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07-06-2008, 08:22 AM
bigcesar

hello i'am new here (sorry if my english is bad)
i have the P5Q Deluxe with E2180 and memory patriot Viper PC9600
i have a problem with FSB no pass 400
the Northbrige 1.5 and not boot and clear CMOS

This is my best results:
http://img.godlike.cl/images/39265.jpg

help me
thanks and sorry...
07-06-2008, 08:30 AM
Tirade

Still stuck

Still getting issues, not sure whats going on.

I went back to the basics.

E8400, P5Q Pro. 9 X 333 defaults works fine. I raised FSB to 400 and dropped multiplier to 7.

Ram is DDR2800 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145184

I get errors in Test 5 of Memtest. Only test 5. Ive tried changing between slots 1/3 and 2/4. RAM is rated for 1.9v and Im running at 2.0. All settings are according to RAM specs.

Does this look like a bad stick of RAM or should I keep tossing more voltage at it? I'm going to try the 0901 Bios and see if it makes a difference.

Bios 0703 :

AI Overclock tuner: Manual
CPU Ratio Setting: 7
FSB Strap to North Bridge: AUTO
FSB Frequency: 400
PCI-E Frequency: 100
DRAM Frequency: 800
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A1: AUTO
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A2: AUTO
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel B1: AUTO
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel B2: AUTO
DRAM Timing Control: Manual

1st Information:
CAS# Latency: 5
DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay: 5
DRAM RAS# Precharge: 5
DRAM RAS# Activate to Precharge: 18
RAS# to RAS# Delay : AUTO
Row Refresh Cycle Time: 50
Write Recovery Time: AUTO
Read to Precharge Time: AUTO

2nd Information :
READ to WRITE Delay (S/D): AUTO
Write to Read Delay (S): AUTO
WRITE to READ Delay (D): AUTO
READ to READ Delay (S): AUTO
READ to READ Delay (D): AUTO
WRITE to WRITE Delay (S): AUTO
WRITE to WRITE Delay (D): AUTO

3rd Information :
WRITE to PRE Delay: AUTO
READ to PRE Delay: AUTO
PRE to PRE Delay: AUTO
ALL PRE to ACT Delay: AUTO
ALL PRE to REF Delay: AUTO

DRAM Static Read Control: Disabled
DRAM Read Training: Disabled
MEM. OC Charger: Enabled
AI Clock Twister: Lighter
AI Transaction Booster: Manual
Common Performance Level: 12
All Pull-Ins: Disabled

CPU Voltage: 1.2675
CPU GTL Voltage Reference : AUTO
CPU PLL Voltage: 1.50
FSB Termination Voltage: 1.20
DRAM Voltage: 2.0
NB Voltage: 1.20
NB GTL Reference: AUTO
SBridge Voltage: AUTO
PCIE SATA Voltage: AUTO
07-06-2008, 08:36 AM
Cob

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigcesar

hello i'am new here (sorry if my english is bad)
i have the P5Q Deluxe with E2180 and memory patriot Viper PC9600
i have a problem with FSB no pass 400
the Northbrige 1.5 and not boot and clear CMOS

This is my best results:
[IMG]http://img.godlike.cl/images/39265.jpg[IMG]

help me
thanks and sorry...

Can you pass 400mhz on a lower CPU multiplier?

Also be aware that a lot of the E21*0 range have FSB walls below 400mhz.
07-06-2008, 08:48 AM
bigcesar

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cob

Can you pass 400mhz on a lower CPU multiplier?

Also be aware that a lot of the E21*0 range have FSB walls below 400mhz.

thanks...
yes with the multi 6 no pass 400 (401 no boot)

i think in the fsb wall for this procesors, but with my gigabyte p35 ds3l pass the 400 fsb specifically 413

would have to prove with the e7200
07-06-2008, 09:33 AM
Tirade

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tirade

Still getting issues, not sure whats going on.

I went back to the basics.

E8400, P5Q Pro. 9 X 333 defaults works fine. I raised FSB to 400 and dropped multiplier to 7.

Ram is DDR2800 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145184

I get errors in Test 5 of Memtest. Only test 5. Ive tried changing between slots 1/3 and 2/4. RAM is rated for 1.9v and Im running at 2.0. All settings are according to RAM specs.

