USB 3.0 External Hard Drive Help

Some people like to use 'your' in its alternative module to express a plural group and as a universal term. I thought that maybe you weren't educated enough to realise this.

And seeing as though I buy from a shop that already offers free P&P and the prices are considerably lower, I do not need the free postage OcUK offers because I don't buy from here.
 
So now you have resulted to going through all my posts to find something that you can use to insult me? Immature much.

I was simply scanning the different threads quickly saw the title 'First Time Overclocker' and gave the poster advice regarding his question; maybe that's something you should try.
 
So now you have resulted to going through all my posts to find something that you can use to insult me? Immature much.

Not really.

I saw the thread and saw your post.

I'm sorry if you feel insulted but "I thought that maybe you weren't educated enough to realise this" isn't exactly a compliment


I was simply scanning the different threads quickly saw the title 'First Time Overclocker' and gave the poster advice regarding his question; maybe that's something you should try.

I do.

But I read the posts first and try to avoid giving advice which could cause damage.

Do not overclock with BCLK, doing so could limit lifespan of the CPU


Peace.

End of discussion.
 
At what point did I say I was complimenting you when I said "I thought that maybe you weren't educated enough to realise this"?

Since when did increasing the base clock cause damage? If you know how to do it, then it is perfectly safe. Just because the multiplier is unlocked on a 2500K, it does not mean you cannot increase the FSB. It is purely to make overclocking easier by allowing you to increase the multiplier.
 
Since when did increasing the base clock cause damage? If you know how to do it, then it is perfectly safe. Just because the multiplier is unlocked on a 2500K, it does not mean you cannot increase the FSB. It is purely to make overclocking easier by allowing you to increase the multiplier.

For your information:

Base Clock (BCLK) - this refers to the clock of the Sandy Bridge platform, which is 100MHz. Previous-generation platforms allowed for the BCLK to be raised quite easily, providing another way to increase overall system speed. However, with Sandy Bridge it's a little trickier as Intel's new architecture amalgamates a memory controller and GPU onto the same piece of silicon as the CPU. As a consequence, raising the BCLK on a Sandy Bridge platform will increase the speed of various components and quickly introduce the risk of instability. Overclocking by BCLK is therefore not recommended.

In the spirit of integration, Intel made one more change this round: the 6-series chipsets integrate the clock generator. What once was a component on the motherboard, the PLL is now on the 6-series chipset die. The integrated PLL feeds a source clock to everything from the SATA and PCIe controllers to the SNB CPU itself. With many components driven off of this one clock, Intel has locked it down pretty tight.

And from OcUK:

Do not overclock with BCLK, doing so could limit lifespan of the CPU
 
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Since when did increasing the base clock cause damage? If you know how to do it, then it is perfectly safe. Just because the multiplier is unlocked on a 2500K, it does not mean you cannot increase the FSB. It is purely to make overclocking easier by allowing you to increase the multiplier.

This has been the case for a while but not for Sandy Bridge. You cannot safely overclock the non-"K" CPUs.
 
This simply states that by increasing the BCLK on a Sandybridge model is can increase the risk of stability and so it is not recommended. Nowhere does it say that changing it is dangerous. If you are experienced and know what you are doing, then you will know how to push this to the limit and gain more from your machine without damaging the hardware.

Obviously it is just easier for a beginner to increase the multiplier and so I corrected my mistake as soon as I realised I had made it. I am only human; we all make mistakes some time or another.

And in answer to a previous post:

But I read the posts first and try to avoid giving advice which could cause damage.

If the OP had put this is the description instead of in the title, I would have noticed it and not told him to increase the BCLK and this current conversation would not have headed this way.
 
This simply states that by increasing the BCLK on a Sandybridge model is can increase the risk of stability and so it is not recommended. Nowhere does it say that changing it is dangerous. If you are experienced and know what you are doing, then you will know how to push this to the limit and gain more from your machine without damaging the hardware.

 
The driver on the Gigabyte website is a little out of date.

MSI have a slightly newer driver which I think is for the same controller chip.

You could try the driver from the MSI site:

Driver Download

Set a restore point before trying it as you may need to go back.
 
I've done that, but I'm afraid that it's not resolved the problem. I still get the little message balloon telling me that the drive will work faster if connected to a superspeed usb3 port (despite the fact that it is of course).
 
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