My first conroe:overclock sudgestions...

moosenoodles · 11 Nov 2006 at 10:46

Hi everyone how you all doing?

Built a Conroe e6600 (not sure its week etc) bought from ocuk of course..

Aw9d Max board:

Corsair Dominator pc8500 C5 (still got it set at 5-5-5-15)

Galaxy 850w psu...

Edit: Cpu cooler is a BigTyphoon
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Temp on the general cpu guru toolkit is reading 32 on a non humid evening to 34-35 fluctuating..

Got the machine running stock install speeds etc right now, guru says clock is

266mhz

memory is i think recall set to SPD not CPU .. its probably on a 4:5 ratio i think..

for my first ever time clocking, (ive read the sticky posts and then gone to other links from that one etc, mind blowing for me as i worry about everything i just bought heheh)

Just wondering if anyone with similiar setup, or can give me a few things to adjust primarily just to get to maybe 3ghz safely that would be great, the thing im totaly unsure of is getting the memory to be at the best possible speed, as it is i believe 1066mhz which would show as what ? 500 something or should for optimum in the bios ?

see at a loss lol, im sure someone can help you all seem pretty much clued up it seems

run some tools etc to show basic setup:

http://img247.imageshack.us/my.php?image=11112006121422dg2.jpg

Thanks in advance,,

James..

moosenoodles · 11 Nov 2006 at 16:11

Insane.....

49 reads and not one bit of help ? Hmmm the "ask away everyone here will help you" line in the sticky seems to be missplaced

anyway ill wait longer i guess, <<< impatient son of a b***

moosenoodles · 11 Nov 2006 at 17:24

Interesting, i dont see much problem with the general question, but thanks for pointing it out as you see it..

Memtest im not sure ive not seen it in bios called that, id like to know if possible why it needs to be on a bootable format...?

I think you are saying its not run in windows? its done from a boot up then ?

cheers,

James

moosenoodles · 11 Nov 2006 at 20:06

Ah nice info thanks,

Its like a minefield any game i play right now its fine underload, if i play say ghost recon advanced warfighter, my psu does the flashing red light and 3 beep tone, which manual says fan speeds on psu is either <450rpm or the fans or fan is not working..

well the fans are working lol and i only get this so far with GRAWF...

this worries me, its a new Enermax 850watt.. running 7950gtx - 2 wester digi raptors, one x-fi card , 2 sticks of dominator 8500, one nec dual layer drive and a floppy.. im not sure why if the fans are spinning fine that its saying they aint or they are slow?

ive checked the guru software and made sure there is no special warnings, but i dont think that app can have anything to do with the psu anyway...

would there be anything on the bios regarding power for psu etc ? that might cause the load to give warning or something.., ill take a look anyway but maybe someone else knows or has come across this..

cheers,

James..

moosenoodles · 11 Nov 2006 at 21:02

Hi thanks again for your time , most appreciated...

That lead for the 8cm is on auxfan1 it apparently is 1400-3500rpm but its showing 1500rpm constant.. ive not put load on it though so in theory it says its auto controlled? so i guess that if it has load it should change its speed itself upto the max of 3500 per manual ?

I set the guru monitor to optimise that auxfan1 slot etc so im gonna run some other games first like say X3 reunion on full settings, which doesnt caues the beep and light to flash etc.. to see first what this rpm does in the monitor, hmm not sure i can run x3 in window will have to check i guess..

If not i will go straight in and try grawf with the guru set to always on top

cheers, will let you know what it shows..

james..

moosenoodles · 11 Nov 2006 at 21:46

Thanks on the settings there

as regards to the fan speed warning thingy, i played grawf in window mode and the fan was 1500 > 1620 max usually on 1550 which is pretty standard idle, so its not taxing the psu it seems...

Anyhow there was no psu beeps or led's going off this time, so i thought ok weird lets go back into full screen, and there was no more warning bleeps or led's? go figure..

I have no clue why it didnt happen that time but hey thats fine by me.. There is a warning like i got in the manual stating that the psu is being UNDERATED where by its not being used to full potential and drawing only 50w cause of lack of peripherals plugged in. lol new one on me but still i have plenty plugged in..

