Please help 8pack

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.
 
 
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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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