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***The Official E2140/E2160 Overclocking Thread***

sam.wheale said:
Hey guys,

I've been stuck at 3 GHz for a while, but after reading a few of your comments today I decided to have another play ;)

I set the pci-e frequency at 100MHz and I've bumped the vcore up to 1.46v (from 1.375v) and I've had a couple of successful 'stress tests' - 3DMark 06 and OCCT. I’m going to try Orthos tonight.

My temps never went above 66 degrees btw!

My reason for posting tho is to check whether 1.46v is a safe voltage for my chip :)

Cheers,

SW.
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That voltage is fine and the temps too. I'm running 3.2ghz, 1.45v, 70c. Make sure you check those temps under load in orthos and see what you vcore is in cpuz under load.

Vaughn, I'm all out of ideas mate. Did you read that thread that I posted? Maybe there's some info in there that'll help. Did you check your temps at stock speeds under load?
 
wolvers69 said:
Vaughn, I'm all out of ideas mate. Did you read that thread that I posted? Maybe there's some info in there that'll help. Did you check your temps at stock speeds under load?
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Yeah I read it, not sure what could help me.

Here's my temps

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I think the Aux is a fake value, but that core one can't be good. You tell me.
 
Greetings,

I have the Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core E2160 CPU
and an Asus P5B-MX / WiFi-AP motherboard

i can i reach 3 or 3.2 Ghz with this motherboard or do i need to buy a better one,

and what is the limit i a let it run on stock voltage ??
 
Alright guys, i've got a abit ip35-e, 2gb geil ddr2 800 ultra low latency and a e2180. I seem to be alright at getting it running at 3gb (10x300), but then because of the ram divider i've got 750mhz or 900mhz ram instead of 800. It won't post at 900mhz unfortunately.

So i set it to 333fsb and adjust the multiplier to 9 (3gig) and arrange the ram divider to set it at 800mhz... perfect you would think. But it won't post! can anyone tell me why? the cpu volt is set at 1.375, which is stable at 10x300 so i don't think the cpu needs more volts. i've tried it with more volts anyway and it doesn't make any difference.

Do i need to up the voltage on the ram or anything? even if i haven't clocked the ram does it need a bit more because of the high fsb? i've uped the north/south bridge 0.15 max and that doesn't seem to make much difference.

do you think i've hit a fsb wall? is it the board? do i need to adjust the ram volts?

B@Th*nG
 
Because of the way the divider is set up my ram speed is 750mhz (out of 800) so it isn't in the mix at all unfortunately :/

It's just the chip and mobo being clocked. Even if i go to 310x10 it doesn't seem to wanna do it. It won't even boot properly if i set it to the "traditional" fsb's of 333 and 400. It saves the settings but won't post first time, i have to take the power out of the back and plug it back in again, THEN it'll post - it reports the overclock in the BIOS splash screen but cpu-z doesn't report it properly and HALVES the FSB. benchmarks are slower so it proves it's not setting it properly - unless it's thermal throttling or something, but coretemp reports it as low 30's. very strange!

B@Th*nG

I wonder if i need to reflash the BIOS? i flashed it with the 1.4 almost straight away.
 
B@Th*nG said:
Alright guys, i've got a abit ip35-e, 2gb geil ddr2 800 ultra low latency and a e2180. I seem to be alright at getting it running at 3gb (10x300), but then because of the ram divider i've got 750mhz or 900mhz ram instead of 800. It won't post at 900mhz unfortunately.

So i set it to 333fsb and adjust the multiplier to 9 (3gig) and arrange the ram divider to set it at 800mhz... perfect you would think. But it won't post! can anyone tell me why? the cpu volt is set at 1.375, which is stable at 10x300 so i don't think the cpu needs more volts. i've tried it with more volts anyway and it doesn't make any difference.

Do i need to up the voltage on the ram or anything? even if i haven't clocked the ram does it need a bit more because of the high fsb? i've uped the north/south bridge 0.15 max and that doesn't seem to make much difference.

do you think i've hit a fsb wall? is it the board? do i need to adjust the ram volts?

B@Th*nG
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Try 8x multiplier @ 400FSB (=3200Mhz 3.2Ghz), 1.34v on the CPU voltage, stick the divider so the RAM is at exactly 800 with the proper timings 4-4-4-12. Also stick the RAM to 2.0 or 2.1V. My set runs on both voltages but I give it the little bit extra juice anyway.

Disable thermal throttling, C1ST and EIST functions and also check the fan control by pressing right on the keyboard as it reduces the speed of your fans unless you take the setting off. My TT-120 wasn't sounding very strong at full blast so I looked about the BIOS and after messing about with the fan control I then heard the mighty roar of the fan in the TT-120 :).

(Note: I'm on stock BIOS but I don't know if that would be the cause and I doubt it)

EDIT: The fan adjustment isn't really needed but I'd do it anyway for when you want to push that CPU more at a later date. I can get 3.5Ghz out of my CPU so far but it was only for testing as I was just leaving when I got it stable at that speed.
 
