Problem with e6600 and badaxe

Tokenbrit · 14 Aug 2006 at 18:18

Hi guys im hoping you have some ideas about this problem. Running an e6600 in the 304 badaxe and I am having some trouble OCing it, im not sure if I have some dodgy hardware or the bios is just confusing me. You can see in the picture my problem, failing dual prime at 3ghz. VCore in bios is set to 1.4, RAM is at 1:1 at default timings 5-5-5-12 and default voltage its the 6400HZ. The VCore reading in speedfan worries me a little but Im not sure if it is dodgy monitoring, PSU is a Tagan Easycon 530.
It primes fine at stock.

ferrettoes · 14 Aug 2006 at 20:22

Do you have speedstep off?
Northbridge temps?

Got mine running @ the same speed as you have there
Vcore 1.375
Default timings 5-5-5-15? should be 4-4-4-15 for HZ @ 800mhz
Ive got mine running @ 1000mhz 4-4-4-12 2.3v

Justintime · 14 Aug 2006 at 21:05

Tried lower vcore? My 6400 ES does 3Ghz at stock volts, same with a 6300 i built for a mate. 2min 29secs is pretty unstable

Might be dodgy monitoring, have another psu to verify?

toucam · 14 Aug 2006 at 21:59

A lot of people getting 3.0 easily at default or lower voltage but I'm not sure if it was prime stable. I had to increase V.core to 1.425V for Prime stable (12hours), I think yours is probably the same. Try to increase it to 1.42 and see what happens.

Tokenbrit · 14 Aug 2006 at 23:10

Well I tried VCore to 1.45 ram to 2.2 @5-5-5-15 and it seems to actually be worse, temps dont seem too bad. Im not sure how to disable speedstep in the badaxe bios, anyone know which setting that is?

toucam · 14 Aug 2006 at 23:45

There must be something else is wrong, I think your V.core 1.45 is way more than enough for a stable 3 Ghz. I think Speedstep on your mobo is disabled already otherwise you woulnd't be able to change your V.core in the first place.
Have you tried to run your memory in SPD/Auto? I'm sure G.Skill HZ 6400 can handle 4-4-4-12 at 333 easily. You're running @ 2.2V, 5-5-5-15? :confused:

Upgrade to latest bios, perhaps?
My mobo is PW5 so can't help you much with the Intel's. Sorry.

Tokenbrit said:
Well I tried VCore to 1.45 ram to 2.2 @5-5-5-15 and it seems to actually be worse, temps dont seem too bad. Im not sure how to disable speedstep in the badaxe bios, anyone know which setting that is?

Tokenbrit · 15 Aug 2006 at 08:28

As you can see I gave it plenty of volts and slack timings to make sure that it wasnt an issue, after googling a little I have disabled EIST in the BIOS, and used a program to disable C1E which I think was called halt/resume. However this hasnt helped. I will stick the memory back on auto when I get home from work and see if that helps, also check for a new BIOS however I thought I was on the newest one although I cant remember the number off the top of my head.
It doesnt seem to have any problems with a particular core, it fails on either but never both, single core load seems to be fine although I havent primed for long like that.
Anyone who has a BadAxe tell me some a good BIOS revision and some exact settings so I can rule that out?