trying to get steady 4ghz

Ok. Just finished 10 cycles of LinX. Finished without errors in 39 mins 39 secs.

Max temp was 83C. That is with the side of my case, but I'm waiting on selling some stuff to afford a new case.

Sounding good so far? =)
 
I decided to run Prime95 overnight. Started at around 1am. The PC froze up around 2.47am for some reason. So when I got up at 7.45, I turned it off, left it for 5 mins and booted back up. I started another test at around 8am. Went out, came back, and at 8.22am it had crashed again.

Have now lowered my RAM multiplier to check that isn't/is the problem. LinX runs fine on the CPU, so just a bit worried it could be my RAM.

Having said that, last time I ran Prime95, ok, it was only for around an hour, but nothing froze up then. Bit confused now =(
 
Try and increase you vtt a bit, if that doesnt work also vcore.
Can you post your bios settings ?

Sure. Will post them soon. I ran Prime95 today, for around 4 hours. No hang ups. That was after reducing my RAM multiplier to 6, so it was running at 1200 MHz.

Just to add, these are voltage that are set in my bios, according to EasyTune6:

Vcore: 1.325V
QPI/Vtt Voltage: 1.36V
DRAM voltage: 1.64V

Here we go. BIOS settings. Need to test Prime95 again, as I increased my RAM multiplier again to 8.

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Have uploaded pics of BIOS settings. Hope the are ok. I know too much voltage can also cause system instability, but so far it seems ok. Will probably try and decrease them slowly soon. Temps are fine tho. Max was 81C on Prime95 for 4 hours this morning.
 
Ok. Bumped my RAM back up to 1600MHz, and it crapped out on me 30 mins into a blend on Prime95. PC just totally locks up. Should I run Memtest and make sure everything is ok? Or should I set it up using the XMP Profile in the BIOS? Or is that not a good idea.

Edit: Anyone got any ideas on what I could/should do?
 
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That's as low as I can take the QPI multiplier sadly =(

And the Gigabyte bios is annoying. It will only increase Vram in 0.02V increases. Ie 1.64V or 1.66V
 
Set your DRAM speed to 1600MHz and Uncore speed to 3200MHz. Have you been setting uncore speed to 2x RAM speed ?

Yeah. Been setting uncore to 16x when RAM is 8x.

But that's the problem. The PC crashes when the RAM is set to 1600MHz and I'm running Prime95.

Should I load the XMP profile for that RAM at all?
 
Just checking mate as above says 1200MHz and 2600MHz ;) Not sure if XMP work on your board, on mine it doesnt but i do have bloodrage.
Have you tried the latest bios ?
 
I need to try the latest bios yet. And yes, it does support XMP.

The thing had a total off there. Threw a bloody fit over the settings saying it couldn't boot. Cleared CMOS using the button on the back, and re-entered all my settings. Seems to be booting now. Lol. Computers eh.
 
My mate has 4.2 Stable , here are his settings .... worth a try :D He is suing F9e bios ;)

4.2Ghz 920 D0 LinX stable 1600Mhz.

CPU Clock Ratio [20x]

Advanced CPU Features [Press Enter]:
CPU Clock Ratio [20x]
Intel(R) Turbo Boost Tech [Enabled]
CPU Cores Enabled [All]
CPU Multi Threading [Enabled]
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) [Enabled]
C3/C6/C7 State Support [Disabled]
CPU Thermal Monitor [Enabled]
CPU EIST Function [Enabled]
Virtualization Technology [Disabled]
Bi-Directional PROCHOT [Disabled]

Uncore & QPI Features [Press Enter]:
QPI Link Speed [x36]
Uncore Frequency [x19]
Isonchronous Frequency [Enabled]

Advanced Clock Control [Press Enter]:
standard clock control
Base Clock (BCLK) Control [Enabled]
BCLK Frequency (MHz) [200]
PCI Express Frequency (MHz) [AUTO]
C.I.A.2 [Disabled]

advanced clock control
CPU Clock Drive [ 800mV]
PCI Express Clock Drive [ 900mV]
CPU Clock Skew [ 100ps]
IOH Clock Skew [ 0ps]

Performance Enhance [Turbo]
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P.) [Disabled]
System Memory Multiplier (SPD) [x8]
DRAM Timing Selectable (sPD) [Manual]

Channel A

CAS Latency Time 8 [9]
tRCD 8 [9]
tRP 8 [9]
tRAS 20 [24]

Channel B

CAS Latency Time 8 [9]
tRCD 8 [9]
tRP 8 [9]
tRAS 20 [24]

Channel C

CAS Latency Time 8 [9]
tRCD 8 [9]
tRP 8 [9]
tRAS 20 [24]


Advanced Voltage Control [Press Enter]:
Load Line Calibration [Enabled]
CPU Vcore 1.15v [1.28750v]
QPI/VTT Voltage 1.150v [1.320v]
CPU PLL 1.800v [1.840v]

MCH

PCIE 1.500v [1.540v]
QPI PLL 1.100v [1.140v]
IOH Core 1.100v [1.200v]
ICH I/O 1.500v [AUTO]
ICH Core 1.1v [1.200v]

DRAM

DRAM Voltage 1.500v [1.660v]
DRAM Termination 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-A Data VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-B Data VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-C Data VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-A Address VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-B Address VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-C Address VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
 
Just flashed to F9e bios also =)

Aye, could always give it a shot =)

It booted there, so all ok. Will test it with LinX later. It was Prime95 blend however, that was giving me problems before =( It's very annoying you can't set the RAM voltage to 1.65V in the Gigabyte bios
 
After several more fits from the PC about it not booting because of overclocking or voltages, I have got it to boot once again!

Finally. This thing is really starting to **** me off now.
 
Ok. So, now, if I try and overclock my CPU, the system will not even POST. It just keeps going in that switch on, switch off cycle. It makes zero sense!

If I load it at stock settings, it's fine. Totally stupid. It makes no sense to me. Wish I hadn't bothered to try and fix the RAM issue in the first place. Spend almost £200 on a motherboard, and it starts to misbehave after only a week!
 
So, I went through, and literally saved one thing at a time to the CMOS. And here I am. 200 BCLK, 21x multi (forgot to turn off Turbo boost).

All seems to be ok so far...
 
Madindehead, how are you getting along with the new bios mate, I have had the exact same problems as you, I'm on the verge of sending my stuff back and getting new stuff.

Please let me know what works for you?
 
I flashed back to the F7 BIOS. Seems to be a lot more stable than the other one. It booted fine this morning. And last night. Went through BIOS and saved every item one at a time, and it was fine. No problems so far for me.
 
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