Overclocking E6600 oddness

[kjab3068]

Hey all,

I'm overclocking an E6600. Gigabyte DS3 and 2x 2Gb Patriot PC8500. Now it's currently at

FSB 320
Multip x9
Vcore 1.45
Vmem 2.1
+1 on Nbridge

Firstly I can't change the memory settings other than the memory divider setting.

Secondly I boot it up (running vista 64) and running CPU-Z it is being really odd. The bus/FSB are 320/1280 as set, but the multiplier keeps changing between x6 and x9 (1.92GHz and 2.88GHz).

Obviously I want it to stay at x9, but can anyone explain why it's not, and keeps alternating between the two?

Thanks

Neil

 

[kjab3068]

ok, i'm a nub. I just found somewhere on the forum that ?speedstep will keep changing the multiplier to reduce heat. doh!


edit: altho advice on what/how to set the memory settings at would be much appreciated (Patriot PC2-8500 rated at 5-5-5-15) - how do i make the bios run the mem at those settings?