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I think the BSOD on idle and surfing is a bios error, i'm on the same bios 1.8b6 and it happens to me occasionally. I've upped my vcore a touch, and so far it hasn't happened today....
 
dave_beast said:
I think the BSOD on idle and surfing is a bios error, i'm on the same bios 1.8b6 and it happens to me occasionally. I've upped my vcore a touch, and so far it hasn't happened today....
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Honestly has been driving me mad... I hope it is a bios error and gets fixed soon ;)
 
remember we are all running beta bios, as yet its not on the standard MSI download page - which currently lists a 1.6 as the latest. I did at one point notice they posted a 1.7 version public that required a USB stick to be made bootable to upgrade that also had an Intel ME firmware update on it as well as the bios, I installed that, it upgraded the bios and the ME firmware at the same time then it mysteriously dissappeared from the MSI site never to be seen again.... maybe the intel firmware has also had an impact?

I've still got it here I could try and post it if you guys wanted to try it but given it was torn down again I'd have to say "play at you're own risk".
 
Anyone else get consistant bsod when using the llc in the asus bios? Even with it at a low setting it seems to crash me out.
 
rustEswan have you noticed that when you turn power technology to 'energy efficient' it makes the EIST and intel Turbo options disappear (also the intel c-state), im not sure what this implys, whether it turns them off or just makes them non changeable.

what have you set CPU Phase control to under Green Power: APS Mode or Intel SVID?

before i updated the bios to 1.7, the intel svid mode made the vcore drop really low (~0.9v) whilst idling, but after the update it doesnt and appears to make no noticable difference between APS or SVID.

also ive noticed (fairly certain it wasnt like this before updating) that the core speed whilst idling remains at 1600 in cpuz. however with realtemp and ControlCenter, it is continuously fluctuating between different speeds ranging from 1600 upto whatever the turbo is set at. surely something isn't right there?

everybody is wanting to bust the highest overclocks, whereas i would prefer the most energy efficient setup with a reasonable overclock. ive tried changing a lot of the options but im not seeing a noticeable difference, and cant seem to find much information.
 
rustEswan said:
remember we are all running beta bios, as yet its not on the standard MSI download page - which currently lists a 1.6 as the latest. I did at one point notice they posted a 1.7 version public that required a USB stick to be made bootable to upgrade that also had an Intel ME firmware update on it as well as the bios, I installed that, it upgraded the bios and the ME firmware at the same time then it mysteriously dissappeared from the MSI site never to be seen again.... maybe the intel firmware has also had an impact?

I've still got it here I could try and post it if you guys wanted to try it but given it was torn down again I'd have to say "play at you're own risk".
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1.7 is still there.
http://www.msi.com/product/mb/P67A-GD65.html#/?div=BIOS

Its what im using and its been perfect.
 
ryu said:
have you noticed that when you turn power technology to 'energy efficient' it makes the EIST and intel Turbo options disappear (also the intel c-state)

what have you set CPU Phase control to under Green Power: APS Mode or Intel SVID?

before i updated the bios to 1.7, the intel svid mode made the vcore drop really low (~0.9v) whilst idling, but after the update it doesnt and appears to make no noticable difference between APS or SVID.


everybody is wanting to bust the highest overclocks, whereas i would prefer the most energy efficient setup with a reasonable overclock.
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On energy efficient I think those settings default to on, custom will allow you to change them individually.

Im on APS mode and I only get 1.298v idle (cpu-z) you can see in the pics its set at 1.325v in bios though and I too would really like to get down to 0.9v at idle that it does with everything at defaults - mainly for the same reasons you state, energy efficient with a decent overclock.

To be honest I have always just set APS mode to make to sure all PWMs are on to benefit the oc, but now you've mentioned it was the Intel SVID mode that dropped you're idle vcore I may try playing again.

I also notice theres a new Asus bios out so I think I may get my P8P67 Pro back out of its box this weekend and take another look at that - possibly do a comparison of voltages/frequency differences between the two boards.
 
