Striker wont overclock

Ok, one step at a time lets stabilize the O/C first using the Vcore info from the Bios.

Although the temps are high, without load. The chip (OC) will benefit from an after market cooler. Do you have sufficient air flowing through your case out of interest

The Tuniq cooler is an excellent cooler and will fit your Striker Extreme

Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=hs-001-sb&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTQwMiwxMCwsaGVudGh1c2lhc3Q=


(Note The Thermalright Ultra 120 is typically seen as the best cooler. Due to manufacturing problems these coolers have been reported to have an uneven base. The base may require lapping to ensure an even/flat base)

If you do decide to purchase the Tuniq

tip don't remove the sticker cover covering the sticky pad on the backplate as it really is a pain to get off your mobo should you need to.

If you have some artic silver remove the pre applied paste from the cooler using isopropyl alcohol and re clean the CPU using IA with cotton buds and reapply the Artic to the CPU only.

Use the artic silver guide for correct application (A thin line of TIM) http://www.arcticsilver.com/pdf/appi..._quad_wcap.pdf. Do not spread, just place the cooler on and allow the weight of the cooler to spread the TIM for you.
 
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vcore voltage was 1.28v

heres a shot of coretemp with it under load using all four cores at once with cinebench.

load.jpg
 
run prime and confirm all four cores for stability up. Set the vcore to 1.28v in the Bios;). (before running prime)

(The CPU wont throttle until it reaches 100c) So we have a bit of headroom

(If it crashes post pic of prime, cpuz, coretemp;))
 
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ive set prime to run for 5 mins, although it doesnt appear to be doing anything. i should be seeing continous feedback in the 5 windows, right?

also, prime and coretemp reckon the chips a 3.5ghz wereas cpuz reports it correctly. eevrest also says it 3150ghz but on the same screen lower down it lists each core as being 3500ghz each. whats going on there then??
 
ok prime failed. were does it put stress.txt? cant find it even with a file search.

[Sun Dec 16 22:07:50 2007]
FATAL ERROR: Rounding was 0.5, expected less than 0.4
Self-test 1024K passed!
Hardware failure detected, consult stress.txt file.
FATAL ERROR: Rounding was 0.5, expected less than 0.4
Hardware failure detected, consult stress.txt file.
FATAL ERROR: Rounding was 0.5, expected less than 0.4
Hardware failure detected, consult stress.txt file.
[Sun Dec 16 22:14:02 2007]
Self-test 8K passed!
FATAL ERROR: Rounding was 0.5, expected less than 0.4
Hardware failure detected, consult stress.txt file.
 
When you open prime go to advanced tab and "Check of rounding"

Select small FFTs

And start test

All 4 cores will show under stress
 
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lostbear said:
ok prime failed. were does it put stress.txt? cant find it even with a file search.

[Sun Dec 16 22:07:50 2007]
FATAL ERROR: Rounding was 0.5, expected less than 0.4
Self-test 1024K passed!
Hardware failure detected, consult stress.txt file.
FATAL ERROR: Rounding was 0.5, expected less than 0.4
Hardware failure detected, consult stress.txt file.
FATAL ERROR: Rounding was 0.5, expected less than 0.4
Hardware failure detected, consult stress.txt file.
[Sun Dec 16 22:14:02 2007]
Self-test 8K passed!
FATAL ERROR: Rounding was 0.5, expected less than 0.4
Hardware failure detected, consult stress.txt file.
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No problem Vcore increase is only required. In the Bios set the Vcore to 1.30v and re-run prime
 
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im going to save the current bios settings to a profile and return it to the baseline settings i applied to start with (ie the defaults).

Im about to order the the Tuniq tower and some artic silver, ill resume overclocking on tuesday when ive fitted it.

thanks a lot for all your help, im really greatful. hopefully you will be around tuesday to help me finish it off.

cheers :)
 
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ahhh ive just caught your post. ill adjust prime and the vcore now and see what happenes.
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:D ok no problem re run after you have made the changes to prime and altered the vcore, just repost back in this thread;)

I feel your chip and board can make an excellent OC the limiting factors are evidently your cooler and possibly your case (not enough adequate air flow = heat build up).

(Tip Make sure the fan inside your Tuniq is installed properly blowing the hot air into your rear case fan and see post 42 (tips) above)
 
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case isnt a problem, its one of the best for airflow. its an Akasa Mirage 62.

incidently, can i fit the tuniq withough removing the mobo from the case. its on a removable tray, but i want to avoid disconnecting everything.
 
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lostbear said:
ok ive upped the vcore to 1.30 and im in xp64bit now. ive just kicked off prime.......more in 5 mins when its finished.
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lostbear said:
case isnt a problem, its one of the best for airflow. its an Akasa Mirage 62.

incidently, can i fit the tuniq withough removing the mobo from the case. its on a removable tray, but i want to avoid disconnecting everything.
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I see thanks for the link soz not familiar with case

The Tuniq is an excellent cooler and will keep those temps down

http://www.virtual-hideout.net/reviews/tuniq_120/index.shtml

http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=2198

Fitting the Tuniq some nice tips to be had here http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTQwMiwxMCwsaGVudGh1c2lhc3Q=
 
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btw, the motherboard is sitting on a removable plate which is esentially a large flat mirror. its fixed directly to it. as you probably already know, mirrors refelct heat back away from them, so its forcing the heat away from the motherboard and into the path of the case fans. kinda nifty! this coupled with the tuniq and the large fans ive got in there will all help keep it cool.

Im going to stop for tonight, i need to play crysis! ill resume once the tuniq arrive on tuesday.

cheers! :)
 
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BTW, over on XS (also read some thread about Hot Tuniqs here), many peeps had a bad remount of their Tuniqs and temps were far higher than primary mounts.

The reason they all claimed was they went by AS info on 1 line of TIM down middle of spreader but has spread it primary.

They fitted a 3rd time again spreading and all were back to normal temps.

Now that was 3 diff peeps, I cant say if luck or BS, but I always spread it and this time on a remount I did the line method and I know its hotter than before.

I will never do that again, I will be back to spreading and the Tuniqs base is very rough.
 
thanks fot that. initital inspection of the copper base it seems fine to me. ill be sure to spread the artic silver. update in an hour two once ive got the beast installed.
 
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