Ongoing overclock - need help *Will be edited*

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2GB Geil black dragon 4-4-4-12 1.8-2.4 voltage
MSI P45 NEO
E7200

PC WONT POST when i press restart in windows my pc will start but not display bios information
The highest stock voltage and clock i can get that doesnt do this is 2.8 @ stock voltage or 1.21 (1 increment) @ 2.9
I went to 3ghz and even with the voltage @ 1.26 it was getting errors when restarting
I did however do an orthos blend test for an hour and it was stable so maybe its something else beside voltage as i increased voltage like 4 increments to 1.26
 
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Make sure you have adjusted the ram divider settings, so your ram isn't running above its default speed to rule out that problem. It should be either at 800mhz or 1066mhz.
 
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ye i have that double checked, its definately not running above 800 mhz or lower than timings, i even added more voltage to the ram of 2.0 when stock is 1.8 just to make sure
 
Seems 2.8 is the max my stock voltage holds
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/7...tovcoreou3.jpg
I did this at 1 increment to the voltage and restarted and get the same problem

I upped the voltage 2 more notches to about low 1.2's and it still did it

i even upped the voltage to 1.26 and it doesnt want to restart properly @ 3ghz 1:1 ratio
Could i need up up the voltage on mch or another part? i already give it 3 increments and the problem is persistent
 
raising mch ich and vtt enables me to restart my pc without crashing at 3ghz but how far can i raise them and what do they affect?

1.23vcore
2.0 vram
1.100
1.125
1.5

They are like 2/3 notches higher than standard except the 1.125 which is about 5
 
pfff, give it some more volts, don't be greedy.

Set the ram to 2.0 or 2.1
CPU to 1.35v
disable speedstep and C1E
maybe add one notch to northbridge.

and clock the hell outta it, you should be getting 3.4 at least.
 
ok upped vcore and vram to what you said 1.34 and 2.1
I give all other voltage options 3 increments from stock and booted to 3.2 and doing an orthos blend test now

Temp of core 0 is 49 temp of core 1 is 39
 
Don't be scary of putting more volts as long as temps are under 65c in orthos blend it's fine.

you also gotta count the vdrop so as I've said, don't hold it back, you should get some nice clocks there.

And your memory is excellent as well.

try 366x9.5 and set ram to 1:1 ( should make it 732mhz ) and timings at 4-4-4-12.
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Set your ram timings to 4-4-4-12 ;-)
 
hmmm it shouldnt, maybe you got ***** memory then.

Ok leave the memory timings at 5-5-5-18 then and keep OCing CPU, we'll do the memory after you find max stable CPU clock :).


Keep pushing it, I wanna see some 3.6+
 
hehe, well i tried 366 and 4-4-4-12 and it booted fine when pressing restart

Must have been becuase i had not upped the mch ich vtt votlages, i have since upped them 3 notches

Currently orthos blend testing on the settings you said just to check memory at these speeds - i did a memory test btw and it passed fine using the .iso memtest disk

EDIT - after i pressed enter i seen the orthos error, only thing i changed was the ram from 5-5-5-15 --> 4-4-4-12 and upped fsb from 363? to 366

http://c.imagehost.org/0958/orthos-blend-error.jpg

currently small fft testing on same settings and no errors so looks like i need to up the ram voltage... correct? how tho - its running slower than stock and at MORE VOLTAGE!
 
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http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/6863/3487stable444122hrslg9.jpg
Stable ^^
I went for 3600 and orthos immediately fails on blend and small fft's
does that mean i need to up my voltage and vram?

I really dont want to go from 1.34 --> 1.36 as thats the next increment, the ram is fine as geil says upto 2.4 and im only around 2.1/2.2

edit, tried 3.6 on 1.36 vcore and no joy :( blah - what next?
 
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dont put this memory on more than 2.2v, leave other voltages already if you added few notches to them.

Now move on with CPU volts, 1.36 is still not much as long as the temps are fine so check the temps, if they are below 60c in orthos blend, go for 1.38v, even 1.4v ;).

I would be happy with 3.6ghz and ~60c 100% load temps stable.

But ofcourse I would want to push it to the limits for test ;).

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Give him 1.4v and post your CPU-Z screenshot for both CPU and memory, and core temp / real temp please ;), and speedfan for volts
 
ok will do that now
i dont think my overclocks at 2.4 are stable without the ram increase voltage, geil says they are able to goto 2.4 and they dont seem hot to touch, my ambient is extremely cool btw - just checked my ram its not above 2.14 yet anyway :D

orthos blend and error within 1min at 1.37vcore and 3600mhz
orthos small fft error instantly at 3600 - iv had to go from 1.34 to 1.36 and still nothing even though its only 1 increment
 
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