msn help

Lakeland · 2 Aug 2008 at 21:37

Check my clock

Abit IP35 Pro
Link to motherboard

Q6600
Link to processor

GeIL 2GB PC2-6400C4 800MHz Black Dragon
Link to ram

Would anyone mind helping me clock my new system, over msn messenger? I'm looking to get around 3.0ghz. I've overclocked before with my old opteron 148 though it would be reassuring to have someone to talk to guide me though the different steps

Thanks in advance, graeme

Ben M · 2 Aug 2008 at 21:39

just read the guide and do it yourself. 3ghz should be easy, you'll only need a slight increase in vcore, if at all.

Lakeland · 2 Aug 2008 at 22:14

I had read the guide already, and have done OC in the past, i was just after someone with a bit more experience to talk to while i was doing it.

Do these look ok? Would be nice to know if there is anything i have done wrong before i run prime

I am not sure why speedfan is showing a system temp of 54oC, ive had a feel inside the case and everything is lovely and cool

Thanks

MiNxYyY · 2 Aug 2008 at 22:54

temps look good,what have you set the voltage to in the BIOS?stock should be fine for 3.0GHz,remember to select 'Round Off Checking' when running prime.
if its stable at 3GHz,take a screeny of prime running @ 100% to show us temps.

Lakeland · 2 Aug 2008 at 23:00

I did one prime test and core 1 and 4 failed after about 3 minutes with the error

"FATAL ERROR: Rounding was 0.5, expected less than 0.4

I bumped the volts up a few notches and ran again. The results after 5 minutes are what i have print screened. Any idea's what's up?

Thanks for the reply

Lakeland · 2 Aug 2008 at 23:08

Just ran prime again with' Round Off Checking' turned on, thread#2 failed after 4 minutes, same error as before - "FATAL ERROR: Rounding was 0.5, expected less than 0.4

RAM timings changed to " 4-4-4-15 1T " as suggested by Greebo in another post, hopefully this will sort it out

Failed again, volts raised to 1.36 as suggested below, cheers

MiNxYyY · 2 Aug 2008 at 23:29

try upping the voltage again to give enough for all 4 cores.

Lakeland · 3 Aug 2008 at 00:14

20 minutes and still stable

Max Temps reached so far -

59oC
57oC
51oC
51oC

CPU Cooler is Tuniq Tower, set @ half way on the dial

Pneumonic · 3 Aug 2008 at 19:43

if you prime testing for CPU stability run your RAM @ 5-5-5-18 that was you can be 99%certain its a CPU issue and not the RAM messing around when Prime fails... once you have your overclock sorted them clock and test the RAM