Does this look like a bad stick of RAM or should I keep tossing more voltage at it? I'm going to try the 0901 Bios and see if it makes a difference.

I put in 2 sticks of some 4,4,4,12 2.1v Corsair and have made it through MEMTEST Test5 10 passes no errors. It definately seems like I have a bad stick of RAM. I have just filled out the RMA with Newegg and plan to buy some more.

Now that I am past the RAM issue, I will start the real overclocking ;)
07-06-2008, 09:44 AM
iboomalot

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tirade

I put in 2 sticks of some 4,4,4,12 2.1v Corsair and have made it through MEMTEST Test5 10 passes no errors. It definately seems like I have a bad stick of RAM. I have just filled out the RMA with Newegg and plan to buy some more.

Now that I am past the RAM issue, I will start the real overclocking ;)

I have that ram in a 2x1 config

might up your PLL from 1.5 to 1.56v

and up your CPU to 1.3v

bump that multi to 8X or 9X

and bump your FSB and NB to 1.28 & 1.26v
07-06-2008, 09:44 AM
SirKeldon

In first case i wanna say hello to everybody cause this is my very first post in XtremeSystems, i've been reading alot from tons of threads but i didn't dare to write till now, i'm still too noob at overclocking, just started this february. I recently acquired an ASUS P5Q Pro after the death of a DFI DK X38-T2R (bad bios flash :\) ... and i paired it with an E8400 (batch Q810A055) that had been burn-in after several weeks of benchmark and Priming for a 24/7 stable setup. After purchasing it i wanted to test if the degradation myth (not the OC burn-in process) has happened and i obtained a pretty good results. According to the last version of RealTemp and CoreTemp my vid is 1.2250, here are some shots achieving "partial" stability though:

The first 3 tests were paired with 2x1GB Corsair XMS26400-C4DHX rated at 800Mhz 4-4-4-12 @ 2.1V

CPU: 3000MHz (333x9) - RAM: 800Mhz 4-4-4-12 @ 2.1V - 10 hours Prime Blend passed (BIOS 0703)

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...1&d=1215365797

Code:

JumperFree Configuration Settings AI Overclock tuner: MANUAL CPU Ratio Setting: 9x FSB Strap to North Bridge: AUTO FSB Frequency: 333 PCI-E Frequency: 100 DRAM Frequency: 800 (5:6) DRAM Timing Control: MANUAL 1st Information : CAS# Latency: 4 DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay: 4 DRAM RAS# Precharge: 4 DRAM RAS# Activate to Precharge: 12 RAS# to RAS# Delay : AUTO Row Refresh Cycle Time: AUTO Write Recovery Time: AUTO Read to Precharge Time: AUTO DRAM Static Read Control: AUTO DRAM Read Training: AUTO MEM. OC Charger: AUTO AI Clock Twister: AUTO AI Transaction Booster: AUTO CPU Voltage: 1.13250v (it marked always 1.112V @ CPU-Z, idle and load) CPU GTL Voltage Reference: AUTO CPU PLL Voltage: 1.52 (measured: 1.551V) FSB Termination Voltage: 1.22 (measured: 1.14V) DRAM Voltage: 2.02 (measured: 2.10V) NB Voltage: 1.12 (measured: 1.15V) SBridge Voltage: 1.20 PCIE SATA Voltage: 1.60 Load Line Calibration: Enabled CPU Spread Spectrum: AUTO PCIE Spread Spectrum: AUTO CPU Clock Skew : AUTO NB Clock Skew : AUTO Advance CPU Settings CPU Ratio Setting: Manual C1E Suppport: Disabled Max CPUID Value Limit: Disabled Intel® Virtualization Tech: Enabled CPU TM Function: Disabled Execute Disable Bit: Enabled Intel SpeedStep Technology: Disabled

CPU: 3600Mhz (400x9) - RAM: 800Mhz 4-4-4-12 @ 2.1V - 7 hours Prime Blend passed (BIOS 0703)

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...1&d=1215365797

Code:

