Another Q6600 Issue

G-DC5

G-DC5

G-DC5

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Hey folks,

Very new to overclocking but I have read the sticky's and done some research so thought I would give it a try.

Here is some of my spec:

CPU: Q6600
MOBO: Asus Striker Extreme (BIOS 1901)
RAM: OCZ PC2-8500 (2x2gb)
PSU: Jeantech 700w

I thought I would start easy and change the FSB. There are options for how the CPU and RAM FSB's are linked in my bios, options as follow: AUTO, Linked or unlinked.

I selected unlinked, set the CPU FSB to 1250 and left the RAM as 1066(stock). I then saved my configuration and rebooted the computer back into the bios, now the CPU clock speed showed 2.7Ghz which I was happy with.

At this setting, on boot the motherboard posts but I get a message "System configuration has failed, press F1 to continue or del to enter setup) If I continue and load windows the PC seems to run fine, this includes running a small test with Prime95 (2 hours) but I continue to get the error message on start up everytime.

Also when the PC is running CPU-Z, realtemp etc dont show the clock speed as 2.7ghz only the stock speed.

If you need any further info or detail let me know.

Any help is appreciated,

Cheers

G
 
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I'm not 100% that this relates to your board so don't quote me on this. But, in my experience, the nvidia 650 and 680 chipsets are awful for clocking quads.

My old 650 based board couldn't get my CPU past 2.7, despite the fact it's capable of a stable 3.8. I don't know how relevant this issue is to the 680 boards, though I think the only difference is SLI runs at x16/x16 rather than x8/x8.
 
Thanks for your info Geckovich, it could very well be the problem.

Although the Striker Extreme was marketed as a board for overclockers I take it with a pinch of salt...
 
I have the P5N-32 SLI, which is the same PCB but with a different thermal solution and minus some headers.

I can only do 3GHz stable - nothing over that works as stable as I'd like.
 
Can I ask what you have changed and what your settings are?

I would be happy enough to get up to 3ghz if I could...
 
From memory,

My VID is 1.235 and needed one notch to get stable.

North - is 1.30v in the bios but the board over volts so it's actual is 1.35v
South - default - I think 1.5v but actual 1.55v
VTT - 1.35

FSB/RAM is synced so the ram is only running at 666 but tightened the timings a little.

Can't remember the rest. I had to down grade the bios to get it stable though (1301) not on any Asus web site and probably won't work on your board.
 
Awahwah said:
From memory,

My VID is 1.235 and needed one notch to get stable.

North - is 1.30v in the bios but the board over volts so it's actual is 1.35v
South - default - I think 1.5v but actual 1.55v
VTT - 1.35

FSB/RAM is synced so the ram is only running at 666 but tightened the timings a little.

Can't remember the rest. I had to down grade the bios to get it stable though (1301) not on any Asus web site and probably won't work on your board.
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Wouldn't it be worth pumping more through the VID? To get to 3.6 mine is set at 1.46. My board suffers terrible vdroop :eek:, so once I start benchmarking the actual VID goes down to 1.37ish. OCCT is a good program to see this in as it outputs graphs which plot all your voltages during a test. There's no way mine would go anywhere near 3.6 at stock (1.285 from memory). But at 1.46 it is stable as you like.

EDIT
Doh! Early morning after a long night! Nice VID, I was talking about vcore. Not sure what one "notch" over 1.235 is though?
 
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Could not remember while at work and to be honest a Q6600 at 3GHz is more than enough for me. Plus, the NV 680i does not clock qauds at all well - I'm very lucky to get what I have out of it. (loads of forums on the subject if ya google it)

EDIT

Everest reports the CPU at 1.22v ideal.
 
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