Please help

[mesias]

Since I got my rig together I’ve been struggling to get some stability overclocking an E6600 in IN9 32X. My target is to obtain at least between 3.3 and 3.4 GHz to keep temps in the 50s. Then, finally, I found settings that gave me 3.2 GHz ORTHOS stable for more than 29 hrs.

These are the BIOS settings:
All unnecessary settings are disable.
FSB: 1430 (356 x 9)
CPU Core: 1.4050 v
DDR: 2.2 v
CPU VTT: 1.3 v
NB: 1.35 v
SB: 1.6 v
Hyper: 1.4 v

After this modest success I’ve been trying to keep on pushing without luck. I tried a lot of FSB combinations and voltage increases and nothing. I’ve seen other people commenting how easily the can reach 1600 MHz, and I couldn’t even get close. The worst part is that when I wanted to go back to the settings that worked for me, I haven’t been able to get no more that 2 hours stable in ORTHOS.
Is this normal??? Is my mobo defective? CPU? Should I flash back to 1.1 which I never tested?

[Leeghoofd]

Have you cooled ya NB and PWM's ?, since you are using watercooling these areas get very hot due to the lacl of airflow... I don't have an Abit board but the Asus version... what works for me is to increase ya NB voltage slightly to 1.45 ( but mine needs to be cooled then) , CPU VTT to 1.4 and my E6600 needs 1.42 real volts to get to 3600Mhz ( I have a small drop with my baord, typically Asus) so i need ot set 1.46125 in bios to get 1.43 in dile and under load it only drop to 1.41-1.42... For 3-3.2 Ghz I only need 1.35 real volts under load, maybe ya CPU needs more voltage than mine and you could up that immediately to 1.5 and then drop down to see when it get's stable...

There's a whole thread on ya board at the Forum reviews section which is run by Johnny Bravo. Very good info there sir....

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=130375

[mesias]

I have a 40mm fan in the PWM and 60mm fan in the NB. When OC at 3.2 GHz the CPU reached 52c ORTHOS full load and 36c idle (Core Temp). I will try reseating the CPU waterclock and the volts you suggested, and of course more reading!! Thanks