E8400 4GHz 9 hours orthos stable, but not in L4D

keyser · 7 Feb 2009 at 02:26

New problem, new thread! Following this thread: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17973083

My PC can do 4005MHz for 9 hours in orthos, but keeps crashing in L4D. To be fair, the first time was my fault, I forgot to attach the gpu fan molex

. But after I fixed that, after 5-10 mins of L4D, I get sound loop for 2 secs then it either quits to desktop or resets PC (even though I have auto reboot disabled). Thats with speedstep disabled, so its not that.

No problems if I clock down to 3.6Ghz. Should I run Orthos and FurMark overnight?

Or just up clock until it crashes l4d again? In bios, what does CPU Margin Enhancement mean? options are optimized (set to that, default), compatible and performance.

L4D stable is 3.6ghz, cpu at 1.1625v and DRAM 2.04v (I read that P5Q board add +0.08v to DRAM), but for 9 hours of orthos it was 4ghz, cpu 1.15625v, DRAM 2.02. L4D is more taxing than orthos?

keyser · 8 Feb 2009 at 12:21

Thanks for help. OK, I found the limit to how low my cpu volts can be at 4ghz, now at 1.15v and 8 hours orthos stable. I increased the NB to 1.28, DRAM now 2.04 and enabled load line calibration. I haven't yet touched GTL/PLL/FSB because I have no idea what I'm doing with those

It passes 10 runs of IntelBurnTest, so will now test some L4D! In Orthos the cpu got to 60c, in a cold room overnight, running IntelBurnTest cpu gets to 74/75c!!

Edit: L4D reset pc, increased DRAM to 2.06, NB to 1.3, tried again but BSOD this time. I read on here somewhere that the P5Q mobo adds +0.08v to ram, is this true? My ram is rated for 2.1v. Also is there a temp sensor on the northbridge? Maybe Left 4 Dead needs more volts on the cpu?

keyser · 8 Feb 2009 at 13:47

Yeah I'll run that now, how long should that run for? My PC just reset while it was doing nothing! Lowered to 3.8Ghz.

Update: Ran memtest twice and passed. Probably need to test it overnight.

keyser · 8 Feb 2009 at 17:20

Nah, well mines all default settings, mat_queue_mode is -1 which is default and I assume off. But, good news, L4D doesn't crash when at 3.8GHz, I can probably live with that

I'll run memtest overnight.

Update: Memtest passed overnight

Current settings:
FSB 428
FSB Strap to Northbridge: 333
RAM 847MHz (It wasn't stable when at 1066MHz on 3GHz cpu)
5-5-5-15 and Row Refresh Cycle: 55
CPU 1.15v
GTL 0.63x (GTL/PLL/FSB based on info from google/other forums)
PLL 1.5v
FSB 1.2v
RAM 2.02v (P5Q overvolts by 0.08v, apparently)
NB 1.3v
SB 1.2v (guess)
PCIE SATA volts 1.6v
Load Line Calibration Enabled
CPU & PCIE spread spectrum Disabled
CPU Margin Enhancement Optimized (no idea what this is)
C1E disabled

keyser · 11 Feb 2009 at 12:43

3.9GHz is my limit, on 4GHz games crash, even when NB is up to 1.4v. I got ram working at 869 / 4-4-4-12, as it doesn't work at its rated 1066 / 5-5-5-15. Orthos and memtest 8 hours stable. 1mil superpi in 12secs yay

VID is 1.15, so I'm still on stock volts? :eek:

Temps: idle/orthos (small) load 41/64

CPU Ratio Setting : Auto (9)
FSB Frequency : 434 (cpu 3906)
PCIE Frequency: 100
FSB Strap to North Bridge : 333
DRAM Frequency: 869Mhz
DRAM Timing Control: 4-4-4-12
Row Refresh Cycle Time: 55

DRAM Static Read Control: Auto
Dram Read Training : Auto
MEM OC Charger : Auto
Ai Clock Twister : Auto
Ai Transaction Booster : Auto

CPU Voltage : 1.15
CPU GTL Reference: Auto
CPU PLL Voltage : 1.52
FSB Termination Voltage: 1.22
DRAM Voltage : 2.02
NB Voltage : 1.3
SB Voltage : 1.2
PCIE SATA Voltage: 1.5
Load Line Calabration : Enabled
CPU Spread Spectrum : Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum : Disabled
CPU Clock Skew: Auto
NB Clock Skew: Auto
CPU Margin Enhancement : Optizimed

C1E : Enabled
Intel Speedstep : Enabled

keyser · 11 Feb 2009 at 19:03

I found something out about that here

Thanks for the advice gurusan, I got up to 4.1Ghz with 1.225, but temp was high at 67c, then orthos failed after 43mins. At 4Ghz / 1.2v / 61c now, 1 hour orthos, will go for 8 hours orthos and 4-4-4-12 next.

keyser · 12 Feb 2009 at 21:49

Was at 4Ghz and 1.2v cpu, 5-5-5-15 then this happened in L4D

Upped cpu to 1.20625v, played L4D again, but within 10 mins it quit to desktop. I think I'm gonna give up as testing just takes too long. Back at sig speeds. Seeing as 4GHz seems to be as fast as my cpu could go for 24/7 its only 100Mhz difference

keyser · 13 Feb 2009 at 13:53

Sorry, yeah I turn them off when testing, but everything works fine at 3.9GHz with speedstep on. But at 4GHz, all tests pass (IntelBurnTest 10-15 runs and Orthos small + blend, memtest for 9 hours) it's just L4D, even tried PCIE at 101MHz. Very odd!