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J.D said:
Try 8x multiplier @ 400FSB (=3200Mhz 3.2Ghz), 1.34v on the CPU voltage, stick the divider so the RAM is at exactly 800 with the proper timings 4-4-4-12. Also stick the RAM to 2.0 or 2.1V. My set runs on both voltages but I give it the little bit extra juice anyway.

Disable thermal throttling, C1ST and EIST functions and also check the fan control by pressing right on the keyboard as it reduces the speed of your fans unless you take the setting off. My TT-120 wasn't sounding very strong at full blast so I looked about the BIOS and after messing about with the fan control I then heard the mighty roar of the fan in the TT-120 :).

(Note: I'm on stock BIOS but I don't know if that would be the cause and I doubt it)

EDIT: The fan adjustment isn't really needed but I'd do it anyway for when you want to push that CPU more at a later date. I can get 3.5Ghz out of my CPU so far but it was only for testing as I was just leaving when I got it stable at that speed.
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My CPU is currently at 1.372 to get it to 3gig so i'll knock it up a notch. I'm willing to go to 1.41 to get it stable at 3.2 - i think that's pretty reasonable.

I've tried it at 400x8 before and i get the posting problem as i said before but i haven't tried that thermal control and fan speed malarky, so i'll give that a go when i get home and report back.

My RAM's default is 2.1v, it's the GEIL stuff, so i'll knock it up to 2.2? or do you think higher is alright? what's your default RAM volts?

Should i need to knock the NorthB/SouthB volts up at all? if so then by how much is reasonable?

B@Th*nG
 
B@Th*nG said:
My CPU is currently at 1.372 to get it to 3gig so i'll knock it up a notch. I'm willing to go to 1.41 to get it stable at 3.2 - i think that's pretty reasonable.

I've tried it at 400x8 before and i get the posting problem as i said before but i haven't tried that thermal control and fan speed malarky, so i'll give that a go when i get home and report back.

My RAM's default is 2.1v, it's the GEIL stuff, so i'll knock it up to 2.2? or do you think higher is alright? what's your default RAM volts?

Should i need to knock the NorthB/SouthB volts up at all? if so then by how much is reasonable?

B@Th*nG
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Have you disabled thermal throttling and C1ST and EIST?. I reckon you have though. I had this enabled at first as this is the first Intel CPU I've had since my PIII 450Mhz first PC 8 years ago. Everything overclocked the same but on the desktop when Idle was dropping the multiplier.

(I'm at 2.1v) 2.1v should be fine as you're not trying to overclock your RAM yet and I think it's 2.3v max but I wouldn't bother about that as it doesn't seem to be the problem. Have you tried 7x 400FSB for 2.8Ghz?. If this boots no problem then it's your CPU and most likely volts although I'm surprised you need 1.375v for 3Ghz. You can try knocking up the MCH up one increment also. How long ago did you get your CPU as mine is pretty new? (about 3 weeks).

Have you manually put the timings in the BIOS? (4-4-4-12 1T). My 4 sticks booted from the start and I didn't need to remove anything to make it work so I don't know what RAM slots are the best to use.

This might help you out too http://forum.abit-usa.com/showthread.php?t=133261.

Oh and it's the FanEQ settings you have to disable if you want full pelt with your fans. If you want a quieter system in the future you can set it back up again ;).
 
B@Th*nG said:
My CPU is currently at 1.372 to get it to 3gig so i'll knock it up a notch. I'm willing to go to 1.41 to get it stable at 3.2 - i think that's pretty reasonable.

I've tried it at 400x8 before and i get the posting problem as i said before but i haven't tried that thermal control and fan speed malarky, so i'll give that a go when i get home and report back.

My RAM's default is 2.1v, it's the GEIL stuff, so i'll knock it up to 2.2? or do you think higher is alright? what's your default RAM volts?

Should i need to knock the NorthB/SouthB volts up at all? if so then by how much is reasonable?

B@Th*nG
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Most of the E2100 series chips won't run with an fsb as high as 400 no matter how high a cvore you put through it. Stick to 9 or 10 mutli when overclocking your E2180. Mine won't post either at 400x8 even though I know that it's stable at 3.2ghz on 356x9.

My E2160 runs @3.2ghz with 1.45v so you shouldn't worry if you need to pump some more juice into it to get more out of it, as long as you monitor the temps under full load and stick to below 70c.

I've got that Geil ULL RAM too and 2.1v is fine at stock speeds. You shouldn't need to boost the NB voltage unless you use 4 sticks. Mine runs at DDR888 with 2.15v, 4-4-4-12.

Hope this helps.
 
wolvers69 said:
Most of the E2100 series chips won't run with an fsb as high as 400 no matter how high a cvore you put through it. Stick to 9 or 10 mutli when overclocking your E2180. Mine won't post either at 400x8 even though I know that it's stable at 3.2ghz on 356x9.
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Are you being serious?. Wow, then I must be lucky?. I can push it much further than 400FSB but can't remember exactly as I only pushed to 3.5Ghz once.
 
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