q6600 woes

Kilkus

Kilkus

Kilkus

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Hey all, just a quick question. Basically i currently have my q6600 overclocked to 3.2ghz with a 356x9 mulitplier. I'd like to get it running on 400x8 to achieve the same speed, but just so i can get ram running on a 1:1 ratio, as i'm thinking of upgrading to 8gb for 3ds max, and i have heard of problems when o/cing 8gb ram.

Anyways when i change the cpu from 356x9 to 400x8 the computer just errors and won't load up windows, boots up just fine but blue screens before starting windows and restarts.

need some advice or help pls as i'm stumped why it won't work, seeing as its actually the exact same speed and voltage.

Specs are Q6600 G0 version
Abit IP35 mother board
OCZ Vista gold series ram 6400

many thx in advance
 
What voltages are you using at the moment? You may need a bit more voltage on the northbridge or the FSB.
 
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Kilkus said:
Hey all, just a quick question. Basically i currently have my q6600 overclocked to 3.2ghz with a 356x9 mulitplier. I'd like to get it running on 400x8 to achieve the same speed, but just so i can get ram running on a 1:1 ratio, as i'm thinking of upgrading to 8gb for 3ds max, and i have heard of problems when o/cing 8gb ram.

Anyways when i change the cpu from 356x9 to 400x8 the computer just errors and won't load up windows, boots up just fine but blue screens before starting windows and restarts.

need some advice or help pls as i'm stumped why it won't work, seeing as its actually the exact same speed and voltage.

Specs are Q6600 G0 version
Abit IP35 mother board


OCZ Vista gold series ram 6400

many thx in advance
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got the same spec, and running at 3.2 on an 8x

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the vdroop is pretty bad so had to bump the vcore a little

is your memory at 5-5-5-15 @ 2.1v?
 
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Thx for the quick replys, anyways Vcore is currently at 1.2650V i'll have a go bumping it up.
@Baked - no my memeory is running at 5-5-5-18 i haven't a clue when it comes to memeory so i just went for stock
 
ok quick update i tried bumping the voltage from 1.2650 upto 1.3250 and i still get the blue screen.
 
Kilkus said:
Thx for the quick replys, anyways Vcore is currently at 1.2650V i'll have a go bumping it up.
@Baked - no my memeory is running at 5-5-5-18 i haven't a clue when it comes to memeory so i just went for stock
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if you bump the vcore a little it should be fine, i had to do this moving from 3.0 to 3.2 even at 1.3125 the droop levels it out at around 1.27-1.28 so it needs a little extra juice

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whats the vcore reading in bios after the change?, also whats the pwm temp at?

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your not running on the stock heat sink are you?
 
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ok so i've tried it at 1.3450 and 1.3650 still having problems. on another note, Baked you asked if i ran my ram at 5-5-5-15 is it worth dropping from 18 to 15?
 
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