Overclock...what overclock

HatMan

HatMan

HatMan

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Hi All,

I feel sure the moaning people post regarding overclocking issues are nothing new here. Having said that, I find myself in a frustrating loop of desperation and bewilderment as I for the life of me, an amateur, cannot OC my PC.

I have a Q6600 B3 :( , a GA-P35-DQ6 mobo, and four sticks of 1Gb XMS 6400C4, an Enermax 720w PSU and a Freezer 7 running Vista Premium 64. Having read some tutorials, most of which flew over my head, I have more or less given up to the fact that "I" couldn't overclock ****.

Whatever I do I get either........

  1. An endless startup NO POST loop
  2. A few restarts then a BSOD
  3. A few restarts and Vista loads, then a BSOD
  4. A few restarts then a reset then a normal start, all will be well.

I can underclock the CPU no problem.

Are there some settings I can enter from known working systems with my components I can enter? All I want is 3GHz 100% stable. Not much to ask considering I have read reports of 3.5GHz and 4.1GHz stable on air and PC respectively.

Before I drive all the way to OCuk with my rig, I figured you guys may be able to sort me out.

Thanks
 
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Ace, quick replies, thank you. Um I do not see a RAM multiplier at all I am using bios F6. Regarding cooling I had thought to change to a Swiftech H20 120 (Stock Code: WC-028-SW) if necassary.. I understand the numbers for the RAM refer to timings but they are not displays like that in the bios????
 
Have set everything as shown, thank you!!! Would not start. Set RAM to stock 5,5,5,18 and it booted fine and shows 3.0GHz. Ran Orthos but it BSOD after 20secs.
 
Hi All,

First off thanks for the help. Right with the settings as shown above my PC has started and is running at 3GHz. I ran Orthos and it failed after 20secs. So I changed the RAM timings to 4,4,4,15 and it ran Orthos until I'd had enough and needed to sleep. This morning when I started the PC it went into an endless loop again. After a few presses of the reset button it fired up @ 3GHz. The PC is certainly not stable yet, but I wouldn't expect it to be that simple.

Rroff, why would two sticks be more stable than four? It's matched RAM. If I had to swap to 2 x 2Gb sticks I would go back to stock speeds as I cannot afford to dump £180 worth of RAM in favour of a pair of 2Gb.

What do I need to do next? Once again thank you.
 
What temp monitoring software is good with Vista? Coretemp does not run under 64bit (for me) and Speedfan seems to be making up the information. For example my 12v rail reads 1.92v and my -12v rail reads -16.99v, the -5v rail read -8.07v. Two temps have minus values. The cores are all at 46c at idle.
 
Ok with two sticks removed, the machine failed to boot at all. A bios recovery took place and then it booted. I changed all the bios settings as directed and it booted fine. 10 seconds after I started Prime95 it crashed. Call me what you will but I've had enough. I simply don't have the patience to keep recovering the bios and trying a 20th of a volt at a time. It's back to stock. I'll just buy a new 45Nm 4 core when they come out in the new Year. I greatly appreciate you guys for helping me but unless I can see someone else's 100% stable settings - on my exact kit, it stays stock. Once again thank you.
 
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To quote the mobo manual....

4 x 1.8vDDR2 DIMM sockets supporting upto 8Gb. Dual Channel. Support for 1066/800/667MHz
Click to expand...

Based on this fact and the Corsair website say this I set the voltage to 0.3v to give 2.1 but the PC does "feel" right. I might be imagining that. I have used +0.4 as directed with 2.0 mp.
 
I was bored of playing GRAW 2 this evening as I can't seem to get Rosin into the damn Blackhawk so I decided to attempt an OC again. I have set the bios as instructed previously only this time letting the bios control the voltages. It crashed with 5 mins, so I changed the FSB from 334 to 333 and it's been running ever since. I have played GRAW 2 again and Bioshock. It's still running. Is this normal?? Some people on this forum boast good OC with voltages set manually other say auto. Does Prime95 give a report at the end or does the user terminate when they need the PC back? Basically how will I know if it's good or bad?

Thank you
 
Right, its crashed at idle. Now I'm convinced Overclocking is a myth and even reportedly brilliant mobos like my DQ6 are designed to run stock end of story. I OC'd it to 2.6 just 200MHz up it crashed during an email. As I said OCing is a myth. I remain unamused. Good luck to all in this part of the excellent forum.
 
Yup it's completely stable @ stock (2.4)

Tell me why when advised to set my RAM to 2.0 strapping the RAM is clocked at 680 not 800 or above??

When I can afford it I want to swap to 8500 RAM or better in readiness for 45Nm next year.
 
Oh thanks for the encouragement, it just really annoys me when I see most users here running at speeds way above stock
 
Ok I reset everything, and decided to test my RAM first. The specs say 4-4-4-12 well that's a laugh for a start!!!!! With the bios ALL stock except the timing the PC does NOT start at all. Resetting the bios is doing my head in... My main OCing skill is bios resetting!!!

Following Trunks9486's instructions and it crashes just before windows starts. When I can I'll bin the RAM and change to Ballistix 8500.
 
Ok, I did what I thought was right regarding the settings. I left them as was. I ran the test overnight and took this image this morning. Not really sure what it tells me apart from no errors.. Can anyone suggest why the L2 cache is not recognised????

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