GA-P35-DQ6 overclocking results / discussion

[Hutch]

BTW does anyone tried to check the influence of option 1 and option 2 in the bios (it changes the subtimings, I guess)

It changes the drive strength.

[M0b1us]

So people with this board, could you take it much higher than 500MHz FSB?

I can do 7x550mhz with my E6300 in this board....

[badboy]

I can't get past 500mhz fsb with the DQ6 at all. Just continuously reboots.

[Brama]

I can't get past 500mhz fsb with the DQ6 at all. Just continuously reboots.

I noted that when it does endless tries to post, switching on and off, it is a memory issue. By the way I am able to boot 500 Mhz + and I measured the memory bandwith to check the strap changes: with my system at 500 MHz it is very poor, 3900 MB/s vs 5700 MB/s at 390 Mhz.

Another story: was anyone able to regulate the speed of fans connected to sys1 e sys2 3 pins connectors?

I tried any bios combination and programs like speedfan but I never succeed in

[badboy]

I noted that when it does endless tries to post, switching on and off, it is a memory issue.

Another story: was anyone able to regulate the speed of fans connected to sys1 e sys2 3 pins connectors?

I tried any bios combination and programs like speedfan but I never succeed in

I already tried that and no luck at all. My memory has no problems running at 600mhz at 5,5,5,18@2.35v.

[M0b1us]

I can't get past 500mhz fsb with the DQ6 at all. Just continuously reboots.

Maybe proc FSB wall???

[M0b1us]

I noted that when it does endless tries to post, switching on and off, it is a memory issue. By the way I am able to boot 500 Mhz + and I measured the memory bandwith to check the strap changes: with my system at 500 MHz is very poor, 3900 MB/s vs 5700 MB/s at 390 Mhz.

Another story: was anyone able to regulate the speed of fans connected to sys1 e sys2 3 pins connectors?

I tried any bios combination and programs like speedfan but I never succeed in

Try using the F3 BIOS......it has far better memory and clock to clock performance.

[xwoodoo]

Please post here a link to download as it isn't anymore on gigabyte web site!

[badboy]

Try using the F3 BIOS......it has far better memory and clock to clock performance.

Still no luck at all. POS. I can get to 508mhz fsb but after that it becomes flaky even with memory running at 5,5,5,15 1:1. The memory runs fine at 600mhz at 5,5,5,18@2.35v no problem. Seem like a hardware strap issue.
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=202889

[lowfat]

Still cannot post past ~525MHz FSB even with the CPU on water. Still have only tried 4GB of ram though.

[0DIGy]

you know a lot of CPU have a FSB wall before 500MHz...

[Millyons]

hey can someone figure out if and where the mobo switches straps

[GazC]

I have to admit that reading other peoples experiences with other boards that this mobo would benefit from a more developed bios. But as a recent 939 convert I'm quite pleased with the performance I'm getting.

Roll on memset for the P35 too!

[MsB]

Anyone have this board and a Q6600? I just got mine today and am wondering whats the best bios working for quad?.

[dinos22]

Still cannot post past ~525MHz FSB even with the CPU on water. Still have only tried 4GB of ram though.

could be your CPU FSB wall yeah

have you reached higher on other motherboards

[badboy]

This SOB is going it the trash soon as it keeps on resetting to stock speeds after I restart all of the time.

[hippopotamus]

This SOB is going it the trash soon as it keeps on resetting to stock speeds after I restart all of the time.

You mean after a normal restart, or an automatic restart after a bad overclock?
If the later, it wouldn't be able to boot with your messed up settings.
I see that all the time, and that's good.

Anyhow, today I had a complete reset, like when you click on that "load default settings" or whatever it's called in the BIOS, everything was lost. Anyone else seen this before?

[hippopotamus]

This SOB is going it the trash soon as it keeps on resetting to stock speeds after I restart all of the time.

You mean after a normal restart, or an automatic restart after a bad overclock?
If the later, it wouldn't be able to boot with your messed up settings.
I see that all the time, and that's good.

Anyhow, today I had a complete reset, like when you click on that "load default settings" or whatever it's called in the BIOS, everything was lost. Anyone else seen this before?

[Pt1t]

I did + 643 on it (cpu fsb wall)

[badboy]

You mean after a normal restart, or an automatic restart after a bad overclock?
If the later, it wouldn't be able to boot with your messed up settings.
I see that all the time, and that's good.

Anyhow, today I had a complete reset, like when you click on that "load default settings" or whatever it's called in the BIOS, everything was lost. Anyone else seen this before?

The board is dead now as it just keeps on turning on and off now.

[Kristoferr]

Think i have no luck at all with CPUs
Tried several of them:
E2140 max 380FSB (or 8*370)
E2160 max 370FSB
E6300 490FSB
E6320 500FSB
none of them can do over 500

[Brama]

The board is dead now as it just keeps on turning on and off now.

Happened also to me......I had to clear CMOS with a screwdriver
The worst CMOS clear method I ever saw in a motherboard

[lowfat]

could be your CPU FSB wall yeah

have you reached higher on other motherboards

Haven't tried it on other motherboards no. But its not like other FSB walls i've had with other CPUs, it posts most of the time, its just not stable at all.

[megatron]

Hey guys finally I see some "action":






Im on the stock cooler (with a few mods to make it quieter & safer) because my xp-120 didnt fit contrary to this artical:
http://www.legionhardware.com/document.php?id=643&p=2

This is a random overclock, I didnt want to go mad only having a stock cooler. Can anyone make sence of these temps? I set the bios to alarm over 70'c and I got an alarm when core temp 0.95 went over 70'c. Also in the first overclock I had the voltage options set to AUTO and it bumped the CPU voltage up to 1.4v with a lot higher temperatures.

Ill go for more if the temperature is ok. What do u think?

Edit 1.38v idle 1.36v load Orthos @3.15Ghz e2160.
Vdroop zero according to speedfan ( it does show movement when vcore set to auto in the first overclock):

[lowfat]

Hey guys finally I see some "action":






Im on the stock cooler (with a few mods to make it quieter & safer) because my xp-120 didnt fit contrary to this artical:
http://www.legionhardware.com/document.php?id=643&p=2

This is a random overclock, I didnt want to go mad only having a stock cooler. Can anyone make sence of these temps? I set the bios to alarm over 70'c and I got an alarm when core temp 0.95 went over 70'c. Also in the first overclock I had the voltage options set to AUTO and it bumped the CPU voltage up to 1.4v with a lot higher temperatures.

Ill go for more if the temperature is ok. What do u think?

Edit 1.38v idle 1.36v load Orthos @3.15Ghz e2160.
Vdroop zero according to speedfan ( it does show movement when vcore set to auto in the first overclock):

is that the highest you were able to take the FSB with that CPU?




So i dropped to 2GB of ram still wasn't able to take it higher than 525MHz FSB, so it likely is a CPU FSB limit.