Overclock Problem with i7 980X

Grrrr ! Crashed 0x00000101 again after 37 mins!

My mate ask me to take my i7 980X chip onto his Asus Rampage III Extreme Intel X58 with my 6gb reaper memory kits and test at his end, if no BSD, mean it crappy gigabyte board then. or could try F9 bios instead ?
 
"A clock interrupt was not received on a secondary processor within the allocated time interval".

That generally means you're overclocking too far, also 1.36V on a 32nm chip is meant to be fairly dangerous, does it crash at stock or are you just presuming that an £800 CPU should automatically do 4.2ghz?
 
mmj_uk said:
"A clock interrupt was not received on a secondary processor within the allocated time interval".

That generally means you're overclocking too far, also 1.36V on a 32nm chip is meant to be fairly dangerous, does it crash at stock or are you just presuming that an £800 CPU should automatically do 4.2ghz?
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ocuk advise me anything up to 1.4vcore and qpi vtt up to 1.5v is fine with i7 980x! I did try lower 1.35v or less but end up code 0X0000000124 (mean need more vcore) it a bit silly to get over 1.35v - it down to my bad luck rubbish cpu chip - probably poor batch number ?

I am going to sent it back to ocuk on monday to exchange it with these cpu and motherboard here:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-266-AM&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=1328

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-282-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1782 or go for a better board here: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-398-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1782 and refund the different that I paid for i7 980x.

Or I could wait and get a much better motherboard here for i7 980x here: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-395-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1692
 
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The idea of being prime stable for that long means you can insure your system is fully stable but its not the be all and end all for overclocking. I've had times when my system is prime stable fine but some games just crash and visa versa. Most people wont be running all their cores at 100%, games never get near that so as long as it doesnt crash when gaming or doing day to day tasks then its fine.
 
My mate just told me "The real fact is - why do you need overclock for ? Many pc's is never stable these day anyway! Stick with the stock speed default and be happy with it!" as I guess he is 100% right afterall. And he also say prime95 is a waste of time as it pile lots of stressing on the cpu processor 100% full loads as many games, applications, video encoding is never get all cores running at 100% usages! Averages below 70% of usages.
 
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The 101 error is normally vcore related
The 124 error is normally QPI/CPU VTT depending on what board you have.

As advised above have you updated bios?
Most of the older boards may not support your cpu without an bios flash.
This may or may not explain your issues at stock.

As advised by rjkoneill read some guides and dont go for the ultimate clock straight off the bat.
To get a stable clock takes time and patience.

With the 101 your getting at stock why not leave everything at auto but up the vcore a little?
Again though make sure mobo bios is suitable for you cpu first and if it still crashes at stock then try that.




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What your mate said is cow patty imo.
And take heed to the good advice you where given by the very knowledgeable people (even if you care to ignore mine:p) that have tried to help you.
 
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Is it me, or did you get it stable before on the other thread? I've gone and read through both of them. Did you do any silly runs at anything more than 1.4v for the Vcore? If I remember didn't rich kill his 980x by pushing 1.4 or more vcore on it?

Could, in the process of running the PC at something higher than its been specified to, and without research being done on the motherboard and chip early on in the OC'ing process, that you might have damaged something.
Not all chips clock like each other, not all of them clock very much at all.

Could it be that to get it running stable at stock, that a slight increase in voltage might be needed, either to the motherboard, cpu or memory?

Just read up on overclocking with the Ud5 and take your time overclocking like other people on the forum have rightly said, if an expert, like the staff at OCUK have said be patient, be patient and clock it steadily, and note down all the voltages that you've used to attain the speed that you want. Just because someone has clocked it at 4.3 doesn't mean that yours can be stable at 4.3.

Try adding slightly more vcore on the stock setting and try and get that stable on stock.
 
Most people who claim to have i7 980's at 4.2-4.4ghz probably don't stability test as all they probably live for is benchmarking, you should aim to get 4ghz stable initially it should be doable with any i7 980 chip, to be honest a 4ghz 980 will be immense anything more is just for willy waving purposes.
 
The point of overclocking is either to get more for your money, or just for the fun of seeing how high you can get. For me its both of those. You could argue that ocing is pointless, but then you could argue buying components that are better than others is also a waste.
 
I really can't see why you didn't test for stability at stock. When you bought it, not after putting volts through it and failing. Obviously I don't know how quickly you got to 4.2GHz, but there seems to be not mention of any progressive overclocking, just a step right up to 4.2GHz, which isn't what should be done.
 
Nope, you should test a lot, increase clock speeds in small amounts. It takes time but its worth it in the end, rather than expecting 4.2GHz and just wacking numbers up to get there. Maybe you missed the concept of overclocking.

As its never a 100% sure thing, you need to put time and effort into finding out what is stable with acceptable voltages and temps and not just seeing what others have done and trying to match it instantly. Take your time to test things and take it slow :)
 
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Is it me, or did you get it stable before on the other thread? I've gone and read through both of them. Did you do any silly runs at anything more than 1.4v for the Vcore? If I remember didn't rich kill his 980x by pushing 1.4 or more vcore on it?

Could, in the process of running the PC at something higher than its been specified to, and without research being done on the motherboard and chip early on in the OC'ing process, that you might have damaged something.
Not all chips clock like each other, not all of them clock very much at all.

Could it be that to get it running stable at stock, that a slight increase in voltage might be needed, either to the motherboard, cpu or memory?

Just read up on overclocking with the Ud5 and take your time overclocking like other people on the forum have rightly said, if an expert, like the staff at OCUK have said be patient, be patient and clock it steadily, and note down all the voltages that you've used to attain the speed that you want. Just because someone has clocked it at 4.3 doesn't mean that yours can be stable at 4.3.
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this is pretty much what i have been saying. over and over again.
this advice given to you in the quote above... read it. please take it on board.

you lack of patience is what is letting you down. you are missing the basics and not getting the fundamentals right.

bulldog, it sounds like you are getting frustrated. have you done as i suggested and overclocked from scratch instead of wading in at 200BCLK?


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Most people who claim to have i7 980's at 4.2-4.4ghz probably don't stability test as all they probably live for is benchmarking, you should aim to get 4ghz stable initially it should be doable with any i7 980 chip, to be honest a 4ghz 980 will be immense anything more is just for willy waving purposes.
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this is also true. just because someone posts a screenshot of a 4.4ghz run of wPrime 32m doesnt mean that that 4.4 clcok is 100% stable.

most 980X chip will do 4.4ghz. but you need very good cooling to keep them at the right temps. gulftown is like phenom in that respect. it doesnt like heat at all. 4.2 is really your limit on air.

i think it may be wise to try and set yourself the following goals.

  1. a 12 hour prime stable run at 3.6GHz
  2. a 12 hour prime stable run at 3.8GHz
  3. a 12 hour prime stable run at 4GHz
  4. a 12 hour prime stable run at 4.2GHz
 
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