Lost my Overclocks with an RMA'd Board.

mc_bob · 2 Apr 2006 at 18:34

Lost my Overclocks with an RMA'd Board. Any Help Appreciated !

Hi,
I used to be able to hit 2.6Ghz with my CPU but after I had my board back from RMA ive had to go to stock settings, massive performance decrease. I dont know what it is, It wont even SuperPi with an overclock.
Im thinking maybe there is a loose connection and the power isnt getting through.
Ive watched the temps and they dont go over 40C.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Cheers in advance.

MC_Bob

BTW: The settings in my Sig were from before I RMA'd

mc_bob · 2 Apr 2006 at 19:10

Nope, I flashed it with *** same BIOS, now its got a newer one but not really different.
Ill try replugging cables in.

MC_Bob

mc_bob · 2 Apr 2006 at 19:25

Xplo said:
The board might not be able to handle speeds over stock?

I used to be able to get 2.6Ghz prime stable

Sorry forgot to say that.

MC_Bob

mc_bob · 2 Apr 2006 at 19:55

monkeypants said:
It's not the same board. Just because you had one that does those speeds doesn't mean the next one will.

It is actually the same board, lol.
It had AS5 under the NB Heatsink.

MC_Bob

mc_bob · 2 Apr 2006 at 20:06

Wow, I tried Ocing again and its just working.
Im now back at 260FSB with a 166 divider on the RAM.
CPU Shot

And also, why is it displayed as a Manchester core?
Thought it was a Venice?!?!

MC_Bob

mc_bob · 2 Apr 2006 at 20:39

Just ran Prime95 and got this:

http://i2.tinypic.com/svoq3t.jpg

What does it mean?

MC_Bob

mc_bob · 2 Apr 2006 at 20:42

So what would I have to do, drop my clocks?
Remmember it was Prime Stable before, no errors...
Any help is appreciated.
Cheers

MC_bob

mc_bob · 2 Apr 2006 at 20:56

Ok cheers.
Im on 1.4 now so I wont go much more.
Thanks

MC_Bob

mc_bob · 2 Apr 2006 at 21:00

Ok I'll put it to 1.45v or back up on the clocks.

MC_Bob

EDIT, Lol, didnt mean 4.5v meant 1.45v

mc_bob · 2 Apr 2006 at 21:06

Grrr, Same results with 1.45v.
Not even hitting 35C, Should I just drop the clocks, Dont like the idea of 1.5v.
Also, it plays COD2 fine.

MC_Bob

mc_bob · 2 Apr 2006 at 21:08

Mr Mister said:
LOL 4.5 would be a bit far.

What hsf you got?

Stock with a dab of AS5 (which makes no difference on this kind of cooling might I add).

MC_Bob

mc_bob · 2 Apr 2006 at 21:47

Well at the moment the place where the Computer is its 20C according to a temperature probe on my Multimeter

I dropped the volts down to 1.375 since it wasnt stable and 2.5Ghz

Will keep you updated.
And I dont understand why its telling me its a manchester core, i bought a venice :confused:

MC_Bob

mc_bob · 3 Apr 2006 at 07:57

I don't get this, I left 3DMark05 on run and no crashes and I've been gaming.
I backed up to 2.5Ghz on 1.4v and still it fails prime, could it be drivers?
Are there any other things that could be wrong?
My ram is on a 166 divider.

MC_Bob

mc_bob · 3 Apr 2006 at 18:43

Hi,
I just had a look at nTune and found this.

Ive only got 4 slots.
And I dont use nTune for OC'ing just monitering, Definately something wrong with my board?

MC_Bob

Maybe rearrange the order my memory sticks are? EG fill up slot 2+3 instead?

mc_bob · 3 Apr 2006 at 19:45

Please help me out people, Im going to try moving the sticks about.
Do you think its worth reflashing the BIOS?

MC_Bob

mc_bob · 4 Apr 2006 at 16:09

CaDLoN said:
Dunno how it's seeing it as a Manchester core, not unless less it's magic'd it's self into an X2

Hmm, May reflash, then start flowing the volts through it

, So I'm being told to anyway.

Thanks for your help people. Ill post with results.

MC_Bob

mc_bob · 4 Apr 2006 at 17:29

gunner said:
I've got my 3000 Venice at 2.65 but it needs 1.52V to make it stable tho.

Is your RAM stable with mem test? That can bottle neck high clocks too. I used to fail Prime until I tried G.Skill RAM

....Just my 2p's worth.

Ive got my Ram on a divider, its near enough working at stock.

MC_Bob

mc_bob · 4 Apr 2006 at 19:04

Hi,
I gave it 1.55v but still the same results, I'm beginning to doubt its the overclock, something else is wrong.
Ive started running memtest with the CPU still at 2.6 but with 1.4v and currently no errors.

Since it was giving an error back in prime straight away there must be something else causing it, maybe in windows?
And suggestions appreciated. Also, it has never crashed with these clocks and volts. Should I go to an older BIOS?

MC_Bob

mc_bob · 4 Apr 2006 at 19:56

This is weird, Its been on for 1hr 24mins and no errors.

I think I may just leave it, to me its something not setup right.

Suggestions, I know I keep asking but Im running out of Ideas ?!?!

MC_Bob

EDIT - Looks like the host has gone down

but Ives explaned the pics in the posts.

Cheers

mc_bob · 5 Apr 2006 at 22:10

Gashman said:
does it clock to 2.6, like can you play games and stuff on it without any problems, if you can it sounds like the problem is with memtest, prime or whatever, if it works at 2.6 without crashing, BSOD or anything i think you should just tell prime, memtest where to stick it, no problems with my setup and i haven't ever ran memtest, prime, 3d mark or anything

Haha, alright cool, Thanks

Just as a sidenote, SuperPi runs the tests no problems. Unstable system usually wont complete the test.

Thanks

MC_Bob