JumperFree Configuration Settings AI Overclock tuner: MANUAL CPU Ratio Setting: 9x FSB Strap to North Bridge: AUTO FSB Frequency: 400 PCI-E Frequency: 100 DRAM Frequency: 800 (1:1) DRAM Timing Control: MANUAL 1st Information : CAS# Latency: 4 DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay: 4 DRAM RAS# Precharge: 4 DRAM RAS# Activate to Precharge: 12 RAS# to RAS# Delay : AUTO Row Refresh Cycle Time: AUTO Write Recovery Time: AUTO Read to Precharge Time: AUTO DRAM Static Read Control: AUTO DRAM Read Training: AUTO MEM. OC Charger: AUTO AI Clock Twister: AUTO AI Transaction Booster: AUTO CPU Voltage: 1.23750v (CPU-Z readings - idle: 1.208V - load: 1.216V) CPU GTL Voltage Reference: AUTO CPU PLL Voltage: 1.52 (measured: 1.551V) FSB Termination Voltage: 1.22 (measured: 1.14V) DRAM Voltage: 2.02 (measured: 2.10V) NB Voltage: 1.12 (measured: 1.15V) SBridge Voltage: 1.20 PCIE SATA Voltage: 1.60 Load Line Calibration: Enabled CPU Spread Spectrum: AUTO PCIE Spread Spectrum: AUTO CPU Clock Skew : AUTO NB Clock Skew : AUTO Advance CPU Settings CPU Ratio Setting: Manual C1E Suppport: Disabled Max CPUID Value Limit: Disabled Intel® Virtualization Tech: Enabled CPU TM Function: Disabled Execute Disable Bit: Enabled Intel SpeedStep Technology: Disabled

CPU: 4005Mhz (445x9) - RAM: 890Mhz 4-4-4-12 @ 2.14V - 12 hours Prime Blend passed (BIOS 0708)

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...1&d=1215365797

Code:

JumperFree Configuration Settings AI Overclock tuner: MANUAL CPU Ratio Setting: 9x FSB Strap to North Bridge: AUTO FSB Frequency: 445 PCI-E Frequency: 100 DRAM Frequency: 890 (1:1) DRAM Timing Control: MANUAL 1st Information : CAS# Latency: 4 DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay: 4 DRAM RAS# Precharge: 4 DRAM RAS# Activate to Precharge: 12 RAS# to RAS# Delay : AUTO Row Refresh Cycle Time: AUTO Write Recovery Time: AUTO Read to Precharge Time: AUTO DRAM Static Read Control: AUTO DRAM Read Training: ENABLED MEM. OC Charger: AUTO AI Clock Twister: STRONG AI Transaction Booster: MANUAL Performance Level: 9 Phases: ALL DISABLED CPU Voltage: 1.36250v (CPU-Z readings - idle: 1.336V - load: 1.344V - maxing to 1.352V sometimes) CPU GTL Voltage Reference: AUTO CPU PLL Voltage: 1.52 (measured: 1.551V) FSB Termination Voltage: 1.26 (measured: 1.18V) DRAM Voltage: 2.06 (measured: 2.14V) NB Voltage: 1.12 (measured: 1.15V) SBridge Voltage: 1.20 PCIE SATA Voltage: 1.60 Load Line Calibration: Enabled CPU Spread Spectrum: AUTO PCIE Spread Spectrum: AUTO CPU Clock Skew : AUTO NB Clock Skew : AUTO Advance CPU Settings CPU Ratio Setting: Manual C1E Suppport: Disabled Max CPUID Value Limit: Disabled Intel® Virtualization Tech: Enabled CPU TM Function: Disabled Execute Disable Bit: Enabled Intel SpeedStep Technology: Disabled

But i purchased new ram, a pair of Corsair Dominator 8500-C5D ver 1.2 (so theoritecally Micron's) rated to 1066 @ 2.2V and i did one more test

CPU: 4005Mhz (445x9) - RAM: 1116Mhz 5-5-5-15 @ 2.2V - 12h 30m Prime Blend passed (BIOS 0708)

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...1&d=1215365797

Code:

JumperFree Configuration Settings AI Overclock tuner: MANUAL CPU Ratio Setting: 9x FSB Strap to North Bridge: AUTO FSB Frequency: 445 PCI-E Frequency: 100 DRAM Frequency: 1116 (4:5) DRAM Timing Control: MANUAL 1st Information : CAS# Latency: 5 DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay: 5 DRAM RAS# Precharge: 5 DRAM RAS# Activate to Precharge: 15 RAS# to RAS# Delay : AUTO Row Refresh Cycle Time: 25 Write Recovery Time: AUTO Read to Precharge Time: AUTO DRAM Static Read Control: DISABLED DRAM Read Training: DISABLED MEM. OC Charger: ENABLED AI Clock Twister: AUTO AI Transaction Booster: MANUAL Performance Level: 8 Phases: ALL DISABLED CPU Voltage: 1.35625v (CPU-Z readings - idle: 1.336V - load: 1.344V) CPU GTL Voltage Reference: AUTO CPU PLL Voltage: 1.52 (measured: 1.551V) FSB Termination Voltage: 1.28 (measured: 1.20V - stability and sync improved, Vcore never maxing to 1.352V with this setting) DRAM Voltage: 2.12 (measured: 2.20V) NB Voltage: 1.12 (measured: 1.15V) SBridge Voltage: 1.20 PCIE SATA Voltage: 1.60 Load Line Calibration: Enabled CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled PCIE Spread Spectrum: AUTO CPU Clock Skew : AUTO NB Clock Skew : AUTO Advance CPU Settings CPU Ratio Setting: Manual C1E Suppport: Disabled Max CPUID Value Limit: Disabled Intel® Virtualization Tech: Enabled CPU TM Function: Disabled Execute Disable Bit: Enabled Intel SpeedStep Technology: Disabled

Though that, i finally updated the BIOS to 0901 and i was having problems with F@H cause it wasn't upping the voltage to 1.344 when needed so i had to finally set my CPU Voltage to 1.36250V to avoid sudden reboots.

Besides that, i'm having problems with 333Mhz and 400Mhz strap's as jVidia says since 0703 BIOS, i tried several methods as the tRFC to 55, PL to 10 and some voltages up but no luck at all, same with 500x8 who crashes within seconds at Prime Blend. Any advices to hit higher RAM speeds or should i stay with this last stable setup till a new official release of BIOS? :shrug:

Sorry for this long long post, i promise the following ones won't be that long ... i just wanted to be 100% sure of what i was doing before posting it as a "stable" configuration, hope to be helpful to someone too.

Best regards to everybody :)
07-06-2008, 11:25 AM
jVIDIA

Did you tried strap 266 ?

And change the following settings:

PCI-E Frequency: 101

AI Clock Twister: Lighter

NB Voltage: 1.26

Load Line Calibration: Enabled
CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled
CPU Clock Skew : Normal
NB Clock Skew : Normal

Advance CPU Settings: All Disabled

:up:
07-06-2008, 11:46 AM
truehighroller

Is bios 0803 better then the one I have?
07-06-2008, 11:49 AM
SirKeldon

Yes jVIDIA, the 266Mhz strap is the one i'm using, the only "stable" with high FSB's ... to achieve 500x8 with 1200Mhz on the memory i tried the 333Mhz strap upping the voltages of the NB, PLL and FSB as well as the RAM but didn't worked, also tried with the clock skew's but nothing ... and when i try the 400Mhz strap with my 445x9 to achieve 1186Mhz on memory also fails, i'll give a try disabling all the Advance CPU Settings as you say and i'll check if helps.

Thank you! :up:

ps: I was the one having problems trying to update the BIOS from 0708 to 0901 on the P5Q Pro (from Ezflash and AFUDOS too, even with flags) ... but i finally solved it using an old version of AFUDOS, the 2.29 instead of the 2.36 the ASUS DVD includes, can be found here: http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/8/...FUDOS229ES.zip ... i placed it into an USB stick formatted as a Win98 boot diskette and flashed using: AFUDOS.EXE /iROMFILE.ROM /pbnc /n
07-06-2008, 01:15 PM
jVIDIA

Quote:

Originally Posted by truehighroller

Is bios 0803 better then the one I have?

P5Q Deluxe BIOS V0704
1. Patch for certain memory unstable issue.
2. Patch for certain Quad-core CPU unstable issue.

