Over the last few days I've been trying to overclock my e6420. I managed to get it up to 3.1GHz (387.5 x 8) @ 1.393vcore (1.35 VID/stock). However I cannot get it any further. The temp are fine, 47c max after a few hours in Orthos.
I tried 10MHz increments up to 3.15...nothing, tried upping the vcore all the way up to 1.443 on each increment but nothing. These allowed me to get past the BIOS screen but would freeze somewhere between there and loading windows fully. Also tried it at at [email protected] to see if there was a FSB hole but that wouldnt even get past the BIOS screen and I had to unplug it for a few mins to be able to reset the settings in the BIOS.
Is there anything else I can do? The only thing I can think of is upping the vcore further but I think 1.45v is the max safe for my chip. I read somewhere about uping the NB voltage but I'm not sure how this works. It's currently set at 1.393v which I'm pretty sure is stock. The next setting is 1.563v which seems quite high so I'm a bit scared about upping that, especially as I don't have any fans on the NB, just the stock heatsink, although the mobo temps (as reported in Everest and ASUS probe) are only 29c under full load (I presumt this is the NB temp).
Any advice short of buying more fans etc?
Thanks for any help.
I tried 10MHz increments up to 3.15...nothing, tried upping the vcore all the way up to 1.443 on each increment but nothing. These allowed me to get past the BIOS screen but would freeze somewhere between there and loading windows fully. Also tried it at at [email protected] to see if there was a FSB hole but that wouldnt even get past the BIOS screen and I had to unplug it for a few mins to be able to reset the settings in the BIOS.
Is there anything else I can do? The only thing I can think of is upping the vcore further but I think 1.45v is the max safe for my chip. I read somewhere about uping the NB voltage but I'm not sure how this works. It's currently set at 1.393v which I'm pretty sure is stock. The next setting is 1.563v which seems quite high so I'm a bit scared about upping that, especially as I don't have any fans on the NB, just the stock heatsink, although the mobo temps (as reported in Everest and ASUS probe) are only 29c under full load (I presumt this is the NB temp).
Any advice short of buying more fans etc?
Thanks for any help.