So ill have to just keep monitoring that if it comes back etc...

On the clock settings are u saying my ram is not good ram ? as per ** bracketed comment? im not too worried about timings etc cause with gaming its not really an issue.. but still if u recomend me trying still with pc8500 dominator ram then ill give it a whirl..

by the way 2.2v for ram voltage? that ok not 2.1 ? something i read somewhere again hehe..

cheers for your efforts folks...

james.

moosenoodles · 11 Nov 2006 at 22:09

yeah im pretty thick on this stuff sorry :/

what i was worried about was, is u say i can use 800 before i even overclock that would what in effect show in bios 400 something in reality on the ram ?

If thats the case and the FSB is a lot lower like 266 then surely the ram will be playing catch up to the transfer to and from components no ? 266 fsb/400 something on ram .. hmmm not sure what ratio that would show now they really do confuse me lol..

thanks for clearing the good ram bit up..

cheers,

James...

moosenoodles · 12 Nov 2006 at 11:44

ok just done a clock:

External clock 355mhz
Multiplier X 9

NB strap PSB 1066
DRAM Spec DDR2 800 (2:3) giving 1066mhz i think

Voltage control:

Cpu core 1.3V
DDR2 Sdram Voltage 2.10V
MCH & PCIe Voltage 1.5V

i cant go lower to mch 1.3v as the guy earlier mentioned it starts at 1.5v only is this ok ?

In bios temp reading im getting cpu temps of 38 sometimes 39

case is low at 28 and rest is between 34-37

Your views please ?

cheers,

James....

EDIT: bugger it didnt boot past logo with del to entet bios lol

sat on an error of c3 or somthing, reset and its working again, hmm not sure what voltage is needed increased to get it to post?

anyone ? heheheh or should i try lowering fsb a bit and see if it does it again...

moosenoodles · 12 Nov 2006 at 12:21

ok i tried fsb 299 think it was gives me 2.7ghz clock..

let it contrl speed of ram, gave me it as if i was using ddr2 750mhz i think it was..

stock voltages seem so far ok for a boot, would love to keep pushing it but it seems the voltages given dont do the trick for a higher fsb, maybe i should try 300fsb like he said .... hmmm decisions lol scary this but fun lol...

cheers..

james.

moosenoodles · 12 Nov 2006 at 12:22

oh thanks for that fast response lol ... ok great ill do that next time, i dropped my cmos jumper lol into a mass of psu wires lol,, damn thats annoying..

james...

Edit: whats odd though is looking at the guru tool it shows ddr2 voltage limits 1.44v to 2.16v ? any cause for concern ? Or is it able to be adusted for higher limits etc... think u can do that by enabling stuff in bios to allow changes..

moosenoodles · 12 Nov 2006 at 15:48

hi thanks for the input,,

no its not a large clock hehe, someone hear a chicken ? lol

320 huh seems small as well its what i was going to do after my 355 failure but opted or even lower lol.. the timings have any effect on voltage ? cause mine are 5-5-5-15 if i lowered them to 4-4-4-12 would that need voltage chagnes as per 320 clock on standard voltages you are using etc...

I guess your own timings were 4-4-4-12 as per stock ram spec ?

Im gonna have another go soon, but ive been playing medieval total war 3 full settings no slowdown no issuse

love this rig hehehe..

Cheers,

James...

moosenoodles · 12 Nov 2006 at 17:10

well that is interesting because..

I just tried a 330 and 355 *9 clock with

1.6v mch/pci

2.2v DDR2 running at bios 450 /ddr2800

4-4-4-12 timings

and neither would boot past error codes 52 and 50 respectivley....

so not sure what going on....

cheers,

James.

p.s i clocked to 300*9 no voltage changes timings 5-5-5-15 / and those 2 options what were they EIST? and CIE or something disabled and it booted fine, although tidle temps are 40c where as when i had the clock at 299*9 before i tried higher cocks the temps were 37-38c...

anymore ideas or things to try would be gratefull...