P5Q Deluxe BIOS V0803
1. Update CPU temperature detection rule.

:up:

Quote:

Originally Posted by aamsel

...
2.) Can someone tell me if this is good, or what memory would be better for my P5Q-Deluxe?
...

Sure :D :

Quote:

Originally Posted by jVIDIA

Iannis, for 2x1gb o recomend the Transcend AxeRam 1200+. For 2x2GB I recomend the GSkill 8500 PK or the 8800 PI.

:up:
07-06-2008, 01:22 PM
rmanuelb

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jVIDIA

P5Q Deluxe BIOS V0803
1. Update CPU temperature detection rule.

When I boot my CPU temp reads 13ºC in BIOS @ 1,4V VCORE.... how can this be !?!?!?!?

Regards
07-06-2008, 01:54 PM
jVIDIA

LOL I was just going to post the same thing .... look @ Everest Sensor page :

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/8278/tempgd1.jpg @ bios 0803

WTF !? It must be a bug ! How can the CPU be less that the cores ? Isn't the CPU temp a calculated temp ?
07-06-2008, 02:00 PM
rmanuelb

Yep... But the cores are always higher...

But this is all wrong ... :shrug:

:hammer:
07-06-2008, 03:05 PM
SirKeldon

On 0901 for the P5Q Pro the CPU readout temperature is finally working well, after several hours of 100% load (F@H SMP) is saying 41-42ºC (at BIOS, HWMonitor and Everest) on the settings i have below what corresponds apparently to the TjMax of 85ºC that i set on RealTemp which is saying 41-43ºC/36-38ºC, at idle happens the same, the correlation is nearly perfect and it's closer to 85ºC than 95ºC at TjMax (apparently)
07-06-2008, 03:19 PM
R@ptor =]]

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/1...7082002jt9.jpg
Look my temps :shrug: :rofl: :rofl:
Everest was reading fine the temps..
10 minutes ago everything was normal, now the temperatures were crazzy!
i'm on 0803 bios
07-06-2008, 03:31 PM
rmanuelb

I think I'm gonna upgrade to 0901 ...

This is nasty stuff ... :confused:

Regards
07-06-2008, 03:34 PM
jVIDIA

0803 is wrong.

So wrong that the Everest doesn't show the MB temp :D

On AiSuite I have 104ºC on CPU and 196ºC on the System ! LOL
07-06-2008, 04:06 PM
iboomalot

Quote:

Originally Posted by aamsel

I have three questions with this P5Q-Deluxe I now have?

2.) Can someone tell me if this is good, or what memory would be better for my P5Q-Deluxe?

I bought this stuff on the $96 AR price:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145197

Any help appreciated.

My older 6400-C4 is doing good had a couple of issues with no booting after doing some swapping with my CM2X2048-8500C5D.

went to 1 stick and stock 400FSB to get rebooted then upped my settings after I rebooted to windows once under the slower settings.

Memtest86+ the Dominator failed test 5 even at stock 1066 speeds

the older C4 is cooking along at 440 4-4-4-12 and I have tested as high as 470+ 5-5-5-16 I haven't pushed the ram to failure due to my limits on the wolfe which hits a wall at 4ghz.
07-06-2008, 04:49 PM
plion

e8400 @ 3.6 Asus p5q-pro

Hey guys, got 3 questions, sorry for the newbieness:

1. Can someone tell me which is the correct fsb strap setting for 1:1?
On auto the dram freq option is ddr2-801. On 400mhz fsbstrap it is ddr2-800.

2. I want to stay at 3.6 1:1, what should I do next? Lower performance level to 8 and run memtest and/or prime?

3. Pci-e freq: 101 or 100? Not really sure anymore.:shrug:

system:
Asus P5Q Pro / E8400 @ 3600MHz
2x2 GB G.skill DDR2-800 5-5-5-15
Evga 8800GTS 512mb / x-fi xtreme gamer
WD 640GB
Antec Neohe 500w
Vista business x64

current settings: 24hrs prime blend stable/12hrsmemtest stable

Code:

JumperFree Configuration Settings AI Overclock tuner: MANUAL CPU Ratio Setting: AUTO FSB Strap to North Bridge: AUTO FSB Frequency: 400 PCI-E Frequency: 101 DRAM Frequency: DDR2-801 DRAM Timing Control: MANUAL 1st Information : CAS# Latency: 5 DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay: 5 DRAM RAS# Precharge: 5 DRAM RAS# Activate to Precharge: 15 RAS# to RAS# Delay : AUTO Row Refresh Cycle Time: AUTO Write Recovery Time: AUTO Read to Precharge Time: AUTO DRAM Static Read Control: AUTO DRAM Read Training: AUTO MEM. OC Charger: DISABLED AI Clock Twister: AUTO AI Transaction Booster: AUTO Performance Level: 13 CPU Voltage: 1.25625v (CPU-Z readings - idle: 1.232V - load: 1.240V) CPU GTL Voltage Reference: AUTO CPU PLL Voltage: AUTO FSB Termination Voltage: AUTO DRAM Voltage: AUTO (gskill 2x2gb ram rated at 1.8-1.9) NB Voltage: AUTO SBridge Voltage: AUTO PCIE SATA Voltage: AUTO Load Line Calibration: AUTO CPU Spread Spectrum: DISABLED PCIE Spread Spectrum: DISABLED CPU Clock Skew : AUTO NB Clock Skew : AUTO Advance CPU Settings CPU Ratio Setting: AUTO C1E Suppport: ENABLED Max CPUID Value Limit: DISABLED Intel® Virtualization Tech: DISABLED CPU TM Function: ENABLED Execute Disable Bit: ENABLED Intel SpeedStep Technology: DISABLED
07-06-2008, 06:44 PM
Leon939

can you give me some pic about your setting bios ? And what's does it mean ? thank you so much !

DRAM Static Read Control: ?
DRAM Read Training: ?
MEM. OC Charger: ?
AI Clock Twister: ?
AI Transaction Booster: ?
Performance Level: ?

CPU GTL Voltage Reference: ?
CPU Clock Skew : ?
NB Clock Skew : ?

My system
P5Q-E (bios 704)
E8400
Muskin 4G 5-4-4-12
7800GTX
Ennermax 600w
07-06-2008, 07:19 PM
Dalten

I'm getting some funky temps with 0803 too. core 1 is 37c and the rest 45c
07-06-2008, 07:21 PM
plion

@Leon here are some pics, scroll down:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...189437&page=39
07-06-2008, 07:21 PM
truehighroller

Well then I guess I will wait until they come out with a good one then "bios".
07-06-2008, 07:35 PM
Ricochet48

After about 25 different settings I've reached several conclusions. Here's some of my progression:

450fsb x8 --> 3.6 (Stable)
450fsb x 8.5 --> 3.83 (Stable)
430fsb x 9.0 --> 3.87
435fsb x 9.0 --> 3.92 (I ran it for 5 min in Prime95)

So basically I messed around with having the multipliers higher and lower to get different FSB's. Then after some research I set it to 8x and tried to see how high I could get my FSB.

478fsb x 8.0 --> 3.82 (not so stable if I remember)
470fsb x 8.0 --> 3.760 (1/2 hour in Prime95?) --ram @ 1:1 but with CL4-12.

Then after reading some posts I tried for 4Ghz to look like an e-thug. I raised the vCore to 1.36250 for the following

445fsb x 9 --> 4GHZ w00t (but it would only run 1/2 hour stable in Prime95)

I didn't like the combos I was getting with the ram, I didn't like them so low with a 1:1 ratio and the 5:4 ratio seemed to high. I had the ram running at 1130mhz at one time and only loosened it to CL5 with an 18 vs. a 15 at the end. Regardless, I switched back to focusing in on a 8.5 multiplier and I since tested the following

465 x 8.5 --> 3.95 (Ran for ~3 hours in Prime95)

NOW I'm currently dropping it down a bit and honing in on my final setup. I've currently been rocking steady in Prim95 for 1.5 hours with this

460 x 8.5 --> 3.91Ghz

Here's the rest of my setting that I really haven't changed much.

