a bit of building help please
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check you have the ide cable the right way.
pin 1 should have a red line (sometimes blue dependant on what ide cable you have) along one side which indicates pin 1
pin goes next to the power plug on the actual device.
BUT
unplug the cdroms, and the hard drives and power up.
if you still arnt posting, reseat the graphics card.
just an add on though, check to see if your graphics card requires its own power lead, some wont boot with out it, some will boot but give you constant warnings.
pin 1 should have a red line (sometimes blue dependant on what ide cable you have) along one side which indicates pin 1
pin goes next to the power plug on the actual device.
BUT
unplug the cdroms, and the hard drives and power up.
if you still arnt posting, reseat the graphics card.
just an add on though, check to see if your graphics card requires its own power lead, some wont boot with out it, some will boot but give you constant warnings.
Remember me!!!! If at first you dont succeed......etc etc Well thanks to all your help the computer is now built and xp pro on. All seems well.I was just wondering now if anything needs tweaked -I havent gone near the bios do I need to alter anything there? Because this is my first build I wasnt intending to overclock -or should I? (Do intend to build another and overclock it.) Just want to check that out before I install my software.Appreciate views or comments as usual cheers jos
Cheers mate please dont go!!!! Have been reading -is the first thing to do to download some of the testing software. I did download Prime 95 Should I spend the next day or so becoming familiar with the software.What software would you recommend to download and try
download prime95v25.4, orthos, everest, coretemp, cpu-z as a base. my pref is for prime95, run 8-12 hours small fft's to test cpu stability, blend - same hours - to test system stability. Other people disagree, and it really does depend on whether your gaming/browsing versus rendering, or other stressful-software apps.
Your e6600 (iirc) should get 3.0-3.2GHz easily enough. You may find yourself tweaking volts (vdim for memory to 2.1 likely, vcore for cpu to god-knows-what-gets-ya-stable), a lot will depend on your cooling.
Ideally, go up fsb in small steps (~10 Mhz), then run a quick, orthos or prime, small-fft to see if it can live for 10 or 20 minutes. At serious intervals, one's you'd be happy with, e.g. 2.8-3.0-3.2GHz, kick it for an overnight run. leave something running to measure temps, like everest, so you can see that you're still below, for example, 70c per core (absolute) max.
That's a very rough guide. see how you get on and post back your results, mate, and best of luck.
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btw, you'll also need memtest86+. this also takes several hours to run, so best again to do these overnight. if you do it within windows, open enough sessions to cover all your physical memory.
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Your e6600 (iirc) should get 3.0-3.2GHz easily enough. You may find yourself tweaking volts (vdim for memory to 2.1 likely, vcore for cpu to god-knows-what-gets-ya-stable), a lot will depend on your cooling.
Ideally, go up fsb in small steps (~10 Mhz), then run a quick, orthos or prime, small-fft to see if it can live for 10 or 20 minutes. At serious intervals, one's you'd be happy with, e.g. 2.8-3.0-3.2GHz, kick it for an overnight run. leave something running to measure temps, like everest, so you can see that you're still below, for example, 70c per core (absolute) max.
That's a very rough guide. see how you get on and post back your results, mate, and best of luck.
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btw, you'll also need memtest86+. this also takes several hours to run, so best again to do these overnight. if you do it within windows, open enough sessions to cover all your physical memory.
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Back again-for more torture!I downloaded the wrong core temp 095 instead of 095.4 and it kept rebooting Then got the correct version and I have upped the fsb by 5mhz, but basically I am now not aware of what I should be looking for! I expect you to know that of course!!! This is what I have inthe cmos:
Robust Graphics Booster auto;
cpu clock ratio (9x)
cpu host clock control (disabled)
xcpu host frequency (mhz) 200
PCI express frequencymhz auto
CIA2 disabled
System Memory Multiplier (spd) auto
Memory frequency mhz 800
System Voltage Control -Manual
DDR2 OverVoltage Control normal
PCI-3 OVER vOLTAGE CONTROL -normal
(G)MCH Overvoltage control-normal
FSB Overvoltage control- +0.05v
CPU Voltage control-normal
Normal CPU Vcore 1.35000v
I am monitoring with cpu/z and core temp, also everest
Can you guide me in getting up to 3 ghz PLEASE Thanks Jos
Robust Graphics Booster auto;
cpu clock ratio (9x)
cpu host clock control (disabled)
xcpu host frequency (mhz) 200
PCI express frequencymhz auto
CIA2 disabled
System Memory Multiplier (spd) auto
Memory frequency mhz 800
System Voltage Control -Manual
DDR2 OverVoltage Control normal
PCI-3 OVER vOLTAGE CONTROL -normal
(G)MCH Overvoltage control-normal
FSB Overvoltage control- +0.05v
CPU Voltage control-normal
Normal CPU Vcore 1.35000v
I am monitoring with cpu/z and core temp, also everest
Can you guide me in getting up to 3 ghz PLEASE Thanks Jos