Judging from what i've heard elsewhere the dead cpu's from increasing bclk were probably not hugely accurate - but I've heard an awful lot of hard drives especially ssd's being corrupted after a few days of running upped bclk.

Therefore im going with the original recommendation that BCLK is an absolute NO.

Its going to buy you a handful of mhz at best and screwed SSD at worst. Leave it alone imo.
 
Doppleganger said:
Has anyone had a go at increasing the BLCK value past 100 and running it 24/7? Were the early scare stories about going past 100 an over reaction?
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Been running mine slightly over (10007) to get 4501mhz as opposed to 4493mhz since 6th Jan with no issues. As for the freezing when idle/browsing interwebz, just keep upping your vcore slightly until it stops, worked for me :D
 
rustEswan - thanks very much mate, its not BSOD for a while now, im still 100% stable aswell with the 4.8.

Also is there a way for the clocks to start @ 3.4 then go to 4.8 instead of 1.6 then 4.8?

Reason i ask is i was playing counter strike source a min ago and CPUZ was reporting the multi to still be @ 1.6 while gaming so not really ideal!
 
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rchads89 said:
rustEswan - thanks very much mate, its not BSOD for a while now, im still 100% stable aswell with the 4.8.

Also is there a way for the clocks to start @ 3.4 then go to 4.8 instead of 1.6 then 4.8?

Reason i ask is i was playing counter strike source a min ago and CPUZ was reporting the multi to still be @ 1.6 while gaming so not really ideal!
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You could probably disable speedstep and leave turbo enabled. But I would leave it as is, Counterstrike source is probably not demanding enough for that CPU to even register it nots idling! We used to play on some CS:S 32 man servers that ran on 1.6ghz celerons back in the day ;)
 
I have the ASUS P67 Pro, I7 2600k, 2x4GB DDR3 1600MHz (9-9-9-24).

Been working on this for a few days now, seems im unable to boot with anything above 4.4GHz. Max prime temps im getting is 62c after 8 hours of testing so i would like to push this more. All auto voltage right now as i wont to go higher before reducing the vcore for my 24/7 config.

I had a bash with the auto tuner suplied with asus AI, 4,416Mhz with BCLK at 105.7 and a 42x multiplyer. I also changed this to a 43x multipyer and ran a 4.6GHz 8 hour prime with no issues (63C max), However on reboot the pc fails to post and clocks back down to 4.4GHz.

Did i just get one of the bottom 50% chips or is there something else i can do to get more out of this.

4.5GHz freezes on the windows boot screen reguardless of vcore it seems.

on an slightly unrelated topic.. how much gain could i get from overclocking RAM?

Thanks,
 
rustEswan said:
You could probably disable speedstep and leave turbo enabled. But I would leave it as is, Counterstrike source is probably not demanding enough for that CPU to even register it nots idling! We used to play on some CS:S 32 man servers that ran on 1.6ghz celerons back in the day ;)
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Yeah i suppose it would be nice for it to kind of push it abit more on the turbo and it certainly sucks @ 1.6GHz lol, What games do you think may push the turbo into the 4.8 area?
 
I resorted to using auto everything except for blk/ram/multi and it does 4.6ghz at 1.36(cpuz). So far it's passed 3hours of prime small fft. Peak of 62c.

Linx seems worthless with the current version as I've passed 30+ runs that were obviously not stable when under prime small fft.

Anyone running with 1.36vcore for 24/7?
 
cpu: i5 2500k @ 4.5 ghz
ram: 1866mhz
mb: p67a-ud4
cooler: noctua d14

vcore: normal (1.360v) + dvid (0.040v)

linx without avx:

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linx with avx:

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Ive got 4.6ghz stable with my 2600k. My settings are :
Internal PLL enabled
LLC = Ultra high
VRM = Manual @ 350
Phase and duty control = Extreme
Vcore set to offsetmode @ -0.010
Max vcore on load is 1.35
 
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