AI Overclock tuner: Manual
CPU Ratio Setting: 8.5
FSB Strap to North Bridge: AUTO
FSB Frequency: 460
PCI-E Frequency: 101
DRAM Frequency: 921
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A1: AUTO
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A2: AUTO
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel B1: AUTO
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel B2: AUTO
DRAM Timing Control: Manual

1st Information:
CAS# Latency: 5
DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay: 5
DRAM RAS# Precharge: 5
DRAM RAS# Activate to Precharge: 15
RAS# to RAS# Delay : AUTO
Row Refresh Cycle Time: 55
Write Recovery Time: AUTO
Read to Precharge Time: AUTO

2nd Information :
READ to WRITE Delay (S/D): AUTO
Write to Read Delay (S): AUTO
WRITE to READ Delay (D): AUTO
READ to READ Delay (S): AUTO
READ to READ Delay (D): AUTO
WRITE to WRITE Delay (S): AUTO
WRITE to WRITE Delay (D): AUTO

3rd Information :
WRITE to PRE Delay: AUTO
READ to PRE Delay: AUTO
PRE to PRE Delay: AUTO
ALL PRE to ACT Delay: AUTO
ALL PRE to REF Delay: AUTO

DRAM Static Read Control: Disabled
DRAM Read Training: Disabled
Ai Clock Twister: Light <---not sure a/b this one?

CPU GTL Voltage Reference : 1.35625
CPU PLL Voltage: 1.60 (too high?)
FSB Termination Voltage: 1.28
DRAM Voltage: 2.1
NB Voltage: 1.26
NB GTL Reference: AUTO
SBridge Voltage: AUTO
PCIE SATA Voltage: AUTO

Then I know I have Load Line Enabled & all the rest diabled

I need to check these out, but if this runs steady I'm going to lower the vCore a bit to find the sweet spot. I know it's been the other way around for most of the time, but I've been jumping all over the place, but now I know that I want it at 8.5 with ~460FSB then I'm going to push the ram to 4:5 to get just under 1100mhz. I'll drop the last timing to 18 and hopefully tighten it to 15. This setup isn't too aggressive and seems to be the way to go. I'll double check the settings soon as I'm ending prime95 and playing some AoC and WC3.

Already I crashed in AoC so I'm assuming it's hardware and dropping down to the following and re-building up running for a night in prime95.

AI Overclock tuner: Manual
CPU Ratio Setting: 8.5
FSB Strap to North Bridge: AUTO
FSB Frequency: 450
PCI-E Frequency: 101
DRAM Frequency: 1081 (4:5 ratio ftw?)
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A1: AUTO
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A2: AUTO
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel B1: AUTO
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel B2: AUTO
DRAM Timing Control: Manual

1st Information:
CAS# Latency: 5
DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay: 5
DRAM RAS# Precharge: 5
DRAM RAS# Activate to Precharge: 15
RAS# to RAS# Delay : AUTO
Row Refresh Cycle Time: 55
Write Recovery Time: AUTO
Read to Precharge Time: AUTO

(Going a bit aggressive on the ram as I think it can take it)

2nd Information :
READ to WRITE Delay (S/D): AUTO
Write to Read Delay (S): AUTO
WRITE to READ Delay (D): AUTO
READ to READ Delay (S): AUTO
READ to READ Delay (D): AUTO
WRITE to WRITE Delay (S): AUTO
WRITE to WRITE Delay (D): AUTO

3rd Information :
WRITE to PRE Delay: AUTO
READ to PRE Delay: AUTO
PRE to PRE Delay: AUTO
ALL PRE to ACT Delay: AUTO
ALL PRE to REF Delay: AUTO

DRAM Static Read Control: Disabled
DRAM Read Training: Disabled
Ai Clock Twister: Light <---not sure a/b this one?

CPU GTL Voltage Reference : 1.35625 (seems to work fine)
CPU PLL Voltage: 1.54 (dropped from 1.6)
FSB Termination Voltage: 1.28
DRAM Voltage: 2.1
NB Voltage: 1.26
NB GTL Reference: AUTO
SBridge Voltage: AUTO
PCIE SATA Voltage: AUTO

Now I'll run prime95 all night and it better not crash.

Any suggestions on my thoughts or tests. I've really been changing it up but I think 8.5 with a 4:5 ratio will give me the best results. I just want ~ 3.8-3.9Ghz with the ram pushed a bit further than stock.

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