Still Wont Post!

Darkmike · 26 Jan 2009 at 13:40

Got a q6600 on a gigabyte extreme p45 board! tryin oc to 3ghz

It wont get past the first screen it jus freezes when checking memory,
Half the numbers come up on memory and then it reboots.

What could this be??? help!!!!

Mike

lankymorley · 26 Jan 2009 at 16:04

Well seeing as the memory check is where it fails, it would be a logical place to start. Try going into your bios and manually setting the modules to their rated voltages, if you haven't already. You often have to do this with fast, enthusiast memory.

bledd · 26 Jan 2009 at 16:21

what ram do you have?

for my ocz 8gb ddr2 to work, i have to set my ram voltage to +0.4, because the ram is 2.2v and the default is 1.8v

jambus · 26 Jan 2009 at 17:14

My friend has a Q6600 on a rampage, won't overclock past 2.9. Doesn't mean there is anything essentially wrong when it won't push past a certain limit... when it's already passed it's garuanteed limit :rolleyes:

Also, this is at the overclocked settings it's failing to post at, right? If so, check your giving the CPU enough Vcore, also check memory voltages and timings etc.

Darkmike · 26 Jan 2009 at 18:34

OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK)

will try changing some timings and voltage!

cheers!

Darkmike · 26 Jan 2009 at 19:43

still no luck it jus keeps freezing on memory testing

AgedIdiot · 26 Jan 2009 at 19:47

At what settings have you had the system running smooth ?

WJA96 · 26 Jan 2009 at 23:37

Can you post pictures of your BIOS settings please. My bet is that the memory divider is wrong and it needs to be reduced so the RAM is running within it's limits with the overclock. Either that or you haven't turned off some energy saving function and it's dying from a lack of volts at boot.

Darkmike · 27 Jan 2009 at 10:31

Hope this helps??

Someone tell me where i am going wrong??

bledd · 27 Jan 2009 at 10:33

set the ram speed to 6,6,6,18
set the ram voltage to 2.2

Darkmike · 27 Jan 2009 at 10:44

Nope still freezes at this point;

Darkmike · 27 Jan 2009 at 11:03

Right just took out external hard drive and its booted fine so want change settings low again to make it cooler and bit more stable 2bh

Any suggestions???

bledd · 27 Jan 2009 at 11:43

set the ram to what i said.

the 'lower values' for the ram CAS settings means faster / pushing the limit..

higher voltage for ram eg 2.2 is recommended for the OCZ

jambus · 27 Jan 2009 at 15:18

hold on, your external HDD was stopping your PC from posting? And are you now saying it will post at 3Ghz? If so, glad it worked out!

WJA96 · 27 Jan 2009 at 18:56

I would also drop the RAM divider to 2.0 to guarantee you are only being affected by the CPU speed.