)
PLL: Auto
VTT : 1.38
NB : 1.44 (Actual 1.48)
SB : Auto (Actual 1.5)

 

[SimonB]

Hi,

What bios version is the board running? earlier bioses did sometimes misreport and or overvolt.

The memory overvolting was common to all the bios in my experience I used to set 1.85 to get 1.9 actual.

Re the 1600fsb issue what settings do you run for your memory speed is ti linked to the fsb or unlinked?

Cheers, Simon.

 

[cje]

Hi mate, I'm using 1104 BIOS. And currently I've got it stable at 1556 fsb and DRAM linked and synced.
I've set ddr voltage to 1.86 in BIOS, but the ram is actually getting 1.9v.

Re the 1600 fsb issue, I think it was due to NB voltage. With 1556 linked and synced as it is now, It requires 1.58 NB. Which is quite high.

 

[AndyOcUK]

Leave the RAM at 1.6V

Try this:

AI Tuning: Manual
Nvidia GPU Ex: Disabled

FSB - Memory Clock Mode: Unlinked
FSB : Mhz:1600
MEM (DDR), Mhz: 1600
CPU Multiplier: 9

Vcore Voltage: 1.4375
Memory Voltage: 1.6V
NB Core Voltage: 1.45v
SB Core Voltage: AUTO
CPU VTT Voltage: AUTO
DDRII Controller Ref Voltage: AUTO
DDRII Channel A Ref Voltage: AUTO
DDRII Channel B Ref Voltage: AUTO

tCL (CAS Latency): 9
tRCD: 9
tRP: 9
tRAS: 24
Command Per Clock (CMD): 2 clock (2T)
Advance Memory Settings
tRRD: AUTO
tRC: AUTO
tWR: AUTO
tWTR: AUTO
tREF: AUTO
Async Latency: AUTO

CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled
MCP PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled
SATA Spread Spectrum: Disabled
LDT Spread Spectrum: Disabled
CPU Internal Thermal Control: Disabled
Limit CPUID MaxVal: Disabled
Enhanced C1 (C1E): Disabled
Execute Disable Bit: Disabled
Virtualization Technology: Disabled
Enhanced Intel Speedstep Tech: Disabled
LDT Frequency: 5x
PCIEX16_1 Frequency (Mhz):set to 101
PCIEX16_2 Frequency (Mhz):set to 101
PCIEX16_3 Frequency (Mhz):set to 101
SPP<->MCP Ref Clock, Mhz: 200

That should give you 3.6GHz

Much more is possible with this board if you know what you are doing. Ignore all the slaggings it gets

New BIOS (1104) here:

http://rapidshare.com/files/14838604...XTREME1104.zip

 

[SimonB]

Hi mate, I'm using 1104 BIOS. And currently I've got it stable at 1556 fsb and DRAM linked and synced.
I've set ddr voltage to 1.86 in BIOS, but the ram is actually getting 1.9v.

Re the 1600 fsb issue, I think it was due to NB voltage. With 1556 linked and synced as it is now, It requires 1.58 NB. Which is quite high.

Hi,

Your Northbridge does look high to me, these boards vary a lot in respect to the NB Vcore mine for example was happy with just 1.36-1.38.

It looks as though you may be pushing your 1333Mhz ram a bit too hard and with it linked you may be limiting your fsb. I was fortunate with my board perhaps but even that had fsb 'holes' where it would not run reliably.

Have a look at this thread where mine and others settings were listed forum link

I you are happy with the current speed and the system is stable it may be best to leave it as is or you could unlink the memory and try to bring the fsb up into the 1600-1700 range and adjust the muliplier to suit.

And in the time it took me to type this AndyOcUk responded with an excelent post far better than my Sunday morning head can manage

Cheers, Simon.

 

[AndyOcUK]

And in the time it took me to type this AndyOcUk responded with an excelent post far better than my Sunday morning head can manage

Cheers, Simon.

Cheated mate! Its a copy and paste from one of my other posts.