Trouble Overclocking a Q9550

savvasmad

savvasmad

savvasmad

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Hello,

I have trouble overclocking my Q9550. I am new at this and I think Im getting my voltages right because my screen doesn't respond when I try overclocking.

My CPU is Q9550 @ 2.83Ghz
Motherboard: Striker 2 Extreme
Memory: OCZ 4GB DDR3 (4x1GB)
and i have a 700W PSU
I also have the Zalman Hybrid Cooling System on CPU and motherboard which cools fine.
Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks

Savvas
 
as above, post voltages. also take a look at the thread "new to overclocking (q9550)" thread - it has a few stable bios setups might point you in the right direction
 
VCore: set to 1.375 but shows 1.17
Memory: 1.60V
NB: 1.30
The rest are auto
These are the only voltages that my screen responds to whatever else i got trouble. Will check out the thread but if anything comes up please help me! thx :D
 
Up the Nb to 1.4 at least,

You have abit of vdroop there, use th mods or just set the voltage higher than needed in bios untill it gets to the voltage you want in CPUZ

Memory abit low too even for ddr3? and you will always struggle oc'ing with 4gig of ram
 
since your running 4 sticks of ram, what freq are you pushing them to? might need to lower the divider to get more cpu clock. also that voltage for ddr3 with 4 sticks does seem rather low... what ram is it exactly?
 
When I play with the voltages its fine! now i am running at

1.9V ram and 1.39V NB and 1.52 PLL, 1.4VTT but i dont know why i get a massive Vcore drop because its always stable at 1.18 and i think i set it to 1.43.

As soon as I do something to FSB and DRAM bus and stuff my screen does not respond

Whats the next step! BTW thanks for all the help upto now everyone
 
Asus boards not display the screen after a bad OC, i think its due to the auto cmos clear or something.

There are loads of Vdroop mods for asus boards hanging around the net, just have a look, asus boards ae notorious for vdroop/drop.

Make sure the ram is unlinked. then try just the fsb with ram at stock
 
Usually always start at stock fsb and stock voltage and slowly increase fsb then voltage when system unstable, i wouldnt go as high as 1.6v, i doubt you would need 1.5v with that cpu

Id say set to 1.4v (as in when cpuz says 1.4 not the bios settings) then just up the FSB till system is unstable

Do you have the latest bios by any chance?
 
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