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StudentDavid

StudentDavid

StudentDavid

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Hi 8pack I am hoping you can shed some light on why I can't overclock my 5960x in the bios. My system specs are -

i7 5960x
gigabyte gaming 7 X99
16gb ddr4 Avexir 2666
980ti
SSD's only
Corsair AIO cooler gentle typhoons

Now the problem I get is I can't change any settings in my bios to do with overclocking other than CPU Upgrade, which is clearly not what I should be using.
Setting XMP alone doesn't boot, setting XMP with a core voltage of upto 1.3v or more doesn't boot either.
I have tried settings such as -

Core clock - 35 - 43 ( all the way upto 1.35v No boot )
SA (0.025 - 0.075) no boot
Uncore (auto/33-38, no boot)
VCCIN (1.8-1.9,no boot)
Leaving all settings on default apart from XMP doesn't boot.

I have ran memtest and tested the pc with no faults found, so I am really lost here, not sure what I am doing wrong. I was hoping someone with your expertise may have an idea so I don't have to use stock speeds or CPU Upgrade.

Also to add I installed the gigabyte overclock software to see if that works, and when it sets XMP and restarts the PC wont boot. So I have to remove XMP and boot up with stock again. I might try and reseat the memory and remove the chip for a minute. Really odd this.

Thanks David
 
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Ok I just went into the bios and changed the view to the classic view. Now here I tried

Memory XMP 2666
43x @ 1.28v core
SA 0.100 (is this too much)
VCCIN (I think its called, from 1.8 to 1.9)

Now its booted, how odd.
 
Assuming your ram is ok i think the best thing to do here is list all your main voltages, install hwmonitor http://www.cpuid.com/downloads/hwmonitor/hwmonitor_1.28.exe and take a screen of voltages,
With your mems i wouldn't of thought you would need no more than 0.95-1.0v SA volts, if the gigabyte is using offset which i believe it does for SA 0.100v+ will be too much, leave at stock!
Best thing to is take a screen (volts-hwmonitor) of everything stock and then another with the auto OC you was using at 4.3Ghz, the board may be over/under volting.
 
 
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Struggling with photobucket off ipad!
May be better to install gigabyte tweak launcher and take SS of voltages from there and use the forum link option to display pics on here makes it easier to compare side by side on here.
 
Update with this, found a new beta bios for my board and put it on. Put XMP on and it boots so god knows what was going on. Will have a mess about and see where I end up. At least the memory is working properly now.

Tested 42x @ 1.3v / XMP / 100 bclk nothing else touched. This passed 5 hours Aida64. Should I try for more and should I touch the uncore ratio, SA or other settings?
 
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Yes push more now first core try 43x.

Then start pushing uncore aiming initially for 37x. Should not need more then adjusting ring voltage.
 
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